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HuffPost is hiring two politics reporters, reporting to yours truly.
One to cover the midterms and the 2028 presidential race: job-boards.greenhouse.io/buz…
One to cover conservatives: job-boards.greenhouse.io/buz…
Details in the job listings.
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
#OHGOV: Amy Acton's campaign running search ads for voters who may have seen Vivek Ramaswamy's ad with her estranged mom
SMP made a $20M reservation in Michigan in May. I am … skeptical of the idea that they could or would have canceled it if Stevens were the nominee.
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
Nine hecklers in the first 30 minutes of Trump's rally in Clemson SC. One got punched.
“That was incredible,” Trump said. “Who was the guy who threw that punch?”
huffpost.com/entry/live-upda…
... does Kamala Harris count as "next generation?"
Jeffries tells @tararosenblum Dems need a "dramatic change, a next-generation Democrat to lead the party forward in 2028 (though he sidestepped the q on naming three people who could be on the ticket)
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
NEW from me: Beth Fuller was a 10-year CDC contractor when she was DOGE'd last year by Trump + Elon Musk, a mass layoff process cheered by the GOP.
Now she's a candidate in a key swing district who could help flip the Georgia state House to Dems. huffpost.com/entry/beth-full…
69% of likely voters disapprove of Trump's handling of the cost of living in the NYT poll.
nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
Sources: Maryland coach Mike Locksley has been dismissed. Maryland dropped to 2-5 on Saturday after a last-second loss to Rutgers. Locksley is 39-54 overall at Maryland, including his interim stint in 2015. Maryland is on a bye this week.
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
People who have been around politics a long time may be struck as I was by the sheriff's signature on this arrest warrant for Amy Acton's stepfather, who at the time was a fugitive. Does the name James Traficant ring a bell?
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
#MESEN: Troy Jackson’s longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, breaks silence in new Bangor Daily News op-ed bangordailynews.com/2026/10/…
Read @ArthurDelaneyHP on how progressives are arguing permitting reform would inevitably benefit data center construction, hoping to make it a tough vote for Dems after a midterm campaign built in part around relentless attacks on data centers.
huffpost.com/entry/permittin…
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
Where did @HaleyforMI donors go?
I spoke to donors who went to @AbdulElSayed and @MikeRogersForMI - and mapped out more broadly where Haley Stevens’ donors are now giving:
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
I received the poll testing the ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a "liar." Comes from the polling firm Dynata. Before showing the ad, the poll asks whether it's true Acton was sexually abused and lived in a tent as a child. Then the ad plays twice.
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
Jay-Z Chooses Himself to Be The 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Performer: Report tmz.com/2026/10/20/jay-z-pic…
The video featuring Amy Acton's mom:
• doesn't have the disclosures required of political ads.
• isn't running on TV, isn't in either the Meta or Google political ad archives.
• just started getting shared by right-wing influencers out of nowhere.
huffpost.com/entry/amy-acton…
The Acton campaign points a finger at the Ramaswamy campaign, who isn't commenting.
But it's all very odd. Did they think they could just put this out into the ether without any pushback? If you're going to take this step, you might as well own it.
huffpost.com/entry/amy-acton…
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
wow, joel kaplan leaving meta per internal memo
not a household name but about as significant as could be in meta politics land
not lost on me that a midterms wipeout is expected and kaplan was the conservative whisperer at the top
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
News: Former Sen. Joe Manchin will campaign with GOP Sen. Susan Collins this week in Maine
Manchin said his visit is motivated by the attacks on Collins for voting too often in support of President Donald Trump: He said his trip is dedicated to “debunking” the idea that she’s been an enabler for Trump:“She is not a Trump senator"
Expect a lot of talk about their bipartisan work together on covid $, infrastructure and Electoral Count Act
Collins: "We need more people in the Senate, not fewer, who are willing to put partisanship aside, listen to one another, and deliver results"
semafor.com/article/10/19/20…
Read @PaulBlu on how Trump’s plans to meddle in the midterm elections keep crashing and burning: huffpost.com/entry/donald-tr…
Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 retweeted
Leo Wise, a hard-nosed ex federal prosecutor whose career spanned Enron to Hunter Biden makes a powerful case that the Supreme Court has made public integrity prosecutions impossible — ushering a golden age of corruption.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
