Jonathan Weisman
@jonathanweisman.bsky.social
Chicago-based national editor, recovering political reporter, for The New York Times.
Just in time for Trump's efforts to gerrymander every single Republican state, here comes bipartisanship in Illinois. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/i...
Bipartisan group launches latest effort to remove partisanship from how Illinois legislative boundaries are drawn
For the third time since 2014, a bipartisan group wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to affect how state legislative boundaries are drawn.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just in time for Trump's efforts to gerrymander every single Republican state, here comes bipartisanship in Illinois. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/i...
"Mamdani momentum withered in the deserts of southern Arizona on Tuesday night." Jack Healy on Adelita Grijalva's convincing win in Tucson against the upstarts who called for a new face and name to succeed Raul Grijalva in the House. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary
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July 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"Mamdani momentum withered in the deserts of southern Arizona on Tuesday night." Jack Healy on Adelita Grijalva's convincing win in Tucson against the upstarts who called for a new face and name to succeed Raul Grijalva in the House. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...
Watch this story line. Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, said a National Weather Service advisory issued Thursday “did not predict the amount of rain that we saw.” Officials and residents have said they were caught off guard. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Update from Ernesto Londoño
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July 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Watch this story line. Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, said a National Weather Service advisory issued Thursday “did not predict the amount of rain that we saw.” Officials and residents have said they were caught off guard. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Tiring in Tucson of voting for Grijalvas. Jack Healy looks at the race to succeed the deceased Raul as the next test for Democrats. Elect his daughter? Move to the center to appeal to Hispanic men? Go full Mamdani with Deja Foxx, the Gen Z influencer? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
After Mamdani Mania, the Next Democratic Test Comes to Tucson
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July 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Tiring in Tucson of voting for Grijalvas. Jack Healy looks at the race to succeed the deceased Raul as the next test for Democrats. Elect his daughter? Move to the center to appeal to Hispanic men? Go full Mamdani with Deja Foxx, the Gen Z influencer? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
An element of the Big Beautiful Bill: a soft abortion ban for blue states. The bill could force Planned Parenthood to halt abortions nationally by cutting off funding for all other women's health services, impacting low-income women. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Planned Parenthood at Risk of Losing Millions in Federal Funding
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July 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An element of the Big Beautiful Bill: a soft abortion ban for blue states. The bill could force Planned Parenthood to halt abortions nationally by cutting off funding for all other women's health services, impacting low-income women. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
By all means, look at this story and be angry at ... the New York Times.
“Declined”? This is money allocated by Congress. “Refused to” would be a better choice of words.
July 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
By all means, look at this story and be angry at ... the New York Times.
An enjoyable paragraph from Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper in the NYT.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
An enjoyable paragraph from Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper in the NYT.
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And so it begins, from freshman Rep. Lauren Gillen in the Long Island suburbs: “Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City. His entire campaign has been built on unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs."
June 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And so it begins, from freshman Rep. Lauren Gillen in the Long Island suburbs: “Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City. His entire campaign has been built on unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs."
Sen. Mike Lee's proposed federal land sale looks just about dead in reconciliation. Jack Healy went to Summit County, Colo., to show why, and just how hard it would have been to actually build the affordable housing Lee said he wanted if the sales had gone forward. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
A Plan to Sell Federal Land Near This Colorado Town Looks Dead. Here’s Why.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sen. Mike Lee's proposed federal land sale looks just about dead in reconciliation. Jack Healy went to Summit County, Colo., to show why, and just how hard it would have been to actually build the affordable housing Lee said he wanted if the sales had gone forward. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Terry Virts might be a longshot in the campaign to unseat John Cornyn in Texas, but the astronaut's launch video shows two things: Democratic outsiders are hungry to take on Trump, and they're going to do it by attacking both parties. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
Former Astronaut Launches Texas Senate Run by Hitting Both Parties
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June 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Terry Virts might be a longshot in the campaign to unseat John Cornyn in Texas, but the astronaut's launch video shows two things: Democratic outsiders are hungry to take on Trump, and they're going to do it by attacking both parties. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...
There's a misconception that all the federal land that the reconciliation bill would put on the block is remote. Look at Colorado. Many cherish the green space, but the land between Colorado Springs and Denver is not remote and could alleviate housing shortages. www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
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June 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There's a misconception that all the federal land that the reconciliation bill would put on the block is remote. Look at Colorado. Many cherish the green space, but the land between Colorado Springs and Denver is not remote and could alleviate housing shortages. www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
Here we go again: It is a failure of journalism to do X, which we all remember and don't actually need to be walked through again. Why do people on Bluesky insist consumers of journalism are THIS stupid?
It’s a failure of journalism to do shit like this. Donald Trump has said that something will happen “within two weeks” at least 5,000 times in the past decade with easily over 4,900 of those “deadlines” passing with no action.
June 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here we go again: It is a failure of journalism to do X, which we all remember and don't actually need to be walked through again. Why do people on Bluesky insist consumers of journalism are THIS stupid?
From CBO, re: Trump budget biil: Households would see an increase in the resources available to them. In general, resources would decrease for households twd bottom of the income distribution. Resources would increase for households in the middle and top. www.cbo.gov/system/files...
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June 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From CBO, re: Trump budget biil: Households would see an increase in the resources available to them. In general, resources would decrease for households twd bottom of the income distribution. Resources would increase for households in the middle and top. www.cbo.gov/system/files...
SCOOP: Trump's political operation is pressing Texas Republicans to redraw House lines in the state, hoping to pick up 2-3 seats in the midterms and blunt Democratic gains. Some Texas Republicans worry it could backfire in a wave year. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains
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June 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
SCOOP: Trump's political operation is pressing Texas Republicans to redraw House lines in the state, hoping to pick up 2-3 seats in the midterms and blunt Democratic gains. Some Texas Republicans worry it could backfire in a wave year. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
O Canada was so lound in Edmonton you could hear it from outside the arena. www.instagram.com/reel/DKhfrBC...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
O Canada was so lound in Edmonton you could hear it from outside the arena. www.instagram.com/reel/DKhfrBC...
For more than 20 years, with bipartisan support, Texas offered its undocumented students in-state tuition to its universities. On Wednesday, the Justice Department sued to stop it, the Texas attorney general agreed and a federal judge overturned the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
Texas’ Migrant Tuition Break Blocked After Texas Joins D.O.J. to Kill It
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June 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
For more than 20 years, with bipartisan support, Texas offered its undocumented students in-state tuition to its universities. On Wednesday, the Justice Department sued to stop it, the Texas attorney general agreed and a federal judge overturned the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
Amazed how badly I want the Canadians to beat the Sunrise Panthers. Go Oilers!
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Amazed how badly I want the Canadians to beat the Sunrise Panthers. Go Oilers!
‘Carol,’ whose detention brought the reality of Trump's immigration crackdown to the Trump-loving small town of Kennett, Mo., has won her release. But her fight to stay in the United States is far from over. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
‘Carol,’ Whose Detention Rattled Her Small Missouri Town, Is Released
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June 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
‘Carol,’ whose detention brought the reality of Trump's immigration crackdown to the Trump-loving small town of Kennett, Mo., has won her release. But her fight to stay in the United States is far from over. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
So no cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, yet the largest "mandatory" spending cuts ever. Hmmm.
June 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So no cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, yet the largest "mandatory" spending cuts ever. Hmmm.
"This is Carol!" 80% of Dunklin County in Missouri's boot heel voted for Trump, but after a beloved mother of 3 in Kennett, Mo., was detained for deportation, a community finds itself asking, are we for Trump or are we for Carol? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"This is Carol!" 80% of Dunklin County in Missouri's boot heel voted for Trump, but after a beloved mother of 3 in Kennett, Mo., was detained for deportation, a community finds itself asking, are we for Trump or are we for Carol? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
“We will not allow our identities to be invoked to undermine institutions of higher education,” Jacob Miller, a Jewish student and frequent Harvard critic, said. Yet we've had utter silence from major U.S. Jewish organizations, on happenings both at home and abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard
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May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“We will not allow our identities to be invoked to undermine institutions of higher education,” Jacob Miller, a Jewish student and frequent Harvard critic, said. Yet we've had utter silence from major U.S. Jewish organizations, on happenings both at home and abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
"A judge had justified the incarceration by declaring that there 'is not a get-out-of-jail-free card' for the rich." Well, actually ... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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May 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"A judge had justified the incarceration by declaring that there 'is not a get-out-of-jail-free card' for the rich." Well, actually ... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
File under "I can't even." @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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May 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
File under "I can't even." @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...