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Zack Stanton

@zackstanton.bsky.social
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Deputy managing editor for news @MS.now. Former editor of @politico.com's Playbook. Macomb County native. Reach me on Signal: zstanton.01

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Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE @ms.now: Trump administration officials have discussed attaching the president’s name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 Officials are circulating a list of government sites that could carry the president’s name www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
One of the most insightful El-Sayed profiles I’ve read Traces his evolution from the 2018 candidate who lost a Dem primary to the one who could win in 2026 By @danielstrauss.bsky.social prospect.org/2026/07/30/a...
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Abdul El-Sayed Lost in 2018. It Set Him Up for 2026. - The American Prospect
I covered Abdul El-Sayed when he ran for governor and lost. Here’s how he and the landscape have changed.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“They only gave interview availability for before 9 A.M. or after 7 P.M. on weekdays, or the weekends,” said one person interviewed for the autopsy. It suggested to them the schedule of a volunteer side project, not a professional undertaking.
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‘The report is a disaster’: Democrats pan DNC’s 2024 ‘autopsy’
After months of delays, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the party’s after-action report on the 2024 election. Democrats say it omitted key voices, dodged central questions and may have lifted from news ...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"In the masculinist paradigm, every woman does HR for cats and every man is a plumber or merchant seaman."
theatlantic.com
The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It's an interesting dynamic here: Trump is generally quite unpopular with voters, but if you gerrymander everything, primaries matter even more — so his grip over GOP voters becomes, in many ways, one of the most important things in politics
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Practically overnight, we took an ancient vice — long regarded as soul-rotting and civilizationally ruinous — put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong?"
theatlantic.com
My Year as a Degenerate Sports Gambler
Practically overnight, America made wagering on a game as frictionless as checking the weather. I was determined to understand the consequences—for my country, and for myself.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war with Iran centers on a nuclear facility that experts say cannot do what officials claim.
ms.now
Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war
The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Anthropic is prepared to loosen its current terms of use, but wants to ensure its tools aren't used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement. "The Pentagon claims that's unduly restrictive…"
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Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
The Pentagon may label Anthropic a "supply chain risk," forcing all its vendors to sever ties.
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Sudeep Reddy @sudeepreddy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“Who is going to make that commitment on the basis of a promise from Donald Trump?” As Trump pressures U.S. oil firms, analysts and former diplomats say Venezuela cannot produce the outcome he wants. www.ms.now/news/trump-o... @ms.now
ms.now
Trump pitches execs on a Venezuela oil plan that experts say won’t work
As Trump pressures U.S. oil firms, analysts and former diplomats say Venezuela cannot produce the outcome he wants.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
As Trump tries to blame Biden for the economy, he has a problem: For a year, the WH has worked to show how POWERFUL Trump is — bending things to his will, etc. It’s hard, then, to make the case that on this one issue, he's actually not in control and hasn’t yet made an impact.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Trump's reaction to the killing of Rob and Michele Reiner crystallized a defining feature of his leadership, writes Vaughn Hillyard: "a willingness to withhold empathy from those Americans he views as adversaries and, at times, to seemingly mock their suffering."
ms.now
Trump’s empathy gap: A defining feature of his leadership
The president’s response to the Reiner killings crystallizes a pattern: Trump withholds empathy from Americans he views as adversaries, abandoning a traditional duty of the office.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.
nytimes.com
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
What an all-around grim day.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I joined @michiganpublic.bsky.social's Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta (and @freep.com's Nancy Kaffer) to talk all things Gretchen Whitmer. Give it a listen!
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What’s next for Gretchen Whitmer? Inside the uncertain future of MI’s governor
Governor Gretchen Whitmer was unanimously selected this weekend to be the Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association. What does this tell us about her political future and ambitions for higher...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
"If my professors are unable to teach me, and I’m not able to have candid conversations to get a proper education, what am I here for?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
nytimes.com
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
One potential difficulty that I see with this is that I think voters tend to think that when wages go up, it's because of their own hard work and effort, while when prices go up, it's because of politicians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
NEW: "FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville, according to three people with knowledge of the incidents."
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In a stunning break in one of the FBI’s most high-profile unsolved cases, agents arrested a suspect Thursday morning who investigators believe placed pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters in the hours before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
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FBI arrests suspect in Jan. 2021 pipe-bombing case
Authorities say the suspect placed viable explosive devices outside RNC and DNC offices the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"the president worked roughly 50-hour weeks"
nypost.com
Exclusive | Trump working up to 12-hour days, Oval Office logs show — refuting NY Times report on ‘fatigue’ limiting events
WASHINGTON — President Trump has been working up to 12-hour days this month, according to non-public official logs the White House provided to The Post after the New York Times claimed there were &…
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"They often sit in the dark with only strings of LED lights on to save on electric costs. She is considering painting rocks to send to friends as Christmas gifts."
wsj.com
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation
Workers are growing tired of an economy in which everything seems to get more expensive.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month. Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This morning, President Trump reposted a social media post calling for the hanging of members of Congress who urged troops to refuse illegal orders
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Fox News Poll: 76% of voters view the economy negatively. That’s worse than the 70% who said the same at the end of Biden’s term. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
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Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy
Trump's approval hits new lows as 76% view economy negatively in the latest Fox News poll. Rising costs for groceries, utilities spark voter dissatisfaction nationwide.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Trump's promise to send checks to Americans is a political bind: If they aren't sent, voters could resent it. If they *are* sent, it could ramp up inflation. BUT if they argue the checks won't contribute to inflation, it's a sign the economy isn't as strong as they claim.
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Trump promises of direct checks test his economic message
President Donald Trump vows to send Americans checks in the mail. There's a huge risk if he can’t deliver — and another if he does.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"Drugs are sold once and gone forever, but girls can be resold indefinitely." What a piece.
nytimes.com
Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?
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Paul Demko @pdemko.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“The Democratic midterm campaign ads write themselves: Millions in secretive crypto profits for the Trump family, but Mr. Trump’s famous ‘two dolls’ and ‘five pencils’ for everyone else.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
wsj.com
Opinion | The Trump Family Crypto Business
The Administration will regulate the tokens the Trumps are selling.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“It’s not like Marc Andreessen and David Sacks and Elon and JD and Trump are all sitting at the dinner table at Mar-a-Lago planning DOGE and in a lightbulb moment, they were like, ‘Let’s just instantiate the ideas of Curtis Yarvin,’” one person added. “It’s more like, Yarvin is the brain.”
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Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it.
The neo-monarchist muse of Silicon Valley helped inspire Elon Musk’s DOGE. Now he compares it to an orchestra of chimpanzees.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
SCOOP: President Donald Trump plans to announce details of a major trade agreement with the United Kingdom Thursday morning
politico.com
Trump poised to announce trade agreement with UK
Specifics of the agreement were not immediately available.
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Zach Warmbrodt @zachwarmbrodt.com · 06/05/2025
NEWS: @aoc.bsky.social won’t seek top Oversight Committee post, @nicholaswu12.bsky.social reports. ”It’s actually clear to me that the underlying dynamics in the caucus have not shifted with respect to seniority as much as I think would be necessary.” www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
politico.com
AOC won't seek top Oversight Committee post
She cited the caucus' preference for seniority.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I just feel like the only example in this article being this is kind of symptomatic of the problem with financial journalism in general www.thestreet.com/retirement/s...
A household with $2 million in assets and an annual spending of $500,000 enjoys a luxurious lifestyle, far beyond what a household earning $500,000 per year can afford, as only $250,000 remains after taxes for expenses, Galloway explains.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"The vehicle, which Francis used during a 2014 visit to the West Bank, will be turned into a health clinic on wheels designed to treat Palestinian children."
washingtonpost.com
Pope Francis’s final gift to the children of Gaza: His popemobile
The vehicle, which Francis used during a 2014 visit to the West Bank, will be turned into a health clinic on wheels designed to treat Palestinian children.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I am going to become the Joker.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“Trump’s new-ish material is darker,” says @zackstanton.bsky.social. “It’s not simply the Bukele video, which is so dark it’s practically Vantablack ...”
politico.com
Trump’s knuckle sandwich
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"In his first administration, he fired James Comey in the second hundred days and then had the Charlottesville 'very fine people' debacle just after Day 200. Who knows what's in store this time around?" says @zackstanton.bsky.social.
politico.com
The Most Consequential, Damaging, Head-Scratching Things Trump Did in His First 100 Days
POLITICO’s newsroom experts make sense of the whirlwind we’re all still trying to process.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Tonight, President Trump will mark his 100th day in office with a big rally in Warren, Michigan. Why has Warren (and Macomb County) become ground zero for so much of American politics the last 50+ years? Here's the hidden history behind that:
politico.com
In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. American Politics Would Never Be the Same.
What happened to the Bailey family in the Detroit suburb of Warren became a flashpoint in the national battle over integration.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A few months ago, Pierre Poilievre appeared poised to become the next Canadian prime minister. Just before 5 a.m. this morning, CBC News declared that he has lost his own bid for reelection.
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Victoria Guida @vtg2.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Canadian PM Mark Carney, a former central banker, might seem like an unlikely political figure. But elements of his unusual background now seem quietly relevant. My latest column, for some Canadian Election Day reading: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
Mark Carney Says He’s Ready to Confront the U.S. He’s Done It Before.
Canada’s prime minister has a background in central banking. He also has more experience as a politician than he lets on.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“You know at some point, they give up,” Trump said, referring to media owners generally and — we suspected — Jeff Bezos specifically. “At some point they say, No más, no más.” He laughed quietly. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump Is Enjoying This
The president explains how he plans to change America forever.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Buick vulnerable to Trump tariffs: 'It could just disappear altogether' via @detroitnews.bsky.social:
detroitnews.com
Buick vulnerable to Trump tariffs: 'It could just disappear altogether'
Buick in 2024 sold more than 157,000 vehicles in the United States that were imported from South Korea and China — almost 86% of its U.S. deliveries.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“Preserving habeas corpus is not some fever dream of the left wing echo chamber,” said Pritzker. “It’s a fundamental concept of justice that people have fought and died for dating back to the Middle Ages.”
politico.com
JB Pritzker blasts ‘do nothing Democrats’ at New Hampshire fundraiser
The two-term Illinois governor accused Democrats of being too timid in standing up to the Trump administration.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
"One of the big projects is figuring out how does global security work when the U.S. is not the guarantor of the free world."
politico.com
Canada vs. Trump: How Monday’s Election Will Play Out
The U.S. president’s tariffs and insults have altered alliances everywhere, with reverberations from Quebec to Alberta to Washington.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’
washingtonpost.com
Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree it reinforced the power of slave states.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WHCD weekend has arrived in Trump's Washington www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is *quite* the sensationalized headline at Fox News. Click through, and you'll find that the "third party" is… God.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Vivid, affecting writing from Gothamist: gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“Following Trump’s demand that the FCC inflict ‘punishment’ on CBS over a recent 60 Minutes piece on Greenland and Ukraine, Paramount executives, including Redstone, asked the program to provide a list of upcoming Trump-related pieces it was reporting on” www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
semafor.com
Shari Redstone kept tabs on ’60 Minutes’ segments on Trump
Tensions between CBS and parent company Paramount culminated in the resignation of a longtime producer this week.
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"Medication records from pharmacy chains, lab testing and genomics data from patients treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, claims from private insurers and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers will all be linked together, he said."
cbsnews.com
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Chatted with @zackstanton.bsky.social.
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April 18, 2024: Trump's messy breakup with mainstream media
Podcast Episode · POLITICO Playbook Daily Briefing · 04/18/2025 · 9m
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
"Some people think the crucifixion only took place on Calvary. Well, they'd better wise up."
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Father Barry Speaks Up Against the Mob | On The Waterfront (1954) | Now Playing
YouTube video by NOW PLAYING
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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