Andy Kroll
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@ProPublica reporter. Send me tips and ideas: https://t.co/RVUvn1D8Pw Read/listen to my book, A DEATH ON W STREET: https://t.co/CDQuADvL1d
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Some highlights if you missed the story: What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President https://t.co/eVf1xexBPI
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Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who...
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🚨WATCH/SHARE: A new @ProPublica short documentary about how Russell Vought became Trump’s “shadow president.” See for yourself newly unearthed video and audio of Vought laying out his plans and his worldview like never before. The receipts are here:
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Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of...
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🚨NEW I spent nearly a year investigating Russ Vought, the Trump adviser and Project 2025 architect who wants to put civil servants "in trauma." I obtained new audio recordings & videos. This is the most definitive profile yet. @propublica + @NewYorker
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From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that...
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We stand by our reporting. Here is the full story that DHS is dismissing: https://t.co/yPvwxIbOo2 It relies on footage that anyone can watch for themselves. We also explain exactly how we did it ⤵️
.@ProPublica is wasting more ink with disgusting smears against our brave @ICEgov law enforcement, as they are facing more than a 1000% increase in assaults against them. We have said it a million times: DHS enforcement operations are HIGHLY TARGETED and are not resulting in the
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Nobody in the Trump administration wants to answer questions about our @MSNBC story revealing the FBI recorded Homan taking $50k in cash in an undercover probe. https://t.co/1juNXqH6e8
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The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's not a weird left-wing rabbit hole. I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000, as was heard on an audiotape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. And you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time this morning.
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“Dems should not tolerate Jones’s call for violence. Spanberger should cut him loose,” said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon. “My party would be hypocritical if they criticize Trump’s violent threats but tolerate rhetoric like that from one of our own.”
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Amid concerns about political violence, some say the party risks looking hypocritical by sticking with the nominee for Virginia attorney general.
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The hallmarks of the hipster era: people were finding ways to 1. Spend time together IRL 2. Participate in aesthetic distinction 3. Innovate while re-energizing traditions The decline of the hipster era is a loss. Craft is the antidote to slop.
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Russ Vought, "he of PROJECT 2025 Fame" I'm old enough to remember when Trump said he knew "nothing" about Project 2025 while claiming that “some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.”
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From our @propublica story here:
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Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
Hoyer's office is handing these cards out to House Democrats as they leave their caucus meeting today:
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So Pete Hegseth told the generals that we need to hunt and kill the enemies of the US, and the then a little bit later, Trump told the generals that American citizens are “no different than a foreign enemy” and said the military would be used against the “enemy within”
Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."
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New @propublica scoop: Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA's response to natural disasters. But she fast-tracked $11 million+ to fix a Florida tourist attraction — after one of her big donors reached out.
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The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of...
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20 seconds. The New York Times Daily this morning ends with the most important warning in this moment…by Pulitzer-prize winning reporter, Devlin Barrett. Highly recommend the entire episode, I’ll put the link in the next tweet so this one isn’t suppressed in your timelines.
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The People Who Are Still Convinced Kamala Won The left is dabbling in 2024-election-fraud theories. Good stuff from @GrahamDavidA
https://t.co/BldFSjIXDx
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The left is dabbling in 2024-election-fraud theories.
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Drexel scientist conducted "one of the largest, most comprehensive studies to date on the safety of using Tylenol during pregnancy." Found ~no link~ between a mother taking Tylenol and her child developing autism.
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Drexel University scientist Brian Lee found no link between a mother taking Tylenol and her child developing autism in a large-scale study published last year in the medical journal JAMA.
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Now this is an excellent piece of reporting and writing: National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ veterans’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence
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Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
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Did https://t.co/UC94vAt4Rd write this editorial? Dear lord: "The razzle-dazzle of professional football is back." "Anything can happen." "More than just a game, football is a civic ritual." "If the preseason is fun, the regular season is electric." https://t.co/vzGQX9b4dh
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We didn’t fully appreciate just how much we missed the NFL until the new season started.
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cc future historians
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“The country learned hard lessons from the Nazi Holocaust about the catastrophic consequences of conspiratorial prejudice. “Today, a growing constituency on the right wants the nation to unlearn them.” https://t.co/CjZMWHYJvI
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A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.
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This is a real White House press release I just got. What a time to be alive…
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The Supreme Court has ruled on this, it's protected freedom of expression. The First Amendment exists. Obviously unconstitutional.
"You burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump says in Oval as he signs EOs. "And it goes on your record."
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