Mike DeBonis

@mikedebonis

Editing Congress stuff at @POLITICO. Previously @playbookdc, @washingtonpost, @wcp.

Washington, D.C., USA politico.com/congress Joined October 2008

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Mike DeBonis @mikedebonis 4h

There was better acting in this ad than multiple Academy Award winning films I've watched.

Benjy Renton @bhrenton 17h

Yes! @ESCochrane tracked down 35-year-old Mississippi man Russ "pick another protein" Hudson, now famous from the viral ad filmed in Senator-elect Scott Colom's parent's house.
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Mike DeBonis @mikedebonis 4h

The new House GOP leader founded the Freedom Caucus. So where does that leave the Freedom Caucus?
@Reporter_Mia on how the Hill's most famous factional fighting force is trying to figure out its next battle after winning the war.
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www.politico.com The Freedom Caucus comes to grips with a new reality: They won the war

Mike DeBonis @mikedebonis 4h

For sale: Leather jacket, heavily used.

Mike DeBonis @mikedebonis 18h

A House Dem mystery: Rep.-elect Brian Poindexter was one of the "Bernie Dogs" endorsed by both CPC and Blue Dog campaign wings. Now he's disappeared from their sites, and no one will say why. @riley_rogerson
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www.politico.com Brian Poindexter disappears from Democratic groups’ endorsement lists The Ohioan defeated Republican Rep. Max Miller in a closely watched race.

Mike DeBonis @mikedebonis 19h

Scott Colom will find himself often passing this portrait in the Senate halls -- of Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi, the first Black senator to serve a full term senate.gov/art-artifacts/…