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Senior Political Editor at TIME Magazine. Background in economics and TX politics. Formerly New York Times, Texas Tribune. Dad. #washingtondc @nytimes.com Signal: @amanbatheja.46

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Does Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him? Presumably he wouldnโ€™t be pushing $145 Florsheim oxfords on all his pals if he knew the company sued his administration over tariffs.

Does Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him?

nymag.com/intelligence...

10.03.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GOP stands to lose House in blue wave if oil prices stay high, data suggests A TIME analysis find a correlation between the cost of oil and losses endured by the party running the White House.

"If Republicans canโ€™t get their arms around the spiraling costs of oil, they will need to get familiar with a new greeting: Hello, Speaker Hakeem Jeffries."

time.com/article/2026...

10.03.2026 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Traders fear missing out on latest โ€˜Trump TACO rallyโ€™

Traders fear missing out on latest โ€˜Trump TACO rallyโ€™

Actual headline from CNBC

10.03.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Pushing Stock-Trading Ban That Doesn't Ban Stock Trading The ethics bill Trump is urging Congress to pass is full of loopholes that would let lawmakers continue to profit off insider information.

New: Trump Is Backing a Stock-Trading Ban That Doesnโ€™t Ban Trading Stocks

โ€œThe bill that many Republicans are backing over stronger proposals is so fraught with loopholes that lawmakers can still profit from insider information so long as the profits are rolled into another vehicleโ€

09.03.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œIn a phone interview with CBS News on Monday afternoon, Trump portrayed the war on Iran as nearly finishedโ€ฆBut hours laterโ€ฆTrump struck a very different tone, describing the war as unfinished and pledging continued military pressure.โ€

09.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump in the last couple of hours has said the US effort in Iran is โ€œalmost complete,โ€ a โ€œshort-term excision,โ€ and also, โ€œwe will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.โ€

09.03.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 101 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for ICE Despite ICE employees seeking to keep a low profile in public, ICE official Madison Sheahan placed a bulk order for marked vehicles.

Wild story from @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social:
ICE "wasted millions" to buy "thousands of employee vehicles that the agency cannot use to arrest illegal immigrants"

The problem: the vehicles are marked with ICE logo and motto

โ€œICE has never had marked vehicles,โ€ person familiar said

09.03.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 376 ๐Ÿ” 144 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33 ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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Trump Is Obsessed With These $145 Shoesโ€”and Wonโ€™t Let Anyone Leave Without a Pair Forget MAGA hats. The president is guessing shoe sizes and handing out dress shoes to friends and advisers.

WSJ: Trump Is Obsessed With These $145 Shoesโ€”and Wonโ€™t Let Anyone Leave Without a Pair

"The president has taken to guessing peopleโ€™s shoe size in front of them. He asks an aide to put in an order and, a week later, a brown Florsheim box arrives at the White House."

09.03.2026 13:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Trump Pushing Stock-Trading Ban That Doesn't Ban Stock Trading The ethics bill Trump is urging Congress to pass is full of loopholes that would let lawmakers continue to profit off insider information.

New: Trump Is Backing a Stock-Trading Ban That Doesnโ€™t Ban Trading Stocks

โ€œThe bill that many Republicans are backing over stronger proposals is so fraught with loopholes that lawmakers can still profit from insider information so long as the profits are rolled into another vehicleโ€

09.03.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tehran Shrouded in Toxic Cloud After Israel Strikes Fuel Depots The strikes appear to be the most significant attack on Iran's civilian infrastructure of the war to date.

"The rain is black, I can't believe it, I'm seeing black rain.โ€

Iranโ€™s capital engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel depots caused fires to burn for hours

08.03.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tehran Shrouded in Toxic Cloud After Israel Strikes Fuel Depots The strikes appear to be the most significant attack on Iran's civilian infrastructure of the war to date.

"The rain is black, I can't believe it, I'm seeing black rain.โ€

Iranโ€™s capital engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel depots caused fires to burn for hours

08.03.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Warโ€™s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame

โ€œThe Israeli strike also killed another group of Iranian officials who had been meeting in a different part of the compound. Among them were people the White House had identified as more willing to negotiateโ€ฆand who might help bring a swift end to the conflict, according to American officials.โ€

08.03.2026 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | There Is One Crucial Reason Weโ€™re Talking About Boots on the Ground

โ€œIf President Trump ends the war without getting control of the canisters, Iran will almost certainly speed toward going nuclear. Grabbing it, on the other hand, would entail huge risk and the inevitable deployment of American or Israeli ground forces.โ€ (Gift link)

07.03.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

โ€œThere was no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras โ€” just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept.โ€

07.03.2026 14:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This press release is two days old and still reads like this

06.03.2026 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

โ€œMr. Schwartz had not been shy about sharing the strategy behind his clemency campaign with other inmatesโ€ฆNearly a million dollars went to right-wing operatives who claimed to have worked with Laura Loomerโ€

06.03.2026 15:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating โ€” even indirectly โ€” in the war.

06.03.2026 12:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 721 ๐Ÿ” 364 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103 ๐Ÿ“Œ 138
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Kristi Noem's Removal Was About Optics, Not Policy Noemโ€™s tenure is one of the biggest flameouts of Trump's second term

Donโ€™t expect DHS policy to change significantly.

06.03.2026 09:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the โ€‹Middle East."

06.03.2026 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 10013 ๐Ÿ” 5280 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 629 ๐Ÿ“Œ 640
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Trump's War If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

โ€œNo other modern American leader has directed assaults in as many countries in such a short span of timeโ€ฆIn 2025 alone, he approved more individual airstrikes than his predecessor did over four years.โ€

time.com/7382697/trum...

05.03.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who Is Markwayne Mullin, the New Homeland Security Secretary? Trump has selected Sen. Markwayne Mullin to serve as the next Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem.

In all his years in Congress, Markwayne Mullin has never served on either the House Homeland Security Committee or the Senate Homeland Security Committee
time.com/7382769/mark...

05.03.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Kristi Noem's Removal Was About Optics, Not Policy Noemโ€™s tenure is one of the biggest flameouts of Trump's second term

Kristi Noemโ€™s tenure has been one of the biggest flameouts of Trump's second term so far.

"At first a favorite of Trump, Noemโ€™s decline came in short order as her personal life, living situation, cratering morale, and leadership feuds all made her a liability."
time.com/7382737/kris...

05.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's War If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

Trump on Iran: "They canโ€™t have a nuclear weapon. Thatโ€™s number one, two, and three. Number four, no ballistic missiles." Another objective: installing โ€œsomebody that is rational and saneโ€ as leader.

Trump's timeline: โ€œI have no time limits on anything. I want to get it done.โ€

05.03.2026 20:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's War If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

Trump, when asked by TIMEโ€™s Eric Cortellessa if Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home:

โ€œI guess. But I think theyโ€™re worried about that all the timeโ€ฆWe plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die.โ€œ

time.com/7382697/trum...

05.03.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
TIME cover shows a series of red MAGA hats. The front one says โ€œMake Iran Great Againโ€ The others have different countries

TIME cover shows a series of red MAGA hats. The front one says โ€œMake Iran Great Againโ€ The others have different countries

TIMEโ€™s latest cover

time.com/7382697/trum...

05.03.2026 20:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 344 ๐Ÿ” 112 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing, yelled at Mullin to sit down after he challenged O'Brien to a fight. Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.

"This is the time, this is the place," Mullin told O'Brien after reading a series of critical tweets O'Brien had sent about him in the past. "If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here."

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing, yelled at Mullin to sit down after he challenged O'Brien to a fight. Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off. "This is the time, this is the place," Mullin told O'Brien after reading a series of critical tweets O'Brien had sent about him in the past. "If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here."

Markwayne Mullin, the new Homeland Security secretary, is a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter who in 2023, during a committee hearing, almost came to blows with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien.

"If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here," he said

05.03.2026 19:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just like he did with Mike Waltz after SignalGate, Trump isn't firing Kristi Noem but reassigning her. She's now going to be "Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas," a new Western Hemisphere security initiative

05.03.2026 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yikes, the D.C. Court of Appeals decision is pretty withering in its assessment of the Public Service Commission's decision not to have a trial-like evidentiary process on Pepco's multi-year rate increase.

05.03.2026 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iran War Draining US Weapons Stockpiles, Raising Fears From Ukraine to Taiwan US Weapons Stockpiles, From Ukraine to Taiwan From Washington to Ukraine to Taiwan, thereโ€™s growing concern that Iran is draining U.S. supplies of weapons relied on by U.S. allies

New: From Washington, D.C. to Ukraine to Taiwan, thereโ€™s growing concern that the U.S. war in Iran is depleting stocks of sophisticated weapons systems that protect allies around the globe from missile attacks.
time.com/7382582/trum...

05.03.2026 12:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iran War Draining US Weapons Stockpiles, Raising Fears From Ukraine to Taiwan US Weapons Stockpiles, From Ukraine to Taiwan From Washington to Ukraine to Taiwan, thereโ€™s growing concern that Iran is draining U.S. supplies of weapons relied on by U.S. allies

New: From Washington, D.C. to Ukraine to Taiwan, thereโ€™s growing concern that the U.S. war in Iran is depleting stocks of sophisticated weapons systems that protect allies around the globe from missile attacks.
time.com/7382582/trum...

05.03.2026 12:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0