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reporter. Author of weekly swamp roundup PAY DIRT. lachlan.markay@thedailybeast.com / markay@protonmail.com / SecureDrop

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    so, The Gateway Pundit scrubbed their story about Buttigieg but they forgot to update the slug for their follow-up — it's labeled as "progressive mob attacks buttigieg sex assault accuser shame 21-year-old student" — which might hint to how they planned to handle the follow-up

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  2. 53 minutes ago

    This is such a fucked up thing to do to a 19 year old kid

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    1 hour ago

    Since tweeting this, two young, gay, right-leaning men I know have contacted me to say they were also approached by Wohl to participate in this appalling attempted smear of

    1) Morons 2) Absolutely disgusting
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  4. 1 hour ago

    More (amazing) details here

    SCOOP: Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are behind the sexual assault allegations against Pete Buttigieg. And we got screenshots of Wohl buying the real Hunter Kelly's plane tickets - who now denies the story.
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  5. 1 hour ago

    David Wohl has deleted this tweet

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  7. 2 hours ago

    Btw, our primary source on this story described himself as a die-hard Trump supporter He also said that obviously what these guys are trying to do is deeply wrong, that he respects Buttigieg's military service, and that Wohl, left unchecked, will do nothing but damage to the GOP

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    2 hours ago

    As our source recalled, “I was sitting there thinking: this is the Fyre Festival of political operations”

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  9. 2 hours ago

    Wohl also appears to have set up a company, Potomac Intelligence, to use in the scheme, complete with fake LinkedIn pages. Minutes after I called him and Burkman, the website was taken down, the LI pages deleted, and both its phone numbers disconnected

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  10. 2 hours ago

    NEW: Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been trying to recruit young men to falsely claim they were sexually assaulted by Pete Buttigieg. One recorded their convo and gave us the audio. Another says allegations published today in his name are bullshit

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    4 hours ago

    "Groups like the NRA that spend heavily on politics raise a big question about who is actually bankrolling those operations that are spending to influence voter views." - 's on

    , and
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  12. Apr 27

    The first DC gala-style event I've been to where instead of bottles of wine on your table they give you bottles of vodka. 👍

    Showed up to the taping in DC tonight and Liz and I thought we were gonna get like concert seats but they gave us a table in front of the stage; I hope Sam Bee roasts Lachlan for his neoconservatism and makes him cry somehow
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  13. Apr 26

    Did they just google image search for "[candidate name] mouth open"?

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  14. Apr 26

    No love in the Trump campaign's latest fundraising email for Messam, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, or Williamson

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  15. Apr 26

    This ad scam designed to look like a story is really a journey

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    Apr 26

    NEW: We found TurboTax has *deliberately* hidden from Google its free option for lower-income Americans. did this by adding "robots" code that tells search engines not to find the free page. Many folks who could file for free were charged.

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  17. Apr 26

    Wheelchair-bound man finds excitement and fulfillment in spite of the shitty cards he's been dealt. Twitter:

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    Apr 25

    I have a friend in a wheelchair. His accident in high school was on the show recuse 911. This is amazing. No Limits

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    Apr 26

    Chutkan gives Butina 18 mos - a win for DOJ

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    Apr 26

    President Trump on measles outbreak: "They have to get the shot. The vaccinations are so important."

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