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Q&A: Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman on Capitol coverage in the new Washington
During the Trump years, Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer delivered politics-obsessed professionals and observers a predawn, must-read Beltway Bible as the authors of
Politico Playbook. As the page turns to the Biden era, they’re betting that their expertise and their Rolodexes will power a new outlet worth paying for.
Along with veteran Hill reporter John Bresnahan, also most recently at
Politico, Sherman and Palmer last week launched
Punchbowl News, a startup that aims to bring an intense focus on the people who power the US legislature. The outlet, named for the Secret Service’s code name for the US Capitol, received all the pageantry accorded to a big new deal: a profile in the
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