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Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star.

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Joined December 2010

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    Jul 27

    I'm off for 10 days except to tweet a link to one article this weekend, no shaming me allowed. Have a good time everyone

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  2. Jul 30

    Women are defeating men in Democratic House primaries a remarkable two-thirds of the time. I spoke to Democratic voters who are making a new effort to vote for women and people of colour:

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  3. Jul 27

    Trump's aluminum tariffs have gotten much less attention than his steel tariffs. They're also opposed by most of the industry they're supposed to help, and virtually nobody thinks they'll achieve what the administration says it wants. My look:

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  4. Jul 27

    "We love you," Trump tells ICE in his weekly address, which he begins by invoking 9/11:

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  5. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    Moonves surprised her by asking if she wanted a glass of wine. She declined. Jones said, “he came around the corner of the table and threw himself on top of me. It was very fast.”

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  6. Jul 27

    The CFO of Gulf Craft, a Louisiana maker of custom aluminum boats, told me Trump's tariffs are very tough on the company, but he still strongly supports Trump's decision. I told him people on Twitter were gonna mock him for this, asked if he wanted to explain at length. He said:

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  7. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    A quick reminder that I don’t comment on reporting I haven’t published, and if you’re reading about my work from secondary sources you’re often not getting the full or correct story—especially in cases where parties have an interest in downplaying or otherwise spinning.

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  8. Jul 27

    Where the prayer breakfast is a big-money opportunity. Good story on how Washington works:

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    A spokesman for the special counsel confirms this is Mueller, waiting to board a flight. He adds, "If it’s accurate that the other person in the photo was Donald Trump Jr., Mr. Mueller was not aware of him and had no interaction with him."

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  10. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    Donald Trump has said 2083 (+ counting) false things as POTUS, and has exposed them all. He confronts the peril of our age w/me :

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  11. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    Bottom line: The economy is good! Growth is stronger! There are caveats (wages, sustainability), but there are always caveats.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jul 27

    Toronto police have made an arrest after a video went viral showing a man yelling racist remarks at a family at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. Lombray Ball, 50, is facing charges.

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  13. Jul 27

    Here's the video of Trump's lie this morning about crying steelworkers.

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  14. Jul 27

    Surprise! Trump has left without taking any questions at his "news conference."

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  15. Jul 27

    Trump says he might be even "more honoured" that the trade deficit has shrunk than that there is 4.1% growth. (Both numbers have been affected by the pre-tariff export surge.)

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  16. Jul 27

    Trump tells the modified version of his tale about people approaching him on the campaign trail to ask him to get their relatives' remains back; this time, he doesn't say it was the troops' "parents." He says: "Oftentimes they were older. In some cases they were younger."

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  17. Jul 27

    Trump says he wants to make sure to thank Kim Jong Un, "in front of the media," for keeping his promise on returning U.S. remains.

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  18. Jul 27

    Trump falsely says "Obamacare is now on its last legs." (No.) Trump falsely says association health plans "just opened." (Not available until September 1.)

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  19. Jul 27

    Trump boasts of the increase in manufacturing employment, which he correctly notes lots of people didn't think would happen.

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  20. Jul 27

    Trump with a vivid lie about U.S. Steel workers yesterday: "Half of them had tears coming down their face." He adds that these people might never have cried before, but they cried yesterday.

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