Jonathan Martin
@jmart
Senior political columnist @politico. Best email for audio files, documents, tips and provocative ideas: http://jmartcolumn-at-gmail.com or DM for text/signal
Thrilled to return to the great team @politico to launch a reported column on politics From the Hill and WH to state capitols and city halls, i’m going to write about both the inside conversation + big-picture trends At the heart will be news Send some: [email protected]
Fun to arrive home and see this beauty in the mail ! Get ready for football season w @SethWickersham on 🇺🇸👑
because far from being the trial of the century, more Americans paid attention to Noem shooting her dog in the spring of ‘24 and the WH was desperate to make Trump not Biden the story again (ooops)
Another Hunter item here: “I was opposed to the debate. I didn’t understand why we were rushing into a debate with someone who had just been convicted on 34 felony counts.”
Wonder if the anger will extend to other Murdoch properties. FWIW: This is why capitulating on these previous phony lawsuits was such a mistake by Paramount and Disney. If you give a mouse a cookie…
"The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering the president’s weekend trip to Scotland," after the WSJ story about Trump's birthday note for Epstein's 50th. @politico reports politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
He returned from his trip on the 14th of June. Went to camp David on the 20th and the debate was on the 27th. How much Ambien did they give him?
Hunter Biden suggest former President Biden’s disastrous debate performance was due to Ambien “I’ll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He flew around the world basically … He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep.…
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Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him... George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had one success in his political life and that was Barack…
The long-awaited @RalstonReports biography of HARRY REID is available to pre-order > amazon.com/Game-Changer-R…
Mackenzie Scott come on down
The end of federal funding should be the cue for foundations + wealthy individuals of all stripes to step in and help undergird a nonprofit model for PBS and NPR. And not just the big kids on the block but the smaller and less populous markets. And while you’re at it, rescue…
You’re telling me the Washington Post showed up to West Virginia to write about a nudist resort and found someone named Dewey Butts washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
Did some in Congress fail to do their taxpayer-funded jobs? @jmart gives a nuanced look: Some lawmakers abandoned their power of the purse when presented with bills that were not about the details, but an “up or down referendum on Donald Trump.” npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-…
always fun to chat with @NPRinskeep
Did some in Congress fail to do their taxpayer-funded jobs? @jmart gives a nuanced look: Some lawmakers abandoned their power of the purse when presented with bills that were not about the details, but an “up or down referendum on Donald Trump.” npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-…
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
“Cuomo added that Mamdani got ‘more than 50 percent’ of the Jewish vote.” Cuomo, release your internals!
At Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo said he "didn't debunk" Mamdani enough. Cuomo added that Mamdani got "more than 50 percent" of the Jewish vote. "Those young people, the under-30 people, they are pro-Palestinian, and they don't consider it being anti-Israel."
And French Truck Coffee told customers on Monday it was adding a temporary 4% surcharge on all in-store coffee-related purchases. “We chose this approach so that if the tariffs are lifted in the future, we can quickly adjust or remove this charge…. nola.com/news/business/…
The state of airport fashion is truly tragic. Smh ✈️