Alex Thompson

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national political correspondent for @Axios. @CNN contributor. co-author of #1 NYT bestseller “Original Sin.”

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1Feb 13, '24There’s a 4 minute Affleck cut of the Dunkin commercial It’s glorious. Oscar-bait.73.2×7.8M41k5.6k15k
2May 16, '25Exclusive: Axios obtained the audio of Robert Hur's 2023 interviews of Biden which show repeated mental lapses as he struggles to remember words & dates amid long, uncomfortabl67.5×7.2M8.6k2.9k4.2k
3Jun 7, '23Christie hits Jared and Ivanka: “the grift from this family is breathtaking”43.6×4.7M8.6k1.7k343
4Sep 30, '25Tough poll for Democrats on a shutdown.40.5×4.3M5k1.3k328
5Jul 13, '25“Biden did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons…Rather than ask Biden to keep signing revised versions, his staff waited and then ran the final version th37.4×4M5.2k1.6k697
6Oct 1, '25Bernie Sanders and AOC do a joint video explaining their view of the shutdown.37×4M14k2.5k2.1k
7Aug 24, '24In his 06 campaign, Walz boasted “that in 1993, he ‘was named the Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for his service in the education, military, and sm34.9×3.7M4.9k1.7k285
8Jun 10, '23Update: a spokesperson for Damon and Ben Affleck's production company Artists Equity tells Axios: "we hereby, expressly give notice that in the case of any use of material from Air31.9×3.4M8.8k1.7k220
9Jul 17, '23Megyn Kelly says she and Trump had a private conversation this weekend at TPUSA and that all that “nonsense between us is under the bridge” “It was frankly great to see him”29.6×3.2M11k2.4k140
10Nov 3, '24Harris dodges if she voted for CA’s prop 36–a measure to up crime/drug penalties. "I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it's the Sunday before the election28×3M4.8k1k316
11May 27, '23Don Jr. among others has shared this video. I don’t think any of us are ready for this next election online.25.8×2.8M4k513724
12Oct 8, '25Katie Porter, the front runner to be the next Governor of California, tries to leave an interview after getting frustrated w/ @juliewattsTV questions24.7×2.6M4.4k869955
13Jul 25, '23Scoop: This staffer didn't just retweet the video. He secretly made the video w/ the Sonnenrad, per a person familiar. It was then shared through @desantiscams where the staffer re22.6×2.4M3.6k1.3k566
14Oct 30, '25Q to Harris: Wasn't Biden’s refusal to recognize his own frailties the reason you faced a nearly impossible task? Harris talks Trump & the reporter: "I want to interrupt you — 21.4×2.3M7.4k5532.5k
15Sep 8, '24Trump is now proposing two of the largest-ever federal arrests of people living in America, including U.S. citizens, if he's re-elected21.3×2.3M4.2k2.3k409
16Oct 5, '25WaPo: Some rank-and-file DC officers and detectives have complained for months — in some cases, years — that managers were recording serious crimes as more minor ones to make their18.2×1.9M6.1k1.5k987
17Oct 1, '23🧐 Notable local reporting on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders16×1.7M3.8k1.2k101
18Nov 26, '22A Biden photobomb via the Nantucket Current14.1×061k3.2k715
19Mar 4, '24Mark Cuban backs Biden (not super enthusiastically): “If they were having his last wake, and it was him versus Trump, and he was being given last rites, I would still vote for Joe 14×1.5M5.7k805125
20Nov 9, '23NEW: Dems are now rushing to get similar abortion measures on the ballot next year in Arizona, Nevada and Florida — a potential firewall for Biden. SG Doug Emhoff has privately des13.6×1.5M4.6k833122
21Jul 17, '24The DNC Chair vs. Nate Silver: A short story13.1×1.4M5.1k561559
22May 18, '25.@VanJones68 reaction after reading Original Sin: "There are people who knew and said nothing, and that is a crime against this Republic. And I think the Democrats are going to pay12.3×1.3M7.4k1.4k1.1k
23Jan 8, '21Sen. Coons, considered one of Biden's best ambassadors w/ GOP Senators, calls on Hawley and Cruz to step down @marianne_levine reports11.3×044k6.8k130
24Sep 4, '24New: the Harris campaign wrote in an email that she “does not support an electric vehicle mandate.” I asked if that meant she would veto or sign the bill she co-sponsored in 2019 w10.9×1.2M4.8k1.7k286
25Jun 17, '24New: Biden campaign w/ a new ad: “This election is between a convicted criminal who’s only out for himself and a president who’s fighting for your family.” will run on general mark9.8×1M6k2.4k261
26Jul 2, '24A sr. Admin official describes briefing Biden to politico : “It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that. It’s a Rorschach test, not 9.6×1M4.2k966429
27Jun 5, '25Life comes at you fast.9.4×1M31k2.2k813
28Nov 4, '24New Yorker cover this week.8.2×878k12k2.9k472
29Jul 2, '24For real this time, Dems are in disarray.6.6×707k3.9k392122
30May 14, '21A wow from @AFP of the Iron Dome, Gaza6.4×021k4.7k963
31Jan 4, '21One of Raffensperger's advisers told @MarcACaputo that they recorded Trump's call b/c “This is a man who has a history of reinventing history as it occurs...Lindsey Graham asked us5.8×021k4.1k149
32Jun 5, '20“BLACK LIVES MATTER” painted on the street leading to the White House. Video from the DC mayor.5.6×017k5.7k134
33Oct 28, '22“CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust, and safety, were all fired”5.5×020k2.7k138
34Dec 2, '22KBJ stopped by the National Portrait Gallery, per their insta.5.4×025k1.8k89
35Aug 24, '24New Kamala Harris ad today being run in all 7 swing states (plus Nebraska), per @AdImpact_Pol "Here's a few things. I believe middle class families like the one I grew up in, they 5.3×566k5.5k1.5k301
36Jul 2, '20New Biden ad uploaded to YouTube last night is very MAN5.3×014k5k228
37Feb 26, '24New: I spoke with Hunter Biden. In an interview about his sobriety, he talked about how he sees it as both important for himself and keeping Trump from the WH, as a relapse would b5.1×545k4.2k523114
38Oct 9, '25Scoop w/ @hollyotterbein: NYC Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, has been privately discussing a run against Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), per 3 ppl familiar. Com5.0×537k6.4k604367
39Aug 18, '24Biden alumni bought a full page ad in the Delaware News Journal today thanking their former boss. Said he "taught us the value of an honest day’s work and showed us the nobility of4.8×511k18k4.6k576
40Dec 29, '23Christie on Haley: “She's smart & she knows better. And she didn't say it because she's a racist…the reason she did it is just as bad, if not worse, and should make everybody c4.5×480k5k839139
41Aug 19, '24Doug doing a walk through (with dancing) at the DNC podium.4.5×476k3.5k206140
42Jun 3, '20NYT reporters in a rare open revolt over the opinion side running Tom Cotton’s op-Ed calling to deploy the military to “restore order.”4.2×015k3k154
43Dec 6, '21NEW: Kamala Harris has long felt that Bluetooth headphones are a security risk. So, she insists on using wired ones, 3 fmr campaign aides told @rubycramer and me. That Bluetooth ph4.2×03.7k356608
44Sep 5, '19Warren getting some attn for this line rebutting the attacks from R’s “[the fossil fuel industry] want to be able to stir up a lot of controversy around your lightbulbs, around you3.9×013k3k296
45Aug 15, '21Welp.3.8×015k2.7k102
47Oct 13, '21Couric writes that she wanted to protect RBG and so she edited out RBG saying that those who kneel during the national anthem are showing 'contempt for a government that has made i3.8×06.8k2.6k574
48Sep 23, '19“you look like you're wearing about $250 worth of JC Penney” "Actually, it is Kohl's," Sanders says.3.5×014k1.5k238
49Jul 3, '22“I urge all you living in Florida to join the fight” This appears to be the ad Newsom is running on Fox News in Florida this weekend.3.5×011k2.3k282
50Jul 15, '22Scoop: Meghan Groob, Kamala's chief speechwriter, is leaving less than four months into the job.3.5×09k1.8k95
51Feb 6, '20News: Warren's Nevada team in tumult as 6 staffers, all women of color, have departed the roughly 70-person campaign in the final stretch w/ complaints of a toxic work environment 3.4×09.3k2.9k256
52Jan 31, '20Stacey Abrams says she intends to run for/be President one day. Do you think the country will...elect a black woman [president in next 20 years]. Abrams: Yes Do you think they'll e3.3×013k1.5k116
53Jan 8, '21Some more video of Lindsey Graham being called a “traitor” by Trump supporters at the Reagan airport while surrounded by security.3.3×06.7k1.5k338
54Oct 29, '24Obama’s response to Trump’s MSG rally—->2.9×305k3.8k686305
55Jan 10, '21This is wonky but potentially consequential “Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments for President Trump’s campaign website following last week’s riot at the Capitol”2.8×010k1.9k90
56Oct 16, '20NEWS: AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Katie Porter, Raúl Grijalva, and 39 left-wing groups already drawing battle lines on Biden admin personnel, signing a letter arguing that no C-suite lev2.8×09.4k1.3k161
57May 28, '25Thanks to everyone for reading the book and putting up with my shameless promotion. Original Sin by me and @jaketapper is an NYT bestseller: #12.8×296k3583147
58Aug 30, '21A Biden meeting w/ the pregnant widow of one of the dead Marines didn't go well "It struck the family as scripted and shallow, a conversation that lasted only a couple of minutes..2.7×06.3k3.1k159
59Jan 7, '21.@Liz_Cheney: “there’s no question the president formed the mob. The president incited the mob. The president address the mob. He lit the flame.”2.7×09k2.2k106
60Jan 12, '20Warren hits back: “I was disappointed to hear that Bernie is sending his volunteers out to trash me. Bernie knows me and has known me for a long time...I hope bernie reconsiders an2.7×06.3k1.7k126
61Nov 3, '20Chuck Schumer to @AnandWrites: argues for an FDR-like first 100 days. Says they will focus on: climate $15 minimum wage infrastructure bill that will also employee ppl w/ prison re2.7×06.4k1.3k322
63Feb 14, '20Steyer and Klobuchar did not know the name of the president of Mexico, in interviews w/ @TelemundoNews “I forget,” says Steyer. "Can you tell me his name?" Klobuchar: “No." Pete kn2.5×05.8k1.7k227
66Sep 1, '20You can now get Biden-Harris "yard signs" on Animal Crossing. via @kellymakena Looking forward to the VR 2032 presidential debates2.4×07.4k1.2k102
67Jan 8, '21Trump's former top Russia adviser Fiona Hill doesn't hold back w/ @ErinBanco @swin24 “The president was trying to stage a coup....Just because it failed or didn’t succeed doesn’t m2.3×06.8k2.4k108
68Aug 15, '21Worth remembering that some Trump-aligned Republicans argued last fall that Biden was the candidate who’d continue wars in the Middle East and Trump was the withdrawal candidate.2.3×06.7k2.2k318
69Oct 14, '20Wow. twitter going even further than FB and is no longer letting ppl tweet the NYPost story. This is what pops up if you try.2.3×06.7k1.9k107
70Feb 6, '22Have a feeling this photo—which Abrams promoted on her own account—of her appearing maskless surrounded by kids in masks is gonna be in a lot of ads this fall.2.2×07.7k1.4k98
71Jul 8, '21I still find this @margbrennan exchange the most illuminating/honest in how Biden thinks about Afghanistan “Don’t you bear some responsibility for the outcome if the taliban ends u2.2×05.1k1.4k487
72Oct 5, '22POTUS: “No one fucks with a Biden”2.2×07.4k938328
73Jun 18, '202020 has upended a lot of things but at least there are still political ads like this one for a GOPer in OK-52.1×04.3k891354
74Mar 7, '20Some Warren campaign staffers don’t have a good understanding of campaign journalism. Not my job to “actively support the candidate that you were assigned” It is my job to contact 2.0×07.4k822206
75Nov 21, '22CBS News had an independent review done of Hunter’s laptop. They concluded they believe its real.2.0×04.1k1.1k166
76Jan 10, '21GOP congressman just before the riot.1.9×05.7k1.9k96
77Mar 15, '21😬 "Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so."1.8×04.7k1.5k254
78Apr 4, '20Joe Rogan--who supported Bernie--on his podcast yesterday w/ managing director of Thiel Capital Eric Weinstein. "I’d rather vote for Trump than [Biden]. I don’t think he can handle1.8×04.6k1.1k123
79Sep 9, '20Rep. Max Rose, a Democrat running for reelection in Staten Island, with a digital ad: “Bill de Blasio is the worst mayor in the history of New York City. That’s the whole ad.”1.7×05.2k1k90
80Jun 2, '21no determination on grades at the end of the semester.1.7×07.8k44161
81Feb 13, '20Bernie w/ a bit of a warning shot, tells @chrishayes it would be "very divisive" if a candidate gets a clear plurality but not majority of the delegates and the party doesn't nomin1.6×04.4k66795
83Apr 19, '22Showing up at people’s homes is standard journalism that more reporters should do. like half of “all the president’s men” is Woodstein showing up at people’s homes.1.5×03.9k31655
84Apr 15, '20Stacey Abrams on VP: “I would be an excellent running mate. I have the capacity to attract voters by motivating typically ignored communities. I have a strong history of executive 1.5×04.3k66058
85Mar 4, '21Coming in at a cool $3 billion per page.1.4×04.9k97024
86Jan 16, '21The peaceful transfer of power1.4×04.5k1.1k104
87Jan 25, '21Cheney spokesperson on Gaetz coming to Wyoming: "Rep. Gaetz can leave his beauty bag at home. In Wyoming, the men don’t wear make-up.”1.3×04k65743
88Jan 14, '21What an A1 photo from @erinschaff1.3×05.1k81878
89Jun 28, '22"I remember Pat Cipollone saying, 'They're literally calling for the VP to be F'ing hung.'" Mark Meadows: "You heard [Trump], Pat. He thinks Mike [Pence] deserves it. He doesn't th1.3×04.5k90483
90Jan 20, '21McConnell's twitter handle goes from @senatemajldr to @LeaderMcConnell1.2×04.6k48826
92Jan 17, '21Nice detail from @shearm @peterbakernyt Biden chides aides for what he deems overly academic or elitist language. “Pick up your phone, call your mother, read her what you just told1.2×04.2k660111
93Feb 7, '21Liz Cheney says Rs "should not be embracing the former president" and "somebody who has provoked an attack on the...Capitol to prevent the counting of electoral votes, which result1.1×04k77334
94Jan 10, '21Marriott and now Blue Cross. Could see a stampede in the next few days.1.1×04.1k69535
95Apr 18, '21November 20011.1×04.7k36768
96Feb 13, '21In retrospect, she was trying to warn us all about what was to come.1.1×04.9k27736
97Sep 2, '20Markey could be a model for Dem incumbent in Blue states/districts wary of 2022 primary challenges: Publicly Support Medicare for All The Green New Deal Build a policy partnership 1.0×04.3k48725
98Dec 14, '21All the Fox News hosts reacting to their texts to Mark Meadows1.0×04.4k43635
99Nov 4, '20News: Biden campaign manager responds to Trump and writes: "If the president makes good on his threat to go to court to try to prevent the proper tabulation of votes, we have legal1.0×03.9k60520
100Aug 21, '20The Dems gave Sarah Cooper as much time as @AOC0.9×03.8k20223
101Jan 18, '21Some rivalries never die H/t @jonathanzgreen0.9×04.2k29659

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