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Senior reporter covering gun policy and politics . Formerly . Views = mine.

New York, NY
Joined February 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 23

    Why is the gun debate so broken?

    37 retweets 80 likes
  2. Aug 19

    If you’re poor, walking home drunk can lead to spending 23 hours a day in a cage for a week:

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  3. Aug 19

    On the bus, a boy asked a girl why she chose her major. "Job security," she said. "But do you have a passion for it? Where's the passion?"

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  4. Aug 19

    Bridegroom withheld key facts during courtship, including a Tinder account and undisclosed donations from industry lobbyists.

    2 retweets 7 likes
  5. Aug 19

    Actually a ProPublica investigation of NYT vows stories would be amazing

    9 retweets 27 likes
  6. Aug 19

    tbh at first I thought this meant ProPublica was getting a vows section

    12 retweets 39 likes
  7. Aug 19

    . is trying something new: We're hiring an engagement reporter. It's not a social media job. Check it:

    115 retweets 76 likes
  8. Aug 18

    We crunched 40+ years of data from 60+ cities to examine violent crime in America.

    60 retweets 63 likes
  9. Aug 18

    Come to our open house tomorrow if you want to feel better about journalism and get over a garbage week

    4 retweets 4 likes
  10. Aug 18

    Also you should read the Grassroots Leadership statement on the DOJ decision because they've been tireless on issue

    BREAKING: Grassroots Leadership responds to DOJ decision to end BOP contracts with
    32 retweets 27 likes
  11. Aug 18

    (extremely Sarah Koenig voice) I talked to Ryan Lochte. He was at his mom's house, he hadn't left in a few da —

    BREAKING: Brazil police official: 2 security guards pointed guns at US Olympic swimmers during gas station confrontation.
    11 retweets 60 likes
  12. Aug 18

    32 isn't a kid? I smell something in the air... ....what is it... is that...the scent of a of thinkpiece...on "millennials" ?

    4 retweets 17 likes
  13. Aug 18

    .: JFK bedlam resembled the "fog of war"

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  14. Aug 18

    Why did the officer put Howard in a chokehold? He alleged Howard tried to bite him. This "did not equate to a deadly threat."

    1 retweet 3 likes
  15. Aug 18

    "Howard was on the ground in a controlled position with five officers on top of him and two others monitoring."

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  16. Aug 18

    22 days. That's how long an LAPD officer was suspended for putting Vachel Howard in a chokehold. Howard died.

    134 retweets 54 likes
  17. Aug 17

    .@kathrynschulzon the Underground Railroad "Hardly anyone used it, but it provides us with comfort—and white heroes."

    51 retweets 96 likes
  18. Aug 17 Milwaukee, WI

    As Trump appealed to black voters yesterday, people in audience said this about

    339 retweets 244 likes
  19. Aug 17

    tbh I think it's they're all married already to other adorable journalists. "The family that FOIAs together stays together," as we say.

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  20. Aug 17

    those are the good ones what are already all snapped up.

    1 retweet
  21. Aug 17

    Yesterday, some friends discovered that there are zero men in the United States of America who list "FOIA" as an interest in Tinder.

    9 retweets 55 likes

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