David Goodman

The White House has not responded to a request to explain where President Trump got his false claim that Beyoncé was paid $11 million to endorse Harris, but when he made the same claim in February, he explained: “Somebody just showed me something.”cnn.com/2025/07/27/pol…

Notice in the video the people falling are carrying bags with them. This can result in injuries, it can slow the evacuation down and could potentially damage the exit slides. That’s why the flight attendants tell passengers to leave their bags behind.

"We need to do some serious rethinking," a visibly frustrated Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a group of hostage families on Friday after the latest round of Gaza talks broke down, two people who attended the meeting tell me

New column from the New York Times’ conservative leaning columnist Ross Douthat: “How Israel’s War Became Unjust” Full Column: bit.ly/45lumoq

Breaking news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to hunt for people leaking to the media was stopped at the direction of the White House after a senior adviser raised alarm to senior officials about being targeted. wapo.st/46pgFpF

NEWS: @CAGOP chair @CorrinRankin says she's "not hearing" about illegal immigrants being deported who were not convicted of additional crimes. Most news outlets have reported widely on the practice. ICE/Border Patrol admit that its happening. ABC News reports 47% of ICE…

The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in 35 years, per @WSJ poll, with 63% expressing an unfavorable view. Even so, Democrats edge Republicans in generic House matchup 46% to 43%. @aaronzitner wsj.com/politics/elect…

WSJ: The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in over three decades, according to a new WSJ poll, with voters seeing the GOP as the better option on most issues that decide elections. wsj.com/politics/elect…

Former Columbia president Lee Bollinger on its deal with Trump: “It’s a very sad moment. There’s no way around it. You have to come away feeling that this is really a tragedy for higher education and the country.” nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyr…

New: Valadao’s district to be hit hard by Trump agenda. 2nd highest share of Medicaid recipients & huge migrant farm worker population. But Valadao, who voted to impeach, standing by Trump. Dems see an opportunity to flip the seat. from Bakersfield: nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…

New WSJ poll: The Democratic Party is 30 points under water with registered voters, considerably worse than the GOP (-11). wsj.com/politics/elect…

While one of Robert F. Kennedy’s sons works for Donald Trump in Washington, one of his grandsons is working to build up Democrats in the rural South: nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/…

Remarkable quote from Trump's head of the FCC: "government officials allowed [broadcast media outlets] to dictate the political narrative." Yes, that's how the 1st Amendment works. Media outlets - even broadcast ones - tell their stories, and the govt does not dictate to them…

David Letterman Rips CBS Over ’Late Show’ Cancellation: “Pure Cowardice” hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dav…

Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited immunity to talk to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, I’m told, confirming ABC. This was described as standard and that since Maxwell has already been convicted, the only thing she could be charged for is lying in this interview and…

NEW: In a sign of what could be in store for other targets of Trump & his allies, Media Matters (@mmfa) is struggling to survive. The Dem-aligned group has racked up $15m in legal bills, dialed back its criticism of Trump & Musk & contemplated closing. nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/…

Britt + 13 other GOP senators pressing Trump admin to unfreeze NIH funding Regulars are on here but some interesting signatories - Graham, McCormick, Tim Scott

Politico has compiled a list of people who've left The Washington Post over the last eight months or so. It's three pages long. politico.com/f/?id=00000198…