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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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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 · 20/11/2025
"An example MUST BE SET."
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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 · 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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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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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
From a spox for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: “The governor was surprised that she was brought into the Oval Office during President Trump’s press conference without any notice of the subject matter. Her presence is not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made at that event.”
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Michigan, when someone suggests changing the name of a Great Lake to honor Ohio
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
From the White House's Instagram account
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Establishing a monarchy to own the libs
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
SCOOP: Far-right activist Jack Posobiec traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and was in the room when the secretary greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“It’s the richest person in the world taking away from the poorest people in the world,” one USAID official told Playbook. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Screenshot from an article. "Quote of the day: 'It’s the richest person in the world taking away from the poorest people in the world,' one USAID official told Playbook. 'People will die from this — like thousands, if not hundreds of thousands.'"
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Interesting history scoop and great "what if?" from Politico's Andy Glass in this morning's Playbook: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Rep. David Scott to a Politico photojournalist: “Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?” www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
The holidays come earlier and earlier these days
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Zack Stanton @zackstanton.bsky.social · 23/06/2023
Interesting bit on Trump from Ryan Lizza's new interview with conservative evangelical leader Ralph Reed: “I would rather have somebody who isn’t one of us who thinks *I* elected *him* than somebody who *is* one of us who thinks he did it by himself." politi.co/43WjSc0
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