Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @maggieNYT: If their network unites behind a candidate, it could provide a huge boost for someone against Trump in the 2024 primaries ht… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

*the Koch network faced pressure to support a Trump rival in the 2016 primary, but its donors & operatives could not agree on which candidate best represented their (sometimes diffuse) politics. It’s not clear they’ll be able to unite behind someone in 2024, either, & if so, who — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

NEW: The Koch network is signaling it will try to block TRUMP from the GOP nomination by supporting an as-yet-unchosen rival. It would be the 1st time the network (which spent $500m in 2020) picked sides in a presidential primary & it *could be a big deal https://t.co/ud6cIkzvsC — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

“Here’s your headline: Kari Lake is on the warpath,” Kari Lake said in an interview Thursday night. https://t.co/4OhLM0WmEs — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@dantannNYC @NickFoles @Eagles +1 — PolitiTweet.org

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On this day 5 years ago, @NickFoles became an @Eagles legend & earned the undying gratitude of the city of Philadelphia & its diaspora. https://t.co/hg48jQlLEK — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

On this day 5 years ago, @NickFoles earned the undying gratitude of the city of Philadelphia & its diaspora. https://t.co/8TJrGqm4Rw — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

After WWII, thousands of Nazi collaborators immigrated to the U.S. as war refugees with new identities, working as farmers or butchers or factory workers. Allan A. Ryan hunted them down, as head of @TheJusticeDept’s Office of Special Investigations. https://t.co/UP5HQ7hb0K — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

FTX CAMPAIGN $: Just days before @FTX_Official filed for bankruptcy, co-CEO @RSalame7926 donated $500k to @GOPGovs. Salame has not been charged, but prosecutors are scrutinizing his donations. The RGA declined to comment to @Hailey_Fuchs on the donation. https://t.co/2rWsKeJqhE — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @DeadlineWH: "There are Americans who are willing to take big sums of money from foreign interests who want to avail themselves of the A… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

CHARLES McGONIGAL's case illuminates a shadowy corner of the influence industry in which deep pocketed foreign interests pay Americans with connections to US law enforcement or intelligence to try to get out of trouble, or to create trouble for rivals. https://t.co/jUYzQh8KUm — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Germany in many ways has gone to great lengths to atone for the Holocaust. But it’s also been naming streets, schools & hospitals in honor of Nazi Party members & SS officers — men who used slave labor from concentration camps & armed the Third Reich. https://t.co/B58X2R5FVL — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @theodoricmeyer: This is how it works (or worked in the Trump era): https://t.co/HpZF2XvY5x — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @EliClifton: Extra irony for fact that Miriam Adelson is a [... checks notes...] physician specializing in ADDICTION. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

And here is one of the resulting George Santos autographed baseballs for sale on ebay for ... $999.99. https://t.co/EbkbcZdds4 h/t @stevenmpresser https://t.co/izTatMdpz1 — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@cnnross Exactly. Or even if he had better WRs with the Eagles. *No offense to Fred Barnett & Calvin Williams or Eagles Cris Carter, but they were not exactly Randy Moss, Jake Reed & Vikings Cris Carter. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @djunderh2o: @kenvogel @SpeakerMcCarthy @penguins Such an obscure signature on such an obscure item. https://t.co/Q5ds61DdFv — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Love to see Randall Cunningham trending. Easily the most electric athlete I ever watched. So smooth & such a shame he didn't get to play in a real offensive system until late in his career, after he left the Eagles, unretired & came back with the Vikings https://t.co/5hKIOEcxgQ — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@djunderh2o @SpeakerMcCarthy @penguins They suggested that they were professional autograph seekers who carry a bunch of signable stuff with them, then sell the autographed items online. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@TalKopan @SpeakerMcCarthy @penguins They suggested that they were professional autograph seekers who carry a bunch of signable merch with them, then sell the autographed items online. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

George Santos did not regal the autograph seekers with tales of his days playing shortstop for the Yankees. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Bonus Twitter content harkening back to my @Politico days of crashing (& getting thrown out of) fundraisers & other major donor gatherings. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

George Santos appeared briefly at @SpeakerMcCarthy's Conrad Hotel gala. When he left, autograph seekers (who were outside because the @Penguins were staying at the hotel) asked him to sign baseballs & take selfies. He obliged, but said “I’ve never thrown a baseball in my life.” https://t.co/748jslmNuw — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

I also tried to cover the Jan. 25 Conrad Hotel gala (where Jeff Miller introduced McCarthy to an audience of donors, members, corporate execs & Republicans like @DonaldJTrumpJr & @StephenM), but I was escorted out by @CapitolPolice. Here are photos I took before getting tossed. https://t.co/y89X1hb2It — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

I tried to cover the Altria event (a breakfast presentation by @KarlRove & @RepHudsonNC), but I was stopped by security & turned away by McCarthy aides who told me it was a private event. Here is a photo of Rove entering with @AndyAbboud, an advisor to mega-donor Miriam Adelson. https://t.co/aR1cseMlMm — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

The blurry line between Jeff Miller's lobbying & McCarthy was on display last week, when Miller organized a 3-day celebration of McCarthy's speakership for donors & dignitaries that felt like a POTUS inauguration. An event was held at the DC HQ of Altria, one of Miller's clients https://t.co/4cAK3S9qA5 — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Jeff Miller has his pick of clients. He dropped Amazon's @AWScloud about 2 weeks before the midterms, partly because he didn't like that it was being used to attack McCarthy. Days later, he registered to lobby for rival @Oracle, which is closer to Republicans & paid him more $. https://t.co/gEHMLAtzHE — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Even with Trump gone, Jeff Miller demonstrated his influence (but also the risks of the relationship for McCarthy) by helping defeat bipartisan antitrust bills targeting his clients @Amazon & @Apple. @TuckerCarlson & others suggested McCarthy opposed the bills at Miller's behest https://t.co/GoBCvDy9Xg — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Rarely has a lobbyist enjoyed access to a House speaker like @JeffMillerCA2TX has with @SpeakerMcCarthy. As a result, Miller is in high demand in corporate America, where he is seen as the guy to neutralize scrutiny from a GOP right flank that is targeting big business as "woke" — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

NEW: KEVIN McCARTHY's closest confidant & biggest fundraiser is a lobbyist who spearheaded his speaker campaign, sneaking into his Capitol office to avoid reporters & urging donors to pressure holdouts to vote 'yes.' Now, JEFF MILLER stands to benefit. https://t.co/xxZJiYbbD7 — PolitiTweet.org