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formerly NPR's power, money and influence correspondent

Washington, DC
Joined August 2008
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  1. Retweeted
    Mar 3

    Great obit by on the passing of a musical giant: Bunny Wailer, one of the founders of reggae music, dies at 73

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  2. Feb 23

    Brakkton — This is *excellent* news, though not for NPR. Congratulations!

    ~SOME PERSONAL NEWS~ I’ll be joining as a national political correspondent and author of The Recast. It’s a newsletter focusing on the intersection of race, power, politics and policy. I start March 30. You can sign up now. The Recast
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  3. Feb 9

    Tell it, Chris!

    OK I can’t hold back any more. I covered paleontology for NPR for 28 years. I wrote beaucoup dino stories. Loved it. Lots of kids wrote me. Some corrected me! I retired sept 2019 and apparently NOBODY PICKED UP THE SLACK! WTF?!
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  4. Feb 7

    Part review, part police-beat writeup? I didn’t see craziness in the crowd — was focused on the stage. They opened w “Oh Carol” in a slow grind that set the mood. Unlike ‘65 in DC, when they slammed thru a short set, partly drowned out by screaming, & bolted for the exit.

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    I wish there was a tape! In the meantime, here’s the Sun’s review
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  5. Feb 5

    BB King’s set in Baltimore, opening for the Stones 1969. He blew them away. I’m still in awe.

    what is the most iconic song you have seen performed live?
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  6. Jan 23

    I don’t recall any ‘74 top 40 that wasn’t terrible.

    Ugh, the top 40 chart this week in 1974 was*terrible*
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  7. Jan 18

    When Harry & Bess Truman left the White House, a single Secret Service agent drove them to Union Station & walked them to the platform. The Trumans boarded the train. The agent didn’t.

    Everyone fine with this? At Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, Trump "hopes to depart to the blare of a military band, with a red carpet and military honors, according to sources briefed on the plans,” reports ABC News. "Even some sort of military flyover has been suggested.”
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  8. Jan 6

    This must be a first for NPR stations.

    Per our newsroom leadership, will refer to the events at the Capitol as an insurrection across our platforms.
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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    We are in a horrible leadership vacuum at this moment. These people are criminals. They need to be arrested. We have demonstrators now in both House and Senate chambers. Lawmakers literally at an undisclosed location. DC is under seige.

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  10. Jan 4

    Where has mumpsimus been the past 4 years?

    A word I learned today is "mumpsimus." It means a willful persistence in a belief despite all scientific evidence to the contrary, and it seems like a word that's very relevant for our times.
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  11. 23 Dec 2020

    Meanwhile, in other Trump criminal-reform news: He pardoned Jared Kushner’s father Charles. It’s an only-in-NJ tale of high-dollar politics, intra-family fighting, a prostitute, video & Chris Christie.

    And this update: Margaret Hunter got a prez pardon one day later.
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  12. 23 Dec 2020

    And this update: Margaret Hunter got a prez pardon one day later.

    Retweeting this (a) for the stunningly sleazy details of Hunter’s corruption & (b) to note that Trump didn’t bother to pardon Hunter’s ex-wife, who pleaded to the same offense.
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    22 Dec 2020

    My statement on pardoning Duncan Hunter.

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  14. 22 Dec 2020

    Retweeting this (a) for the stunningly sleazy details of Hunter’s corruption & (b) to note that Trump didn’t bother to pardon Hunter’s ex-wife, who pleaded to the same offense.

    Let's talk about Duncan Hunter, one of the most corrupt congressmen in recent history, someone who shamed the halls of Congress, used his campaign funds to have affairs, and just got a pardon from Trump. It's a story that, interestingly enough, starts with video games.
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  15. 14 Dec 2020

    You are unstoppable today.

    the CLEVELAND GROVERS known for their non consecutive world series wins
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    13 Dec 2020

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  17. Retweeted
    17 Nov 2020

    Been thinking about a Hamilton quote re: public credit all day. Apply it to democracy & see what happens. Democracy is an entire thing. Wound one limb & the whole tree shrinks & decays. Watching folks try to stop election results from being certified: one of MANY wounded limbs

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  18. 10 Nov 2020

    Presidential hair scandals! Trump, Clinton ... & now Lincoln.

    1860 buys tonic and "Hair Balsam" at his drug store. Pratt, Personal Finances, 153.
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  19. 4 Nov 2020

    You’ll post photo updates thru the day, right?

    The morning after
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  20. 31 Oct 2020

    Life can be a harsh judge. So can Giles.

    Just got a call from , who needs to update his headlines segment to add Sean Connery's passing. Me: Giles, may I admit to you that I've never seen a James Bond movie with Sean Connery? (LOOOOONG SILENCE) Giles: We can't be friends anymore.
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