Trump's campaign strategy was to target young men who mostly interacted with politics through edgy bro podcasts and social media. In July, campaign manager Susie Wiles tasked a 27-year-old with spearheading Trump's podcast circuit: Alex Bruesewitz. (1/8)
time.com/7172052/how-do… After drawing up a list of shows for Trump to go on, Bruesewitz and senior adviser, Danielle Alvarez, called the former President one morning while he was on the golf course.

"I have a list of podcasts I wanted to pitch you on," Bruesewitz said. Trump stopped him there. (2/8)

Here's a timeline: In 1983, Larry Hogan Sr. and his wife, Ilona, bought a bucolic 10-acre property in Frederick for $230,000. The spacious colonial with columns on the front porch, nestled in the woods, was also where they based their law practice (1/8)
time.com/7094238/larry-… In June 2015, then Gov. Larry Hogan earmarked $65.5 million project to rebuild a highway interchange within an earshot from his father's house, a development that can increase the value of the land. (2/8)

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THREAD: Surely a factor in Larry Hogan's decision not to run for president: sitting in the oppo research files of all his potential opponents is the fact that Maryland legislators unanimously beefed up the state's ethics laws because of his self-dealing. washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/13/in-… In 2015, early in his administration, Hogan cancelled the $2.9b Baltimore Red Line and rerouted those dollars to highway, road, and bridge projects, many of which were adjacent to properties owned by his real estate firm, from which he did not disinvest.
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