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Author@washingtonpost 5-Minute Fix newsletter. Better understand today's political news in 5 minutes or less at https://t.co/WSCWHscUhN. Tik Tok & Insta @byamberphillips
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Joined January 2010
This site is whack. But I still want to connect with you all! Find me on Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook at @byamberphillips. And my newsletter, The 5-Minute Fix https://t.co/RZIsI7TEg5, where I explain the day's biggest political news for you, in 5 minutes or less. XO!
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Reporter Amber Phillips explains and analyzes the why behind the day's biggest political news — in five minutes or less.
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Fani Willis’s sprawling case against Trump paints a vast conspiracy. But experts say the scope and specificity could be a problem – especially compared to Jack Smith’s tidy indictment. New, from @AmyEGardner @hollybdc @byamberphillips @shaynajacobs
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis has put forth a sprawling case against Donald Trump, but legal experts and critics say its scope and specificity could be a problem.
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Can Trump go to jail? Why is everyone saying this Georgia indictment so serious? What's he saying about this? All your questions answered here, in my daily newsletter, The 5-Minute Fix: https://t.co/bAggCnzANU
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Fani Willis has taken on some big cases with this racketeering -- or RICO law -- and her track record is pretty impressive.
What could Trump and @youngthug possibly have in common? @byamberphillips has you covered on Georgia's RICO law https://t.co/ZWWuiwpzRr
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RICO, the Georgia anti-racketeering law that could be used to charge Trump -- @byamberphillips
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RICO is a law traditionally used to indict mob bosses and gang leaders.
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"If this is the conversation we’re going to have over the next year and a half, it’s going to be tough for Republicans, particularly in suburban areas." @iarnsdorf @jdawsey1 @michaelscherer
https://t.co/BdFtbAsdWO
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Strategists in both parties agree that having Trump talking about election fraud and Jan. 6 hurts Republicans.
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“You can only be charged with treason in this country if the country is at war, but to me this seems like the closest thing you can charge to treason in peacetime.” ex-fed pros Barbara McQuade via @byamberphillips
https://t.co/16n5ORh67O
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'This seems like the closest thing you can charge to treason in peacetime'
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The ‘fake electors’ are a critical part of the 2020 election indictment. Here's how they fit into the charges against Trump filed by special counsel Jack Smith. Via @byamberphillips
https://t.co/4KGeYa1jzF
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Pro-Trump electors are central to several of the investigations into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
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So-called "fake electors" are at the heart of investigations into attempts by Trump and others to overturn his 2020 loss. @byamberphillips breaks down what exactly these pro-Trump electors did -- and why it might have been illegal.
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Pro-Trump electors are central to several of the investigations into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
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So-called "fake electors" are at the heart of several investigations into attempts by Trump and others to overturn his 2020 loss. @byamberphillips breaks down what exactly these pro-Trump electors did -- and why it might have been illegal.
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Pro-Trump electors are central to several of the investigations into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
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"Fake" electors, or Trump loyalists declaring they were the true electors from states he actually lost, are a central component of Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And they're starting to get indicted. Here's what to know about it. https://t.co/2DB0c4XQgP
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Pro-Trump electors are central to several of the investigations into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
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the scientists are scared. i’m scared. “any number of charts and graphs on Earth’s climate are showing, quite literally, that “we are in uncharted territory.”
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Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures.
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“ It’s really striking that this is now a shared feature of the American experience: to worry and hope that some mentally ill person isn’t also there with an AR-15.”
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Concerns about gun violence at large public events leave some contemplating safety measures or even staying home.
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“Their daughter was born later that year, but by then, [Hunter] Biden had stopped responding to Ms. Roberts’s messages, including one informing him of the child’s birth date.”
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The story surrounding the president’s grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright.
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Arizona’s former GOP governor “was surprised that special counsel Jack Smith’s team had not inquired about his phone calls with Trump and Pence”, @washingtonpost reports
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In a phone call, Trump tried to pressure Arizona's governor to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump then asked his vice president to repeatedly follow up.
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such helpful analysis from Rep Slotkin, & also @ChrisMurphyCT. Thank you for sharing your expertise so the rest of us can understand what’s going on in Russia
Breathtaking events in Russia, & my team & I have been up most of the night watching history unfold. While we’re still watching events in real time, a few things are clear:
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Also, I've been pregnant or nursing -- or both -- for almost six years straight now. Mastitis, tearing, oversupply, undersupply, unmedicated births, doulas, co-sleeping, sleep training ... I've been through it all. Ping me, new moms, with any questions! Seriously!
✋raising my hand for the randomized trial of how to cure mastitis that Emily Oster says moms so desperately need -- currently sitting here, feeling it coming on, and I have no idea how to deal with it despite this being my 3rd kid https://t.co/aSSKjcJU9Z
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✋raising my hand for the randomized trial of how to cure mastitis that Emily Oster says moms so desperately need -- currently sitting here, feeling it coming on, and I have no idea how to deal with it despite this being my 3rd kid https://t.co/aSSKjcJU9Z
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What to make of the latest recommendations
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“At a minimum, consider putting your wishes regarding an AI avatar into your will.” Still grieving my dad, I have no idea if I’d want a hologram of him suddenly projected into my living room
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It might be inevitable, if trends hold, that after you're gone, someone will try to make a lifelike apparition of you.
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