Gabe Fleisher
@WakeUp2Politics
Author of Wake Up To Politics, a daily newsletter. Georgetown alum. Proud St. Louis native. Subscribe to read me in your inbox ⤵️
When I was 14, I covered a primary debate in Iowa. I was promised credentials to the Spin Room, but DNC wouldn’t let me in. @danbalz — who had only just met me — persuaded them to let me in. “No one says no to Dan Balz,” the DNC staffer told me later. I couldn’t believe the top…
Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of…
Best thing I've read on this platform in years
There are a lot of summaries out there of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But there aren’t many that will walk you through the whole thing, step by step, from the provisions on food stamps to the provisions on piscivorous birds. Want to learn how to read a piece of legislation?…
Did you know that the One Big Beautiful Bill could also impact Wi-Fi speed? And the cost of flying into Washington, DC? And gave the Coast Guard its biggest single funding boost in history? More on the parts of the megabill you haven’t heard about: wakeuptopolitics.com/p/a-readers-gu…
There are a lot of summaries out there of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But there aren’t many that will walk you through the whole thing, step by step, from the provisions on food stamps to the provisions on piscivorous birds. Want to learn how to read a piece of legislation?…
Have you ever read a 330-page piece of legislation? Over at Wake Up To Politics, we’re doing it together! You’ll learn about everything in the One Big Beautiful Bill — and a lot about your government. Plus, it’ll be fun, I promise! Here’s Part 1: wakeuptopolitics.com/p/a-readers-gu…
Stray thoughts from chart in @mattyglesias latest... 14-point drop in Dem support for phasing out gas vehicles from Biden era —> Trump era Is that because Dem voters have genuinely changed their minds, or they think such a proposal would no longer be politically feasible? How…
It seems kind of weird that Pete Hegseth has *three times* paused Ukraine aid unilaterally and then been forced to reverse himself, no? Doesn’t that seem like the type of decision the President would normally be involved in? open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopo…
