.Secretary Pete Buttigieg on running again: “The honest answer is I don’t know. And the whole equation is just different.. Not in a way that rules things in or out, but it’s definitely a different set of pros and cons, at least for as long as they’re school age.” notus.org/democrats/pete…

Tangentially, more men talking about this would make it more acceptable for women in leadership roles to change expectations and what it looks like to be a successful working parent. When men don’t, it’s just brushed aside as a “women’s issue.”

In an odd way for someone who’s an Iowa caucus winner and cabinet secretary, because he started so young, Pete Buttigieg has grown up and matured on public view. Dan Merica captures what has been an increasingly important chunk of that for him: being a dad

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I really enjoyed this Dan Merica piece about Secretary Pete and how being a dad has changed him.

This change - “boundaries on your time” - is so, so real. (Frankly, we should all operate this way, parent or not. Your time is a non-renewable resource!)

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I’ve been heartened by the responses to this piece. Many have been from men who say they have grappled with these work/life balance questions, but don’t talk about it.

It’s something that impacted me when we had Denver.

More men need to talk about this. notus.org/democrats/pete…

“Work-life balance is still sometimes treated as though it were only a women’s issue…becoming a father helped me realize what was at stake for me personally in all of these debates about work-life balance, childcare and everything that goes along with it” notus.org/democrats/pete…

a look at Mayor Pete as Dad Pete from Dan Merica for NOTUS

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“As for those presidential dreams, it seemed clear to me that Pete hadn’t given them up entirely. ‘I think it was Rahm Emanuel who famously said that the White House is very family-friendly if you’re the first family,’ he noted.” ⁦Dan Merica⁩ notus.org/democrats/pete…

Love this story by Dan Merica. It's likely Pete Buttigieg now will never hear the end of requests from friends to sing the bath time song he wrote for his twins.

What a fascinating Dan Merica story on Pete Buttigieg before and after having kids: notus.org/democrats/pete…

Read Dan Merica (famously, a dad) on how fatherhood changed Transportation Secretary Mayor Pete Buttigieg (also a dad) notus.org/democrats/pete…

“This isn’t a job that you can do forever anyway, but that’s that much more true when you feel the trade-offs as a parent,” Buttigieg said when asked whether he plans to continue as transportation secretary if President Biden wins reelection. notus.org/democrats/pete…

How Parenthood Changed Pete Buttigieg - from his views on life in Washington to his political future.

“I’m more attuned to all of the different ways you can have a good life, only some of which involve public life,” he tells me for NOTUS. notus.org/democrats/pete…

An awful loss to the neighborhood - especially for our toddler, who will soon realize dad doesn't make the ragu he loves.

A lively group takes on the week’s news. With @JasonJDick, Editor-in-chief at CQ @RollCall, @KTullyMcManus, Congressional Reporter @Politico, Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor Cook Political Report and Dan @Merica, longtime political reporter. billpresspods.clickthiscard.top/tk7dqw5b

After six months of brutal war in Gaza—and six months of stateside organizing, outrage, and protest ballots from American progressives—there may be an opportunity for President Joe Biden to win back the potential votes he lost over his support of Israel.
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Biden is starting to get some credit from some of his biggest pro-Palestinian critics. The question now is whether he can win back some of the voters who have sworn him off entirely.

More in this week's Trail Mix, w/ Dan Merica on Trump & abortion downballot thedailybeast.com/biden-begins-w…

A must watch Monica Alba piece about how brothers half a world away are helping feed Palestinians in Gaza.

Here’s our NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt story on a Gaza soup kitchen run by brothers, a world apart. Most Palestinians are on the brink of famine and the need is even more critical with aid groups pausing operations this week in the wake of the deadly WCK strike.
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“It’s one thing to be outraised by $5 or $10 million total. It’s quite another where you’re outraised by multiples. That has a real effect on your efforts to run a national campaign, hold events, and have staff to actually do basic blocking and tackling.”