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Staff writer, . global affairs analyst. Proud wife of and coauthor, The Man Who Ran Washington: the Life and Times of Jim Baker

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  1. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    Trump deploys about a half-dozen anti-Semitic tropes in under 45 seconds here

    “And they’re Jewish people that run the New York Times.”
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    16 hours ago

    On this episode of ⁦⁩ with ⁦⁩, ⁦⁩ & ⁦⁩

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    17 hours ago

    Here's our annual list of the most popular stories of 2021. It was a chance for me to think back on the past year, which has had a suspended quality. We're in a moment of in-betweenness.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    What a year, what a list…

    Here's our annual list of the most popular stories of 2021. It was a chance for me to think back on the past year, which has had a suspended quality. We're in a moment of in-betweenness.
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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 16

    We're back over 1,300 COVID deaths per day, in case you are one of the people who thinks this is "over." Close to 1 per minute.

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    Dec 16

    i've never figured out why people think the virus will just politely put itself on transmission "Pause" while people eat and drink.

    A number of BuzzFeed staffers have tested positive for COVID following the company’s New York-themed holiday party last week, as cases surge in New York City. Vaccinations were required, as well as masks (when not eating/drinking)
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    Dec 15

    Vaccination status via new Monmouth poll: Democrats: 96% already received 2% soon or see how it goes 2% likely will never get Republicans: 54% already received 9% soon or see how it goes 30% likely will never get

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    Dec 16

    Here is my piece on our YouGov/Economist data showing a huge dropoff in support for Biden among young people. The decrease really is quite stunning: -50 points on net approval since January 26th (our first survey of his presidency).

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  9. Dec 15

    Update: the bells are still ringing. It is the sound of collective failure, and of much preventable loss when science offered a solution.

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  10. Dec 15

    The bells of the National Cathedral are tolling out across Washington now to mark 800,000 US COVID deaths -- a sad new ritual of this pandemic era they have observed as we have passed each 100,000 deaths.

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  11. Dec 15

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    An review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of fraud — a number so small it would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
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    Dec 14

    SCOOP: officials warned in a briefing Tuesday morning with public health officials that omicron variant’s spread could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January.

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  13. Dec 13

    Et tu, Don Jr?

    Liz Cheney says Donald Trump Jr. texted Mark Meadows on Jan. 6: “He’s got to condemn this ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough.” Don Jr. later said, “We need an oval office address. He has to lead now. It has gone too far. And gotten out of hand.”
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  14. Dec 13

    Brutal headline:

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  15. Dec 12

    Personal access to White House chief of staff, attending meeting with Trump in Oval Office… the coup PowerPoint guy not shy bragging about his very high level access

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    Dec 12

    Peter Navarro, former trader adviser to Donald Trump, refuses to respond to congressional subpoena about pandemic response, saying he’s following a “direct order” from Trump. Reminder: Trump has no power to order anything other than a chicken sandwich.

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  17. Dec 10

    The Secret History of the U.S. Diplomatic Failure in Afghanistan. Must read from the great

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  18. Dec 10

    +1

    The current leader of one of America’s two parties tried to overthrow the last presidential election. This fact is still astonishing to me.
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  19. Dec 9

    Takeaway seems to be that actually it was China that stole the election … Somewhere the ghost of Hugo Chavez weeps…

    This seems to be a link to the entire thing:
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  20. Dec 9

    ‘Declare national security emergency’ Chilling, absolutely chilling to see this in writing.

    Latest: Trump White House chief Mark Meadows turned over to Jan. 6 committee an email that referred to a PowerPoint calling for Trump to declare a NatSec emergency and have VP Pence delay Biden’s certification
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