Something to read while you're awaiting election returns: How WI supreme court races went from largely nonpartisan to highly partisan in 30 years nytimes.com/2023/04/04/ups…

Janet Protasiewicz wins in Wisconsin, upending the political direction of her state by flipping majority control of the State Supreme Court. nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/…

‘You know, in Wisconsin we can have nice things too.’ - president of WI AFL-CIO reacting to liberal judge’s victory, while eyeing the advances by labor in Michigan. Via ⁦Reid J. Epstein⁩ nytimes.com/2023/04/05/us/…

Did you know Astead's Run-Up is back? The first 2 episodes are awesome examples of original audio reporting—they go inside the party establishments in the wake of the midterms, to see how they’re working to shape 2024 before anyone is paying attention. nytimes.com/2023/04/13/pod…

Abortion rights are becoming a winning platform for Democrats, as seen in the recent Wisc. Supreme Court election. Andy Slavitt 🇺🇦 asks NYT's Reid J. Epstein & Capital Times reporter Jessie Opoien if the race is a bellwether heading into the 2024 elections. Listen: link.chtbl.com/InTheBubble?si…

President Biden has formally moved from a campaign-in-waiting to a campaign of waiting. W/ Reid J. Epstein nytimes.com/2023/04/26/us/…

New w/Reid J. Epstein: The early Biden campaign is focused on accumulating cash and passing off costs to the DNC (which paid for those early TV ads ). Few staff but two fundraisers in NYC today, with Pete Buttigieg in tow. nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/…

Supporters on Joe Biden's national advisory board were asked to wear sunglasses, “ideally aviators,” to record a video touting Biden. In the final video product, only Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey wore sunglasses. nytimes.com/live/2023/05/1…

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Some new, important and sad reporting on Dianne Feinstein from ⁦Annie Karni⁩ and ⁦Carl Hulse⁩. nytimes.com/2023/05/18/us/…

When Sam Zell visited Newsday after buying Tribune Co., he told the assembled newsroom: “The question is not whether Newsday owns Long Island. The question is whether Long Island is worth owning.” nytimes.com/2023/05/18/bus…

Democrats’ Phalanx Around Biden Has an Eric Adams-Size Hole nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/… w/ Reid J. Epstein Dana Rubinstein

It is the topic the nation just can’t delete from its political conversation: Hillary Clinton’s emails. w/Katie Glueck nytimes.com/2023/06/12/us/…

New w/ Reid J. Epstein & alyce: Democrats are in near-universal agreement that Trump should face federal charges for his handling of classified documents. But some fear violent repercussions and irreparable damage to the country's image abroad. nytimes.com/2023/06/14/us/…