Welcome a special edition of The Political Spectrum. Tonight I’ll be heading to Atlanta to cover Barack Obama’s rally with Sen. Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Some accounting. I figured out that in order to make it to some engagements before the rally, I will need to fly to Atlanta, but still plan, as promised to take the train back to Washington. I don’t take your subscriptions or financial support lightly and want to show I am a good steward of your money. You are my shareholders.
But with that in mind, since I have plenty of time to kill, it seems like a good time to have our first Media Offenders Mailbag. For those who don’t know, last year, the Trump administration put me and my former Independent colleague Andrew Feinberg on their list of media offenders. So from now on, paid subscribers of this newsletter will be known as Media Offenders.
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What I’m reading: Kathy Gilsinan’s profile of Tyson Brody, the oppo research extraordinaire working for Adam Hamilton, in Politico Magazine. My friend Laura Bassett recently moved to Brazil and witnessed how Lula pulled off an improbable win. The New York Times roundup of the midterms is informative. Barton Gellman in The New Yorker on local officials trying to stop Trump’s interventions in the midterms.
What’s annoying me about sports: The WNBA Finals happening at 12:30 PM. The NBA making a deal with prediction markets.
Hopefully this works! What Senate race, way off everyone's radar, like Montana, Idaho, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi etc. should we keep an eye on for a mega upset on Election night
How do you cover politics and cope with the fact that depending on the outcomes of elections communities or issues you deeply care about may be either positively or negatively impacted? Thinking about RFK and all the HHS stuff