This is a beautiful and important piece.

Scoop here: Jets QB Aaron Rodgers and former MN Gov. Jesse Ventura top RFK Jr's list for running mate. Both have welcomed the overtures. nytimes.com/2024/03/12/us/…

Taylor Swift voted early, by mail, I’m told. via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/05/us/…

Joe Biden’s Superfans Think the Rest of America Has Lost Its Mind
w/ Rebecca Davis O'Brien
nytimes.com/2024/03/04/us/…

The treasurer of a new group backing DeSantis in Iowa once worked for George Santos. nytimes.com/2023/12/18/us/… (w/ Rebecca Davis O'Brien + Grace Ashford)

This series from Maggie Haberman Jonathan Swan Charlie Savage is some of the most critical political reporting for the 2024 election. Make time for this --> nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/…

Here's a truly delightful book excerpt from my friend and colleague and desk plant co-parent Rob Copeland: nytimes.com/2023/11/01/bus…

In which I ask Doug Burgum about his eyebrows. “If the only people voting were women over 75 or 80 years old, then we’d have a lock on it.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/10/31/us/…

NEW: DeSantis super PAC helps pay for private flights, in unusual cost-cutting move that camapign finance experts say could test the limits of the law. nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/… (w/ Rebecca Davis O'Brien + Shane Goldmacher + Maggie Haberman)

Dennis Kucinich is out as RFK Jr’s campaign manager. A scoop, with Reid J. Epstein: nytimes.com/2023/10/13/us/…

Today on The Daily: why both parties are so afraid of RFK Jr now that he's entered the presidential race as independent. Our guest: @Rebecca Davis O'Brien, making her Daily debut.
nytimes.com/2023/10/12/pod…

The thinking has been that RFK Jr. as an independent hurts Biden/Dems but increasingly Republicans are worrying that he could be a threat to Trump. Rebecca Davis O'Brien

nytimes.com/2023/10/09/us/…

NEWS w/ Rebecca Davis O'Brien: Nikki Haley raised $11 million in Q3 across three committees.

Her 2024 campaign account had $9.1 million in primary cash — more than Ron DeSantis’s $5 million in primary cash, even if he outraised her overall. nytimes.com/2023/10/09/us/…

'Musk, a self-described 'free speech absolutist,' did not respond to requests for comment.' washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Campaign finance types noticed that Ron DeSantis's campaign was totally missing from WinRed's report.

Rebecca Davis O'Brien and I dig into why — and how — DeSantis didn't have to disclose any of his small donors, and what it means going forward.
nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/…

This is heartbreaking. Blakeney was a few years ahead of me at Saint Ann’s, and her early interest in journalism — and her steadiness, humor and commitment — was an inspiration. I loved hearing her name on the radio. What a terrible loss for her family, friends, colleagues.

Excellent NYT article by Rebecca Davis O'Brien and Alexandra Berzon about how Tim Scott (and others) are basically laundering massive campaign spending. Nobody knows where it goes. Outrageous. nytimes.com/2023/07/28/us/…

Our look at the DeSantis staff shedding, the cost of travel including private planes, and the reality that with exactly six months till Iowa, DeSantis needs to make a change if he's to change the trajectory of his candidacy. Rebecca Davis O'Brien and me nytimes.com/2023/07/16/us/…