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columnist. New book: "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" My tweets are invitations to read the stories to which I link.

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    Jun 28

    “Monsters are real.” Thanks to for this perceptive review of “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh”!

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  2. 2 hours ago

    The Senate Judiciary Committee is now talking about leaked emails, streaming live here via

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    2 hours ago

    Leaked Documents From Kavanaugh’s Time in White House Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action via

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    2 hours ago

    "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so." -Brett Kavanaugh

    Breaking: Leaked committee docs show where Kavanaugh says Roe can be overturned.
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    2 hours ago

    Acquired traits can be inherited Biological time can turn backward And monsters are real! Great ⁦⁩ review of ⁦⁩ book about

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    2 hours ago

    Ben Sasse says anon NYT op-ed is "similar to what so many of us hear from senior people around the White House, you know, three times a week"

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  7. 2 hours ago

    Trump administration to circumvent court limits on detention of child migrants

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    3 hours ago

    Here’s a bunch of different model’s tracks for . As you can see, still lots of uncertainty. The National Hurricane Center has shift their track a bit south through the weekend (image 2).

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  9. 3 hours ago

    Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened

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  10. 4 hours ago

    William Happer, physics professor opposed to mainstream climate science, joins the White House as a top adviser.

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    5 hours ago

    2 million people, many of them kids, would lose food aid under House bill being considered in conference committee this week per . And that doesn't include 1.2 million who would be kicked off under work requirements.

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    13 hours ago

    CSPAN has posted the entire nearly 8-minute exchange between Kamala Harris and Kavanaugh on the Mueller probe. It is worth your time.

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  13. 5 hours ago

    My previous tweet on this story may have given the impression that the scientists are about to release gene drive mosquitoes, rather than just sterile males, so I deleted it.

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  14. 5 hours ago

    Researchers will release sterile male mosquitoes. Part of the groundwork for eventually using gene drive against malaria.

    Researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa for the first time -- up to 10,000 bugs in Burkina Faso -- as part of the fight against malaria. My story:
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    12 hours ago

    In the wake of the destruction of the National Museum of Brazil, here's a look back at efforts to put museum collections online and build permanent records of a threatened natural world

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    14 hours ago

    It’s really starting to feel like is writing the push alerts.

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    15 hours ago

    Here’s how even small concentrations of smoke pollution from wildfires can be harmful to human health

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    19 hours ago

    I’d say there’s some uncertainty with !! This is only ONE model, the euro ensembles not discounting any possible track

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    18 hours ago

    Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat

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  20. 19 hours ago

    U.K. Charges 2 Men in Novichok Poisoning, Saying They’re Russian Agents

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  21. 19 hours ago

    Justice Department to consider allegations of censorship on Facebook, Twitter

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