The Texas Democrat Who Wants to “Make Quinceañeras Great Again” Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s running for Congress in South Texas, hopes that his status as a regional celebrity will open the door to a lasting connection with voters.

“They pay for the food, they pay for the place, they pay for the liquor, and you show up, and they’re happy.”

The Texas Democrat Who Wants to “Make Quinceañeras Great Again” Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s running for Congress in South Texas, hopes that his status as a regional celebrity will open the door to a lasting connection with voters.

Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s running for Congress in South Texas, hopes that his status as a regional celebrity will open the door to a lasting connection with voters. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Texas Democrat Who Wants to “Make Quinceañeras Great Again” Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s running for Congress in South Texas, hopes that his status as a regional celebrity will open the door to a lasting connection with voters.

I wrote about Bobby Pulido, the Tejano singer running for Congress whose opponent dismissed him as a “quinceañera act.” Well, guess where’s he’s campaigning?

A story about tradition and my first in @newyorker.com, from Texas → www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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Markwayne Mullin, the senator from Oklahoma and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is going to be in charge of Trump’s deportation operation.

BREAKING: Trump-Noem DHS admits to wrongfully arresting 261 DACA recipients, 86 of whom were deported, since Trump’s second term started, per disclosure to Congress.

Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows "We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."

The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.

50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members,​ 45% of Black members, and​ 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.

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A brilliant writer and friend. If you have leads, send them his way or mine please

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They say you haven’t lived until you’ve been laid off. I’ve now lived once.

Gutted to see so many coworkers lose their jobs at the Post today. If you know anyone who’s hiring a politics/culture/magazine writer with a law degree who also speaks Spanish:

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Marco Rubio says he covers his head with a blanket when taking naps on Air Force One so Trump won't think his secretary of state is weak for needing sleep on overseas flights.

An outstanding read on Trump's health: nymag.com/intelligence...

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Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

From a 1993 profile of Hillary Clinton: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...

Democrats spent a year at rock bottom. Have they learned any lessons? It’s been a long year of arguments, wisdom-mongering and profanity for the professional left and its allies.

The anti-Trump coalition of professional liberals, progressives, independents and former Republicans have spent the past year gathering in Washington to talk about their grim new reality.

Chris Murphy needs blue America to wake up The Connecticut senator once looked like the future of Democratic politics. These days, he worries whether democracy has a future.

“Democratic politicians have a problem: They are Democratic politicians. Where does that leave a Connecticut senator who’s been on the Hill for nearly two decades?”

A superb @karavoght.bsky.social profile of Chris Murphy, codenamed “The Vestryman” by Bannon www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

This whole paragraph in @maurajudkis.bsky.social's amazing story about SWEAT and THE SWAMP www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-int...

What did Sen. Alex Padilla get handcuffed for? The California Democrat was muscled to the ground after interrupting a Homeland Security news conference. He wondered if it was worth it.

“Never did I imagine hands on me, and let alone being put on the ground,” said Alex Padilla, California’s first Latino senator, in an interview this week.

He’s throwing WorldPride in Trump’s backyard. Who’s with him? Ryan Bos is trying to pull off a huge LGBTQ+ event in Washington during a time when not everybody is feeling comfortable showing their colors.

He’s throwing WorldPride in Trump’s backyard. Who’s with him?

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He’s throwing WorldPride in Trump’s backyard. Who’s with him? Ryan Bos is trying to pull off a huge LGBTQ+ event in Washington during a time when not everybody is feeling comfortable showing their colors.

Capital Pride is throwing a massive pride event on Trump’s doorstep as the administration advances decidedly anti-LGBTQ policies.

ED Ryan Bos says “this is not the time to retreat.” @jesusrodriguez.work

Trump wants it known as the Gulf of America. How American is the gulf? Oil! Rockets! Migrants! Margaritavilles! Meet us at the edge of a nation on the brink.

“You feel like you’re closer to the moon.” You won’t want to miss this great @jesusrodriguez.work meander along the Gulf of America or is it still the Gulf of Mexico? www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Trump wants it known as the Gulf of America. How American is the gulf? Oil! Rockets! Migrants! Margaritavilles! Meet us at the edge of a nation on the brink.

This gulf story has everything: a map-maker debating the name change, an oceanographer listening to whales, a Venezuelan mom on a gulf-side bus ride to an immigration appt — all bookended by Margaritavilles (Key West & S. Padre Island) and, of course, SpaceX. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Trump wants it known as the Gulf of America. How American is the gulf? Oil! Rockets! Migrants! Margaritavilles! Meet us at the edge of a nation on the brink.

On the Gulf Coast, no one’s really calling it “Gulf of America.” Is there anything American about it?

I went to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, the border and the Margaritaville in South Padre Island, Texas to figure it out.

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Bob Menendez’s golden rule The federally indicted New Jersey senator says he’s a man of his word. And he says he can still win.

“My history will not be defined by this case,” Bob Menendez told me last January, choking back tears. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Latinos like the Ramirez family were an essential part of the coalition that helped Trump retake the White House. But any future loyalty to the GOP depends on whether he can deliver on his promises.“Now, I’m like Arizona. I’m the pendulum.” @jesusrodriguez.work
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Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda Sarah McBride, the first out transgender member of Congress, represents Delaware in the House, and has fielded attacks from fellow members such as Rep. Nancy Mace.

“Call me Sarah.”

And McBride capped her first full week in office by introducing legislation, with Rep. Young Kim (R-California), to “crack down on fraudulent practices in the credit repair industry.”

In her first week as a Member of Congress, Sarah McBride introduced a bill with Republican Young Kim.

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Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda. I spent part of her first week — a week of many firsts — trying to figure out what it is. Don’t miss the *insane* takeout order that got her to Congress.

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