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Senior politics reporter for HuffPost. REM enthusiast. "Qualified lesbian." Tips: [email protected]

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    25 Jan 2017

    gaslighting (v.) -- to manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    The inventor and biggest manufacturer of bump stocks is ending his business. The Vegas gunman used one of these to alter his AR-15 to fire up to 800 rounds per minute at the crowd.

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Lyft just announced that all of its rides are now carbon neutral

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  4. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    I just confirmed this w/the Philippine Embassy: the embassy will hold its June 12 Independence Day party at...'s hotel. That comes after Trump has praised Duterte, and vice versa.

    Philippines' U.S. Embassy's Independence Day celebration reportedly to be held at the... Trump Hotel DC. (By Jose Katigbak for )
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  5. 5 hours ago

    yikes -- NARAL rips Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) for saying she'll vote for Mike Pompeo for Sec of State. “A vote in favor of Mike Pompeo is simply irreconcilable with being a true champion for women and girls.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    There's apparently a document floating around in the admin that lays out Trump's legal basis for bombing Syria. Unless it's made public, lawmakers are worried Trump will use it to take more military action against other countries w/o Congress’ approval.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Adam Schiff just sent a letter to Trump asking him directly how it was legal that he bombed Syria

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  8. 8 hours ago

    This whole thing is weird. 1) The lawyer behind this House ethics complaint won't talk to me 2) I don't think Rep. DeSantis broke any rules, but 3) it is allowed for lawmakers to rent condos from campaign donors who lobby Congress?

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  9. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Sen. Merkley D-Ore. officially releases letter, joined by 31 male senators, urging vote on legislation reforming how Hill handles cases of sexual harassment. Sen. Ted Cruz is the only Republican to sign letter.

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  10. 8 hours ago

    Exclusive: GOP congressman hit with House ethics complaint after renting condo from campaign donors who lobby Congress

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  11. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Yet another EPA Inspector General investigation of Scott Pruitt has now been kicked off: "Use of EPA Security Detail on Personal Travel" to places like Disneyland, the Rose Bowl, and college basketball games

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  12. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    I feel like Frederick Douglass, who is somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, may have something to say about this.

    Per pooler , Donald Trump said today that "Human trafficking is worse than its ever been in the history of the world.”
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  13. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    Thanks, Obama.

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  14. 12 hours ago

    Ted Cruz -- who has called Trump "a serial philanderer" and "a narcissist at a level I don't think this country's ever seen" -- wrote Trump's entry for TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2018. Ahahahahaha 🇺🇸🍌

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  15. 12 hours ago

    Obama writes entry for the Parkland students for TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2018

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  16. 12 hours ago

    Via pool report, WH press sec denies Mattis urged Trump to get Congress' sign-off before bombing Syria. Says he already had "constitutional authorities." How? 2001 AUMF doesn't cover this. The U.S wasn't attacked or threatened. The WH + GOP leaders cannot answer this.

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    12 hours ago

    Grassley says he’s going to move forward on special counsel protections bill regardless of McConnell’s comments: "How do you get things done? You get it done by moving through the slow pace of the steps to get there."

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  18. 13 hours ago

    It sounds like there are already some babies on the floor of the Senate

    “What if there are 10 babies on the floor of the Senate?"
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  19. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    "Will the gentlebaby from New Mexico please stop teething!" (Man is this a stupid thing to worry about)

    “What if there are 10 babies on the floor of the Senate?"
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  20. 13 hours ago

    An unhappy Newt Gingrich emailed Ryan Zinke about artists planning to erect a statue of a naked woman on the National Mall, found in a FOIA request. Park Service blocked it in the end.

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  21. 13 hours ago

    How about cutting off all their power too? Maybe shutting down some of their drinking water? Christ.

    Among the austerity measures proposed for Puerto Rico: cuts in educational subsidies and pensions; work requirements for nutrition program recipients.
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