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The Atlantic senior editor. Former WaPo. Midwesterner at heart. Mom of preschooler. Once described as "stubbornly cheerful" by Vogue.

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RT @elainejgodfrey: It’s official: Planned Parenthood has been (mostly) defunded for a year. My quick explainer:.
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NEW: Google might be the next company to settle with President Trump, @michaelscherer reports. Lawyers have begun “productive discussions” about the next steps of the case against YouTube, according to court records.
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President Trump wanted to sign his “big, beautiful bill” with a celebratory flourish on America’s birthday. And so nearly all GOP lawmakers did what he desired, often setting aside pledges, principles, and policy demands, @russellberman writes.
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Every single word in this piece by ⁦@Tyler_A_Harper⁩ is an absolute delight. Read and enjoy. Happy birthday, America.
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RT @AnnieLowrey: My friend got diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer on the same afternoon DOGE fired her from the CFPB. As sh….
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RT @marianne_levine: ICE is arresting migrants in worksite raids. Employers are largely escaping charges. W/ ⁦@LaurenKGurley⁩ and Aaron Sch….
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The Trump administration agreed to release from prison a three-time felon who drunkenly fired shots in Texas and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García, ⁦@mariasacchetti⁩ reports.
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Come for the opening scene of Rep. Thomas Massie doing an exaggerated impression of President Trump in a Yogi Bear voice. Stay for the thorough debrief on Kentucky politics from @russellberman, who was in the Bluegrass State last week.
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Some of the last remaining Republican lawmakers to push back against Trump and his policies are from the same state -- a deep-red one that the president won by 30.5 percentage points last year, @russellberman writes.
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RT @YAppelbaum: When you add up everything the government is prepared to sacrifice in its relentless pursuit of Abrego Garcia—as @NickMirof….
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Rather than admit a mistake, the Trump administration is trying to build a criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia by cutting deals with felons, driving out federal prosecutors and threatening to deport him again, @NickMiroff writes.
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RT @nytmike: NEW and BREAKING: UVA's president has resigned in face of demands by Trump admin/DOJ that he step down. Hundreds of millions o….
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RT @ShaneGoldmacher: “All of us have a blind spot,” said former Gov. David A. Paterson, who endorsed Mr. Cuomo. “His blind spot is that he….
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Some Trump allies privately wonder how much the ever-present risk of being killed at the behest of a foreign government is shaping the president’s thinking about the current conflict, @michaelscherer and @AshleyRParker write.
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RT @arelisrhdz: A visual peek inside the Manhattan hotel known as ‘Little Ellis Island’ where 1000s of asylum-seekers traveling from the bo….
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RT @JonLemire: At the race’s end, a cheerful Mamdani walked the length of Manhattan, a metaphor for the tirelessness he brought to his bid….
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RT @isaacstanbecker: It’s been a bumpy start to Tulsi Gabbard’s tenure as director of national intelligence w/@shan….
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I’m used to exit polls being wrong in the other direction: New Pew Research Center analysis finds “Trump won a higher percentage of the Latino vote in 2024 than previously believed and came within striking distance of capturing a historic majority.”
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NEW: The Trump administration is trying to scare migrants into self-deporting and reporting their departures in the CBP Home app. More than 7,000 people have signed up so far, and of those, more than 3,000 have left, @NickMiroff reports.
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RT @AnnahBackstrom: A powerful tool in Trump’s immigration crackdown: the routine traffic stop, via @SilviaElenaFF
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