Mariana Alfaro
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periodista salvadoreña-mexicana cubriendo política para el @washingtonpost . @postguild member, @northwesternu alum. semi-trilingual. 🐕 ⚽️ 🏃🏽♀️
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Pelosi, says lawmakers/Capitol staff shouldn't be prohibited from trading stock: "This is a free market, we are a free market economy, they should be able to participate in that."
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A quote I think about regularly, and an op-Ed (from 2015):
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Former Speaker Boehner on Pelosi: The younger generation today has a saying: Game recognizes game. And the fact of the matter is, no other speaker of the House in a modern area era, Republican or Democrat, has wielded the gavel with such authority or with such consistent results.
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Hospitals in Mexico are collapsing and the country has the fourth highest Covid-19 death toll in the world but CNN Travel still has this “handy” guide up.
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lots of things happening in dc today but this is the one that concerns me the most
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele just put the country under quarantine. There are no coronavirus cases reported in the country.
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So, I’ve been dreading writing this thread for a while but here we go: I am leaving the US today because my application didn’t get selected in the H-1B (work) visa lottery. After five years and hundreds of memories, I’m saying g’bye to America. 1/
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just saw a tiktok saying the wonderl*nd ballro*m is a dc hidden gem…
hidden…?? from whomst ??
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El Salvador reported it’s first covid-19 death. The victim, a woman over the age of 60, was put in quarantine after coming back from a trip to the US. There are another 31 confirmed cases in the country.
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@lolacoaster
once i paid abt $120 to find out that my dog hadn’t hurt his leg — he was upset that I took him on a walk under the rain and started limping so I would carry him the rest of the way home.
“He’s just being dramatic,” said the vet.
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Maybe the media didn’t do a good job covering the “Latino vote.” Or maybe non-Latinx media members & political ops failed to read & analyze the work of Latinx reporters & instead only focused on stories that fit their preconceived idea of what the “Latino vote” “looks” like 🤷🏽♀️
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Plaques honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee have been removed from St. John's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn.
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Biden, during Earth Day event: By the way, windmills don't cause cancer.
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CNN's Josh Campbell, also at the scene in Minneapolis, said he hasn't been troubled by police, moments after his colleague Omar Jimenez was arrested. "You,
@joshscampbell
, are white.
@OmarJimenez
is not," New Day anchor points out. The CNN camera is still rolling:
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inbox: Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex Leads on Fight for Paid Leave with Letter to Congressional Leadership.
Letter sent to Pelosi & Schumer
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Biden speaking on his new gun control exec actions today: "Nothing I’m about to recommend in any way impinges on the Second Amendment,” he says. “But no amendment to the Constitution is absolute."
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El Salvador's going to be in quarantine for 30 days. "I know this will be criticized, but let's put ourselves in Italy's shoes. Italy wishes they could've done this before," Bukele says. "Our health system is not at Italy's level, it's not at South Korea's level," he adds.
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once again it’s more veep than any of the other silly little politics shows y’all watch
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The Duchess of Sussex, in a letter to Schumer and Pelosi, said paid family and medical leave should be a “national right, rather than a patchwork option.”
Dems are considering cutting down on OG leave proposal as the original $3.5 trill package slims down.
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“‘This is what you’ve gotten, guys,’ Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, yelled as the mayhem unfolded in the Senate chamber, apparently addressing his colleagues who were leading the charge to press Mr. Trump’s false claims of a stolen election.”
Another update: They've just disbursed tear gas in the rotunda and are telling members to put on gas masks under their seats.
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“For millions of Latin Americans — including those living in the United States — Fernández was already a legend on par with the likes of those other mononymous crooners Elvis and Sinatra.”
@latimes
never disappoints
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Hey next time journalism twitter goes off on j-schools (so in like, two months) can we talk about a relevant issue like how many of these schools lack representation in their staff thus making it a little harder for reporters of color to feel comfortable in the business?
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Give yourself a break today by watching this lovely video of
@NorthwesternU
alum Meghan Markle reading a book to birthday boy Archie while his dad laughs in the background:
Thank you to Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (with Harry, The Duke of Sussex behind the camera) for reading "Duck! Rabbit!" for
#SAVEWITHSTORIES
! Happy birthday, Archie!
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before more names start coming out please, my fellow news folks, let’s make sure we are pronouncing and spelling them correctly
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haven’t told the kiddo his namesake team isn’t playing
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Documents obtained by El Faro reveal that Nayib Bukele's government, like some of its predecessors, negotiated with MS-13. In exchange for a drop in murders and support in the upcoming elections, gang members received prison benefits and other promises.
#ELSALVADOR
| Documentos oficiales registran negociaciones del actual Gobierno con líderes encarcelados de la MS-13 desde junio de 2019. A lo largo de los meses se pactó la reducción de homicidios y se discutió el apoyo electoral para Nuevas Ideas en 2021.
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This after Buzzfeed MX and HuffPo MX also closed with little warning. My heart hurts for these reporters who produced some of the best LatAm stories out there for US publications and audiences. What a loss, especially at a time when the US needs to understand the region better.
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Hello to all those awake rn, Trump called Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch” in a Saturday night speech to Republicans.
@jdawsey1
w/ the story:
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y’all are really gonna describe Honduras like this?
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this morning I realized my cup of coffee *actually* smelled like coffee for the first time since covid got me in July 2020 and... it was a beautiful thing.
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Que dolor de noticia. Un abrazo a este equipo de periodistas Latinoamericanos que han sido una grandísima inspiración todos estos años. Fuerza y, ¡adelante!
Con mucha tristeza y pesar les informamos que hoy cierra operaciones
@nytimeses
. Para NY es una decisión «corporativa», pero para nosotros (
@albinsonl
,
@borismunoz
,
@ebudasoff
,
@marina_ef
,
@MJVega
,
@patynietog
,
@Nat_Guti
,
@eldacantu
) fue un proyecto al que le pusimos todo el corazón.
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"We've taken into consideration the economic impact this may have in the country, but the lives of our citizens are more important," he said.
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ps: I’ll still be writing for the D202 because my newspaper is the best one in the world so don’t think I’m running away from US politics. Also, if anyone has CDMX recs lmk because I am ready to go back to eating the real deal tacos 24/7.
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Trump called GOP Sen. Mike Rounds a "jerk" after he rejected the former president’s false claims of widespread election fraud:
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Thinking about these comments in a WaPo/
@davejorgenson
TikTok featuring the Trump call audio.
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"Nobody is going to benefit economically from this," he said. "That is a crime."
#Bukele
#Coronavirus
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news: the WaPo let me mention bad bunny and dua lipa in my job announcement
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But none of that will ever matter as much as the people this country gave me. They all made life here a dream, and I’ll miss them so much. So thank you, America, for the last five years. It was a pleasure and an honor. I can’t say I didn’t give you my best shot. 7/7
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Me and every other Mexican enjoying the debate when these folks talk about invading Mexico:
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Sean Spicer, the Bachelorette, the Queer Eye "culture" expert and one of the guys who cheated on a Kardashian are all on dancing with the stars and, honestly, this simulation has gotten so glitchy.
More interested in learning about the star with whom he'll be dancing.
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House Minority Leader McCarthy endorses Liz Cheney’s primary rival in rebuke of the Republican incumbent who has denounced Trump. Cheney’s spox response: “Wow, she must be really desperate.”
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A lot of you are overestimating how much of this will be taught in APUSH classes in 25 years as if we haven’t realized by now how little they taught us in high school about the Civil Rights Movement/Slavery/Native American history/War on Drugs/AIDS crisis/I can keep going.
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Bukele ends the telecast with "May God bless us and may God bless El Salvador."
The quarantine appears to be for 21 days, and then on day 21 the situation will be reviewed and the quarantine could be potentially extended.
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My GenZ sister is upset the WaPo offices are still closed not bc she doesn’t get to see one of America’s most iconic newsrooms but bc she doesn’t get to casually stumble into tiktok icon
@davejorgenson
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And that was bc of the Americans (and fellow non-Americans) I met here who every day gave a little bit of themselves to make me feel welcomed. The US gave me two college degrees, work experience & bragging rights about having lived in Chicago/DC/NYC. It even gave me a dog. 6/
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Plans for the Jacksonville convention lasted 4 Scaramuccis
Trump cancels Jacksonville portion of the Republican nominating convention
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Dallas and I flew into DC very early this morn. We’re both in desperate need of a snack but WE ARE BACK STATESIDE 🥳. After a year+ of visa paperwork, lots of waiting and covering the U.S. from borders away, I’m thankful to finally be back in my second home.
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As she often does, Pelosi, during her final press conference as speaker, avoided calling out Trump specifically, instead referring to him as “what’s his name” when listing the presidents she had worked with.
@amybwang
reports:
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News: I’m joining the
@WashingtonPost
full-time next month! So very excited to move back to DC and join this amazing newspaper (and maybe finally get a dog?)
Excited to welcome
@marianaa_alfaro
to the Daily 202 team alongside
@jameshohmann
and
@joanegreve
. Stay tuned for more great work...
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Cheney: The case against Donald Trump in these hearings is not made by witnesses who were his political enemies. It is instead a series of confessions by Donald Trump's own appointees, his own friends, his own campaign officials... his own family
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My phone reminded me of my favorite reader complaint email of all time
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There are more than 40 people under quarantine in El Salvador right now. This doesn't mean they're sick, they're just under observation, Bukele said. He says government will keep an eye on price surges in food & medicine.
#Coronavirus
#ElSalvador
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Happening right now in El Salvador: President Bukele called for an extraordinary legislative session to vote for a $109 million loan. Congress refused, and now the National Police has taken over control of the country's legislative building.
#BukeleVsCongress
| Officers of the UMO, the anti-riot squad of the National Police have taken control of security in front of the entrance to Congress, restricting access leading to the chambers.
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And listen, I’m not going to pretend life in the last few years hasn’t been rocky. For periods of time, I wondered what I, a female Salvadoran-Mexican reporter, was doing here. So many days were full of tears and frustration. But so many more were full of wonder and hope. 5/
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um today is my 3 yr anniversary at the post and not to be dramatic but the day I had to leave the US I didn’t think I’d make it back, much less have work-aversaries, so a huge thanks to the wonderful colleagues who helped me reach yr3 + the many more who make working here a dream
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Sen. Kennedy (R-La.) to Jackson: I found you to be very intelligent and very articulate.
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To all my fellow 20-somethings who watched ‘Hannah Montana’ after middle school basketball practice in 2008……. Miley Cyrus live is unreal.
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If Breath of The Wild taught me anything it’s that this moon means the monsters will respawn
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I will be forever grateful and honored to have met and worked with my professors, friends and classmates at
@MedillSchool
@NorthwesternU
and
@thedailynu
, as well as my colleagues, friends and mentors at the
@nytimes
,
@WSJ
,
@Politicsinsider
and
@TexasTribune
. 3/
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Me when I lived in nyc: ughhhhhh.
Me back in nyc six months after fleeing: NEW YORK CITY is the greatest city in the world. This $1 slice? Gourmet, Michelin Star. The bodega? I do all my shopping there. $7 drinks? A bargain. That rat that just ran over my sandals? An icon.
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I’m sad and a little bit stressed but overall quite thankful for the time I got to spend here. These have been, so far, the best years of my life. And that’s all thanks to the people I got to meet in this country. 2/
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I don’t even have the words to explain how great the
@washingtonpost
has been to me in the last six months. Working on the D202 with
@jameshohmann
and
@joanegreve
has been such a great experience. This is the type of job a journalism/history/politics nerd like me dreams of. 4/
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ICYMI:
@JCisnerosTX
, 28-yo immigration lawyers from Laredo, stands as a serious challenge to Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the last House Dems to oppose abortion rights and a critic of Biden’s immigration policies.
The primary is this Tuesday.
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Imagine getting this push alert from your very own employer as you’re heading to work
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A fun fact from
@michaelscherer
ahead of tonight’s debate: The seven people onstage are collectively polling at 36 percent in national Republican average. If they were all one person, they would still be losing to Trump by 20 percentage points.
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News! this time about me: I’m joining
@DonnaCassata
’s politics breaking news team next month! Please add me to your press lists, let’s get a cafecito, etc: mariana.alfaro
@washpost
.com
The Washington Post’s 2021-2022 Opportunity Year participants chosen
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Every episode of the NPR politics podcast goes something like:
Listener opening: Hi I’m Peter from Minnesota and I’m having the time of my life learning about the ocean’s secrets on a fishing boat in Alaska.
Host: Aw that’s beautiful! Anyway, it’s 12pm and the world is burning.
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El Salvador is now the world’s largest bitcoin experiment. Salvadorans say they want no part in it, writes
@AnnaCat_Brigida
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Hailey Herrera wanted to be a therapist. She was working on a master’s degree in the marriage and family therapy program at Iona College when she died on April 7 at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.
She was 25.
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They’ve arrested a reporter of color who was doing his job before they arrested the officer who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck, says
@Bakari_Sellers
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Then says: "The greatest danger to America is not our enemies from the outside ... The greatest danger to America is the destruction of our nation from the people from within."
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how do I get on the 'botswana threatens to send germany 20,000 elephants' news cycle
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The freaking accent is right there. Just hire Latinx reporters, geez.
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Thanks everyone for your messages and support, they made this crazy day so much easier! The US and everyone I met there will always remain close to my heart and, well, we never know what the future holds. Also, here’s a pic of Dallas spotting his new home for the first time:
So, I’ve been dreading writing this thread for a while but here we go: I am leaving the US today because my application didn’t get selected in the H-1B (work) visa lottery. After five years and hundreds of memories, I’m saying g’bye to America. 1/
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Another amazing and incredibly necessary journalistic project cut because it didn’t make enough money. The NYT will continue translating articles, but the original en Español story creation seems to be over for now.
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Mi abuelo passed this morning after some medical complications. I just wanted to share a small homage to my Abo, who was one of the most dedicated, hardworking and loving people I’ll ever meet. He was just so good at making me feel like everything was going to be OK.
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Saw this moment between Harris and Pelosi in the House chamber, realized it's the last time we'll see two women in these chairs for a while.
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Meghan Markle, Justin Jackson and Chet Hanks all trending these past few days, great week for all us Northwestern peeps to say “haha we went to the same college” to people who truly couldn’t care less.
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Things that are a “Miami flavor”: Versailles empanadas, cafecito, Publix sandwiches, Gloria Estefan, missing your flight at MIA and spending two hours staring at the airport’s floor, which looks like a beach
Things that are NOT a “Miami flavor”: Two non-Floridian singers.
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And it’s not just “latino outlets” and “Spanish-language” sources who covered this. Off the top of my head, the WaPo had amazing work by
@jdelreal
and
@arelisrhdz
. I know reporters at the LAT the NYT and the Miami Herald also did this work. You just didn’t read it.
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Last thing I'll say about this: I was Troy's co-editor during my final days at The Daily. He and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what it meant to be an editor at a newspaper that had for so long failed its readers AND staffers of marginalized identities.
/1 Yesterday,
@thedailynu
published a statement on our coverage of the Jeff Sessions event and protests on campus last week and I wanted to address the concerns that everyone has shared on Twitter.
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then WHERE is the good mexican food 😤
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Did you know that only 5.8% of staffers at the WaPo identify as Hispanic/Latino? Well, we want to do something about it.
#morelatinosinnews
The Post’s Latino Caucus was created out of a desire from several Latino staffers to have a space to communicate, share ideas and celebrate our Latinidad. Here’s our mission statement:
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Some personal news: the absolute joy of my life is turning 8 🥰🥺
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Trump’s erratic behavior poses an even bigger risk as the economy slows done given that he and his White House flacks inspire no feelings of confidence or certainty, writes
@jameshohmann
in today’s Daily 202:
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And note the hat that Sen. Reid’s widow, Landra, placed at the foot of his casket.
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Unfortunately, evergreen but: If you’re a journalist working in the U.S. on a visa who was laid off please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m here for any rants/brainstorming sessions/lawyer info.
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This week has been so newsy that I didn’t realize I’ve been writing for the
@washingtonpost
’s Daily 202 for a year now! This newsletter is my pride and joy and writing for all of our subscribers is an honor. Here’s today’s 202 from
@jameshohmann
in Iowa:
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@cmclymer
@HoarseWisperer
One of the stories I covered at Insider that still cracks me up. Happy holidays,
@cmclymer
.
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Woah I tweeted this three years ago when I was a sophomore and now I work here and tl;dr don’t let your dreams just be dreams??
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