NEW from me: Andy Beshear wrote a to McConnell demanding answers: “I am addressing this letter to Sen. McConnell under the assumption that he is capable of reading and responding verbally, and not incapacitated by means of consciousness or cognition” www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/p...
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Isaac Dovere
Senior reporter, CNN. Author, Battle for the Soul. Photographer, lots of animal pictures.
I wrote this week about Jewish progressives who see the anti-Israel political conversation tipping into straight antisemitism: Some responses to the Platner situation and who’s really to blame are ringing the same alarms for many of those feeling it— www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/p...
NEW: Jewish progressives warn about American antisemitism under the guise of criticism of Israel “I don’t see this as a right or left issue. I see this as the unmasking of American antisemitism under the guise of criticism of Israel,” said Michigan state Rep. Noah Arbit www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/p...
New York Post editorializes against the Trump sons’ financial involvement in a mine in Kazakhstan - nypost.com/2026/06/29/o... Read more on how Jon Ossoff came to include that example in his anti-corruption speeches in my story from this morning: www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/p...
Ossoff: “I think we should judge these prospective presidential candidates by how much they’re doing to help us win battleground states and front-line congressional races to restore checks and balances." www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/p...
NEW - Gavin Newsom, in what aides explicitly say is part of considering a 2028 run, is proposing a national billionaires tax: www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/p...
A lot of New York politicians dismissed the talk of Mamdani/DSA challenges when this story ran a year ago, after his primary win: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
NEW from me: Many NYC politicos who tried to be Mamdani allies are unhappy. Early endorser Rep. Nydia Velázquez wouldn't answer when asked if she regretted her support. The new powerbroker's take: This is what a revolution looks like - on his terms. www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/p...
NEW from me: What is there to teach a Kennedy about politics? According to Jack Schlossberg, as his name will appear on the ballot in Tuesday’s Democratic primary: Somehow, pretty much everything. A look at the closing days of his NY primary run: www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/p...
Obama in Chicago last night on the eve of his library opening, talking about why he doesn’t like “nostalgia”: “It lets us off the hook, bc it makes us feel like, ‘Well, you know, that was wonderful, but now, this is the reality, and there’s not much we can do about it.’” www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/p...
not interested in being a protest candidate or backing any, @aoc has been drilling into data & where she resonates. Her win record is big (incl: Rabb, Forstag, Villegas), but who she hasn't backed is also a choice (incl: Platner, Steyer, Chakrabarti): www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/p...
NEW from me: expect to see a lot of more @AOC campaigning this fall, as she road tests her appeal and her appetite for her 2028 options. With details about what she’s been doing in figuring out endorsements, building bridges back in DC… and knitting: www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/p...
You wanted to see the long hidden DNC autopsy report of the 2024 election loss. Here it is, and the convoluted never reported story of how it became an existential crisis of Ken Martin. The autopsy of the autopsy: www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/p...
NEW from me, from San Francisco: the Democratic infighting microcosm in the race to succeed Pelosi… with news on how Wiener is trying to hold strong, what actually went down with Chakrabati and AOC, and how Pelosi’s nudging toward Chan (+a Chonkers cameo) www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/p...
NEW from me: with fears of being locked out of the top 2 spots in the governor’s race lessened but still looming, CA Democrats are going with a behind the scenes strategy rather than trying to endorse a favorite — “people are not passive,” Newsom tells me: www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/p...
Warren, Bannon, Buttigieg and — at least as of a few years ago — Vance have agreed on this: A short, ultra-private antitrust lawyer plotting a war on tech companies & monopolies understands what Americans are demanding out of their government: www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...