Jack Blanchard

1 week ago | politico.com | Jack Blanchard |Dasha Burns

With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali BiancoGood Thursday morning, and Happy Juneteenth. This is Jack Blanchard. INCOMING: The first big heatwave of the summer is on its way to D.C., per the Capital Weather Gang. “Starting Sunday, high temperatures are predicted to reach at least the mid-90s,” writes chief meteorologist Jason Samenow, “and could flirt with 100-degree levels early next week.” Yeesh. And there’s more: “Brutal humidity levels will make it feel even hotter.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jack Blanchard |Dasha Burns

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineOn the Playbook Podcast this morning, Jack and Dasha discuss an extraordinary weekend of news in the run-up to Donald Trump’s trip to the G7 summit in Canada — and how the president has shaped all our lives over the past 10 years. Good Monday morning. This is Jack Blanchard. A DECADE LIKE NO OTHER: It’s 10 years to the day that Trump descended that famous golden elevator in New York’s Trump Tower and announced he was running for president.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jack Blanchard |Dasha Burns

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineOn this morning’s podcast, Jack and Dasha discuss the dangers of late-night theater, the art of the 3 a.m. apology and why — once again — Democrats are turning to the courts to try to stop Trump. Good Thursday morning. This is Jack Blanchard, a little bittersweet today with “God Only Knows” still spinning around my head.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jack Blanchard |Dasha Burns

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineOn this morning’s Playbook Podcast, Jack and Adam Wren discuss Gavin Newsom’s emergence this week at the front of the anti-Trump pack … and why Saturday’s grand military parade in D.C. may not be entirely comfortable viewing for either GOP grandees or military top brass. Good Wednesday morning. This is Jack Blanchard, more bleary-eyed than usual after last night’s glammed-up party at the French Ambassador’s place.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jack Blanchard |Dasha Burns

With help from Eli Okun and Bethany IrvineOn today’s podcast, Dasha and I discuss the mood inside the White House after a fourth night of protests in Los Angeles … and why Pete Hegseth may be looking forward to his first House committee grilling as secretary of Defense this morning. Good Tuesday morning. This is Jack Blanchard. EYES-EMOJI SPOTTED: John Fetterman, the not-uncontroversial Democratic senator for Pennsylvania, dining in D.C.’s top MAGA hangout Butterworth’s on Monday evening.