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national political correspondent @CTmagazine | @thedispatch alum | DM’s open for scoops, book recs, & ☕️ invites | 🥚enthusiast |

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2 years
Folks who have argued for years that Veep is a more accurate representation of Washington, D.C. than House of Cards or The West Wing--congrats on being proved right
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I allow myself one exclamation mark per email. As a treat
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Eight months ago, I began hearing concerns about sexually aggressive behavior from @CawthornforNC , who is a candidate for Congress. Multiple women came forward to share these stories. Today, WORLD published the result of my investigation.
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Hey I’m a journalist currently working on a story. If you’re someone who has tweeted #BlackNotDemocrat and are open to talking about your perspective, please like/reply to this tweet or message me!
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Sen. Tillis says he hopes text of immigration reform package he & Sen. Sinema have proposed will be finalized by tomorrow
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3 years
SCOOP from me and @byrdinator showing that despite an ongoing genocide, the United States is doing little to rescue Uyghur Muslims. In fiscal year 2021, we admitted zero Uyghurs through the refugee program, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to us
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With that, I'm excited to announce I'll be joining @thedispatch come June! I'm so excited to join an outlet I have long admired. I'll still be covering politics so as always, my DM's are open for tips, scoops, and invites to connect (I'm a big fan of☕️)
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(this is also some self-congratulations, tbh)
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NEWS: got my hands on a baby @byrdinator
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Some ✨professional news✨ Friday was my last day after over two wonderful years @thedispatch . I’ll talk about my new gig in a second, but first, some thanks are in order!
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5 years
My main takeaway is that Marianne Williamson is like that conspiracy theorist next door neighbor that constantly tries to get you to sign up for her essential oil pyramid scheme
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4 years
FOR A STORY--if you're a black or Hispanic voter who went for President Trump, I want to hear from you! Leave a comment or DM me if you're willing to be interviewed
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@HarvestPrude
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6 years
My fav moments of the #KavanaughConfirmationHearing so far: - @BenSasse saying we need Schoolhouse Rock back -the protester who said; "I'm leaving!" after an initial outburst -the back & forth about whether its possible to read 42,000 pgs overnight (aka 7,000 pages per hour)
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11 months
NEWS: It’s my first week with @CTmagazine . Excited to dig into all things politics, as well as important stories around Christianity and the public square. Please add me to your mailing lists & direct your tips/scoops/coffee invites to hprude @christianitytoday .com
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11 months
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining @CTmagazine to cover politics !
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3 years
Some professional✨news✨ Today is my last day at WORLD. I'm so grateful for three fruitful years working with some of the best reporters & editors in the business. It's been a joy. I'll talk about my new gig in a sec. But first, some thanks are in order.
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For a lot of folks, this day isn’t one that we can simply brush past or ignore. Even if the remembering is inconvenient, uncomfortable, or simply hard. I wrote about what this day, one year ago, was like for me.
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3 years
wholesome moments of this week: housemate Christmas tree excursion, attending a party where all the neighborhood moms came over, and a Dispatch bookswap where I achieved my primary objective of furthering my acquaintance with The Babies
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@TomFlight lipreaders wanted
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6 years
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Now seems like a good time to announce that I have accepted my dream job with @WORLD_mag and will be bringing you the news from the nation’s capital. Stay tuned folks✌🏾
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3 years
So very excited to be able to call Michael my editor again and welcome him to The Dispatch! 💯
@MichaelReneau
Michael Reneau
3 years
Sad as I am to leave WORLD, I’m thrilled to join the @thedispatch and contribute to the already strong work folks there have been doing. I’ll primarily be editing and working with reporters on both the front and back ends of their reporting and writing. 4/5
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Such a treat getting to spend a couple days onboarding in person with @kateshellnutt , who is as sharp an editor as she is gracious a person 💯
@kateshellnutt
kate shellnutt
11 months
We've got a new reporter on the @CTmagazine news team, our DC-based political correspondent @HarvestPrude ! She brings a ton of enthusiasm and know-how to this new role, and we are excited about the light and insight she'll bring to our coverage. 🏛️
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3 years
sometimes I think I don’t have an answer to the whole “why are you single” query but then today a man asked me out in a parking lot and I counterattacked by inviting him to my church 😇🥲
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2 years
Photo doesn’t do it justice @capitalweather
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2 years
texting all the men i know asking what would they do if a turkey attacked them/someone around them
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3 years
Having acquaintances that are babies is very important
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3 years
livin my best life with some of my baby acquaintances
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Baby Acquaintance is 10 months old today 😭👑👶
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A behavior I will never understand is when people play music/videos aloud from their phones in public
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3 years
For months, lawmakers have warned the Biden administration of the need for urgency in getting Afghan allies out of the country. Those warnings were not heeded. For this week's Uphill, @RyanP_Brown and I covered the fall-out 👇
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@JonahDispatch We simply don’t talk enough about how baby friendly The Dispatch is imo
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4 years
My heart froze when I read this report this morning. I don't know yet whether or not he was any relation. But I couldn't help picturing my dad, or any of my big cousins or brothers' names in his stead. 1/6
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3 years
It’s always “wyd” and never “I’ve been walking the grove some time in hopes of meeting you. Will you do me the honor of reading this letter?”
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3 years
the grandma house has some ✨news✨ her name is Bean
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4 years
Capitol Hill police are now closing and locking the doors of the House chamber Cap Hill police making an announcement that protesters have gotten into the Capitol, calling it a "breach" and that's what led to the lockdown
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3 years
Me eying a nap at 5:26 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday March 16 in the year of our Lord 2022
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Harvest Prude
2 years
This piece from @PriceStClair1 on the intersection of occupational licensing and immigration for @thedispatch is worth your time
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@HarvestPrude
Harvest Prude
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reporters watching their editors work on their piece in google doc
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Tansu Yegen
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The redesign from @CTmagazine is here and I have to say, it’s rather gorgeous. Thick enough to where you may need to brew several cups of tea to accompany your perusing!
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4 years
An update on the controversies dogging NC congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn
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Harvest Prude
3 years
am I inordinately proud of this ? yes
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3 years
Read this news with sorrow but also, anticipation to see where adventure takes you next. Mindy, as both a writer and a person, you always bring a gutsy, compassionate, clear-eyed perspective. WORLD won't be the same without you
@MindyBelz
Mindy Belz
3 years
Personal news: I've resigned my position at @WNGdotorg with gratitude for 30 yrs reporting, of seeing up close a world of beauty and of need. The fuel for such work isn’t found in viewpoint journalism, and as WNG takes new directions I will too.
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3 years
In lieu of visiting the National Gallery of Art I simply came to work today
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2 years
But have you considered simply hugging a baby acquaintance ?? @byrdinator
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2 years
best friend is a Mrs. now 🖤
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11 months
Thanks to @stephenfhayes and @JonahDispatch for opening up their homes, encouraging me to write about topics I found fascinating, and their constant generosity with advice, source recommendations, and of course, dog pictures
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3 years
It’s a beautiful day
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listen, I just think we’d all feel better if the debate had been at 4pm
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3 years
this baby has been the backbone of the gospel choir since early gestation
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3 years
All products should have the option of coming in a deep forest green color
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2 years
ADERHOLT, who didn’t make meeting w/ McCarthy but has supported him, says there’s a risk of a backlash if concessions to anti-McCarthy bloc goes too far, specifically when it comes to committee assignments
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Harvest Prude
3 years
Instead of writing a process article may I present this tweet
@kristin__wilson
Kristin Wilson
3 years
What do we want? AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL! When do we want it? After-they-file-cloture-and-intervening-day-and-cloture-vote-on-the-sub-and-wait-30-hours-and-vote-on-the-sub-and-adoption-of-sub-and-cloture-on-the-shell-and-30-more-hours-and-then-passage Say it again! No.
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Vibe check: more wafts of cigar smoke near Rules committee. I didn't realize @JonahDispatch was on the Hill today
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3 years
when will McDonald’s bring back all day breakfasts 😔😔😔
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4 years
Google Docs isn’t like other word processors, it’s a “cool” word processor 😎🤙🏾
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3 years
Every time I go to my mechanic he’s always engrossed in conversation with his customers—remembers first names and small details about their lives—and shoots me straight about repairs. There’s no clever punchline here I just really appreciate Mike
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Harvest Prude
2 years
I’ve reached an important milestone in my fitness journey in that I have created a workout specific playlist. Folks if you have suggestions for hype music please drop ‘em below 👇🏾👇🏾
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3 years
please join me in praying for a good friend whose family member is having a tough battle with COVID
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3 years
Me deciding to take a nap at 3:47 on a Saturday to make up for a week of poor sleep
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4 years
The fact that people are just walking out seems insane to me. I remember hundreds of arrests during the Brett Kavanaugh hearing, some simply for having signs. Those protesters were nonviolent (though disruptive)
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@HarvestPrude
Harvest Prude
3 years
Also, @mcbelz is the epitome of graciousness, while also being an energetic and fearless globetrotting reporter. It's been a privilege to learn from her on the foreign policy beat. (PS I want to be you when I grow up)
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2 years
Welcome to day four of the House speakership elections, where we are about to embark upon the TWELFTH ballot and your area reporter is considering whether to seek out an IV drip of caffeine
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3 years
Do you wave at road workers holding the 'Slow' signs or are you not from the South?
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2 years
me then: there's simply not enough attention paid to eggs. the people demand more news about eggs me now (is horrified): okay so I did not mean like THIS
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@HarvestPrude
Harvest Prude
3 years
Sophia, your meticulous, gritty, on-the-ground reporting on the toughest issues of the day has always been a gift to read. Your work for WORLD really made a difference
@SophiaLeeHyun
Sophia Lee 소현
3 years
Well, this is not news anymore, but this is my last week at WORLD Magazine after nine years on staff. I turned in my notice of resignation on Oct 27. Here’s my final column for WORLD, bidding farewell to readers:
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2 years
spending MLK weekend cosplaying as a mom to three boys under ten while their parents celebrate ten years of marriage. so far, picnics at the park, funny make believe stories at mealtimes, and getting to help with prepping dinner are scoring very high with this crowd
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5 years
I keep buying bigger earrings but unfortunately my hair is always bigger #NewProfilePic
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3 years
every writer has a toxic trait and this is mine (sorry to @MichaelReneau @byrdinator @RachaelBL )
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Harvest Prude
11 months
My editors @MichaelReneau @RachaelBL & @declanpgarvey put up with my at times overly indulgent word counts, sharpened my writing, and in general, made the job fun
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3 years
The Pal in question 🥺
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3 years
If anyone wants a 1 month free subscription to The Dispatch DM me! 🥰
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Harvest Prude
3 years
I'll also miss bugging my smart, talented, (also gorgeous) fellow reporters at all hours of the day @SophiaLeeHyun @emlybelz @CharissaKoh @onize_ohiks @AnnaJohansen_ . And to everyone else on staff, it's been a blast.
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Harvest Prude
4 years
I remember being brought to tears during discussions about slavery in history class. Can remember some kid insisting it “wasn’t that bad” because some slave owners were humane
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Robert L. Reece, PhD
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Slavery was SO MUCH worse than people imagine. I wrote my dissertation on slavery and it is incredibly traumatizing. In grad school I had to dramatically shift my entertainment habits to cope. No more dramatic or realistic shows and movies. Just escapism.
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When in NYC, always take @emlybelz ’s advice and go to the Met. I mean—John Singer Sargent!! Also parks 🍃
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2 years
mandatory ✨travel pics, courtesy of @_SusannaHoffman
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Harvest Prude
4 years
I guess all I wanted to say was, even if you don't necessarily relate to this (and this is also a reminder for myself), to be gentle in the face of grief that may not seem to make much sense. We could all use more compassion. /end
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But I'm not going to lie, it does make me a wee bit heated when I think about everything that happened Wednesday. Prayers are definitely appreciated
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Harvest Prude
2 years
if I’m honest the only thing I want for Christmas is to be able to FOIA politicians’ Spotify Wrapped
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Harvest Prude
4 years
If 2020 hadn’t prepared me to expect anything I would be really, really confused right now
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Harvest Prude
3 years
this is the only response I'll be accepting from now on when I tell people what I do for work
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rebecca jennings
3 years
a perfect interaction just happened: a man at a bar came up to me and my friends and asked what we all did and I said I was a journalist and he said “oh like in spiderman”
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I got the email from the Capitol Physicians office last night advising anyone who was in lockdown on Wednesday in a certain committee room to get tested for COVID-19 because of possible exposure
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Harvest Prude
2 years
what a photo
@Al_Drago
Al Drago
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, holds her smart phone with former US President Donald Trump on the line, as Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican from Montana, waves it off during a meeting of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber on Friday. #SpeakerVote
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During the evacuation of the chamber I forgot that I did THIS with my reporters notebook ...fashion designers, please give women’s clothing more/bigger pockets
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Harvest Prude
3 years
If you’re having a bad evening may I recommend simply going to visit one of your Baby acquaintances
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Harvest Prude
3 years
I am just here for everyone's snow pics
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Haley Byrd Wilt
3 years
the vibes are immaculate out there, folks
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3 years
The extremely female millennial urge to feel slightly ill at all times
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Harvest Prude
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And in general, truly the heartiest of shoutouts to the entire team at @thedispatch . They’re whip smart, kind, funny, and genuine people. It was an honor to be a member of the crew
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Harvest Prude
2 years
It’s Friday 📚I have no book updates updates for y’all ( @eviefordham can attest I resisted the impulse to buy more books this week) ! But what is everyone reading this weekend ?
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Harvest Prude
4 years
! Alright people let's not mess this up
@JenniDigital
jennifer 👩🏽‍💻
4 years
Its has become very clear to me why the 1918 pandemic was followed by the roaring 20s & why people were dressing up to go just about anywhere
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4 years
In case you somehow missed my earlier incessant tweets, I wrote about what happened here:
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Harvest Prude
2 years
can’t wait to get her married !! @youaretreasured
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Harvest Prude
4 years
This is abhorrent
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3 years
👀👀 bipartisanship is having a good day it seems
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@HarvestPrude
Harvest Prude
11 months
Special shout-out to @byrdinator . Covering Congress has been an adventure! (Also thanks for having the cutest possible kiddos—tell Mr. Lewis and Baby Zoe I say hi)
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Harvest Prude
3 years
Should I start a separate Twitter account just so we can all talk about what we’re reading
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Harvest Prude
3 years
In unrelated news I am going to need a White House press pass immediately
@TrevorNews
Trevor Hunnicutt
3 years
Spotted: ⁦ @Usher ⁩ at the White House for Juneteenth bill signing
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Harvest Prude
4 years
Watching the video is so unsettling. Just knowing how close we were to that angry mob
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Harvest Prude
11 months
I’ll be taking some time off in between, but I couldn’t be more excited for this, so please save all of your scoops and story ideas 🗞️
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