Laura Weiss

@LauraEWeiss16 · Washington, D.C. · joined 16 Jan 2014

Congressional reporter @PunchbowlNews. prev: Roll Call, Hearst CT. Go birds. laura@punchbowl.news

18 315Followers

1 787Following

11 530Posts total

187.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views9 990this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %54.55%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.14%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	9 990	2 751	3.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	54.55%	9.00%	6.06×
Engagement rate	0.14%	1.65%	0.09×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

105.3K7 Aug

6.1K

12.8K13 Aug

9.1K

15.1K20 Aug

2.9K

12.8K23 Aug

4.6K

10.9K31 Aug

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.41%7 Aug

0.13%

0.05%13 Aug

0.14%

0.13%20 Aug

0.27%

0.20%23 Aug

0.15%

0.03%31 Aug

0.14%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes75.7%1 202 in total

Reposts17.2%273 in total

Replies5.4%85 in total

Quotes1.3%21 in total

Bookmarks0.4%6 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

New in @PunchbowlNews Midday: There's major turnover coming to the Senate next year & it's going to trigger massive change atop major committees More on the gavel shuffling to watch w/ @sn_handler 8K views · 6 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 The turnover rocking the Senate will trigger a wave of change atop major committees next year, which means new policy priorities and oversight angles coming in 2027. Plus, the details on former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's official portrait unveiling and a guest appearance by USTR h 10.9K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 NEW from PA: R’s defending crucial swing seats in the Keystone State say their message on OBBB’s tax cuts hasn’t broken through yet back home, a challenge for the GOP as midterms grow closer More in the Sunday Vault - 4.6K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 23 Aug 2026 Republicans trying to hang onto crucial swing seats here in Pennsylvania say they’re still struggling to break through to voters on their signature economic achievement: the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax cuts. @LauraEWeiss16 has more from the campaign trail in the commonwealth: h 12.8K views · 8 likes · 10 reposts · 3 replies 23 Aug 2026 NEW from PA in @PunchbowlNews AM: What Speaker Johnson told me on the campaign trail here & how the data center backlash is making its way into key PA races Plus - the four Dems running in key swing districts here are launching a new joint fundraising campaign Much more - 2.9K views · 4 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 20 Aug 2026 .@PunchbowlNews AM today - Johnson says House GOP will grow majority even with polls & history against them - Data center wars in Pennsylvania swing districts - Braid leaving White House - The tale of a Green Party candidate in PA https://t.co/L5h2svqF7R 15.1K views · 8 likes · 4 reposts · 6 replies 20 Aug 2026 NEW in @PunchbowlNews AM: Something curious happened in the Senate just before members left for August recess It suggests a potential new path for tax & trade policies, which are notoriously hard to pass MORE - 9.1K views · 8 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 The Senate quietly sent the House two bills with a bipartisan tax or trade provision tucked inside. It’s a narrow opening, but it suggests a new path for policies that have struggled to find a way forward. https://t.co/jzv8mQxFpR https://t.co/h3oVntlcfE 12.8K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 WH ready to go on Blanche: 6.1K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 07 Aug 2026 TIME TO CONFIRM TODD BLANCHE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL! https://t.co/Tuawz8HgcO 105.3K views · 1.1K likes · 245 reposts · 74 replies 07 Aug 2026