Have you met our new @playbookplus team? We sat down with them to talk about covering politics for a new era.
“I think the Biden Administration is in for a bit of a shock," says @RyanLizza. They'll be facing reporters who thought the press was soft on covering Biden's campaign.
After the attack on Capitol Hill, @rachaelmbade says it’s imperative to call out the lies.
“A lot of Republicans on the Hill did not think that allowing Trump to say that he won the election was going to be dangerous. Clearly there’s a danger and we’ve gotta call that out.”
Power is not just about the people who have it, says @EugeneDaniels2.
“It’s also about the people that want it, what they want to do with it, who needs more of it and what they’re doing to get it. Those are things we're going to bring to you in Playbook.” politico.com/playbook
For @Tarapalmeri, she’s interested in the story behind the story. “This is all a living, breathing story that keeps evolving and changing every day.”
We’ve done some digging and pieced together who occupies most of the offices on the first two floors of the West Wing.
Here's the latest layout, according to several White House sources: politi.co/3ojjoqQ
Just steps from the Oval, in the most important real estate in the White House, sit:
• Mike Donilon
• Steve Ricchetti
• Bruce Reed
• Jen O'Malley Dillon
• Ron Klain
Down the hall:
• Anita Dunn
• Kate Bedingfield
• Jake Sullivan
• Annie Tomasini politi.co/3ojjoqQ
All but 4 (Cedric Richmond, Adrian Saenz, Susan Rice and Kamala Harris) of the 22 people with a prime office on the 1st and 2nd floors of the West Wing are white. (11 men and 11 women.) They are who will have the most face time with Biden every day. politi.co/3ojjoqQ
This week marked the end of the Trump Era and it has our reporters and editors reminiscing. They share their memories of the last 4 years. From shocking moments they witnessed, to conversations they overheard, here's what will stick with them forever. 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo
“I think of that night when it started. I was in NYC at the Javits Center," @natsfert says. "Everyone always talks about being in the room with the winner, but being in the room with the loser is almost more poignant. It's more interesting.” 🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo
“Meeting MAGA world up close for the first time and seeing the zeal for him and his ability to capture the crowd," remembers @morningmoneyben "I'll never forget that rally in Iowa in November of 2015.”🎧 apple.co/3bY0ALo
President Biden is inheriting a big mess, says @lbarronlopez.
Here are the immediate actions he's taking later this evening: He'll be signing 15 executive action and memorandums in the Oval Office and send two requests to agencies politico.com/news/2021/01/2…
In his inaugural address, President Biden reached out to the other side of the aisle — exactly what you'd expect from Biden, who campaigned on being bipartisan, even when it irked Dems, says @hollyotterbein.
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, taking the oath of office at an inauguration unlike any other in the nation's history politico.com/news/2021/01/2…
Unlike past swearing-in ceremonies, Biden assumed office before a National Mall that has been cleared of observers.
At age 78, he becomes the oldest president in American history and the 15th vice president to ascend to the presidency. politi.co/3sHlC6T
Watch President Joe Biden recite the oath of office 👇
Vice President Kamala Harris took her oath of office Wednesday morning, cementing her status as both the first woman and person of color to hold the nation's second-highest office politico.com/news/2021/01/2…
Harris was sworn in on a pair of Bibles, one of which was previously owned by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall — the first African-American to ever serve on the high court. politi.co/2Ne0KUq
Harris will quickly return to the Senate, where she represented California for the past four years, both to participate in the swearing in of Georgia’s two new Democratic senators and to begin serving as the tie-breaking vote in the evenly divided Senate. politi.co/2Ne0KUq