Jared Mejia

Elections & Campaign Messaging

Jared Mejia covers elections, campaign promises, and the slogans doing the heavy lifting when policy takes a day off. The satire follows the distance between a candidate’s sales pitch and what voters are actually being offered. He can smell a focus-tested slogan before the yard signs leave the printer.

Articles By Jared Mejia

85 published articles

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The Donors Know What The Railroad Commission Does

Follow the MoneyOctober 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM EDTBy Jared Mejia

Texas’s oil-and-gas regulator race is drawing serious money. The campaign totals make more sense when you read the agency’s job description.

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The Transparency Law Has An Invisibility Rule

Follow the MoneyOctober 27, 2026 at 9:18 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

A coalition of states and D.C. is suing over the administration's corporate-ownership reporting rollback. Treasury calls it burden relief; the challengers say an agency cannot repeal a law by exemption.

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Your Lobbyist's Other Client Has Entered The Contract

Follow the MoneyOctober 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

Alibaba won a preliminary injunction against a Pentagon-contract restriction reaching firms connected through shared lobbyists. The blacklist remains; one particularly elaborate chain of consequences is on hold.

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Toronto Picked A Housing Plan Over The Baseball Bat

International PoliticsOctober 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

Olivia Chow won a second term with 54 percent of the vote after campaigning on affordability. Her rival's warnings about crime included his bedside baseball bat. The city still needs homes, lunches and transit.

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The Judge Would Like The Delivery Receipts

International PoliticsOctober 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM EDTBy Jared Mejia

Spain has already released intelligence warnings about the deadly Ceuta crossing. Now a judge wants to know exactly who received them and when. Disclosure is not the same as an answer.