Nia Prater

@nia_prater

Journalist. Previously: . and alum. Politics and music nerd. Sixers fan. Jasmine tea enthusiast.

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  1. 21 hours ago

    This album makes packing a little easier to bear.

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    Dec 27

    BREAKING: House Republicans say no votes expected for the rest of the week, making it likely the government shutdown will continue.

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    Dec 27

    Securities and Exchange Commission reduced staffing from 4,400 employees to about 300 essential personnel

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    Dec 26

    Michael Williams, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a "deportation bus," has turned himself in to county jail after being indicted on charges including insurance fraud.

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    Dec 26

    Trump received the bone spurs diagnosis that exempted him from Vietnam via “a foot doctor in Queens who rented his office from Mr. Trump’s father.” That doctor’s children say it was done as a “favor” to Fred Trump.

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    Dec 25

    NEW from me: The Dem primary goes thru black voters. And these voters are ready to make their voices heard. I talked to dozens, and spell out current behind-scenes fight Black voters "are done with you showing up at my church right before the elections."

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    Dec 25

    Merry Christmas!!!

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  8. Dec 23

    "Brady’s legislative accomplishments were few, but he is still known as the Mayor of Capitol Hill, from his time as chairman of the House Administration Committee." via

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  9. Dec 22

    The best sound in the world.

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    Dec 22

    232 games in this house. Thank you Coach Dunphy. Your legacy in this building won’t be forgotten

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  11. Dec 22

    Spending the afternoon at the Cathedral. Go !!

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    Dec 21

    It’s past midnight, and Congress failed to pass funding bills for the following: 1) Agriculture 2) Commerce 3) Justice 4) Homeland Security 5) Interior 6) State 7) Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Partial govt shutdown begins.

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    Dec 21

    Mitch McConnell draws some laughs on the Senate floor: "I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 695."

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    Dec 21

    Senate vote now has been held open for three hours and stuck at 44-46, short of majority to even take up the House bill that would give Trump $5 billion for the wall. And well short of the 60 needed to ultimately break a filibuster and pass a bill. Some senators still flying back

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    Dec 21

    BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy in NYC today to remove two nodules from her lung, which were determined to be malignant. "Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease," the court's public information office reports.

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    Dec 21

    My favorite piece of shutdown trivia is that at some point, the Ohio Clock outside the Senate chamber will stop working because the person who winds it (maybe every week) gets furloughed.

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    Dec 20

    My newest (outside the paywall): what actually got signed into law in the 115th?

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    Dec 20

    READ: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation letter to President Trump

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    Dec 20

    BREAKING: Trump says Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring at the end of February and a new chief will be named shortly.

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    Dec 20

    CORKER: “Mitch is on the phone with Paul now, so....” *corker starts laughing* Q: Why are you laughing? Corker: “Well, why not?” /// Corker: “Ya’ll have fun! I may not see ya’ll again for a while...” Q: You’re not going to come back from TN for votes? Corker: “I doubt it.”

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