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

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    Jul 30

    I highly recommend this

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    Sep 6

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  3. 13 hours ago

    Seems low

    There are now 6 PR people for every reporter in America
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    14 hours ago
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    Unbelievable. It's been right in front of us this whole time

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    14 hours ago

    Scott Walker's evolution—from policy focused governor to flag-Bitmoji-tweeting culture-war panderer—is the GOP's trajectory under Trump in miniature:

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    14 hours ago

    Egg Leg, Swim Shady, Sonny Hedgehog, Luke Skawalker & two Bilbo Bagginses were part what may be of thousands of identically worded, bogus letters submitted by NFL lobbyists' Astroturf lobbying campaign on the FCC blackout rule

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    16 hours ago

    Hi gop leadership. A message from trump. (From ⁦⁩)

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  8. 17 hours ago

    Pepsi is superior to Coke fight me

    It is a travesty that there is only a Pepsi vending machine at the White House
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    17 hours ago

    DOJ: Arkansas lawmaker sentenced to 220 months in federal prison for conspiracy, fraud & money laundering over bribery scheme funneling state money to nonprofits in exchange for kickbacks through consultant’s business will pay $1,621,500.00 in restitution

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  10. 17 hours ago

    And as best I can tell, Pence, not Trump, has traveled to Dover ever since then to receive fallen servicemen.

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  11. 17 hours ago

    Pretty crazy Woodward detail. Trump traveled to Dover AFB in Feb 2017 for the funeral of a fallen SEAL. It so upset him that he told staff he would never be attending such events in the future

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  12. 18 hours ago

    One of these events would seem to have a greater bearing than the other on a company's financials

    Tesla stock falls 9 pct after CEO appears to smoke marijuana during interview, chief accountant leaves.
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  13. 18 hours ago

    I want to live in a country where the real scandal is that you *didn't* inhale

    he doesn’t appear to be inhaling. fake news.
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    Sep 6

    A correction for the ages, by Brazilian news magazine Veja "The candidate likes to spend his free time reading Tolstoy, and not watching Toy Story, as originally reported"

    Eduardo Jorge disse que não fuma maconha, prefere Tolstói. A reportagem da Veja entendeu errado, e o mal-entendido deu origem ao melhor Erramos deste século.
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    20 hours ago

    I didn’t quit. I was fired. Big difference.

    Replying to @Scaramucci @DeidreScaramuc2
    You took your sacrifice back when you decided to quit. Political pressure does that I bet 😂👊✌
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  16. 20 hours ago

    Is this $179k because the interior is so awful, or is everything in Houston just that cheap?

    Hoooooooooooooooly shit, you need to see this total abomination of a house:
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  17. 20 hours ago

    Sadly, in her new perch at RT, will not be allowed to broadcast any info that the network's parent company deems harmful to Russian state security

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  18. 20 hours ago

    Hughes confirms 's reporting

    Pro-Trump commentator Scottie Nell Hughes has landed a full-time position as an anchor on the Russian propaganda network RT. Her multiyear deal was described as “lucrative.””It’s an honor and privilege to anchor RT America’s weeknight newscasts," she said.
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    21 hours ago

    On this day in 71B.C. the Thracian gladiator Spartacus was put to death by Marcus Licinius Crassus for disclosing confidential scrolls. When informed days later that in fact the Roman Senate had already publicly released the scrolls, Crassus replied “Oh, ok, my bad”.

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    Sep 6

    Democrats knew full well that the documents that Booker and Hirono released this morning were no longer confidential, according to D+R lawmakers and aides. I asked if his remarks in committee were a stunt. He told me I violating the constitution by being in his way.

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    Sep 6

    Lol. Not true.

    There’s so much more news in the Woodward book than what’s been reported. Random page: Woodward says Rep. Mark Meadows was plottting a coup against Paul Ryan immediately after Trump won:
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