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Jonathan Martin
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Senior political columnist @politico and host of ON THE ROAD. Best email for audio files, docs + tips: jmartcolumn-at-gmail.com or DM for text/signal
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Oct 25, 2022
    Thrilled to return to the great team @politico to launch a reported column on politics From the Hill and WH to state capitols and city halls, i’m going to write about both the inside conversation + big-picture trends At the heart will be news Send some: [email protected]
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Jan 6, 2021
    .@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location “This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Mar 16, 2020
    NEW from @MittRomney: “Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy.”
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Jul 20, 2018
    .@nytimes letter to the editor of the day - maybe month
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Nov 2, 2024
    The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Aug 27, 2018
    Man alive, McCain gets in a last word on Trump His office releases a “farewell statement” “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries...We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals”
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Oct 2, 2020
    NEWS: @JoeBiden is taking down his negative ads, going all-positive, per source familiar. Decision was made *before* WH put out word Trump was going to Walter Reed
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Aug 26, 2018
    From Sen McCain’s office: “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.”
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Apr 17, 2022
    The two party leaders today Trump: “Happy Easter to failed gubernatorial candidate and racist Attorney General Letitia James…” Biden: “As we reflect today on Christ’s Resurrection, we are reminded that with faith, hope, and love — even death can be defeated”
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Sep 19, 2020
    News: @SenatorCollins told me earlier this month in Maine that she would not seat a Supreme Court justice in October. “I think that’s too close, I really do,” she said. She said she’d also oppose seating a justice in the lame duck if there’s a change in presidents.
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Nov 12, 2020
    “President-elect Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings right now” - @SenatorCollins tells reporters
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Oct 29, 2024
    Barbara Bush (the younger) knocking Pa doors in a Barbour is a nice summation of how Rs would lose
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Jan 12, 2021
    NEW: McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, believes the attack on Capitol gives Rs a chance to purge the president and... McCarthy has asked colleagues if he should urge Trump to resign, is open to a censure w @maggieNYT > : nytimes.com/live/2021/01/1…
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    Jonathan Martin
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    Jan 12, 2021
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    A Senate Republican aide tells me he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Republicans who were *open* to a conviction Before our story on McConnell