Jonathan Martin

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Senior political columnist @politico and host of ON THE ROAD. Best email for audio files, docs + tips: or DM for text/signal

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1Nov 5, '24Source in Georgia says yet more bomb threats coming into heavily black polling stations there.62.4×7.3M7.3k2.6k422
2Nov 2, '24The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.36.9×4.3M29k2.5k882
3Jan 6, '21.@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location “This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.21.2×074k17k495
4Dec 4, '24News: Top Biden aides are conducting a vigorous internal debate over whether to issue preemptive pardons, an extraordinary step to inoculate potential Trump targets from prosecutio20.4×2.4M4.5k711689
5Jul 14, '24Best aerial pic I've seen yet, via @nypost20.2×2.4M6.7k1.6k2.1k
6Apr 4, '23Quite a pic from Nashville, via @Tennessean17.9×2.1M12k2.6k147
7Aug 6, '24The word I heard from Dems last night was “compatibility” and clearly she had better vibe w a peer like Walz than Shapiro. But what’s striking isn’t just that she landed on the lef13.5×1.6M9.5k617453
8Nov 4, '24perhaps the most telling sign of the last 72 hours, even the biggest Democratic worrywarts are sounding optimistic12.2×1.4M10k471430
9Mar 16, '20NEW from @MittRomney: “Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the11.9×040k7k135
10Apr 28, '25🚨🚨 BRUSSELS — Britain and the EU are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. A leaked draft seen by POLI11.3×1.3M4.8k967254
11Oct 29, '24Barbara Bush (the younger) knocking Pa doors in a Barbour is a nice summation of how Rs would lose10.7×1.3M14k1.5k289
12May 25, '24Some real Martha Mitchell stuff here, except less cooperative w press On Jan. 20, 2021 — the day of Biden’s inauguration, which the Alitos did not attend — Barnes went to their hom9.6×1.1M5.1k1.5k266
13Nov 5, '24Philly Dems projecting optimism, both on turnout and possibility that Harris can come out of the city with a 475K or higher margin9.2×1.1M5.9k391138
14Jul 20, '18.@nytimes letter to the editor of the day - maybe month8.8×029k7.9k61
15Aug 26, '18From Sen McCain’s office: “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he 7.5×024k6.5k27
16Oct 2, '20NEWS: @JoeBiden is taking down his negative ads, going all-positive, per source familiar. Decision was made *before* WH put out word Trump was going to Walter Reed7.4×023k4.2k155
17Aug 27, '18Man alive, McCain gets in a last word on Trump His office releases a “farewell statement” “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries...We weaken 7.2×026k5.8k48
18Nov 6, '24Pattern so far is Trump doing better in rurals, Harris stronger in burbs6.4×745k5.4k375140
19Sep 19, '20News: @SenatorCollins told me earlier this month in Maine that she would not seat a Supreme Court justice in October. “I think that’s too close, I really do,” she said. She said sh6.3×019k4.8k134
20Oct 25, '23A sage Dem texts, basically: Repubs are gonna elevate a speaker who tried to overthrow the election and backs an abortion ban - the two issues we won on in 2022 “What are they thin6.2×726k3.8k70646
21Nov 3, '24There are very few senators in the *history of the chamber* who would make fun of themselves like this5.9×693k11k348534
22Jan 12, '21NEW: McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, believes the attack on Capitol gives Rs a chance to purge the president and... McCarthy has asked colleagues if he sho5.3×014k4.1k299
23Apr 17, '22The two party leaders today Trump: “Happy Easter to failed gubernatorial candidate and racist Attorney General Letitia James…” Biden: “As we reflect today on Christ’s Resurrection,5.3×019k3.4k240
24Oct 3, '24One of two political parties fine w a nominee telling flat lies, demagoguing immigrants in the worst tradition of American politics and hustling every possible buck he can Total ac4.8×564k3.4k1k115
25Oct 26, '25“Among the terabytes of evidence Smith amassed in his investigation, including a forensic copy of Trump's own phone documenting his digital activity on Jan. 6, are draft versions o4.5×521k6.2k2.3k709
26Nov 12, '20“President-elect Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings right now” - @SenatorCollins tells reporters4.1×018k1.6k28
27Sep 9, '19“We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” said a senior university official with inside knowledge of Liberty’s finances. “We’re not educating; we’re buying real estate 3.9×09.2k4.8k267
29Feb 6, '21Still there3.3×013k1.6k129
30Sep 27, '20Trump just told reporters he wasn’t contacted for our story. His attorney is on the record in the piece >3.2×010k3k62
31Jan 20, '25The decision to move the ceremony inside and then hand donors seats literally right next to and behind former presidents and VP is a gift to Dems, easiest messaging in the world2.9×335k4.6k628189
32Jan 6, '21A wise, and bullish, Ga Dem says succinctly: They attacked the black church”2.8×012k1.4k74
33Aug 5, '19NEWS: @RepKenMarchant to retire tomorrow, per two Republicans. He’ll be the fourth Texas Repub in recent weeks to call it quits. And Marchant’s DFW-area district is highly competit2.7×07.7k2.4k31
34Feb 17, '21Bit of news — @JoeBiden tells @andersoncooper every former president “but one” has called him.2.6×011k70323
35Jun 10, '20NEWS: @kingjames is finally taking the plunge into politics He and a handful of athletes and entertainers are starting a new group to protect black voting rights On how Lebron, @Th2.6×07.5k2.1k91
36Nov 20, '18The Trump Doctrine is entirely predictable: he attacks those who criticize him, no matter their standing (McRaven, Khans, LeVar Ball, Rosie); and he embraces those who flatter him,2.6×08.9k1.9k42
37May 31, '20Besides the aftermath of 9/11, hard to recall another period in the last half-century that so cried out for national leadership2.5×09.9k1.4k33
38Jan 6, '21The Virginia National Guard and 200 state troopers are being sent to DC, per a top Va official.2.4×07.3k2.2k38
39Oct 17, '20It is hard to think of a more powerful, viral in-kind contribution that Rudy could have given Biden. Can’t overstate how turned off casual voters were by Trump humiliating Biden ab2.4×08k1.6k71
41Sep 9, '20Trump remarked that he was awestruck meeting Kim for the first time, thinking to himself, ‘Holy shit,’ and finding Kim to be ‘far beyond smart.’ Trump also boasted to Woodward that2.3×05.9k2.1k102
42Nov 3, '20Four years ago tonight, I was in Philadelphia for Hillary’s last rally. Two smart Democrats told me they were concerned about Pa. One was Edward G. Rendell. The other was Robert P.2.2×09.5k85195
43May 28, '19.@maggieNYT is the most indispensable journalist of the Trump era. She's relentless, tough and thoroughly fair. And she's a big part of why you know so much of what you do about th2.1×04.1k796112
44Feb 1, '18Area man continues to read stage directions out loud2.1×07.4k1.9k0
45Aug 8, '22Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar2.0×03.8k70453
46Apr 22, '22We said last night we have more tapes and we meant it. @alexburnsNYT and I will be on @CNN at 1025AM eastern and you’ll want to tune in.2.0×07.6k95949
47Oct 9, '17Exclu: CORKER sez Trump treating WH like "reality show," is tempting "World War III" & WH staff must "contain him" >1.9×04k2.4k0
48Feb 4, '21An extraordinary moment in the House — @LeaderHoyer, w @IlhanMN behind him, speaking directly to @mtgreenee about her conduct - while hoisting an oversized pic of MTG holding an AR1.9×07.8k1k42
49Feb 14, '18White House won’t say what the immigration status is of Melania’s parents1.8×03.2k2.5k1
50Oct 19, '20Closing Message Question of the day for Joe Biden Are you in hiding most of this week because you are only willing to answer milkshake-related questions?1.8×03.8k68017
51May 23, '22NEW: 💥 The rupture is complete Pence tells me he’s open to running v Trump in ‘24 - will go “where we’re called” - and heads goes to Ga today to join ranks against Trump’s vengean1.8×03.5k1.1k224
52Jan 10, '21Via @elianayjohnson in @playbookplus > “He told Kelly Loeffler before he landed in Georgia for a final rally on Monday that if she didn’t back the Electoral College challenges, 1.8×04.8k1.6k118
53Jan 13, '21Rep. Peter Meijer (Mich.), a newly elected Republican from Grand Rapids, apologized to the police afterward. “I am sorry some of my colleagues are being assholes.” (via @PunchbowlN1.7×07.6k72836
54Jan 6, '21Highly respected Republicans who know Georgia think Ossoff prevails unless something really funky happens in DeKalb and Cobb1.7×07.6k70123
55Feb 27, '21Pete Hegseth on @CPAC stage lamenting decline of biblical values Also Hegseth: "During his marriage...Hegseth had a daughter with Fox executive producer Jennifer Rauchet, with whom1.7×05.3k1.6k55
56Jun 1, '20.@JoeBiden takes a knee1.7×06.1k1.4k12
57Oct 12, '20The contempt for masking indoors is wildly out of step w public opinion. But it persists even after a massive outbreak infected the president, first lady, party chair, campaign man1.6×05.4k1.3k51
58Jan 10, '21Not a word about Trump’s conduct and already moved on to what she assumes will mean more to R primary voters. This is why the calls for unity are mostly just a fig leaf. It’s a way1.6×06k1.1k37
59Nov 8, '17🚨🚨🚨 A Va GOP delegate tells me House Rs are now bracing to lose well over 10 seats. This is a bloodbath.1.6×04.9k1.4k0
60Jan 12, '21🚨 .@Liz_Cheney: "There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution. "I will vote to impeach the President.1.6×05.9k1.1k21
61May 31, '20People close to the president, including several senior White House officials, have privately expressed concerns that his incendiary response to the Minneapolis riots will hurt him1.6×04.3k78328
62Dec 13, '17Most sobering stat last night for the White House: Trump approval was at 48-48 in exit polls. In Alabama. Moore not the only issue1.6×05.5k1.3k0
63Oct 10, '17NEW: Audio of Corker telling us "I hope you are" taping our interview >>1.6×04.1k1.9k0
64Jan 18, '21“The AP’s review found at least three of the Trump campaign aides named on the permit rushed to obscure their connections to the demonstration. They deactivated or locked down thei1.6×04.2k1.8k121
65Jan 9, '21I went to the RNC winter meeting but found a parallel universe. But don't take my word for it “This room, they’re in denial, and that’s on the record,” said @billpalatucci From Ame1.6×03.5k1.5k309
66May 5, '18McCain At The Ranch: He deeply regrets not picking Lieberman for VP in ‘08, tells Biden to stay in politics and is planning on having Pence, not Trump, at a funeral all hope won’t 1.6×04.2k1.5k41
67Oct 1, '20NEW: Marc Racicot, the former MT governor & RNC chair, tells us why he decided to go public for Biden. “It gnawed at my conscience,” he said, adding of Trump: “I’ve concluded t1.5×04.1k1.7k68
68Jul 28, '17NEWS: Two Ariz Republicans w direct knowledge tell me they now anticipate McCain WILL vote "no" on skinny.1.5×04.1k1.6k0
69Nov 9, '22An Ariz GOPer laments >> “Just this weekend, at a rally, Lake asked if there were any McCain supporters present. She then said, ‘if there are, get the hell out’ Imagine a gen1.5×05.7k85381
70Oct 15, '18Warren didn’t just do a DNA test - she went home to Okla to put her conservative-leaning family on camera and have em push back at the Pocahontas attack It’s not “I’m running,” it’1.4×04.2k1.3k50
71Oct 9, '17As Corker noted, most every GOP senator shares his alarm about Trump. He just said it on the record & unsparingly1.4×03.6k1.5k0
72Mar 3, '20News: There is a third former candidate endorsing @JoeBiden tonight It’s @BetoORourke1.4×04.1k1.1k10
73Nov 4, '20Pennsylvania Democrats are very confident that the votes are there for Biden to prevail when every vote is counted. One Democrat said the margin could be about 100K, another one pr1.4×05.5k71333
74Mar 29, '21What sticks out in Trump statement is that he wants credit for vaccinations but isn't committed to them enough to have gotten vaccinated in public, which would have sped up herd im1.3×05.6k50329
75Oct 9, '17In a 25-min interview, Sen BOB CORKER offered perhaps the harshest critique yet of Trump from an elected Republican>1.3×03.4k1.4k0
76Jun 10, '21Some news: @valdemings has raised $1M since launching her campaign yesterday for #FLSen, per Dem official1.3×05.5k54211
77Mar 10, '20Republican vet sends this over and asks: “Why on earth is the Trump Campaign sending this out? Do they think this makes Biden look bad? People are going to love this”1.3×04k77450
78Jul 20, '17He didn't just hold fast in Hanoi: an 80-year-old man w brain cancer pushed self to exhaustion this year to reassure the world about America1.2×04.5k9300
79Feb 24, '22As bombs fall in Ukraine, MITT goes there: “Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors in Georgia and Crimea, our naive efforts at a one-sided 1.2×04.6k67888
80Oct 31, '20Early vote jumped today in Hidalgo Co (McAllen), as @KamalaHarris @BetoORourke @JulianCastro rallied supporters County finishes w 187,893 early + mail votes. There were 173,437 tot1.2×04.7k67023
81Apr 22, '20The news in that Fla. poll: Biden is up 52-42 among 65+ year old voters. 2016 exits had Trump 57-40 over Hillary with 65+ Fla voters1.2×04.1k89526
82May 24, '18Citizen exercises 1st Amendment outside the Capitol this am >1.2×04.4k88913
83Dec 29, '18Crow Nation at the Billings airport >1.2×04.2k1k41
84Nov 7, '20The new Mississippi state flag >1.2×05.4k38524
85Dec 16, '18When a Republican president floats breaking into the DNC w no apparent irony1.2×04k1k17
86Sep 23, '20Asked @cindymccain what she’d do if Trump came after her. She said “laugh it off” and predicted a “5 in the morning” tweet It came at 4:22, her time1.2×04.3k86920
87Aug 29, '18NEW: Fla was already the most consequential swing state. But DeSantis v Gillum sets up a titanic showdown between a pair of 39-year-olds who represent the beating heart of their pa1.2×03.6k1k16
88Jul 18, '17MCCAIN: "Congress must now return to regular order, hold hearings, receive input from...both parties, and heed the recommendations of" govs1.2×03.9k9910
89Jan 13, '21It will be long noted + much remembered that @Liz_Cheney and @HerreraBeutler didn’t just call for impeachment They used their statements to force their colleagues to not avert thei1.2×04.8k58639
90Jan 6, '21Just asked @RoyBlunt what he wants to hear from Trump tonight. “I don’t want to hear anything,” he said. Blunt called this the saddest day he’s been in Congress.1.1×04.4k61124
91May 25, '17Just checked in w @Bencjacobs, who is getting an x-ray (!). his parting words: "wait for my piece to go up, don't scoop me on this"1.1×03.8k8910
92Mar 4, '20Perhaps the biggest non-presidential moment of the 2020 cycle is upon is. And after months of saying he would not run, @GovernorBullock is poised to run against @SteveDaines w @Cat1.1×03.5k76623
93Nov 21, '20First member of congressional GOP leadership to exert any sort of pressure - and a notable difference w @GOPLeader1.0×04k56725
94Jun 1, '20One of Trump’s favorite 2016 attack lines on @tedcruz: “He holds the bible high and then he lies. I call him Lyin’ Ted” @maggieNYT1.0×03.4k89214
95Nov 5, '20I'm told by somebody at Fox that they *will* call the presidency for Biden if PA tips his way tonight. Sec/State there is holding a briefing at 5:15.1.0×03.4k63035
96Aug 21, '20The Democratic primary electorate looks a lot smarter tonight1.0×04.3k36344
97Oct 25, '20Here we to... @KamalaHarris to TEXAS on Friday, per a Dem briefed1.0×03.7k45316
98Feb 20, '21Toomey said on KDKA-AM radio on Thursday that the party can’t look the other way when a president “tries terrible and illegal and unconstitutional means of staying in power.” “That0.9×03.4k64432
99Dec 23, '20.@GOPLeader just told members on call that somebody is leaking to the NYT (it you, @maggieNYT) while on the call0.8×03.3k29839
100Oct 24, '20It’s also the coalition that handed Biden the nomination and may make him president0.8×03.3k30317
101Oct 25, '22Thrilled to return to the great team @politico to launch a reported column on politics From the Hill and WH to state capitols and city halls, i’m going to write about both the insi0.3×097410243

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