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Aaron Blake covers national politics and writes regularly for The Fix. A Minnesota native and summa cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota, Aaron has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Aaron and his wife, Danielle, live in Annandale, Virginia.
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Feb 6, 2023: Raw Story: Americans aren’t buying the GOP’s 'weaponization committee': survey
According to the recent Washington Post-ABC News survey, however, most Americans understand that the efforts by the GOP are absurd. A whopping 56 percent of Americans see the GOP's "weaponization committee" as "just an attempt to score political points." Just 36 percent support it. "What’s more, just 28 percent believe that government agencies are indeed biased against conservatives," cited Aaron Blake. "That’s more than the share that believes they’re biased against liberals (11 percent), but nearly two-thirds of Americans don’t believe conservatives are being singled out." Jan 9, 2023: Washington Post column: The McCarthy concessions that could be flash points; Blake writes: "Perhaps the biggest rules change is what’s known as the “motion to vacate the chair.” This effectively allows one member to force a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker at any point. McCarthy allies might not like the leverage this provides McCarthy’s critics, but given that this threshold effectively existed for more than a century before 2019 — it’s simply more of an imminent threat now — it seems unlikely to be a sticking point."
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Dec 23, 2022: Aaron Blake: Washington Post: Key findings from the Jan. 6 committee’s final report
Nov 30, 2022: The Week: GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker may really be in peril
The fact McCarthy felt the need to warn about this "rather fanciful hypothetical," in which a group of moderate Republicans joins with Democrats to pick a mutually agreeable speaker, appears "to say plenty about how imperiled he views his ascent," Aaron Blake and JM Rieger write at The Washington Post. But a lot depends on how committed his far-right GOP critics are in their quest to sink his speaker dreams again — as they did in 2015.
The fact McCarthy felt the need to warn about this "rather fanciful hypothetical," in which a group of moderate Republicans joins with Democrats to pick a mutually agreeable speaker, appears "to say plenty about how imperiled he views his ascent," Aaron Blake and JM Rieger write at The Washington Post. But a lot depends on how committed his far-right GOP critics are in their quest to sink his speaker dreams again — as they did in 2015.
Oct 9, 2020: Politico: BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Aaron Blake, senior political reporter at WaPo’s The Fix
How did you get your start in journalism? “My first job was at the University of Minnesota’s student newspaper, the Minnesota Daily, as a sports reporter (at the time I was more interested in sports than journalism, I think). I spent four years covering the Gophers there, before I decided to try out politics at the Star Tribune’s D.C. bureau. I never really looked back.”
How did you get your start in journalism? “My first job was at the University of Minnesota’s student newspaper, the Minnesota Daily, as a sports reporter (at the time I was more interested in sports than journalism, I think). I spent four years covering the Gophers there, before I decided to try out politics at the Star Tribune’s D.C. bureau. I never really looked back.”
August 27, 2015: Topeka Capital-Journal: Aaron Blake: Trump is starting to tear the GOP apart
President Donald Trump is now openly attacking the GOP leaders of both the House and the Senate. In tweets Thursday morning, he blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for having “failed” to replace Obamacare, and he said both McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., created the current debt ceiling “mess” by using the wrong tactics.
President Donald Trump is now openly attacking the GOP leaders of both the House and the Senate. In tweets Thursday morning, he blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for having “failed” to replace Obamacare, and he said both McConnell and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., created the current debt ceiling “mess” by using the wrong tactics.
Aug 13, 2015: Aaron Blake: Washington Post: The one big reason neither Donald Trump nor Bernie Sanders can keep this up
Mar 27, 2015: News Busters: WashPost Reporter: We're Innocent! Blame Conservative Media for Negative Hillary Terms Washington Post political reporter Aaron Blake picked up on the Hillary Clinton "Super Volunteers" badgering New York Times reporter Amy Chozick about the 13 words you can't use to describe Hillary because it's coded sexism............But do the media actually use these words to describe Clinton? Well, yes, but only if you loosely define "the media" as "the conservative media" and "people who don't like Hillary Clinton."
In fact, if you Google "Hillary Clinton" and "calculating," there are 140,000 results. The first slew of results come from conservative outlets like The Daily Caller, The Blaze, Breitbart, the Daily Telegraph and also the Republican "America Rising" super PAC. One result comes from the Los Angeles Times, but it's a defense Bill Clinton lodged in 2007 against the attacks.
In fact, if you Google "Hillary Clinton" and "calculating," there are 140,000 results. The first slew of results come from conservative outlets like The Daily Caller, The Blaze, Breitbart, the Daily Telegraph and also the Republican "America Rising" super PAC. One result comes from the Los Angeles Times, but it's a defense Bill Clinton lodged in 2007 against the attacks.
Feb 20, 2015: Aaron Blake: Washington Post: This Marco Rubio statement on Rudy Giuliani is just about perfect
Aug 6, 2014: Breitbart: WaPo's Aaron Blake, Chris Cillizza Launch Partisan Twitter Attack on Rubio, Cruz
The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza pose as objective reporters (even though Cillizza’s second home is on MSNBC agreeing with every left-wing premise thrown his way). Both, though, dropped their guard Tuesday to launch illogical and unfounded partisan attacks on Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.The tweets weren’t just Blake and Cillizza launching their own anti-science partisan attacks. The bigger goal is much worse (unless you’re #ReadyForHillary): The tweets are undoubtedly a signal to the rest of the mainstream media to turn this piece of opposition research into a narrative against Rubio and Cruz. The idea of course is to tie them up in knots as hypocrites who oppose government spending but … LOOK AT HOW MUCH FEDERAL MONEY THEIR OFFICES SPEND!!!
This is how journalists like Blake and Cillizza think and operate. Other than playing goalie for Obama, The Washington Post doesn’t want to know nothin’ about Benghazi or the IRS. But a 25 year-old rock, a fifty year-old haircut, and a sweet gotcha! against Tea Party demons like Rubio and Cruz (for an office budget that revolves around constituent outreach) … brother, there’s a story worth telling.
The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza pose as objective reporters (even though Cillizza’s second home is on MSNBC agreeing with every left-wing premise thrown his way). Both, though, dropped their guard Tuesday to launch illogical and unfounded partisan attacks on Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.The tweets weren’t just Blake and Cillizza launching their own anti-science partisan attacks. The bigger goal is much worse (unless you’re #ReadyForHillary): The tweets are undoubtedly a signal to the rest of the mainstream media to turn this piece of opposition research into a narrative against Rubio and Cruz. The idea of course is to tie them up in knots as hypocrites who oppose government spending but … LOOK AT HOW MUCH FEDERAL MONEY THEIR OFFICES SPEND!!!
This is how journalists like Blake and Cillizza think and operate. Other than playing goalie for Obama, The Washington Post doesn’t want to know nothin’ about Benghazi or the IRS. But a 25 year-old rock, a fifty year-old haircut, and a sweet gotcha! against Tea Party demons like Rubio and Cruz (for an office budget that revolves around constituent outreach) … brother, there’s a story worth telling.
Jan 28, 2014
John Nolte
"The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza pose as objective reporters (even though Cillizza’s second home is on MSNBC agreeing with every left-wing premise thrown his way). Both, though, dropped their guard Tuesday to launch illogical and unfounded partisan attacks on Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz...This is how journalists like Blake and Cillizza think and operate. Other than playing goalie for Obama, The Washington Post doesn’t want to know nothin’ about Benghazi or the IRS. But a 25 year-old rock, a fifty year-old haircut, and a sweet gotcha! against Tea Party demons like Rubio and Cruz (for an office budget that revolves around constituent outreach) … brother, there’s a story worth telling. " --John Nolte: Brietbart 8.6.14
