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Elena Schneider✓

@ec_schneider

@washingtonsun national political reporter. Formerly @politico, @nytimes, @TexasTribune, @MedillSchool. NC native. Let's talk: [email protected]

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  1. Elena Schneider✓@ec_schneider
    NEWS - Investigation into End Citizens United’s disappearance from electoral spending. Spent $14.2 million in 20 $6 million in 22 $1.7 million in 24 “Without the IE, they don’t have the same level of influence anymore.” Final story w/ @jsscppr:
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    RT @JasJWright: Deep dive on Stephen Miller's heightened role on the Trump administration's fraud task force that has a special focus on the Somali population in Minnesota. Now as the president's Chief of Staff, Miller's role could balloon even more.
    Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie
    NEW: Stephen Miller, now WH chief of staff, has repeatedly sought to wield the the federal govt against the Somali population in Minnesota in the name of fraud. Asking agency heads to pull funding to Minnesota. Installing a key ally at DOJ. And more
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  3. Natalie Alms@AlmsNatalie
    NEW: Stephen Miller, now WH chief of staff, has repeatedly sought to wield the the federal govt against the Somali population in Minnesota in the name of fraud. Asking agency heads to pull funding to Minnesota. Installing a key ally at DOJ. And more
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  5. Elena Schneider✓@ec_schneider
    Talk to me about 2028!
    Oriana González @ReporterOriana
    🎙️ *taps mic* is this thing on?? @washingtonsun is looking for a White House reporter, a politics reporters and a Congress reporter! i cannot stress enough how much i love this newsroom come work with me:
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  6. Oriana González✓@ReporterOriana
    🎙️ *taps mic* is this thing on?? @washingtonsun is looking for a White House reporter, a politics reporters and a Congress reporter! i cannot stress enough how much i love this newsroom come work with me:
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    RT @allymutnick: SOME STATS on House Dem majority, which is 253 seats + counting So far Ds have: >> flipped 43 seats blue >> ousted 31 GOP incumbents >> won 51 (!) seats Trump carried in 2024, including 23 he won by double digits >> leads in 6 uncalled races in SC/CO/FL/TN/MN/NC Big chart:
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    RT @reporterjoe: NEW: Democratic leaders face first post-election test as Progressives press to use the Dec. 11 funding deadline to cut off money for Trump’s Iran war — even if it means a shutdown. w/ @igorbobic
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    RT @igorbobic: “It’s a missed opportunity that quite frankly sets Montana back decades,” Tester said of Dems whiffing the open Senate seat
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    RT @andrewjfhoward: NEW: President Trump went all-in on an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting push to protect the GOP’s House majority. The blue wave washed right over it. Now, Republicans are questioning whether the multi-state mission was worth the energy it required. Leaders of the plan are still defending it. After all, three of the four House seats Republicans will flip were redrawn. And it will likely still help long term.
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    RT @AlexThomp: New w/ @hollyotterbein Dems did so well, every faction of the party (and every potential candidate) came away w/ an electability argument. Both things are true: the left-wing/DSA won more races than ever the bulk of the wave was more moderate Dems
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    RT @jstein_sun: NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution” Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more
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    RT @christa_dutton: “She’s got to run. If AOC doesn’t take this moment right now … we’re going to be making the same mistake.” Latest from Detroit:
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    RT @Rayyyfernandez: Top Democrats are sending officials from the DSCC to Mississippi. They’ll be on the ground, along with the Elias Law Group, leading the party’s efforts to ensure all votes are counted. Scott Colom says he is “confident” he is on track to become the first Black senator from Mississippi in well over a century. W/@stephen_neukam
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    RT @andrewjfhoward: News: Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the GOP’s House campaign arm, conceded his race for reelection, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, granted anonymity to share not yet public details. w/ @meredithllee
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    RT @Lauren_V_Egan: gonna be a whole lot of new names added to the 2028 scramble for top-tier staffers after last night, especially with the battleground map very clearly expanding
    Rebecca Katz @RebeccaKKatz
    Lot of takeaways coming from yesterday, but hiring top-tier staff has to be one of them. Gina only had a handful of staffers for months, but they were the absolute best. Also, they are all great people. And culture matters.
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    Lot of takeaways coming from yesterday, but hiring top-tier staff has to be one of them. Gina only had a handful of staffers for months, but they were the absolute best. Also, they are all great people. And culture matters.
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    RT @allymutnick: So if the current NC results hold, the state's congressional delegation will go from 10R-4D to 10D-4R Can't make this stuff up! Foxx, Knott, Moore, McDowell & NRCC Chair Richard Hudson all trail their Dems Murphy, Rouzer, Harris narrowly up Murphy/Foxx likely going to recount
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    RT @ReporterOriana: i cannot stress enough how incredible this breakdown is — if you want to know the behind-the-scenes of what led to these election results, you must read this:
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    NEWS - Inside the GOP cataclysm, from redistricting backfire to nightmare mid-Sept polling. "The Trump coalition came apart at the seams." & a secret DCCC polling program to save $10M in Sept w/ @Alex_Roarty @reesejgorman
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  20. Elena Schneider✓@ec_schneider
    NEWS - Inside the GOP cataclysm, from redistricting backfire to nightmare mid-Sept polling. "The Trump coalition came apart at the seams." & a secret DCCC polling program to save $10M in Sept w/ @Alex_Roarty @reesejgorman
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    RT @dougherty_jesse: The straight-up goods right here:
    Elena Schneider @ec_schneider
    NEWS - Inside the GOP cataclysm, from redistricting backfire to nightmare mid-Sept polling. "The Trump coalition came apart at the seams." & a secret DCCC polling program to save $10M in Sept w/ @Alex_Roarty @reesejgorman
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    RT @reesejgorman: New: The election cycle had just started and in one early 2025 meeting, Tim Scott, the newly elected chair of the NRSC, told a group of Republicans that the most important thing to him was his relationship with President Donald Trump, three sources with knowledge of the comments told The Washington Sun. He added that he wouldn’t do anything as NRSC chair to jeopardize it, two of the sources said. Scott’s priority was shared across the Republican Party this year. It has now led Republicans to a historic electoral disaster. An inside look at how Republicans blundered their way into a cataclysmic loss that leaves the future viability of MAGA in doubt and resuscitates a Democratic Party that looked nearly dead two years ago: W/ @ec_schneider @Alex_Roarty
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    RT @Alex_Roarty: Inside the Republican cataclysm The behind-the-scenes story of how the GOP fell to a stunning and historic defeat, culled from more than 50 interivews from @ec_schneider, @reesejgorman and myself
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    RT @igorbobic: Votes aren’t even counted yet and Dems are already arguing over the meaning of the 2026 midterms Progressives want aggressive action to counter Trump & pass agenda, centrists want focus on economy & to make deals “We got to get Republicans on board with some of the stuff we want to do. So it’s got to be somewhat bipartisan,” Mark Kelly said
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