Jamie Weinstein

Jamie Weinstein is an American political journalist, opinion commentator, and satirist. He is the host of The Jamie Weinstein Show podcast formerly at National Review Online.[1][2][3]

Jamie Weinstein
BornAllentown, Pennsylvania
OccupationPolitical journalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
London School of Economics

Early life and education

Weinstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 2006 with a BA in history and government. He later attended the London School of Economics, where he received a MS in the history of international relations.[2][3]

Career

Weinstein's work has appeared in The Weekly Standard, The Daily Beast, and The Washington Examiner, among other publications.[4][5][6] Weinstein has appeared regularly on MSNBC, Fox News, Hannity, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Morning Joe, Your World with Neil Cavuto, America's Newsroom, Fox and Friends, and Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld'".[7][8]

In 2011, Weinstein was named the funniest celebrity in Washington, D.C. by revamp.com.[9]

In 2012, Weinstein co-wrote (with Will Rahn) a book called The Lizard King: The Shocking Inside Account of Obama's True Intergalactic Ambitions by an Anonymous White House Staffer, which was published by HarperCollins.[10]

In early 2016, Weinstein gave a speech in favor of Virginia governor Jim Gilmore's presidential candidacy at an Iowa caucus for a story. He was not a supporter of Gilmore's candidacy.[11]

The Churchill Tommy Gun Society

In 2013, Weinstein started The Churchill Tommy Gun Society, a dinner society that brings together some of Washington's more notable young reporters and commentators with prominent special guests from the world of media, politics and business for an off-the-record evening of dinner and drinks at his DC residence. He hosts the dinners with his wife, Michelle Fields. [12] [13]

Special guests have included Democratic and Republican presidential contenders like Cory Booker, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Amy Klobuchar; former CIA directors like David Petraeus and Michael Hayden; presidential confidantes like Valerie Jarrett, Roger Stone, Rahm Emanuel and Karl Rove; cable news luminaries like Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson; presidential cabinet members like John Bolton and Ben Carson; and billionaire businessmen like Apple CEO Tim Cook, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Mark Cuban, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, tech investor Peter Thiel and co-Chairman of News Corp Lachlan Murdoch, among many others. [14] [15] [16]

Personal life

In May 2016, Weinstein became engaged to former Huffington Post political journalist Michelle Fields.[17][18] The two were married on June 24, 2017.[19][20]

References
  1. "The Jamie Weinstein Show | National Review". www.nationalreview.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  2. "The 25 Most Influential Cornell Undergraduates". Cornell Daily Sun. 2005-11-30. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  3. "The FishbowlDC Interview With Daily Caller Senior Editor Jamie Weinstein". FishbowlDC. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  4. "Most Terrorists Are Privileged terrorists". Washington Examiner. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  5. "Rand Paul's Bill Maher Problem". The Daily Beast. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  6. "Weekly Standard Archive". Weekly Standard. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  7. "Mediaite Archive". Mediaite. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  8. "Why Hillary Was An Unremarkable Senator". MSNBC.com. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  9. "Senator Scott Brown Is Funny, But 'The Daily Caller' Editor Jamie Weinstein Is Funnier". REVAMP. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  10. Weinstein, Jamie. "The Lizard King - Will Rahn - eBook". Harpercollins.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  11. Weinstein, Jamie. "That Time I Went to Iowa to Cover the Caucuses — and Ended Up Campaigning for Jim Gilmore". National Review Online.
  12. "A Swamp Divided: How Trump's Arrival Turned D.C. Nightlife Upside Down". Esquire. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. "Real Estate - Washingtonian". Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  14. "A Swamp Divided: How Trump's Arrival Turned D.C. Nightlife Upside Down". Esquire. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  15. "Michelle Fields Is Shopping a TV Show Based on Her Dinner Parties - Washingtonian". 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  16. "Everyone in Washington Is Having a Lovely Time". Splinter. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  17. Gold, Hadas (March 9, 2016). "Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter". Politico. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  18. Nguyen, Tina (June 2, 2016). "Exclusive: Michelle Fields Is Not Done with Donald Trump Just Yet". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  19. "Instagram post by Michelle Fields • Jun 25, 2017 at 3:41pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  20. "Michelle Fields & Jamie Weinstein Wedding Gift Registry". Crate&Barrel. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
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