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NickBaumann

moetkacik Dear troll who keeps calling me hypocrite for using Mac: read Inside the Jihad; all the terrorists buy uzis; you don't take it with you etc. about 5 hours ago via web Retweeted by NickBaumann
michaelbd So just spitballing: why can't HHS create a kind of "flex account" compromise that covers contraception w/o Catholics signing off on it? about 5 hours ago via Osfoora for iPhone Retweeted by NickBaumann
michaelbd Yes//"@BenFolds: Haven't broken so many piano strings in a recording session in...12 years! #NewBenFoldsFiveAlbum" about 6 hours ago via Mobile Web Retweeted by NickBaumann
Yeah, if this is real, pretty sure this guy is gonna get fired tomorrow: mojo.ly/zZjEJT about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
JeffreyYoung_HC Jerk alert! huff.to/yBBKxQ about 9 hours ago via bitly Retweeted by NickBaumann and 1 other
PEOPLE: The TSA will probably find your weed if you put it in a peanut butter jar. That is all. Source: mojo.ly/ygdi7q about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
BenjySarlin #OscarWinning RT @RichardDreyfuss @tpm TPM humbly presents: "The Streets Are Just Right": A Mitt Romney Story tpm.ly/w00r7x about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by NickBaumann
jayrosen_nyu Hear the progress? "Our goal is not to produce stories that create the appearance of balance, but to seek the truth." bit.ly/xFHfMy about 9 hours ago via web Retweeted by NickBaumann and 27 others
jayrosen_nyu In the new NPR Ethics Handbook bit.ly/y4O6sI an artificially balanced "he said, she said" is against the rules. Unethical, in fact. about 10 hours ago via web Retweeted by NickBaumann and 62 others
timothypmurphy Fact that was somehow omitted by Romney and @TPM: In certain parts of the UP, the trees actually smell like maple syrup. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by NickBaumann and 1 other
DeathStarPR We were actually considering not disintegrating your planet, but then Ke$ha. You understand. about 9 hours ago via web Retweeted by NickBaumann and 313 others
John D'Agata has certainly succeeded in making a lot of editors not want to buy his non-fiction in the future: mojo.ly/yZganj about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
Fact: @DavidCornDC and I were exasperated at @timothypmurphy for not writing that call up. Thankfully, @tpm to the rescue! about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
Fact: @timothypmurphy called a botanist earlier today to ask about tree height in Michigan. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
DStraussTheHill I smell another Polk Award RT @daveweigel: Can't believe @TPM scooped @Chris_Moody on MI tree-size story. #moodyindisarray about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by NickBaumann and 3 others
As @kate_sheppard notes, @tpm put TWO reporters on the all-important tree-height story: mojo.ly/wMy49K about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
daveweigel Can't believe @TPM scooped @Chris_Moody on MI tree-size story. #moodyindisarray about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by NickBaumann and 2 others
JessicaValenti A present for VA delegate Dave "Trans-V" Albo: bit.ly/AivQ0t (cc: @irincarmon @ClaraJeffery @scATX) about 10 hours ago via web Retweeted by NickBaumann and 9 others
mollyesque Finally, some real reporting on whether those trees really ARE the right height. bit.ly/yQNjeJ via @BenjySarlin @evanmc_s about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by NickBaumann
@zogblog Sure. Let's touch base that week to finalize time/place. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to zogblog

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