Reporter.
@AppState
Prof.
Former CNN + VICE News correspondent.
Host of "Finding Matt Drudge" on
@iHeartPodcasts
.
Bylines: NYT, The Atlantic, WaPo + more
"I've only ridden the Hulk twice so far," I said.
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin took a sip of his beer, looked at me and said, "That's because you're a pussy."
Weird, right? That's the end.
I have a dumb but mildly amusing story about an interaction I had with Wisconsin Senator
@RonJohnsonWI
at Universal Studios that I've never really told anyone before.
*thread*
A Maryland family replaced their grass lawn with a native plant garden.
Their HOA demanded they destroy it and replant the grass.
They refused.
Their battle has led to the passage of a new law that forbids HOAs in the state from requiring grass.
It was 2013. The Koch Brothers rented out Universal Studios in Orlando for conservative activists during a conference. I was there covering it. Ron Johnson LOVED the Hulk ride. Rode it over and over and over again.
See, there is having the time of his life.
Anyway, Johnson was having a beer between riding the roller coaster and I went up to talk to him. "How many times have you ridden the Hulk?" I asked. "Like 6 times," he said.
Watching a dude hit on a young woman at CPAC. Stopped her in the hall outside Trump's speech and delivered his pickup line: "Hey! Um, I'm a sponsor here at CPAC, so I feel obligated to talk to everybody." Seems to be working so far. We'll see how it goes...
My dispatch from Marjorie Taylor Greene's district in northwest Georgia, where GOP leaders say they want Washington to back off.
"We’re proud of her. We love her. We voted her in. We stand with her.”
I spoke with families across the country whose sons have fallen prey to financial sextortion scams, which primarily target teenage boys.
Lots of tips from experts for what to do if it happens to you or someone you know.
I saw her a few moments later. Can confirm she was left crying in the hallway of the
#SBC21
. Messengers came around to comfort her. Waiting to hear back from
@PastorMikeStone
Moments ago,
@PastorMikeStone
told
@freedomsbride
— just outside the
#SBC21
convention hall — that she was “doing harm” to the denomination. As she walked away in tears, pastors and messengers came up to shake his hand and wish him luck tomorrow.
I'm spending
#ElectionNight
with four MAGA boomers in central Florida who are downing shots of Fireball every time Trump wins a state. Their bottle is dwindling.