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US Political Editor. Word geek, Ohio native, dad of 2 daughters, husband of an opera singer. Emmy® winner. david.martosko@mailonline.com RT≠endorse.

Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
Born May 25

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    Oct 30

    Some personal news: I have a very artistic daughter. She's 11.

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  2. ZELDIN: "And in no way, shape, or form in either the readouts from the United States or Ukraine did you receive any indication whatsoever for anything that resembles a quid pro quo?" VOLKER: "Correct."

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  3. 🤔 Volker: "You asked what conversations did I have about that quid pro quo, et cetera. None, because I didn't know that there was a quid pro quo." ... "I believe he [Taylor] was asking this based on the Politico article. And I discussed with him that there is no linkage here."

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  4. In other words, he's offering his opinion to the Ukrainians about what could be going on behind the scenes. That's a very different thing from carrying a message to Kiev from Trump or Rudy, saying X is tied to Y. This is smoke. There may be fire somewhere, but this isn't it.

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  5. Sonderland addendum isn't as clear as headlines suggest. “I said that resumption of the U.S. aid would *likely* not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement..." "I did not know (and still do not know) when, *why*, or by whom the aid was suspended."

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  6. . asks : "Who is your favorite Democrat?" (3-second pause) "Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney's my favorite Democrat, Gayle. How about that?" Don Jr.'s book is #3 on Amazon, behind "A Warning" and the latest "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" title

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  7. This is the definition of a "forever war." Think fighting over oil is vicious, expensive and never-ending? Try fighting over heroin and cocaine.

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  8. Every spelling error creates an extra media cycle, and its ripples are a force-multiplier on the substance of what he's trying to say. This is a feature, not a bug, and media stories about the typos themselves play right into his hands. Showing the typos = repeating the message.

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    Supporters at Trump rally wearing "Read The Transcript" t-shirts - which is what repeatedly demands to make the case that there was no "quid pro quo" in his phone call with Ukraine's Pres Zelensky, the focus of the House impeachment inquiry.

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  10. Oh. That's the "baby" AF1 plane, but -- oh.

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has notified UN that it has started process of withdrawing US from Paris climate agreement.

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  13. House Intel's link to the full Yovanovitch testimony appears to be dead now. Down for everyone or just me?

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  14. Nov 4

    FAA has also issued a VIP movement notice for New York City this weekend. Keeping us guessing.

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  15. Nov 4

    Michael D'Antonio got a hell of a lot of mileage out of that book.

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  16. Retweeted
    Nov 3

    I was covering on election nights in Iowa, New Hampshire and California. Now back for Bernie 2.0 as he’s officially endorsed by at the University of Minnesota.

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  17. Nov 3

    This is what you say when you know you won't win Iowa

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    Nov 3

    “In a cultural genocide with few parallels since World War II, thousands of Muslim religious sites have been destroyed. At least 1 million Muslims have been confined to camps, where aging imams are shackled and young men are forced to renounce their faith”

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  19. Nov 3

    Waldman and other Pence aides were gushing about her engagement yesterday on AF2. I purposely left it out of my press pool reports. Women deserve to tell the world about these things in a manner (and at a time) of their choosing. Congrats to them.

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  20. Nov 3
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  21. Nov 3

    Kinda hard to reconcile socialism with Matthew 25:14-30.

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