Jonathan D. Salant
@jdsalant.bsky.social
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; member, SPJDC Journalism Hall of Fame; player-coach, Metropolitan Media Softball League; former president, Nat'l Press Club, Regional Reporters Assn. & SPJ DC chapter; Mets fan; Long Islander
While the Patriots and Seahawks are playing in Super Bowl LX, here are the special interests that also are involved.
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Beer, wings and ballots: The Super Bowl LX political playbook - OpenSecrets News
Businesses and industries with ties to Super Bowl LX spent millions on lobbying and political contributions over the past few years.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
While the Patriots and Seahawks are playing in Super Bowl LX, here are the special interests that also are involved.
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As ex-NY Jets QB Sam Darnold plays in Super Bowl LX, a reminder Jets owner Woody Johnson once prioritized electing a Republican president than having a winning record for his team.
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM
As ex-NY Jets QB Sam Darnold plays in Super Bowl LX, a reminder Jets owner Woody Johnson once prioritized electing a Republican president than having a winning record for his team.
Returning to my Jersey roots.
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Anti-Israel activist leads former congressman, shunned by AIPAC, in NJ special primary
AIPAC’s super PAC spent $2.3 million against Tom Malinowski, but now a progressive Democrat, who has accused Israel of genocide, may win the congressional seat.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Returning to my Jersey roots.
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The NFL, the network carrying the Super Bowl, the companies paying millions to tout the products -- all lobby the federal government. Here are some examples.
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Beer, wings and ballots: The Super Bowl LX political playbook - OpenSecrets News
Businesses and industries with ties to Super Bowl LX spent millions on lobbying and political contributions over the past few years.
www.opensecrets.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The NFL, the network carrying the Super Bowl, the companies paying millions to tout the products -- all lobby the federal government. Here are some examples.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tells reporters his Jewish faith is deeper amid surging antisemitism www.jns.org/pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania governor tells reporters his Jewish faith is deeper amid surging antisemitism
“I’m very proud of my religion and proud of my faith,” said Josh Shapiro, who has been mentioned as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tells reporters his Jewish faith is deeper amid surging antisemitism www.jns.org/pennsylvania...
President Trump spent his first term in office fighting a culture war against the NFL as players kneeled during the national anthem. This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column looks at their current relationship.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Trump goes on offense against the NFL before Super Bowl
WASHINGTON — In advance of Super Bowl LX a week from Sunday, here’s a scorecard to keep track of President Donald Trump’s on-and-off...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
President Trump spent his first term in office fighting a culture war against the NFL as players kneeled during the national anthem. This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column looks at their current relationship.
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Jewish groups spent a lot more on lobbying in Trump's first year back in the White House. www.jns.org/us-jewish-gr...
US Jewish groups spent a lot more on lobbying in 2025 than in prior years
Sam Markstein told JNS that the Republican Jewish Coalition’s higher spending was “due to the expansion of our government affairs department,” which “increased lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and the...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Jewish groups spent a lot more on lobbying in Trump's first year back in the White House. www.jns.org/us-jewish-gr...
Trying to prevent ‘bloodbath in Syria,’ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says www.jns.org/trying-to-pr...
Trying to prevent ‘bloodbath in Syria,’ Graham says
“The kingdom’s attack on the United Arab Emirates and their silence regarding the Syrian government’s constant assault on the Kurds has to change,” the South Carolina senator stated.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Trying to prevent ‘bloodbath in Syria,’ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says www.jns.org/trying-to-pr...
AIPAC spending against former Rep. Tom Malinowski it once supported as he aims to return to Congress www.jns.org/aipac-spendi...
AIPAC spending against former rep it once supported as he aims to return to Congress
“There are several candidates in this race that are far more supportive of the U.S.-Israel relationship than Tom Malinowski,” a spokesman for AIPAC’s super PAC told JNS.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
AIPAC spending against former Rep. Tom Malinowski it once supported as he aims to return to Congress www.jns.org/aipac-spendi...
My Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column: Reps. Chris Deluzio and Summer Lee want to use good government to beat the Republicans www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Jonathan D. Salant: Deluzio and Lee want to use good government to beat the Republicans
WASHINGTON — The last time Democrats broke President Donald Trump’s governing trifecta by winning a U.S. House majority in 2018, rising...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column: Reps. Chris Deluzio and Summer Lee want to use good government to beat the Republicans www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Civil rights groups ramp up lobbying as Trump administration rolls back protections
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Civil rights groups ramp up lobbying as Trump administration rolls back protections - OpenSecrets News
Under President Donald Trump, America is refighting some of the battles of the 1960s and civil rights groups are responding…
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January 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Civil rights groups ramp up lobbying as Trump administration rolls back protections
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The Post-Gazette was the last newspaper in the most populous swing state with a full-time presence in the nation's capital, including a desk in the Senate Press Gallery and a reporter, @samjanesch.bsky.social, and a columnist (me) focusing on Western Pennsylvania and the rest of the state.
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Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper? Or will the @post-gazette.com shutting down in May spur some long-delayed action?
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Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper? Or will the @post-gazette.com shutting down in May spur some long-delayed action?
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Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper?
One of the country's oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it's shutting down in May. Not going digital-only — just closing. But the delayed closure could also spur some long-delayed ac...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The Post-Gazette was the last newspaper in the most populous swing state with a full-time presence in the nation's capital, including a desk in the Senate Press Gallery and a reporter, @samjanesch.bsky.social, and a columnist (me) focusing on Western Pennsylvania and the rest of the state.
A look at the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Five years later, a new effort to rewrite Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — Rep. Donald Norcross said he remembers five years ago this Tuesday when supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the U.S. Capitol...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A look at the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Jonathan D. Salant: Josh Shapiro hasn't stopped suing Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Josh Shapiro is no longer Pennsylvania’s attorney general, but that hasn’t dimmed his eagerness to see Donald Trump...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
First time lighting candles on Chanukah at home ‘very emotional, very meaningful,’ Cory Booker says www.jns.org/first-time-l...
First time lighting candles on Chanukah at home ‘very emotional, very meaningful,’ Booker says
Now that the senator is married to a Jewish woman, with whom he hopes to have Jewish children, fighting antisemitism has taken on “an even deeper, more personal sense of urgency,” he told JNS.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
First time lighting candles on Chanukah at home ‘very emotional, very meaningful,’ Cory Booker says www.jns.org/first-time-l...
Thank you, Chris Cillizza, for naming me and fellow Pittsburgh Post-Gazette colleague Sam Janesch to your list of the best political reporters in all 50 states.
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The best political reporters in *all* 50 states
It's here!
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December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you, Chris Cillizza, for naming me and fellow Pittsburgh Post-Gazette colleague Sam Janesch to your list of the best political reporters in all 50 states.
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Schumer introduces resolution decrying white supremacy, Carlson, Fuentes
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Schumer introduces resolution decrying white supremacy, Carlson, Fuentes
“Jewish Americans and all those targeted by white nationalist hate are all too often looking over their shoulder, fearing for their safety,” Schumer and all of the other Senate Democrats said.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Schumer introduces resolution decrying white supremacy, Carlson, Fuentes
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This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column came out of the PG obituary I wrote for a Pittsburgh-area resident who was wounded during the Kent State shootings.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Donald Trump is following Richard Nixon’s script
WASHINGTON — President Richard Nixon insisted that anti-government demonstrators were communists paid to protest by sinister outside forces....
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December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column came out of the PG obituary I wrote for a Pittsburgh-area resident who was wounded during the Kent State shootings.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro Decries Feds’ Dollars-Data Threat
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DeLauro Decries Feds' Dollars-Data Threat - New Haven Independent
As New Haven's U.S. Rep. put it: “This administration is so cruel and cold-hearted that all they see are pawns in their political game.”
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December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro Decries Feds’ Dollars-Data Threat
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This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Labor and industry disagree, Congress doesn’t act
WASHINGTON — After a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine in February 2023, members of Congress quickly proposed legislation...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene split, but both defend Tucker Carlson. www.jns.org/trump-and-ma...
Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene split, but both defend Tucker Carlson
The president called the congresswoman “Marjorie Traitor Greene” and said, “I don’t think anybody cares about her.”
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene split, but both defend Tucker Carlson. www.jns.org/trump-and-ma...
Rep. DeLauro: After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/13/d...
DeLauro After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over - New Haven Independent
"I think the Senate should have voted no," New Haven's Congresswoman said, "but I'm not a senator."
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November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Rep. DeLauro: After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/13/d...
@MikieSherrill win in NJ marks first time Dems have won three consecutive gov terms in over 60 years www.jns.org/sherrill-win...
Sherrill win in NJ marks first time Dems have won three consecutive gov terms in over 60 years
Rabbi David Levy, of the AJC, told JNS that the Jewish group looks forward to working with the governor-elect, who has been “a good partner in the work that we do.”
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November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
@MikieSherrill win in NJ marks first time Dems have won three consecutive gov terms in over 60 years www.jns.org/sherrill-win...