Alexander Nazaryan
@alexnazaryan
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Writer. Runner. Gardener. Dog person.
Joined July 2009
When he was in midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS, Dr. Fauci was known to run 7 miles daily. I just asked him if he still keeps to that exercise regimen. No, he says, noting that he is working 19 hour days to fight the coronavirus. He is down to 3.5 miles -- at the age of 79.
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CORONAVIRUS IS NOT AN “INVISIBLE ENEMY” IF YOU TEST PEOPLE.
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There’s only one slight difference: Twitter is not a nation-state, and Jack Dorsey is not a head of state.
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It’s almost as if—and try to follow along here, as it gets a little complex—some counties have more people, and more votes, than others.
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Jim Jordan: “Should we limit the protesting?”. Fauci looks stunned by the question.
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If we shut everything down because of Omicron, then we have learned absolutely nothing in the last two years.
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The United States has 4.2% of the world's population, but 28.2% of the world's reported coronavirus deaths.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders lamented the loss of Twitter followers. A teacher at her old high school responded.
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During the Siege of Leningrad, my grandparents ate wallpaper glue.
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Unclear why Rep. Taylor Greene is using an image of @IlhanMN in this pitch, since Rep. Omar is not part of Democratic leadership in the House and would have no real say in disciplinary matters.
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Matt Gaetz just told me at a press conference that if Republicans win the House in 2022, he will move to install Trump as House Speaker.
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A totally normal, definitely not sociopathic thing to do.
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We will get to Zero Covid on the exact same day we get to Zero Influenza.
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At this point, an October Surprise would have to involve space aliens.
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Florida now has twice as many coronavirus cases (20,601) as South Korea (10,537). About 30 million more people live in South Korea than in Florida.
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Back in June, Sen. Paul objected to the "Emmett Till.Antilynching Act."
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Astonishing.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. GW Bush: . Nelson Mandela .Julia Child .Muhammad Ali. Obama: . Harvey Milk .Toni Morrison .Gloria Steinem. Trump: . Rush Limbaugh .Devin Nunes .Jim Jordan.
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NEW: Elise Stefanik, who became Trumpworld star during impeachment, stands accused of improper fundraising practices. And among her donors is Steven Alembik of Fla., who in 2018 was found making racist/offensive statements about Obama & Justice Ginsburg.
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Trump and DeSantis are headed for what I think will be a very public, very mess breakup. Each one is going to blame the other for what is happening in Florida right now.
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NEW: Rebekah Jones, @GeoRebekah, fired Florida coronavirus dashboard creator, has filed a whistleblower complaint against the DeSantis administration.
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Asking seriously: what is the point of having DEI deans if they are unwilling to protect students pleading for protection from literal calls for murder?.
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Biden seems genuinely furious. I can’t remember the last time I saw him like this.
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Chernobyl nuclear plant says 1987 has been safest year ever.
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NEW: A second Democrat, @nikkifried, calls for an investigation of Florida governor Ron DeSantis over vaccine distribution.
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Dr. Fauci graduated top of his class from Cornell Med. He has worked for Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, GW Bush, Obama & Trump. He has fought AIDS, Ebola, Zika & Covid-19. Last year, he saved a woman in DC who fell ill during jury. And he still runs at 79.
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There are now more confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York City (10,764) than there are in all of South Korea (8,897).
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Found one, FBI.
The FBI is seeking tips, pictures, video and other media that will help identify people who instigated violence when they stormed and vandalized the U.S. Capitol
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That’s not “Orwellian,” Senator. That’s just consequences.
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Called city officials in Kirkland, WA, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, to ask if they've heard from anyone on the White House task force. Answer: "Not directly.".
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Scott Walker, at CPAC, says that people are taking already-born babies home from the hospital and aborting them there. I did not know that was a thing.
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This is the kind of thing you’d see in late-stage Soviet Union, when nobody really believed it, including the people who wrote it.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tex., says that “Marxist-backed” protesters are trying to foment a Bolshevik-style revolution in the United States.
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Why is a mask needed for this video?.
Today, we announced we're extending the pause on federal student loan repayments for another three months to May 1, 2022. Learn more at
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I kinda get why during the Cold War, it was okay to drink at lunch.
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NEW: Laura Cooper, Pentagon official in charge of Ukraine policy, testifies before impeachment panel today. She pushed to lift hold on military $$$. She knew concerns about Ukr. "corruption" were not legit. Her testimony could prove damaging to Trump.
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Serious question: How does the president halt funding to the WHO?. Those funds are appropriated by Congress, are they not?.
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I thought having business people in charge would make government more efficient. That was Trump’s whole promise. So why did we vaccinate ***one tenth*** of the people who were supposed to get the vaccine in December?.
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Remember when John Bolton's book about impeachment was going to be the biggest political news of the season?.
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This slogan—“Work is liberty”—is emblazoned at the gates of Auschwitz. (“JB” is J.B. Pritzker, the Jewish governor of Illinois).
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Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., is furious because, earlier today, he saw a jogger wearing a face mask.
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Lamborghini spotted by my brother-in-law in Miami.
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NEW: Trump-appointed judge ruled on Wed. in ongoing saga of interpreter notes from 2017 Trump-Putin meeting at G20. He rejected admin. argument that notes became Trump's simply b/c he took them. Turnover to State likely. Then, public release possible.
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A lot of anger will be directed in coming days to senior West Wing staffers, chiefly Meadows, Scavino, McEntee and--this is the one that gets me--Dr. Atlas. They sent message to junior staffers that masks & social distancing were essentially barriers to advancement on Team Trump.
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Opening schools is like killing bin Laden, Ron DeSantis says.
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The reason Florida governor Ron DeSantis is in the Oval Office today is not because he is doing so well -- it's because he is in deep trouble, and the White House knows it.
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And now HHS spokesman Michael Caputo has deleted his personal Twitter account altogether.
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Anthony Fauci was supposed to present on the coronavirus at a Senate Democrats’ luncheon today. He just learned—from Sen. Tim Kaine—that his appearance has been cancelled, without explanation. (Dr. Deborah Birx will be speaking to the Democrats instead.).
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NEW: Six months ago, Florida gov. Ron DeSantis was a rising star, talked about as a potential 2024 presidential contender. Today, he is one of the least popular governors in America. How the coronavirus undid the young Republican.
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This appears to confirm what many of us have suspected: the DeSantis administration is manipulating its coronavirus numbers. (h/t @ChrisCuomo)
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I’m not entirely sure what the congresswoman is talking about here.
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"If there is not accountability, if this can go on in the United States of America, well, then, my goodness gracious, we don't have a democracy anymore.". -Josh Hawley in 2019 testimony, expressing outrage that FBI official Peter Strzok tried to "overturn a democratic election."
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“You think you can apply political science to Russia. You need to apply criminal science. You need to be a criminologist to understand Russia. People don’t go into government to serve the country. They go into government to steal money.”. @Billbrowder .
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Republicans got what they wanted -- public release of witness testimony. Thing is, that testimony only bolsters Democrats' case against Trump. And it raises questions about Pompeo's involvement.
Release of House transcripts darkens prospects for Trump via @Yahoo.
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Whoa, Mona Charen just called out President Trump on his alleged sexual misconduct from the CPAC floor. By far the strongest criticism of the President I've heard here.
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Watchdog testifying before Congress calls for postmaster general Louis DeJoy to be fired.
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Elise Stefanik was a moderate Republican widely respected by Dems. During closed-door impeachment testimony, she stayed quiet, asking a total of five questions & registering no process objections. Then public phase began & a Trumpist star was born.
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CDC was supposed to hold a telephone press briefing at noon about the coronavirus. It has been postponed without any explanation.
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It’s maybe 250 steps from the Oval Office to the podium, one floor below, in the Brady Briefing Room, where the president can talk to the entire world at any time he wishes. So, no, it’s not a coup.
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This is why Florida is politically worrisome for Trump: . Gov. DeSantis's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic could have huge consequences in November if anger at at the governor translates into anger at the president.
I live in Florida. I am a senior citizen. I want to thank President Trump and Governor DeSantis for not caring whether I live or die. But if I am alive in November I will crawl naked over broken glass smeared with covid virus in order to vote against Trump and every (R) I see.
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Trump admin says national parks need $12 billion in repairs. The real number is $1.3 billion. Why the discrepancy?. It allows them to sell/lease public lands and privatize parks operations.
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Got a message from Dinesh D’Souza: “Obama and his stooges tried to destroy my American dream and faith in America. Trump has fully restored both. I’m very grateful.”.
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Fact check: Not a single one of the women alleging sexual assault has had her story debunked. Not. A. Single. One.
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You mean this Pueblo?
I work for the people of Pueblo, not the people of Paris.
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Here is @aoc asking DHS chief Kevin McAleenan about secret Facebook group for Border Patrol agents that was rife with offensive posts. She tries to get him to answer about whether any agents in that group remain on duty at the border.
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Anderson Cooper opened his show tonight by saying that the winter of 2021 "could soon look like March 2020.". That is a profoundly misinformed assertion, and if CNN does nothing to correct it, I don't know how it can be trusted in its pandemic coverage. @brianstelter.
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My favorite travel destinations of 2020:. -the supermarket.-CVS .-upstairs, away from the children . Bon voyage!.
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NEW: Pentagon determined that hold on Ukrainian funds was illegal. OMB said no: It's legal because it comes from the President. Inside the Department of Defense's months-long fight to provide Ukraine with military aid.
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Their appreciation for America’s history and heritage really comes through.
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Remember that Josh Hawley did not object to the results in Missouri, which he represents and which Trump won easily. He objected to the count in Pennsylvania, hoping that conservatives there would remember when he runs for president in 2024.
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Conservative media routinely manufactures scandals—John Kerry’s service in Vietnam, Hillary Clinton’s email server, Hunter Biden’s emails—then browbeats mainstream media into not covering those “scandals” to sufficient degree. It’s bad faith politics & huge disservice to voters.
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In the Oval Office, the president asks a reporter to take off her face mask before asking him a question. He assures her that the fellow reporter standing near her is “not worried.”
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It’s fairly well known where rioters are staying in DC—I identified one hotel couple days ago because I park in front of it sometimes to work from car. This morning, I expected fleet of cop cars there, as presumably they would at least want to ask questions. Instead, nothing.
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Ron DeSantis, at a press conference this morning: "The vaccinations are not preventing infection.".
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NEW: We have the Michael Caputo video from Facebook Live. It’s. uncomfortable watching. More, and story, below.
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For a second day, Republicans got what they wanted: public release of impeachment witness testimony. And once again, that testimony appears damaging to Trump, Sondland's in particular. Insistence on process may have been miscalculation by GOP.
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Disconnect between Twitter and real life: While some people here are gripped by Omicron anxiety, the wait for a table at Cheesecake Factory in the Maryland burbs is 1.5 hours.
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Here is @RealCandaceO explaining why she called the Southern Strategy a “myth.” cc: Nixon historians @rickperlstein @NixonLibrary
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About the current scene on the South Lawn, @jaketapper says: "Forget the Hatch Act violations, we're getting into a matter of life and death here.".
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Last year, I reported that Florida was undercounting thousands of COVID-19 deaths. That has now been confirmed by the state’s auditor general.
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Larry Kudlow boasts to Laura Ingraham about how he broke shelter-in-place rules by having a hairdresser open salon so Kudlow could get a trim.
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“It keeps him up at night, thinking of even one life lost.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration is trying to give away millions of acres of public lands to oil and gas companies. Many of the lands are near national parks and monuments. Comment and protest period has been greatly reduced.
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