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Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump and the Trump administration-without fear or favor. I write about people and power.

Washington, DC
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    Eric Lipton‏Verified account @EricLiptonNYT Jan 2

    As of Thursday, DOD will be run by a former senior Boeing executive. EPA is run by a former coal lobbyist. HHS is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. And Interior will be run by a former oil-industry lobbyist. Welcome to 2019.

    7:06 pm - 2 Jan 2019
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    3,376 replies . 34,532 retweets 57,924 likes
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      2. Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis Jan 2
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT @nickrmanes

        Just draining that swamp, you know.

        10 replies . 15 retweets 326 likes
      3. Aram Jabbari‏ @aramjabbari Jan 2
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis @EricLiptonNYT @nickrmanes

        How else can you make room for swampier swamp

        1 reply . 5 retweets 74 likes
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      2. Students for Democracy‏ @lister_lester Jan 3
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT

        pic.twitter.com/4lv9eifVt5

        2 replies . 20 retweets 21 likes
      3. Students for Democracy‏ @lister_lester Jan 3
        Replying to @lister_lester @EricLiptonNYT

        “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” AKA demonize the poor but ignore how you helped create thempic.twitter.com/XD8cO8oeQP

        2 replies . 26 retweets 29 likes
      4. Students for Democracy‏ @lister_lester Jan 3
        Replying to @lister_lester

        pic.twitter.com/19t4VxKHJa

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      2. Derek Kerton‏ @derekkerton Jan 2
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT @jonfavs

        Can this please forever be the end of "We need a businessman as President!"

        10 replies . 10 retweets 135 likes
      3. Are you kidding me‏ @traci_wicker Jan 3
        Replying to @derekkerton @EricLiptonNYT @jonfavs

        A business man your giving him too much credit he's a "spoiled lying couldn't even make it in the service if it needed him" Cadet Bone Spurs couldn't get money from an American bank when he went into office that's how much of a business joke he is now he sells trumpy 🐻disgusting

        1 reply . 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Jennifer Carnie‏ @JennyCarnie 19h19 hours ago
        Replying to @traci_wicker @derekkerton and

        Can we just create a proviso that says something along the lines of, “If you have more than 1 (10? 20? 50?) active lawsuit against you, you are unable to run for office.”? I never understood why Trump was allowed to run in the first place.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 5 likes
      5. Are you kidding me‏ @traci_wicker 19h19 hours ago
        Replying to @JennyCarnie @derekkerton and

        Right Jennifer what I don't understand is how he's allowed to wait why the women he raped suffer it's disgusting and makes me sick. All the while he's telling Al Franken to step down calling him a Chester please he's the worst this has to stop come on Muller!!!!

        0 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. David Slack‏Verified account @slack2thefuture Jan 2
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT @danforcey

        As of Thursday, the Democratic House of Representatives has subpoena power.

        1 reply . 8 retweets 87 likes
      3. Dolan Kel‏ @DolanKel Jan 3
        Replying to @slack2thefuture @EricLiptonNYT @danforcey

        #SubpoenaPower!

        0 replies . 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. MaxGDuenaz 🌊 🌈 🇲🇽 🇺🇸‏ @duenaz_g Jan 2
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT

        The wolves guarding the chicken coops

        1 reply . 5 retweets 15 likes
      3. Manchurian Candidate‏ @ManchuCandidate Jan 2
        Replying to @duenaz_g @EricLiptonNYT

        🎯🎯🎯 Lunatics running the asylum.

        0 replies . 3 retweets 10 likes
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      1. Marco Werman‏Verified account @MarcoWerman Jan 3
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT

        Don’t forget the new UN ambo: former Fox host.

        0 replies . 7 retweets 74 likes
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      2. Claire Willett‏ @clairedwillett Jan 3
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT

        All we need is privatized education advocate running the dept of Ed and we'll have a full house. Oh, wait...

        1 reply . 21 retweets 197 likes
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      2. Sara Nesson‏ @saranesson Jan 2
        Replying to @EricLiptonNYT

        And the presidency is run by Putin

        3 replies . 9 retweets 137 likes
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