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    Jan 27

    “, your words remind us that we will rise, rebuild, reconcile and recover. Thank you for your words and light.” CT

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    Jan 28

    If you're a Reddit member of WallStreetBets and/or have stock in GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, Nokia... hit me up: Hannah.Denham@washpost.com or DM me for Signal

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    Jan 27

    I have been seeing A LOT of you on my feeds. Get in touch with Travis --->

    Hello there. For a story, I'm hoping to chat w/ people who endlessly refreshed their browser got their parents/grandparents/etc. vaccine appts like they were Springsteen tix -- and the emotional exhaustion that comes w/ this system. Pls DM or email at travis.andrews@washpost.com
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    Jan 26

    I’m lucky to have worked for Marty Baron & to have had him as a tireless advocate in public & behind closed doors. We once even shared a byline, which was cool. But more than anything I’ll always appreciate ⁦⁩’s sense of humor. Way funnier than he gets credit for.

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    Jan 26

    The revival of the over the last decade is one of the really great stories in US journalism.

    Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron announces his retirement
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    Jan 25

    10 months in, how are your romantic relationships weathering the pandemic rollercoaster? If it's been mostly sunny - good for you! - but I'm looking for stories of love STRUGGLES. Have you broken up & gotten back together? Pondered a breakup but pulled thru? RT pls. DMs open.

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    Jan 23

    This is a lie. Jan 4 BAIER: Are you trying to say that, as of January 20, that President Trump will be president? HAWLEY: That depends on what happens on Wednesday. I mean, this is why we have the debate.

    Asked about how the rioters and rallygoers thought they could change the electoral results, pointing to his and other Republican objections, Hawley claimed: “I was very clear from the beginning that I was never attempting to overturn the election.”
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    Jan 23

    It’s bank regulation, you say. How dramatic could it be? Well, a hunger strike is involved

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    Jan 22

    Nothing should surprise us anymore. And yet .. (via )

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    Jan 22

    Breaking from scoop machine : Dems are drafting a plan to have the IRS send $250 to $300 a month (per child) to families /kids This would change the Child Tax Credit from a 1x a year lump sum to a monthly payment that looks like direct checks

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    Jan 22

    NEWS: Senior Dems drafting plan to directly send $3K per kid (& $3,600/young kid) to millions Aides say effort to look more like direct checks -- aiming for direct monthly deposit of $300 -- than traditional tax credit offsetting liability Details -->

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    Jan 21

    “I’ve never in my entire career felt like I’ve been booted onto the curb and told, ‘figure it out on your own,’” a National Guard member forced to stay in a parking garage said to . Infuriating.

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    Jan 21

    Small bit of news: Puerto Rico Gov. has pressed Biden White House to quickly release $ for Hurricane Maria tied up by the Trump administration for years Congress approved ~$60 billion for Puerto Rico -- but only ~$20B has reached island

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    Jan 20

    Incomparable with straight talk: "We’re talking mittens. NOT gloves."

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    Jan 20

    Joe Biden, while swearing in political appointees, says, "If you're ever working with me and I hear you treated another colleague with disrespect — talk down to someone — I promise I will fire you on the spot. On the spot...Everybody is entitled to be treated with decency."

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    Jan 20

    There is always light If only we are brave enough to see it If only we are brave enough to be it - Amanda Gorman, Inaugural Poet. Age 22

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    Jan 20

    This is , our National Poet Laureate, just 22 years old.

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    Jan 20

    If I Don’t Really Fuck With People Like That was a person

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    Jan 19

    Shortly after pardoning congressmen and lobbyists convicted of corruption, Trump releases an order at 1:07 a.m. revoking his own ethics executive order from 2017, freeing his own former aides from the limits he had imposed on their ability to lobby the government.

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    Jan 19

    Personal news: after covering the Obama and Trump White Houses, I'll be moving to write broadly about the federal government's role in protecting and ensuring civil rights in America, based at the Justice Department. It's a new beat and I'm eager to get started.

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