Melanie Mason
@melmason
senior political writer, @politico. @latimes/@georgetown/@ucbsoj alum. tell me about your dog. [email protected]
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31-03-2009 23:27:17
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Puppies over politics...any day!
The Milken Institute offered a puppy petting station in between these heavy meetings about world affairs.
I checked it out with POLITICO California's Melanie Mason and it was definitely the highlight of the day!
News: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is weighing his exit from the Biden administration — likely after the November election — to run for California governor in 2026.
w/ Dustin Gardiner Adam Cancryn
politico.com/news/2024/04/0…
Bay Area! Here we come!
Excited to take part in the first KQED #ReframeFestival - live on April 20th.
Speakers include Ro Khanna Mira Murati Tamara Rojo Diez Melanie Mason Scott Shafer Amy Eilberg
and more to come...
kqed.org/pressroom/1226…
NEWS: Katie Porter says she'll return to teaching law at UC Irvine after she leaves Congress in January 2025.
She hasn't ruled out a future political run but 'hasn't thought about' other offices she could pursue.
Full Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=1r1CAH…
📣📣Calling all San Francisco policy wonks:
POLITICO health care reporter Rachel Bluth is hosting a post-mortem analysis on the razor-thin victory for Prop 1, Gavin Newsom’s mental-health reform initiative
Join us 6PM Tuesday at Manny’s. REGISTER HERE: eventbrite.com/e/what-happene…
NEW: With Gavin Newsom signature initiative on a razor's edge, the gov has turned to an unusual strategy: asking volunteers to help fix invalid ballots
politico.com/news/2024/03/1…
Newsom postpones state address amid Prop 1 uncertainty politi.co/4ckZshu via Christopher Cadelago
The leading candidates for California’s open Senate seat are finding themselves talking a lot about Israel, Palestine, and the war in Gaza. That's happening in races across the country.
Melanie Mason and Ross Barkan explain. open.spotify.com/episode/6yBi0k…
Adam Schiff, if he wins California’s Senate race, is asked if he’ll serve the full, six-year term.
“Yes, of course,” he said.
via Melanie Mason
NEWS - AIPAC goes big in 2024.
- telling donors they'll spend $100M, per 3 sources
- super PAC monitoring 15-20 primaries
- J Street to focus $10M program on general, *not* on primaries
- progs focus on PR battle of GOP donors to AIPAC
w/ Melanie Mason
politico.com/news/2024/03/0…
Good morning!
ICYMI: The most vulnerable Senate Democrat isn’t just facing Republicans.
Senator Josh Newman is also facing four sudden Dem foes, all funded by a single union — from filing fees to a $300K+ ad blitz.
On an audacious labor power play:
politico.com/newsletters/ca…
Democrats are frantically plowing cash into a Central Valley House race to avoid a nightmare lockout — and some blame liberal ally EMILYs List for the whole mess. Great Lara Korte story: politico.com/news/2024/02/1…