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Writer for New York magazine. Tweets with links are intended as prompts to read the linked story, not self-contained arguments substituting for the linked story

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    24 Dec 2016

    Why President Obama's legacy was broader and deeper than you think, and why it will endure

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  2. 32 minutes ago

    The Republican case against giving DC voters political representation is getting absurd

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  3. 1 hour ago

    This should have happened a generation ago, but Democratic-aligned interest groups are finally making opposition to the filibuster a core party demand

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  4. 1 hour ago

    If there are progressives who admire the GOP's illiberalism and wish to emulate it, they should say so explicitly.

    yeah, that was bad
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  5. 1 hour ago

    Interesting to read describe the agonizing thought process of an anti-abortion Republican who's disgusted with his party's racism and authoritarianism

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  6. 14 hours ago

    The case against DC statehood is getting ludicrous

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  7. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    reading how 's reporting got mangled and distorted in 's "accountability project" should disturb any journalist. really, read it for yourself

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  8. 17 hours ago

    One car dealership, one vote, that's the essence of democratic principle

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  10. 20 hours ago

    Oregon advances to Sweet 16 after no contest win in first round, defensive no contest win in second round.

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  11. 22 hours ago

    The supply-siders go all in on authoritarianism

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    22 hours ago

    Yet another majority-women hiring batch. Is anyone tracking this for these type of hires? It's extraordinary. This isn't incremental progress; this is an entire administration with - likely - a majority of women. (Outside of the permanent bureaucracy, that is). A huge story.

    Full slate of HHS hires out today, including: — as sr advisor on human rights & gender equality — as sr policy advisor on the Covid response — to ASPE
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  13. 24 hours ago

    Why the Club for Growth wants to purge pro-democracy Republicans

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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 22

    Books are *supposed* to be dangerous.

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  16. Retweeted
    Mar 21

    Symmetry: Democrats and Republicans are both focused on the basic rules of democracy right now. Asymmetry: Republicans want to limit the ability of Democratic-leaning constituencies to vote. Democrats want everybody to have equal access to the ballot.

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  17. Mar 22

    It's always irritating when a columnist mentions some obscure fact like one time and then expects you to remember he said it months later

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    Mar 21

    Sometimes people say "wait, doesn't everybody know airborne transmission is important?" If you follow the right experts on Twitter, I guess? Meanwhile, a library in one of the highest-educated US counties is "quarantining" returned books for seven days.

    Replying to @SCDC87
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  19. Mar 21

    I would much rather watch a movie about this than anything with superheroes

    Me googling what “the Snyder Cut” is
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  20. Retweeted
    Mar 21

    Don't blink behind the back

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  21. Mar 21

    They should go old school and bring in Italy

    Japan and Germany to sign intel-sharing pact in coming weeks
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