Did someone say World Cup? — First reported in “Caught Our Eye” by Keturah Hetrick at Legistorm: the U.S.-Qatar Business Council spent nearly $85,000 on travel for four Democrats and one Republican. The trade association flew those members — Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) — to Doha in the spring for meetings on business engagements…

Tbh, I expected more. — When you tag a post in Medium the platform shows you the number of times the post has been tagged with given keywords. Because I’m sleepless af tonight, I punched in some Congressional keywords to see what came up. For example, “Congress” has been tagged 12.9k times. “Senate” has been…

Interns do it. Ima try it too. — Members of Congress don’t really “do the whole TikTok thing” a press aide told me when I asked why the congressman she works for doesn’t have an presence on the platform. …

This should be fun. — Hey Medium! Pablo here. After much ado earlier this summer over my press credentialing in Congress, I’m finally back on the beat again as a fully credentialed member of the Capitol press. The Standing Committee of Correspondents unanimously approved me for a three-month temporary credential in the Senate Daily Press Gallery at their meeting…

A Helpful List For Booking Producers Struggling To Find Legit Immigration Experts To Discuss The Border Story — Network and cable news guest bookers have been under fire from social media since the southern border of the United States became the scene of the story that (unsurprisingly) is defining the Biden administration. After four years of full-contact punditry and news-as-bloodsport, guests on top political news shows have come…

The New Interview Show By Latinos On YouTube Gets A Blog — Hi Internet! Pablo here. Welcome to our first blog for MEET la PRENSA, a new interview show on YouTube co-created, co-produced, and co-hosted by Ivan Elias and me. This blog is powered by Medium, a platform we’re not too familiar with but look forward to getting to know better. Why Blog? Tbh…

The Biden White House Policy Agenda Rollouts Continue — tl;dr: The White House should plant its flag on stopping ICE during today’s immigration policy rollout (which has been amazing so far) … then dig in. Every new day of the Biden-Harris White House has a theme. Covid, Climate, Equity, Health Care, and so on. Today the new White House…