Edward-Isaac Dovere

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I asked Colorado Gov. Jared Polis what he expects to happen now that he's given Tina Peters clemency: “I hope that she’s no longer a martyr, that she is just another person who believes in conspiracies on the street after this ... I’m not holding my breath.” cnn.com/2026/05/15/pol…

NEWS - I spoke with @jaredpolis about the decision he just made to cut down Tina Peters' sentence so that she could be out of prison in a month. He says this comes down to freedom of speech. More from @MarshallCohen and me: cnn.com/2026/05/15/pol…

.@SpeakerPelosi hasn't officially backed one of the candidates running to succeed her in the House. But she has been carefully working a plan to show up at events for Connie Chan, including at a DC fundraiser, w/plans to do more as June 2 nears. cnn.com/2026/05/11/pol…

Running in SF, @saikatc often touts his old ties to @AOC. He says he left because via a planned resignation. Others say he had worn out her patience. Some (including this car owner) saying he was fired. She won’t say — or why she hasn’t endorsed him: cnn.com/2026/05/11/pol…

NEW from me, from San Francisco: the Democratic infighting microcosm in the race to succeed Pelosi… with news on how Wiener is trying to hold strong, what actually went down with Chakrabati and AOC, and how Pelosi’s nudging toward Chan (+a Chonkers cameo) cnn.com/2026/05/11/pol…

The Virginia Supreme Court decision to block a Democratic gerrymander is a huge blow to Democrats' efforts in the redistricting wars. @IsaacDovere tells @DanaBashCNN this is "a real stinging defeat" for Democrats. "They thought that they would be getting this advantage."

Newsom to me on Antonio Villaraigosa calling him "performative" at the CNN debate on Tuesday night: “Whatever. Everyone needs to do what they need to do." cnn.com/2026/05/08/pol…

NEW from me: with fears of being locked out of the top 2 spots in the governor’s race lessened but still looming, CA Democrats are going with a behind the scenes strategy rather than trying to endorse a favorite — “people are not passive,” Newsom told me: cnn.com/2026/05/08/pol…

Attending the state dinner tonight for King Charles III: Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett (and their spouses). Not attending: Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Kagan or Jackson.

Annual Washington PSA: if you can tie your own shoes, you can tie your own bow tie.

“The way that this administration came in — with not just having a very clear agenda, but mapping that agenda onto very specific legal authorities ... just showed a level of mastery over governing authorities and levers that I think, frankly, our side has a lot of catching up to do.” -@linamkhan cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

on Monday, I wrote about how many leading Dems have been talking with Lina Khan about using tools Trump has opened up to go harder at corporations if back in power (cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…). Today:

This is my first week at CNN — get in touch and add me to your lists at patrick.svitek@cnn.com

How Hakeem Jeffries finishes his statement celebrating the Democratic win for gerrymandering in Virginia and promising to keep the fight going as the Florida legislature considers its own gerrymandering: “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Buttigieg on Lina Khan: “Democrats’ vision should not be about picking up the shards of what this administration destroyed and try to tape them back together" Wes Moore spokesperson on Khan: “He doesn’t have thoughts about her one way or the other.” cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

Smart, thorough, ahead of the curve @IsaacDovere on how @linamkhan is shaping the next generation of Democratic thinking on economic concentration & competition. cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

Gavin Newsom makes an endorsement for *lieutenant* governor:

Warren, Bannon, Buttigieg and — at least as of a few years ago — Vance have agreed on this: A short, ultra-private antitrust lawyer plotting a war on tech companies & monopolies understands what Americans are demanding out of their government: cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

In case you missed from the weekend - my story on Mitch Landrieu, and how he sees America facing a future that reminds him of the post-Katrina rebuilding, and how a 2028 presidential run for himself might fit into that: cnn.com/2026/04/19/pol…

NEW from me: Lina Khan's phone has been ringing w/prospective 2028 Dems, as she pushes for an even more aggressive anti-trust stance, adding tools from Trump. @ewarren: “If you’re a leader who wants to deliver on affordability, it’s a smart move to call" cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…