Annie Karni
@anniekarni.bsky.social
Congressional correspondent, New York Times, co-author of the NYT bestseller “Mad House,” out 3/25/25
Quotes from Republicans at votes last night created a bit of a reality distortion field.
In their upside-down telling, Mr. Trump — who pushed hard to head off the vote — had consistently fought for the release of the Epstein files. And so had they.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
In their upside-down telling, Mr. Trump — who pushed hard to head off the vote — had consistently fought for the release of the Epstein files. And so had they.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
House Is Expected to Vote on Tuesday to Release Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Quotes from Republicans at votes last night created a bit of a reality distortion field.
In their upside-down telling, Mr. Trump — who pushed hard to head off the vote — had consistently fought for the release of the Epstein files. And so had they.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
In their upside-down telling, Mr. Trump — who pushed hard to head off the vote — had consistently fought for the release of the Epstein files. And so had they.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win? Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.
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What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win?
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November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win? Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.
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Mad House lives! Catch us on @CBSMornings on Sunday.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Mad House lives! Catch us on @CBSMornings on Sunday.
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Ever since Trump arrived in DC, Pelosi, has confounded him. He has tried to intimidate, undermine and embarrass her. Those efforts more often than not backfired.
Pelosi seemed not only unintimidated, but also permanently appalled + deeply unimpressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Pelosi seemed not only unintimidated, but also permanently appalled + deeply unimpressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Challenging Trump, Pelosi Made History
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November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ever since Trump arrived in DC, Pelosi, has confounded him. He has tried to intimidate, undermine and embarrass her. Those efforts more often than not backfired.
Pelosi seemed not only unintimidated, but also permanently appalled + deeply unimpressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Pelosi seemed not only unintimidated, but also permanently appalled + deeply unimpressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Johnson has subordinated himself to the president so much that even Trump in private jokes that "I'm the speaker and the president," @anniekarni.bsky.social reports. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
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October 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Johnson has subordinated himself to the president so much that even Trump in private jokes that "I'm the speaker and the president," @anniekarni.bsky.social reports. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
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🎁🔗: "“I’m the speaker and the president,” Mr. Trump has joked ..." h/t @anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
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October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎁🔗: "“I’m the speaker and the president,” Mr. Trump has joked ..." h/t @anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
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October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Very good call except it’s also been true since “locker room talk.”
There’s a new variant of this — “oh, the president likes to have fun and you guys always fall for it” — that is very funny coming from people who are mad about “so they cling to guns or religion” 17 years later.
October 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very good call except it’s also been true since “locker room talk.”
The last time Rs felt confident they were on the popular side of the health care debate was over a decade ago.
In all those years they still haven’t figured out what “replace” would look like.
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
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In all those years they still haven’t figured out what “replace” would look like.
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
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October 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The last time Rs felt confident they were on the popular side of the health care debate was over a decade ago.
In all those years they still haven’t figured out what “replace” would look like.
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
In all those years they still haven’t figured out what “replace” would look like.
Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
The Lonely House Republican Still Coming to Work During the Shutdown
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October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Inside the Capitol, A Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein
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October 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"As the shutdown headed into its second workweek, there was little sense of urgency in Washington about cleaning up a mess that has thousands of federal workers facing furloughs and possible layoffs and could disrupt critical federal programs." @anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...
Both Parties Are Resigned to Deadlock as Shutdown Takes Hold
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October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"As the shutdown headed into its second workweek, there was little sense of urgency in Washington about cleaning up a mess that has thousands of federal workers facing furloughs and possible layoffs and could disrupt critical federal programs." @anniekarni.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...
Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift
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October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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‘Greene, Straying From Trump, Reflects an Emerging MAGA Split’
The right-wing Republican
congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
By @anniekarni.bsky.social
The right-wing Republican
congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
By @anniekarni.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
‘Greene, Straying From Trump, Reflects an Emerging MAGA Split’
The right-wing Republican
congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
By @anniekarni.bsky.social
The right-wing Republican
congresswoman from Georgia has grown disillusioned with her own party and with President Trump, and increasingly willing to say so.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/u...
By @anniekarni.bsky.social
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Camp Mystic is reopening, and planning to build a memorial that families of the 27 girls who died say they were not consulted about and do not want. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
Camp Mystic Will Reopen Over Objections From Parents of the Dead
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September 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Camp Mystic is reopening, and planning to build a memorial that families of the 27 girls who died say they were not consulted about and do not want. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
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This got me- Ben Terris' NY Mag profile of "Top Goon" Kristi Noem quotes the 28-year-old Noem made Deputy Director of ICE saying:
“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
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“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
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Who Really Runs DHS?
Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This got me- Ben Terris' NY Mag profile of "Top Goon" Kristi Noem quotes the 28-year-old Noem made Deputy Director of ICE saying:
“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
nymag.com/intelligence...
“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Rich @anniekarni.bsky.social read on Eleanor Holmes Norton's weakness at the DC oversight hearing.
"She often stumbled and sounded as if she was not following the meaning of what she said, emphasizing words that did not make sense to emphasize."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
"She often stumbled and sounded as if she was not following the meaning of what she said, emphasizing words that did not make sense to emphasize."
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Norton Says Little as Bills to Clamp Down on D.C. Advance
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September 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Rich @anniekarni.bsky.social read on Eleanor Holmes Norton's weakness at the DC oversight hearing.
"She often stumbled and sounded as if she was not following the meaning of what she said, emphasizing words that did not make sense to emphasize."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
"She often stumbled and sounded as if she was not following the meaning of what she said, emphasizing words that did not make sense to emphasize."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
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"Working-class lawmakers in Congress remain few and far between.
“Nothing has changed,” said Nicholas @carnes.bsky.social, a professor of public policy at Duke University. “It’s been between zero and 2 percent forever.”"
“Nothing has changed,” said Nicholas @carnes.bsky.social, a professor of public policy at Duke University. “It’s been between zero and 2 percent forever.”"
In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
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September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Working-class lawmakers in Congress remain few and far between.
“Nothing has changed,” said Nicholas @carnes.bsky.social, a professor of public policy at Duke University. “It’s been between zero and 2 percent forever.”"
“Nothing has changed,” said Nicholas @carnes.bsky.social, a professor of public policy at Duke University. “It’s been between zero and 2 percent forever.”"
Even in uncertain times, there are routines that create a sense of normalcy: the start of a new school year, holiday decorations going up too early, Republicans from selective bouts of blindness regarding the words and actions of President Trump.
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What Note? On Epstein Sketch, Republicans Revert to Shrugs.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Even in uncertain times, there are routines that create a sense of normalcy: the start of a new school year, holiday decorations going up too early, Republicans from selective bouts of blindness regarding the words and actions of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
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The "we should have more younger members of Congress" conversation isn't just about things like whether committee chair term limits choke off paths to power. It's also about things like this.
September 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The "we should have more younger members of Congress" conversation isn't just about things like whether committee chair term limits choke off paths to power. It's also about things like this.
Juggling Congress and Life, She Opted to Freeze Her Eggs
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September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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More here from @anniekarni.bsky.social on the group willing to defy Trump, at least on the Epstein case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
On Epstein Files, Women Lead the G.O.P. Resistance to Trump
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September 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
More here from @anniekarni.bsky.social on the group willing to defy Trump, at least on the Epstein case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...