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.@BretBaier is getting unwarranted flak tonight for siding with CNN and other news organizations protesting heavy-handed WH efforts to retaliate against @kaitlancollins for doing her job. He deserves praise for demonstrating solidarity in behalf of a free press.
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Today is a sad anniversary, four years since we lost Gwen Ifill, whose incomparable voice was stilled at exactly the wrong moment. Her spirit lives and inspires us all to carry on in her memory. We are all blessed to have known her. Miss you, Gwen.
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In his CNN town hall, @PeteButtigieg highlights the value of listening to questioners and responding with clarity and depth. Q and A on a high plain. Refreshing.
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After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud message: ‘We need Congress to do their part’
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I’m very glad @Yamiche is always ready with the right question at the right moment and stands her ground no matter who. Just like our friend Gwen, who would be very proud of her.
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Today the White House retaliated against CNN’s @kaitlancollins for doing her job—which was to ask questions of the president about news of the day. The action by WH was totally unjustified and outrageous.
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Trump campaign releases ABC transcript hoping to show his remarks about the Khans were taken out of context. They weren't.
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This is a shocking statement from the president that gives comfort and encouragement to dictators and cedes the moral authority of the United States. whitehouse.gov/briefings-sta…
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This “veteran reporter,” Jane Mayer, has been one of the best for decades. Give her the acclaim she has earned.
This Veteran Reporter Is a Key Part of Ronan Farrow’s Kavanaugh Scoops bit.ly/2xDBRqy
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This is the final column by Jamal Khashoggi, published tonight online and in Friday's print editions of the Post --@washingtonpost. We mourn the loss of his voice and cherish his courage to make that voice heard. wapo.st/2ymItKx
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Join us soon for @washingtonweek with @Yamiche on her first night as the new moderator. Congrats to Yamiche!
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From @JoeBiden's remarks: "The original sin of this country still stains our nation today and sometimes we manage to overlook it. We just push forward with a thousand other tasks in our daily life. But it's always there."
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This is a shocking story of leadership failure: How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’ via @jeremyduda @isaacstanbecker @chelsea_janes washingtonpost.com/health/ho…
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BREAKING: Trump is exempting Alaska's entire Tongass National Forest from the roadless rule, making more than 9.3 million acres eligible for logging and other development. It is one of the biggest public lands rollbacks of his presidency. By @eilperin wapo.st/35L4PFc
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@washingtonpost is a great and resilient news organization. But we are losing the equivalent of a great newspaper with the people who are taking buyouts. The amount of talent departing is staggering. Thank you to all of you for what you’ve given to The Post. We will miss you.
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This statement comes from @PostBaron and underscores the regard with which @PhilipRucker and @AshleyRParker are held inside the Post newsroom and beyond and the importance of a free and independent press.
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Colin Powell tells @jaketapper he will vote for Joe Biden in November.
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What is the president thinking when he starts his Saturday by attacking a mayor dealing with a humanitarian disaster?
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The way it should work. Classy by @JDiamond1 to hand off to @Yamiche for her second question
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @JDiamond1 for handing the mic back to @Yamiche after the President cut her off!
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Bill Greider was a brilliant and big-hearted journalist, for the Post, for Rolling Stone, for The Nation. He reported tirelessly, wrote elegantly and did everything with passion and conviction, a voice now lost to all of us. He taught me so much. RIP, Bill.
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This is Sally Jenkins at the top of her game, which is saying something given her consistent excellence. washingtonpost.com/sports/te…
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Cohen notes that Republicans have not asked him one question about Trump. Nor, as Gov. Christie noted on TV, have Republicans sought to defend the president against the content in Cohen's opening and subsequent statements.
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2019 Washington Post Super Bowl ad: ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ - Washington Post washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
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Everyone should read this interview with Dr. Fauci in @ScienceMagazine.
I’ve never read an interview like this in @ScienceMagazine, or anywhere. @sciencecohen did this Q&A w Anthony Fauci on the White House’s #COVID19 response sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/…
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Early on, Cheney and Cotton warned about the coronavirus. They still face pushback in the GOP. Sharp piece via @pkcapitol washingtonpost.com/powerpost…
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Biden says he’s lost a lot in his life. “I’ll be dammed if I’m going to lose my country” to Trump.
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Thank you @JeffreyGoldberg for rooting out this disturbing story
New, from @TheAtlantic: Trump skipped a visit to an American military cemetery in France after calling the dead "losers" for getting killed: Full story here:
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The Trump campaign scrambles to revive the president's imperiled reelection bid, with no clear strategy in sight, by @AshleyRParker @costareports @jdawsey1
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Big congrats to @Fahrenthold for winning the Robin Toner Award for political journalism. Great work honored. His colleagues salute him.
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The breakdown of government is in plain sight
WaPo has been inundated w/ msgs + phone calls from ppl about to lose homes, cars, and going hungry. They’re stunned that President Trump + Congress can’t agree on another emergency aid package. Several broke down crying in intvus. @heatherlong @rachsieg washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Powerful rebuke of the president by a distinguished American. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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NEW: U.S. sets record for daily coronavirus infections (98,000) amid partisan debate over the covid mortality rate. Deaths are, in fact, rising due to massive fall surge in cases @JoelAchenbach @britsham @jdland washingtonpost.com/health/co…
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The Reagan Foundation has issued a warning to the Trump campaign and the RNC to quit raising money off Reagan's name and likeness. Lawyers may soon be involved:
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Trump goes way over the line, insulting the Khans, and a huge backlash erupts, via @washingtonpost wapo.st/2aF9LCB
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Hustle. Flood the zone. Get the facts. Double check the facts. Write it cleanly. Get more facts. Update. Repeat previous steps.
@danbalz We are journalism students @UWMadison. What's your best tip for covering breaking news? #J202
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Few members of Congress had the combination of impact and longevity as John Dingell. A giant of the House. He was also a wickedly funny on Twitter in retirement. May he rest in peace, and may @RepDebDingell be comforted in her time of loss.
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It’s rare when an incumbent loses. It’s even less common for an incumbent whose party had just captured the presidency from the other party. The difference between GHW Bush losing after 12 years of Republican control and. Trump losing, having just succeeded a Democrat.
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There are many things to be said about the life and career of Jim Lehrer—great journalist, prolific novelist, superior debate moderator, wonderful storyteller, lover of buses. Above all, he was just truly a class act. He will be sorely missed. Prayers for Kate. RIP, Jim.
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Key questions not answered at briefing: Was potus ever on oxygen? When was last negative test? If 72 hours after diagnosis, why was first word of positive test not issued until early Friday morning?
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Community journalism is threatened in many ways. But who imagined being killed by a shooter was among them? Prayers for those lost at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and strength and support to their colleagues.
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David and Karen have done extraordinary work to hold Saudis accountable. Thanks to the, and to @PolkAwards for honoring them. The killing of Jamal Khashoogi was reprehensible and those responsible should face condemnation and justice.
George Polk Special Award: David Ignatius and Karen Attiah of the Washington Post for holding Saudi Arabian accountable for the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi. #khashoggi
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Americans saying “not so fast” with reopenings.
NEW Post-U. Md. poll: Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, despite easing of restrictions in some states, via @danbalz @EmGusk
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RIP the great Ward Just. Midwesterner. Vietnam reporter for WaPo. Brilliant novelist who explored the moral ambiguities of power. His prose was spare, taut and I loved reading him. He was generous to me when I was starting out. His death is a real loss. washingtonpost.com/local/obi…
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Twitter could be very busy.
Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact-check for the first time washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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I fully concur with David. Bob is as meticulous as he is methodical. I’ve seen his reporting approach up close, working with him on a lengthy series. He’s a legend for a reason.
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Powerful words from Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border is “cruel...immoral.” Compares images with those of “shameful” Japanese internment camps during WW2 washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Sincere condolences to the Bush family on the passing of our 41st president. George H.W. Bush was courageous, decent, patriotic, competitive, shrewd about the world and devoted to his beloved wife and family. The country has lost an honorable public servant. RIP.
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The Post assigned @chelsea_janes to the 2020 campaign because she is a damn fine reporter. Period. Horse race is one part of our coverage. But so are other things, including ideas, policies, etc. You’ll note that we just wrote about Elizabeth Warren’s views on Afghanistan.
Washington Post assigns its top sports reporter to cover 2020 presidential race because the horse race is all that matters to the major media, no need to discuss candidates' policies, ideas, proposals, truth, accuracy etc. washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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So that was then and this is now, and now I take lessons from @AshleyRParker, who demonstrates daily her talents as a great reporter and a wonderful writer with a flair for the language that the rest of us can only dream about. A wonderful colleague!
I love this. 💙Not exactly the same thing, but in college, I read every single one of @danbalz’s single-bylined pieces from 2004, for a 50-page essay on political journalism. He, too, answered all my questions over the phone — and then met with me in D.C. the summer I graduated.
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In their team debut, the new running mates defined how they will pursue the general election: with a sharp focus on Trump, an embrace of women, a call to action on climate change and a defense of protesters in the streets @annielinskey @mviser washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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This has been an extraordinary day and I want to say thanks for all the good wishes and kind words from friends, colleagues and readers. Thanks especially to fellow journalists who are on the front lines at this moment in our history. I'm proud to be among you all.
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In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting, from @fahrenthold, @PostRoz and @thamburger washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Well said, @jdelreal. Thank you. nitter.app/jdelreal/status/781615…
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A personal note: A long run and now a time of transition. My final Sunday Take.
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A claim by @RichardGrenell that U.S news organizations ignored the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is debunked by WaPo’s @agearan, who posted the story she wrote about the pact.
Well here is The Washington Post, which I think you read. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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There was no one quite like Gwen Ifill. May her soul rest in peace. May we never forget what she meant to us. facebook.com/dan.balz.9/post…
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In my first conversation with Mike Donilon this cycle, he laid it all out—state of the country, mood of the electorate, Twitter vs Real World, themes and messages. Said Biden fit better than the other candidates. Would persevere. Message hasn’t changed through downs and ups.
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Trump campaign asked Matt Scully, John McConnell to draft Melania speech. They did. Speech Monday bore almost no resemblance to the draft.
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College journalists are under new pressures. Witness what the Harvard Crimson just went through. Rather than jumping on the Northwestern student journalists, we all need to help explain to other students the basic practices and values of good journalism and why it matters.
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A thoroughly reported account of how Speaker Pelosi sidelined Rep. Nadler and put Rep. Schiff in charge of the first stage of the impeachment proceeding, via WaPo’s @rachaelmbade @mikedebonis washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Based on what various senators said after Gina Haspel was on the Hill, the intelligence agencies have made a definitive assessment that MBS was responsible for what happened. The president and other officials choose not to embrace it.
Jared Kushner's answer when Sean Hannity asked him about "getting to the bottom" of Khashoggi's murder:
"I think our Intelligence agencies are making their assessments and we’re hoping to make sure that there’s justice brought where that should be."
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Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring. Solid reporting and vivid writing via @PhilipRucker @AshleyRParker @costareports washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Congrats to WaPo’s @AshleyRParker & @PhilipRucker on winning the Gerald R. Ford Award for coverage of the presidency. Great reporters, colleagues.
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A terrific book. Deeply, deeply reported, as anyone who reads any of it can see. Order and see for yourself.
You can get the book everyone's talking about: the President, the book reviewers and @maddow too.
#AVeryStableGenius
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This @SenJohnMcCain speech has it all: a call for bipartisanship and a declaration that senators are the equal of the president.
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How the California Dream has become the California Compromise. For millions of Californians, it is one increasingly difficult to justify. @heatherkelly @ReedAlbergotti @brady_dennis @PostScottWilson washingtonpost.com/national/…
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Kudos to Brian Williams as he signs off from @11thHour tonight. Classy show. Classy host.
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This is first-rate journalism and stunning video to back it up. An attempted sting uncovered by careful and tenacious reporting.
You’re going to want to read this one. washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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WH says Trump has confidence in Sessions. Did they read the @nytimes interview or listen to the audio?
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Thanks to @PreetBharara for great questions throughout the hour.
Biden is up in the polls — but what could derail him? @washingtonpost political correspondent @danbalz joins me to discuss the RNC, the Biden campaign, and more on a new #StayTuned from @cafedotcom: applepodcasts.com/preet
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Such a moving tribute from daughter to her heroic father. Sending prayers to @SenJohnMcCain as he battles a foe almost as tough as he is.
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SCOOP: Federal officials at @HHS.Gov repeatedly raided biomedical research pandemic fund to spend millions on unrelated salaries, expenses, removing office furniture, investigators find after whistleblower disclosure via @ddiamond @Reinlwapo cc @US_OSC
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If you haven’t read this, take the time to do so. Well reported by WaPo’s @karendeyoung1 and @kfahim and full of insights about MBS: After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince’s ‘dark’ and bullying side wapo.st/2pRhn9z
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This piece by @sbg1 is sharp, insightful and has a great line that really captures the moment. From the memorial service for John McCain. You’ll know it when you read it. Terrific reading. newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
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"More than perhaps any other outcome of the Mueller investigation, this may become its most enduring legacy." Read smart @peterbakernyt piece about the aftermath of Mueller. nyti.ms/2Udk9qp
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The list of people @washingtonpost who shared in winning two Pulitzers today is too long to cite. But for everyone here, this was a day of enormous pride at seeing great journalism recognized. Congratulations to my colleagues.
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Terrific work by our Stern Fellow, @Gabriel_Pogrund , who is part of a great WaPo tradition of young British reporters whose reporting has enriched us for almost 4 decades.
EXCLUSIVE. Mark Judge is holed up in a Delaware seaside home. Piles of rumpled clothes and boxes of Superman comics in his car. Me with @CarolLeonnig and @byaaroncdavis washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Al Franken may be the perfect senator for the Trump era--a deadly serious funnyman. Spot on profile by @ktumulty wapo.st/2n1q9kI?tid=ss_tw
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From WaPo’s @gregpmiller, a deep and insightful look at the whistleblower’s complaint and why it landed with such force. washingtonpost.com/national-…
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NEW: A week into the White House coronavirus outbreak, @CDCgov disease detectives are helping w/ contact tracing as 34 WH staffers and other contacts have now tested positive, per internal document. @bylenasun @yabutaleb7 @jdawsey1 wapo.st/36M6XPp
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A career for the ages. Mark analyzed politics with smarts and humor, flashes of indignation and most of all a very big heart. He believed in politics as sometimes noble but always vital. He respected those who entered the arena but held them to high standards. What a run!
WATCH: We look back at the best moments we've had with our friend Mark Shields forms.gle/TPiwjXKQQGMJEhaH7
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Happy to see that stellar reporters and vivid writers (and great colleagues) @CarolLeonnig & @PhilipRucker are on a pre-publication roll with, “I Alone Can Fix It.” First excerpt in @washingtonpost was an eye-popping portrait of a president denying reality.
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Thanks, @ratemyskyperoom. Pillows and quilt all by Nancy Balz. Worth showing!
Good pillow work. Art. Prefer previous composition as must note both minor cord and ring light violations. 8/10 @danbalz
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Congrats to my @washingtonpost colleague @CapehartJ and to @TiffanyDCross, a fellow Fellow at @harvardiop, as they soon launch their own shows on @MSNBC. Well done!
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Give much credit to @costareports not only for getting this first but getting it straight from POTUS. Super Scoop. Bravo.
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Iowa caucus results under fire. Gov. Branstad calls Cruz unethical. Register editorial calls on Ds to audit results and release raw vote.
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BIG scoop by @gregpmiller & @GregJaffe: Trump shared highly classified info with Russians in Oval Office last week. wapo.st/2qoYMkI
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The latest scoop by @Fahrenthold is another big reason Trump should be releasing his tax returns. wapo.st/2d8imip
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GOP officials squirming over Trump's Putin embrace at Wednesday forum. What about his loose talk about his Intel briefing and briefers?
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Aaron, Stephanie and the entire team that caught the attempted sting showed what professionalism is all about. Models all. nitter.app/loriamontgomery/status…
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If you haven’t had a chance to read this online, the print edition in today’s @washingtonpost is another opportunity. A remarkable team effort the deployed the breadth and depth of The Post newsroom to produce a rich, detailed story of what happened on Jan. 6.
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“It was a rough night,” said one conservative strategist, as Democrats romped in the suburbs in multiple states Tuesday night, extending a three-election cycle of punishment there for President Trump, via @costareports and @michaelscherer washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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NEW: Capitol Police intelligence report warned three days before attack that ‘Congress itself’ could be targeted
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