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Zack Stanton
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Deputy managing editor for news @MSNBC.com. Former editor of @politico.com's Playbook. Macomb County native.

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A few months ago, Pierre Poilievre appeared poised to become the next Canadian prime minister.

Just before 5 a.m. this morning, CBC News declared that he has lost his own bid for reelection.
April 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
WHCD weekend has arrived in Trump's Washington

www.politico.com/newsletters/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is *quite* the sensationalized headline at Fox News.

Click through, and you'll find that the "third party" is… God.
April 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Vivid, affecting writing from Gothamist:

gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
April 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
From a spox for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer:

“The governor was surprised that she was brought into the Oval Office during President Trump’s press conference without any notice of the subject matter. Her presence is not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made at that event.”
April 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Michigan, when someone suggests changing the name of a Great Lake to honor Ohio
March 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the White House's Instagram account
February 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Establishing a monarchy to own the libs
February 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
SCOOP: Far-right activist Jack Posobiec traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and was in the room when the secretary greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“It’s the richest person in the world taking away from the poorest people in the world,” one USAID official told Playbook. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Interesting history scoop and great "what if?" from Politico's Andy Glass in this morning's Playbook: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
January 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Rep. David Scott to a Politico photojournalist: “Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?”

www.politico.com/newsletters/...
December 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The holidays come earlier and earlier these days
July 4, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Interesting bit on Trump from Ryan Lizza's new interview with conservative evangelical leader Ralph Reed:

“I would rather have somebody who isn’t one of us who thinks *I* elected *him* than somebody who *is* one of us who thinks he did it by himself."

https://politi.co/43WjSc0
June 23, 2023 at 10:38 AM