Lights, Cameras, Memes!

I haven't filed a story from the Capitol since Jan 6 - forget rioters, I'm scared of TV Networks

Letters are out to the Speaker, Minority Leader, Senate Leaders and each member of the Senate Rules Committee

Jun 13 • Matt Laslo

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How much did Disney, Warner Bros & press secretaries pay TV Networks for special Capitol access?

100+ examples of RTCA dismissing Congressional statutes and writing its own media rules

Jun 6 • Matt Laslo

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April 2026

Most 25th Amendment coverage by mainstream media is so ignorant it’s misleading

The Amendment can't be divorced from the fear-saturated Cold War era in which it was birthed

Apr 11 • Matt Laslo

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December 2025

Matt Laslo: "The one time I landed in a jail cell..."

Former "Junkie" Matt Laslo's essay on his past life as a homeless cokehead...

Dec 22, 2025 • Matt Laslo

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November 2025

Matt Laslo's CV: Journalist, Lecturer, Public Speaker, Media Consultant

When Matt Laslo's not running his two interactive political journalism startups — Ask a Pol & The LCB — he's studying AI or giving a lecture somewhere

Nov 26, 2025 • Matt Laslo

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September 2025

My First Byline: Matt Laslo

Washington reporter

Published on Your First Byline • Sep 4, 2025

June 2024

Make Politics Boring (Again): Outfoxing AI, deepfakes & the nationalization of local politics

Journalist & Johns Hopkins Lecturer Matt Laslo's AI talk at NPR HQ, June 7, 2024

Jun 15, 2024 • Matt Laslo

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September 2023

Oversight Chair Comer: "we're in this situation ... because the Democrats abused their impeachment power”

House Oversight Chair James Comer (July 20, 2023)

Sep 13, 2023 • Matt Laslo

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August 2023

Trump’s Fulton County indictment is the most sweeping and dangerous one yet

DA Fani Willis hit Trump with RICO charges, but, after more than a year, she still hasn’t been able to sit a jury in her blockbuster RICO case against…

Aug 23, 2023 • Matt Laslo

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GOP Sen. Hawley laughs off Cruz and Rubio's laissez faire AI approach: "Not gonna happen"

Ep. 3 — Sen. Josh Hawley: “Ha. I don’t know that we’re gonna be able to hermetically seal it like that” (7-11-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • Matt Laslo

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Prof. Laslo reminds Sen. Marco Rubio, “You all haven’t touched data privacy"

Ep. 2 — Sen. Marco Rubio (7-11-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • Matt Laslo

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Sen. Cramer to Prof. Laslo: "I'd like to take one of your courses"

Ep. 1 – Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was in a jovial mood ahead of lawmaker's August recess (7-26-2023)

Aug 11, 2023 • Matt Laslo

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