"Italy’s coach, Gennaro Gattuso, has needed sleeping pills to cope with an overactive mind in the build-up to the play-offs. Bosnians had trouble sleeping on Tuesday for different reasons." nytimes.com/athletic/71638…
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Paul Demko
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Paul Demko
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New York policy editor @politico @politicopro; chief philanthropic adviser, Bunky County
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“The last time the Azzurri actually won a knockout match on football’s biggest stage was before the first iPhone was released.” politico.eu/article/italy-…
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Paul Demko retuiteado
Some news: I’m shifting off of the Inside Congress newsletter as a daily co-author
I’m not going far - I’ll be contributing regularly as I move to cover House Rs w @meredithllee
So keep starting your day w IC! Thanks for the spotteds and early morning trivia this past year😌
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Building on Jake's reporting: Source tells us Bichotte Hermelyn's husband has directly urged Council members to steer discretionary funds to the shelter provider. Louis has herself given at least $71K to the provider.
w/ @JasonBeeferman & @NickReisman
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Jake Offenhartz@jangelooff
NEW: Feds are probing whether NYC Council member Farah Louis, her sister/Hochul aide Debbie Louis and the husband of Brooklyn Dem Party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn accepted bribes linked to a migrant shelter provider, according to a search warrant seen by the AP.
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Fun fact: I reached out to Sandro Castro’s manager a few weeks ago to request an interview. He wanted $2,000 to set it up: "If you agree to these terms, we can talk."
Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: While drinking a beer, Fidel Castro's grandson says he is a capitalist and says if it were up to him, he would welcome a deal with President Trump during an interview with CNN. "There are many people here [in Cuba] who want to have capitalism with sovereignty."
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@talrosenberg Nobody would have ever come up with the idea of online classifieds if not for that dastardly Craig Newmark!
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I agree. Please give all your money back to the alt-weeklies whose business models you single-handedly destroyed.
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“What’s clear is that Curtis Sliwa will grab onto any vine of any organism that is living just to try to get attention,” said Mr. Paterson, who is married to Mr. Sliwa’s ex-wife. “I think he would have himself murdered just to get attention.” nytimes.com/2026/03/29/nyr…
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“If the places where we have lived all these years are not human dwellings, what does that make us — dogs and pigs?” Ms. Lee asked. nytimes.com/2026/03/29/wor…
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“Spring Break is not something we wanted,” Panama City Beach Police Chief J.R. Talamantez said. “It’s something that we just have to endure.” politico.com/news/2026/03/2…
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“I think the young will allow themselves to be known to their A.I.s in ways that will make their elders shudder.” nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opi…
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“The fact that a company is willing to risk more people falling sick from E. coli because of a belief that the FDA can’t be trusted should be a much bigger wake-up call for the agency.” theatlantic.com/health/2026/03…
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“A ground invasion of Iran will make our country poorer and less safe,” said former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz. “It will mean higher gas prices, higher food prices. And I’m not sure if we would end up killing more terrorists than we would create.” politico.com/news/2026/03/2…
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In light of the president’s appearance at FII tonight, reupping this politico.com/news/magazine/…
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“Something’s alive in the office for death certificates.” politico.com/newsletters/ne…
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.@NYCMayor will soon need to do some labor negotiations of his own…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
One person in this photo deserves a 20% WNBA revenue share and it’s not me. Congratulations to @TheWNBPA on their historic labor agreement.
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CMS just announced a new advisory board "comprised of leaders from across the healthcare system to provide expert advice on improving, strengthening and modernizing U.S. healthcare." One of its members: Elizabeth Fago.
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“Unilaterally anointing one fruit in the state that grows over three-quarters of the country’s fruits and nuts would be politically explosive.
‘Which is why we have four state nuts, nobody wants to be left behind,’ said Calif. State Library’s Alex Vassar” politico.com/newsletters/ca…
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"The Florida-based Villages Daily Sun was the only title to see a circulation increase, up 4.2% from 46,750 to 48,716." pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/…
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“In December, Fox News tabbed Trump at 48/52 approve/disapprove with Latinos. This month he has slumped to 28/72.” politico.com/newsletters/pl…
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