Gabe Fleisher, 17, reaches 50,000 each weekday morning with his "Wake Up to Politics" newsletter. On Wednesday, he scooped New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on the Democrat's own presidential launch. Gabe Fleisher, the 17-year-old whose “Wake Up To Politics” newsletter reaches 50,000 people each weekday, was scrolling through a politics blog after school — “I did my homework, too,” he maintained — when a small item caught his eye. Thursday’s newsletter, Gabe said, would not revolve around de Blasio, who is joining a field of nearly two dozen Democrats vying for the White House. Gabe Fleisher, 17, first became interested in politics during the 2008 campaign.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 09:17 UTC