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Oct 16, 2026
Lisa Camooso MillerHOST
Darren Samuelsohn and I have known each other for years, crossing paths in Washington as reporters, editors, and political junkies.
Lisa Camooso MillerHOST
He spent more than three decades in journalism, from energy and environmental policy at E&E News and Politico to newsroom leadership at The Insider, The Messenger, and USA Today.
Lisa Camooso MillerHOST
And now he's back building Love Journalism, his substack about the people behind the bylines and the business we've all spent our careers trying to figure out.
Lisa Camooso MillerHOST
Darren, it's great to have you on the Friday Reporter, so let's get into it.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
Now, the argument is over why the disparity exists.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
Earlier this year, E&E News analyzed roughly 2,500 natural disaster declarations going back to the Reagan era.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
Okay? All the way back then.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
During Trump's second term up to that point, he had approved 23% of requests from states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
In states with a Republican governor and two Republican senators, 89%.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
23 versus 89.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
Let's take that even further, because E&E News reported that this was the sharpest partisan disparity since FEMA was even created.
Marcus AtkinsonHOST
Now that gets my attention, and it ought to get yours.
Daniel LippmanGUEST
I, I actually was interning, uh, at the Wall Street Journal, or working as a temporary reporter covering personal finance, which was not my idea of a, uh, my cup of tea.
Daniel LippmanGUEST
Uh, then he just emailed me out of the blue and said, "Hey, do you wanna, you know, start?" And, uh, but he only ga- they only gave me a, a three-month or six-month contract at first, and so I had already been in DC, uh, with E&E News, which is our, like, environmental publication that's, we've kind of, uh, sunsetted that name.
Daniel LippmanGUEST
So I would, uh, work for E&E during the day as a, uh, reporter covering, like, air pollution and stuff, and then I would do M- uh, Playbook at night with Mike, and I would tell him, "Do not mention-
Meghan HaysHOST
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speaker_0HOST
Before joining the Times, she worked at the Washington Post, where she helped launch a daily climate newsletter and then served as the newspaper's lead climate policy reporter.
speaker_0HOST
Before that, she worked for E&E News, an environmental publication owned by Politico.
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And Christy Goldfuss is the executive director of the Natural Resources Council, who served as the Center for American Progress and Environmental Policy.
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She was formerly the Managing Director of the White House on Environmental Quality and Energy Policy, including its Action Climate Plan.
Chad LawHOST
The interesting part is why the House actually even voted on it in the first place.
Chad LawHOST
Politico's E&E News had it the day before the vote.
Chad LawHOST
Kelsey Bruger and Meredith Lee Hill reported that House Republican leaders were putting the clock bill on the floor, and I'm quoting, quote, in hopes of softening a revolt led by Representative Anna Paulina Luna.
Chad LawHOST
I read that three times.
Joe MartucciHOST
And I was reading about it.
Joe MartucciHOST
Now, the way I read this from E&E News, which is by Politico, if I'm correct, is that So
Tom FrankGUEST
E&E News is a now closed subsidiary of Politico, but it's just it's Politico now.
Joe MartucciHOST
It's political.
Joe MartucciHOST
Okay.