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The Washington Post // Deputy Democracy Editor // Jenna.Johnson@washpost.com
Washington D.C.washingtonpost.com/people/jenna-j…Joined August 2008
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Jenna Johnson
@wpjenna
I am honored and thrilled to join this immensely talented team during this key moment in our country’s history. I can’t wait to get to work.
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Philip Rucker
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Exciting WaPo news: The talented and imaginative @wpjenna is the new Deputy Democracy Editor, helping lead our new team focused on threats to the electoral process and battles over the right to vote. washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/05/16/
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Rosalind Helderman
@PostRoz
With yesterday’s news, reupping this
@PerryStein
piece dissecting what gets normal people charged with mishandling classified documents. (In general: volume of material + evidence of willful and knowing rule flouting)
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Past cases with classified papers show legal risk for Trump, experts say
While prosecuting a former president would be difficult, it’s not unusual to charge people who knowingly take top-secret documents.
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Emmanuel Felton
@emmanuelfelton
Evanston passed reparations in 2019. The city has only spent $400,000 of the $10 million promised. Out of hundreds of Black residents who applied, 16 have received money. At least five people have died before their promised reparations could be dispersed
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A Chicago suburb promised Black residents reparations. Few have been paid.
Evanston, a Chicago suburb, has been heralded for its $10 million reparations program. But even some of its Black residents aren't happy with the program's progress.
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“It’s confusion — it looks like chaos in there,” said James, who leans conservative. “It looks like there’s no facilitator in there. It just looked kind of crazy … To me, it just feels like it’s normal.”
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YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜
@yvonnewingett
Interviews with constituents of Self and another freshman lawmaker who opposed McCarthy until the final vote — Rep.-elect Eli Crane (Ariz.) — helped to explain Republicans’ extraordinary struggle to reach consensus, which left Congress in limbo for days. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/
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Matt Brown
@mrbrownsir
It's the start of a new Congress and we're seeing how the House speaker is elected. There's plenty of precedent but the Constitution is more or less silent on how to do it. So, like many norms, the system can and has broken down in the past
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How is the House speaker chosen? The Constitution doesn’t say.
The role of speaker is one of the few that appears in the Constitution. But the rules for picking one were intentionally left vague.
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Marianna Sotomayor
@MariannaReports
Leader McCarthy is still working on salvaging his career goal of becoming speaker of House with less than 24 hours to go until that critical vote. Here's all you need to know about where things stand ahead of what many predict will be a very long day:
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Kevin McCarthy scrambles to firm up his speaker bid as vote looms
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his allies have spent the last 72 hours working the phones, trying to salvage his career goal of becoming speaker of the House.
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Beth Reinhard
@bethreinhard
“Rich people are so odd,” observed one Trump aide.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker
@isaacstanbecker
NEW- Jan 6 committee's interview with Publix heiress Julie Fancelli tells us a lot more about how the protest activity that day was financed -$1.25 million to Turning Point -$200k to Alex Jones -Private flight for Roger Stone to DC washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/ w/@bethreinhard
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Jacqueline Alemany
@JaxAlemany
ICYMI: The committee’s investigation into social media was largely cut from the final report -- a major blow to staffers who spent nearly a year scrutinizing the role social media played in spreading disinfo that helped foment the attack >
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Jan. 6 report recommends Congress ban Trump from running again
The Jan. 6 committee released its final report on its findings on Thursday, after investigating the attack on the Capitol for more than a year and half.
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Jenna Johnson
@wpjenna
Welcome to the team,
@mjomurph
! So excited to work with you.
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Mary Jo Murphy
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Thrilled to share some personal news: I'm joining WaPo's democracy team as a deputy editor. Can't wait to start work with @griffwitte, @wpjenna  and @GlennKesslerWP washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/12/22/
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Charlie Kirk delivers a warning to the RNC, saying big donors could desert the party in 2024 as he unveils an effort to unseat unfriendly committee members. The message deepened a bitter GOP leadership feud and sparked a backlash. Via
@isaacstanbecker
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Charlie Kirk delivers a warning to the RNC, and sparks a backlash
Kirk’s Turning Point Action debuted an initiative designed to pick off GOP committee members insufficiently attentive to the “grassroots voice."
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Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake
7 takeaways on Jan. 6 report: 1. What’s in criminal referrals 2. Trump resisted urging peace pre-Jan. 6 too 3. Hundreds of weapons 4. Trump waved off on Dominion 5. Bad to worse for Rudy 6. Little detail on Trump's limo 7. New obstruction evidence?
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7 things we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 committee report so far
The committee's final report included new details about weapons around the Capitol the day of the riot, Trump refusing calls to calm his supporters and more.
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Matt Brown
@mrbrownsir
“While referrals hold no legal weight, people familiar with the committee’s deliberations said the panel intended to make a strong statement about the need to hold accountable those responsible for inciting the Capitol assault — Trump especially.”
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Jacqueline Alemany
@JaxAlemany
Jan. 6 committee to vote on referring Trump for criminal charges. W/ ⁦⁦@jdawsey1⁩: washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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Steven Rich
@dataeditor
when we started collecting data on fatal police shootings almost eight years ago, we hoped it would push the federal government to get better at tracking them. at that time, the fbi captured about half of the shootings. last year they captured only 1 in 6.
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As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported
Fatal police shootings by officers in at least 2,250 departments are missing from federal records since 2015, according to The Washington Post database.
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Matt Brown
@mrbrownsir
Why, a month after the midterms, are Georgians still seeing campaign ads, candidates holding political rallies and counties spending millions to conduct another election? Some history on Georgia’s runoff system, a relic of Jim Crow #gapol
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Georgia’s runoff system was created to dilute Black voting power
Georgia’s runoff system was created in 1964 after the urging of a powerful segregationist. Now, 58 years later, two Black men are competing for a U.S. Senate seat.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker
@isaacstanbecker
Cochise County update: -County attorney told supervisors not certifying was illegal -As result, he declined to rep supervisors when secretary of state sued -So, the board has retained Bryan Blehm, attorney for Cyber Ninjas audit
@yvonnewingett
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Three weeks after election, Arizona remains in turmoil over results
Cochise County flouted a Monday deadline to certify the results, while officials in Maricopa County faced threats for following through on that duty.
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@wpjenna
Three weeks after the election, Arizona remains in turmoil. One county flouted a Monday deadline to certify the results, while officials in another faced threats for following through on that duty,
@yvonnewingett
@isaacstanbecker
report.
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Three weeks after election, Arizona remains in turmoil over results
Cochise County flouted a Monday deadline to certify the results, while officials in Maricopa County faced threats for following through on that duty.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker
@isaacstanbecker
Arizona AG demands answers from Maricopa County about printer issues that plagued voting on Election Day, injecting new uncertainty into a fraught post-election dynamic just days before the county is required to certify results. w/
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Arizona attorney general demands answers on Election Day printer issues
A letter addressed to a top attorney for Maricopa County injects new uncertainty into a fraught post-election dynamic.
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Georgia election workers are scrambling to certify the general election under new deadlines required by a 2021 law ... while simultaneously preparing for a runoff election that is happening sooner than usual, also because of the law,
@mrbrownsir
reports.
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Georgia counties scramble to meet new deadlines as Senate runoff looms
In Georgia, a 2021 Republican-backed voting law imposed new general election deadlines and requirements — and tightened the timeline for a runoff election.
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