Azi Paybarah
@azipaybarah
🗳️ I’m a senior politics reporter with Straight Arrow News, covering how politics stories get built, framed and sold ⚡️Send tips and Leaks: APaybarah @ Straight Arrow News dotcom
Republican Mike Rogers used to say that it was Hasan Piker who once said America deserved 9/11. This week, after the Democratic senate primary, Rogers started attributing that quote to someone else: Abdul El-Sayed. My story: san.com/cc/republica...
Phase 4: Promoting Haley Stevens. The user does not explicitly endorse her, but favorably talks about her legislative record, work in the community and campaign for senate. The issues the user focuses on align with the messaging from the Stevens' campaign.
Phase 3: She becomes a voice for Michigan, which she says for the first time is where she lives
Phase 1: Establishing her brand by talking about affordability and young . No geography, no specificty. Phase 2: Getting political. She comes out in support of immigrants rights, and against MAGA, but does not take identify with any particular faction on the left, let alone a candidate.
🧵 A social media started posting about a candidate in a tough race, and critics accused her of creating undisclosed ads. She posted more than 400 videos across two platforms and got more than 10M views in total. I watched her videos, and here is what I noticed … san.com/cc/an-influe...
A lot of campaign rhetoric at this speech in Georgia, which was billed as an official White House event.
NEW: Graham Platner’s strategist was asked three times to do more vetting: Sources
And here is that data, broken down by state www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
Just now on The View: Co-host Ana Navarro: "There’s been something like 6,668 allowed in the country. All but three were white South Africans." Vice President JD Vance: "First of all I’m very skeptical of that number because we have a lot of different immigration pathways into America." Facts
JD Vance: "The affordability problem. Again gas, way too high right now ..."
Ryan Yates pleaded guilty to civil disorder on Jan. 6, 2021, for pushing "against police to enter the Rotunda ..." President Trump pardoned him and other rioters on Jan. 20, 2025. Last month Yates and 200 others was arrested in a prostitution sting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Challenger Dan Sullivan is running against Sen. Dan Sullivan. Challenger Sullivan's website & Facebook account were made one day before announcing his bid. His site has no policy info nor link for donations. He also didn't use a middle initial or suffix Jr. in his first & only statement.
When Rep. George Santos said he would resign congress if Ds and Rs worked together to choose a House Speaker www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...