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Niels Lesniewski
@nielslesniewski.bsky.social
Author of CQ Senate, contributor to Roll Call's At the Races.
Chief correspondent at CQ & Roll Call.

Currently working while you should be asleep.
Just have to say, if you read my week ahead story a week ago ... rollcall.com/2025/11/03/t...
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Live look at my desk. Yes, the Senate's still in session.
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Shutdown continues, so I'm back on the front page.
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Happy Easter!
April 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Meanwhile, on Facebook ...
April 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
From that OMB/OPM memo, on that point. Agencies need to submit lists with this info:
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I welcome tips and reader feedback, especially for the Monday newsletter, in a variety of places. That includes Signal.
February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I would be remiss if I didn't share here that my father, Paul, passed away this weekend.
I'm sure I'll have more thoughts. But he raced offshore powerboats many years ago, so I find that it's fitting that the news spread quickly in that community.
February 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If anyone happens to be looking for me over at Signal, yes I'm there too. Bonus points for understanding the sequence of numbers.
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fascinating weekend in the mountains at Zhangjiajie.
February 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fascinating weekend in the mountains at Zhangjiajie.
February 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
By executive order, enforcement of the FCPA is now paused except by individual directive of the attorney general.
February 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Sometimes, you just have to laugh at the poorly constructed AI facebook posts.
February 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here's the current USAID website:
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Been off for the last couple days on long-scheduled PTO that included watching a monkey drink Boba tea with a straw.
February 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Been off for the last couple days on long-scheduled PTO that included watching a monkey drink Boba tea with a straw.
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
There's a file photo in today's print edition of Roll Call that brings back memories ...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Nice anniversary logo on the website. We've been doing this a while.
January 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Senate folks new and old: Subscribe to the newsletter that I am (yet again) writing. And please send tips and suggestions.

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January 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Tonight in unexpected ads over on the other platform ...
January 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Little extra on the newspaper logo this morning.
January 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
December 28, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Visited the "Hanoi Hilton" this week. Remarkable to actually see it after hearing so many stories.

And no, I can never get too far from the Senate.
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Christmas Eve in Vietnam.
December 25, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Yeah, I know.
December 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM