Ocasio-Cortez

AOC VS. MALONEY — Rep. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-N.Y.) is putting her endorsement where her mouth is. The progressive is endorsing state Sen.

TRANSITIONS — Mitchell Reiss is joining Brunswick Group as a partner and co-lead of the geopolitical practice group. HISTORY LESSON — “During Watergate, JOHN MITCHELL Left His Wife. She Called BOB WOODWARD: ‘Please nail him’: The untold story of how MARTHA MITCHELL took revenge against her husband,” by WaPo’s Manuel Roig-Franzia: “Woodward, discussing the episode at length publicly for the first time in an interview at his Georgetown home, said he did not want to miss such a rare opportunity. “If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted, three sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.” But what she found is that Iowa is starting to shade red: “After 60 years, voters in Dubuque County seem finished with Democrats. Nationwide, the trends are the same: Working-class voters without a college education are voting more in line with Republicans, while Democrats make inroads among more educated voters.” CRYPTO COLLAB — Sens. CYNTHIA LUMMIS (R-Wyo.) and KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.) are rolling out their cryptocurrency bill today, which would “create special exemptions to federal law for some cryptocurrencies, amid an intensifying lobbying push by the industry to avoid existing regulations,” WSJ’s Paul Kiernan writes. He’ll probably keep voting for Democrats, but he knows many others who won’t. His wife, another longtime Democrat, is so fed up with what she sees as the party’s elitism that she told Ronald she’d consider voting for Trump in 2024.” THIS IS CONCERNING — DHS released a new report today warning about a potential rise in domestic extremism this year tied to a series of upcoming events. And national Dems are jumping into the contest with a last-minute push to hold off Republicans who want to flip the reliably blue seat. Police officials declined, as they were stretched thin due to their role monitoring numerous protests and later assisting with a growing mob at the Capitol, the people said.” NEW DETAILS FROM JAN. 6 — “Shortly before pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Secret Service agents scrambled to try to secure a motorcade route so then-President Donald Trump could accompany his supporters as they marched on Congress to demand he stay in power, according to two people briefed on witnesses’ accounts to congressional investigators,” WaPo’s Carol Leonnig, Josh Dawsey, Peter Hermann and Jacqueline Alemany report. At the annual Western Conservative Summit, 71% in a straw poll said they want the governor to run for president, compared to 67% for the former president. DeSantis received the highest favorability score of any Republican with all voters — 48 percent compared to Trump’s 42 percent — but was bested by Trump, 73-69, when just Republicans were counted.”