Dave Levinthal
@davelevinthal
Investigative journalist, NOTUS senior editor, fake arctic explorer, free agent placekicker, #BillsMafia. DaveLevinthal.com
The 11 a.m. Tuesday time slot is at the Great American State Fair is apparently not the most fruitful, as there are more musicians in the band than spectators. (The band, consisting of young musicians, including a heluva brass section, was quite good.)
Missing Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) signed off on another "gift travel" trip by his congressional office chief of staff, according to a House ethics filing reviewed by @notus.com. Kean signed the document on April 29, midway through his unexplained 100+ day absence from Congress.
Pleasure joining SiriusXM’s Julie Mason Show for a madcap look back at the week in American politics. 🎧 Listen: sxm-publish-clips.content-ingest.siriusxm.com/clip/0f90352...
Kennedy Center just sent out a promotional email as "The Kennedy Center" — no Trump.
Does Bruce Springsteen vote? Reporter @sam4tr.bsky.social of @notus.com found out.
Nothing's truly unique in Washington, D.C. Marco Rubio's litany of jobs since last year — as listed in his new personal financial disclosure report — may be an exception.
Whereabouts of missing Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) remain unknown, but he’s trading stocks again. From today’s @notus.com newsletter:
“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” — President Donald Trump, March 6
Grazie mille to LA7-TV in Italy for inviting me on to help explain how Donald Trump is funding his presidential library — part of this excellent piece about Trump's personal finances and business ambitions. Watch: www.la7.it/piazzapulita...
Was kind of a thing last year when Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) disclosed zero assets and zero debts in her annual congressional financial disclosure. Turns out her disclosure was false. As @notus.com explains today in our newsletter:
Not a dollar short, but certainly a day late for this political committee hoping to influence the Virginia redistricting referendum on tonight’s Washington Nationals broadcast.
UPDATE: New FEC records indicate the National Republican Senatorial Committee spent more than $89,400 with Better Mousetrap Digital during March.
Melania's Epstein statement and the difficult decisions ahead in Iran — Major Garrett, @kthomasdc.bsky.social and I get into it on @cbsnews.com's The Takeout with Major Garrett. Watch: www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-...
Drama on Amtrak: Man led off train just now by several local police officers at Martinsburg, W. Va., stop. Unclear what prompted his arrest. He kept saying he was a U.S. citizen and briefly scuffled with officers as they took him off the train. No federal law enforcement involved.
Full-page color paid political ad today in the @nytimes.com from Walmart heiress Christy Walton.
Trump’s ICE problem, another government shutdown, a Texas election shocker, big money and Bad Bunny. A whirlwind conversation this evening on CBS News with host Major Garrett and Megan Scully of Bloomberg News. Watch: www.cbsnews.com/video/politi...
Will the federal government partially shut down? And what if it does? My update on Fox 5 DC: www.fox5dc.com/VIDEO/fmc-la...
Minneapolis and constitutional rights — my conversation on Prime Time Politics with Michael Serapio: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw2V...
How the situation in Minneapolis is poised to collide with a nationwide debate over constitutional rights and a funding deadline this week in Washington, D.C. My conversation with CBC News: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
“I want to try and get to Heaven.” Trump’s Never Surrender political committee — the successor committee to his 2024 campaign — asking for money this afternoon.
New updates on the Fed and the Kennedy Center. Joining @jimlokay.com of Fox 5 DC to dive in. Watch: www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-bn...
Could Mary Peltola be the key to Democrats winning the Senate in 2026? And also: how about them Buffalo Bills? My conversation last night on @cbsnews.com. 👀Watch: www.cbsnews.com/video/democr...
About Donald Trump’s speech to the nation … My conversation on the BBC. Watch: youtu.be/By-4eVARm0A
The Kennedy Center website is now "The Trump Kennedy Center" website.
DEC. 11: @notus.com explains how @repfields.bsky.social (D-La.) made 6-figure stock purchases that a fellow Democrat called a "blatant conflict of interest." Story: notus.org/money/cleo-f... DEC. 15: Fields signs discharge petition of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to force a stock-ban bill vote.
Just because Mike Huckabee is the U.S. ambassador to Israel doesn’t mean he isn’t still appearing in commercials peddling sleep supplements.
A big day in Texas for the governor … of California. On @cbsnews.com w/ Major Garrett, Brakkton Booker and I tackle this — and the rest of the night’s political news. (There’s just a bit.) Watch: www.cbsnews.com/video/greg-a...