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Politics writer . Iowa native. Send me very good dogs. egodfrey at theatlantic dot com

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    Jul 29

    My dispatch from northeast Iowa, where is fighting to convince independents and Trump supporters to vote Democrat in November

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  2. 3 hours ago

    The House Ethics Committee will announce the outcome of its investigation into IA Rep. Rod Blum by Dec. 17—more than one month after the midterm elections.

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    8 hours ago

    "Pressley has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. ... But Pressley’s election on Tuesday was in some ways more impressive."

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  4. 4 hours ago

    Oooh! Very excited for this.

    The elections newsletter begins next week, written and reported by *checks notes* me!
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  5. 4 hours ago

    Catch me on in a few, talking about this story I wrote for The Atlantic

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    4 hours ago

    HOW COULD YOU

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  7. 5 hours ago

    "This isn’t the work of the so-called deep state. It’s the work of the steady state."

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    5 hours ago

    I asked Tucker Carlson if he knew about Scott Greer's racist tracts exposed by . His response below.

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  9. 6 hours ago

    amazing

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    Far-right activist Laura Loomer just interrupted the House hearing and started shouting that is a liar. Note how Rep. Long responded
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  10. 6 hours ago

    Email from camp says she is "dealing with some symptoms of dehydration and exhaustion" and has canceled her engagements for the day.

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    9 hours ago

    Ths is why it's hard to believe this problem -- of segregation, of unequal educational opportunities for black children -- will ever be solved. Even the most progressive, supposedly believing-in-racial-justice white folks don't want their children in school with a lot of blk kids

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    10 hours ago

    Pressley has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But Pressley’s election on Tuesday was in some ways more impressive.

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  13. 9 hours ago

    While Ocasio-Cortez mostly managed to escape Crowley’s attention and turned out fewer than 16,000 votes in the June primary election, Pressley won 56,000 votes—with strong opposition from Capuano from the get-go.

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    9 hours ago

    Heated exchange between Rubio and Alex Jones in the Senate hallway — Jones crashes a Rubio interview and touches Rubio's shoulder. Rubio tells Jones not touch him again, says he'll "take care of you myself" rather than calling the police.

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  15. 10 hours ago

    Love our readers!

    The President has been reading a lot of lately!
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  16. 10 hours ago

    Pressley has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But Pressley’s election on Tuesday was in some ways more impressive.

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  17. 12 hours ago

    "...Yet another glimpse into how members of an underground white nationalist scene—emboldened by the rise of Donald Trump during the 2016 election—were able to operate relatively undetected in conservative institutions."

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    13 hours ago

    Boston Progressives elect first African American to Congress in stunning upset, writes:

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  19. 13 hours ago

    “What we’re seeing is a wave of candidates who are very comfortable making folks uncomfortable if it means we get to solutions that are gonna make things equitable." My latest, on 's win in MA-07.

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    21 hours ago

    In the end, Pressley will win by 18 points. No poll showed her beating Capuano.

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  21. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Great piece from on MA-07 upset winner Ayanna Pressley and how voters are looking for more than just a progressive record

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