Kevin Robillard
@robillard.bsky.social
HuffPost politics editor. Dad. Terp. Massachusetts native. Pitches, bookings, etc.: kevin.robillard@huffpost.com
Justice Dems are backing Kat Abughazaleh in the Illinois' 9th primary -- there are growing worries among sone on the left that Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and Abughazaleh could split the progressive vote here and allow AIPAC-backed Laura Fine to triumph.
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Justice Democrats Endorse Kat Abughazaleh In Illinois Race
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February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Justice Dems are backing Kat Abughazaleh in the Illinois' 9th primary -- there are growing worries among sone on the left that Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and Abughazaleh could split the progressive vote here and allow AIPAC-backed Laura Fine to triumph.
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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New: Corporate PAC $$$ is emerging as a major dividing line in Democratic primary battles, causing nasty fights in the Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan Senate races.
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The Issue Driving More Democratic Party Fights Than Any Other
Disputes over corporate PAC cash are at the center of a host of crucial primary fights.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
New: Corporate PAC $$$ is emerging as a major dividing line in Democratic primary battles, causing nasty fights in the Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan Senate races.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
The first two Democrats a new AI super PAC are backing are...
1. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who did 30 months in prison in a corruption scandal.
2. Melissa Bean, who was considered among Wall Street's favorite Democrats during an earlier stint in Congress.
1. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who did 30 months in prison in a corruption scandal.
2. Melissa Bean, who was considered among Wall Street's favorite Democrats during an earlier stint in Congress.
The group plans to spend more than $1 million supporting both candidates in crowded primaries for safely Democratic seats.
AI Super PAC Backs Candidates In Illinois, North Carolina
AI Super PAC Backs Candidates In Illinois, North Carolina
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February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The first two Democrats a new AI super PAC are backing are...
1. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who did 30 months in prison in a corruption scandal.
2. Melissa Bean, who was considered among Wall Street's favorite Democrats during an earlier stint in Congress.
1. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who did 30 months in prison in a corruption scandal.
2. Melissa Bean, who was considered among Wall Street's favorite Democrats during an earlier stint in Congress.
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“I don’t know who he is," Trump claimed four months ago.
Trump Pardoned Him But Couldn’t Say Why. Turns Out His Company Holds $4.7 Billion In Trump Crypto.
Trump Pardoned Him But Couldn’t Say Why. Turns Out His Company Holds $4.7 Billion In Trump Crypto.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“I don’t know who he is," Trump claimed four months ago.
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Analilia Mejia's win in NJ-11 is now official after Tom Malinowski conceded this morning, cementing a big win for the left and an embarrassing own goal for pro-Israel groups.
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Bernie Sanders-Backed Progressive Triumphs In New Jersey Primary
Analilia Mejia benefited from her steadfast opposition to ICE to win a district previously held by a moderate.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Analilia Mejia's win in NJ-11 is now official after Tom Malinowski conceded this morning, cementing a big win for the left and an embarrassing own goal for pro-Israel groups.
www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...
www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...
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GRIFFIN: “.. This administration has definitely made mis-steps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration.”
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February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
GRIFFIN: “.. This administration has definitely made mis-steps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration.”
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New: Trump admin was warned about possible Feeding Out Future fraud in 2020 -- and did nothing www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Trump Administration Was Warned About Minnesota Fraud 6 Years Ago — And Did Nothing
A former USDA official tells HuffPost that his superiors ignored the case that would inspire today’s deadly immigration crackdown.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
New: Trump admin was warned about possible Feeding Out Future fraud in 2020 -- and did nothing www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
Most interesting part in the new Pew poll on Trump is the decline in GOP confidence, which is really starting to mirror Dems losing confidence in Biden.
Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.
Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.
January 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Most interesting part in the new Pew poll on Trump is the decline in GOP confidence, which is really starting to mirror Dems losing confidence in Biden.
Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.
Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.
From Nate Cohn's latest newsletter, this is why it's a lot more useful to think about "affordability" in terms of the cost of living rather than strictly about inflation: Voters are concerned about the cost of a middle-class life more than about the cost of things they buy daily -->
January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
From Nate Cohn's latest newsletter, this is why it's a lot more useful to think about "affordability" in terms of the cost of living rather than strictly about inflation: Voters are concerned about the cost of a middle-class life more than about the cost of things they buy daily -->
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Such doubt was consistently echoed by senior officials in Biden admin deliberations, thru the end of their tenure — driving top officials to doubt humanitarian + intelligence experts unlike elsewhere & making it hard to justify shifts in US policy that could have saved lives.
More soon in my book.
More soon in my book.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Such doubt was consistently echoed by senior officials in Biden admin deliberations, thru the end of their tenure — driving top officials to doubt humanitarian + intelligence experts unlike elsewhere & making it hard to justify shifts in US policy that could have saved lives.
More soon in my book.
More soon in my book.
New Emerson poll of Michigan has McMorrow 22%, Stevens 17%, El-Sayed 16% in the Democratic Senate primary. Here's the general election head-to-heads:
McMorrow 46%
Rogers 43%
Stevens 47%
Rogers 42%
El-Sayed 43%
Rogers 43%
emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...
McMorrow 46%
Rogers 43%
Stevens 47%
Rogers 42%
El-Sayed 43%
Rogers 43%
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Michigan 2026 Poll: Crowded Democratic Senate Primary Remains Wide Open - Emerson Polling
Top Democratic Candidates Competitive Against GOP’s Rogers A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of…Full Release & Results
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January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
New Emerson poll of Michigan has McMorrow 22%, Stevens 17%, El-Sayed 16% in the Democratic Senate primary. Here's the general election head-to-heads:
McMorrow 46%
Rogers 43%
Stevens 47%
Rogers 42%
El-Sayed 43%
Rogers 43%
emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...
McMorrow 46%
Rogers 43%
Stevens 47%
Rogers 42%
El-Sayed 43%
Rogers 43%
emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...
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New: Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano was scared to go into work on Jan. 11. He went anyway, stopping for gas along the way. Millions of people saw what happened next: Immigration agents surrounded his car and brutally arrested him.
He told me what happened next:
www.huffpost.com/entry/orbin-...
He told me what happened next:
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Trump's Agents Brutally Arrested Him On Video. Now He's Speaking Out.
Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano's violent arrest went viral and he wants the world to know what happened.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
New: Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano was scared to go into work on Jan. 11. He went anyway, stopping for gas along the way. Millions of people saw what happened next: Immigration agents surrounded his car and brutally arrested him.
He told me what happened next:
www.huffpost.com/entry/orbin-...
He told me what happened next:
www.huffpost.com/entry/orbin-...
New: There are advanced discussions about a super PAC backing Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for Texas Senate, with potential backing from megadonor Karla Jurvetson.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...
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A Democratic Megadonor Is Poised To Boost Jasmine Crockett
Crockett is among a host of Democrats who could rely on super PACs to get them through tough primaries.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
New: There are advanced discussions about a super PAC backing Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for Texas Senate, with potential backing from megadonor Karla Jurvetson.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...
www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...
There are a lot of parallels between this precise moment and the summer of 2020, but this is a key one:
Because of COVID then and a winter storm now, a huge portion of the country is trapped inside with nothing to do but scroll social media and consume/share information.
Because of COVID then and a winter storm now, a huge portion of the country is trapped inside with nothing to do but scroll social media and consume/share information.
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 AM
There are a lot of parallels between this precise moment and the summer of 2020, but this is a key one:
Because of COVID then and a winter storm now, a huge portion of the country is trapped inside with nothing to do but scroll social media and consume/share information.
Because of COVID then and a winter storm now, a huge portion of the country is trapped inside with nothing to do but scroll social media and consume/share information.
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Scoop: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring officers to undergo more crowd-control training to square off with demonstrators in cities like Minneapolis.
This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters.
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Trump Admin Issues Concerning New Training Requirements In Internal DHS Memo
As anti-ICE protests erupt, the new requirement shows how rapidly the mission is changing at an agency traditionally focused on terrorism, drug smuggling and border security.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Scoop: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring officers to undergo more crowd-control training to square off with demonstrators in cities like Minneapolis.
This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Read @igorbobic.bsky.social on the growing ideological divide in the Minnesota Senate primary in the wake of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, including a very harsh back and forth between Craig and Flanagan.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Democrat Calls Her Opponent 'Disgusting' As Senate Race Takes A Bitter Turn
The Democratic Senate primary between Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig has become a slugfest amid Trump's immigration crackdown.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Read @igorbobic.bsky.social on the growing ideological divide in the Minnesota Senate primary in the wake of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, including a very harsh back and forth between Craig and Flanagan.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
New: Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and the DSCC have faced an unprecedented amount of intra-party criticism this cycle. With Peltola entering the Alaska Senate race, they think they have the answer to shut their critics up: Winning back the Senate.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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Democratic Leaders See A Path To A Senate Majority, And An Answer to Their Critics
Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are confident they’ve recruited top-flight candidates in enough states to flip the Senate in 2026.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New: Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and the DSCC have faced an unprecedented amount of intra-party criticism this cycle. With Peltola entering the Alaska Senate race, they think they have the answer to shut their critics up: Winning back the Senate.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work:
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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
You either resign a conservative hero, or serve long enough to become Jefferson Beauregard Sessions IV
Exclusive: President Trump has privately ramped up criticism of Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and ineffective.
Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides
The president has privately criticized his attorney general as weak and ineffective in recent weeks.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
You either resign a conservative hero, or serve long enough to become Jefferson Beauregard Sessions IV
New: In an interview with HuffPost, Minn. AG Keith Ellison said he thinks the order for the feds to stop sharing information re: Wednesday's shooting with the state came from the president.
"This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself," Ellison said.
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"This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself," Ellison said.
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Minnesota Attorney General Says Trump Blocked State From Investigating ICE Shooting
Keith Ellison said federal authorities stonewalled his office hours after an ICE agent killed Renee Good.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
New: In an interview with HuffPost, Minn. AG Keith Ellison said he thinks the order for the feds to stop sharing information re: Wednesday's shooting with the state came from the president.
"This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself," Ellison said.
www.huffpost.com/entry/keith-...
"This directive appears to be coming from Trump himself," Ellison said.
www.huffpost.com/entry/keith-...
Now splashed @huffpost.com: The $100 million three-way battle over AI that is splitting both parties and the tech industry and could define the midterms.
Populist backlash to data centers vs. the AI industry vs. scientists worried about existential risk.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-co...
Populist backlash to data centers vs. the AI industry vs. scientists worried about existential risk.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-co...
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Now splashed @huffpost.com: The $100 million three-way battle over AI that is splitting both parties and the tech industry and could define the midterms.
Populist backlash to data centers vs. the AI industry vs. scientists worried about existential risk.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-co...
Populist backlash to data centers vs. the AI industry vs. scientists worried about existential risk.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-co...
Incredible finding from Pew: Out of 107 democracies worldwide, only one -- Micronesia -- draws legislative districts through the same convoluted process the United States does.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Incredible finding from Pew: Out of 107 democracies worldwide, only one -- Micronesia -- draws legislative districts through the same convoluted process the United States does.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
New: Meet the most confident Democrats in America.
At the DGA meeting in Phoenix, confident predictions they’ll have a majority of govs after ‘26 and one of them will become president.
But also plenty of acknowledgments blue states need to do better.
www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-t...
At the DGA meeting in Phoenix, confident predictions they’ll have a majority of govs after ‘26 and one of them will become president.
But also plenty of acknowledgments blue states need to do better.
www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-t...
Meet The Most Confident Democrats In America
Everyone wants to be a Democratic governor, and a lot of the governors want to be president.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New: Meet the most confident Democrats in America.
At the DGA meeting in Phoenix, confident predictions they’ll have a majority of govs after ‘26 and one of them will become president.
But also plenty of acknowledgments blue states need to do better.
www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-t...
At the DGA meeting in Phoenix, confident predictions they’ll have a majority of govs after ‘26 and one of them will become president.
But also plenty of acknowledgments blue states need to do better.
www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-t...