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editor in chief, the barbed wire. tina brown once called me “meticulous.” words in @rollingstone @slate @thedailybeast etc [email protected]

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Filed a draft of a story I've been reporting for a year. For fun, I deleted all my tweets. Just pinning this. Very excited to get back to work on edits for SWWTG. Through writing it, I've become a better wordsmith and person, even if it was so transformative as to be painful
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RT @kissphoria: i'm sorry i'm literally never going to get over Ghislaine Maxwell being at the women's prison camp in Bryan. I used to read….
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"Club Fed" might not be as friendly to the convicted sex trafficker.
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RT @samstein: "RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu". We published the above two months ago. Worth re-reading in l….
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He just made two bad decisions on vaccines, and he made them in the worst way possible.
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RT @jkbjournalist: Jeffrey Epstein's 'Castle Dracula:' Of all the detail in today's NYT story about Epstein's mansion, I find this letter,….
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RT @HannahDNorton: .@TexasHDC leader Gene Wu on Abbott's suit to remove him from office for breaking quorum: "Denying the governor a quorum….
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RT @HannahDNorton: One thing is clear from the past few hours: Abbott and Paxton have not been communicating before issuing statements/fili….
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RT @bradj_TX: This is why the AG and governor aren’t on the same page with this lawsuit: #txlege .
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RT @jkbjournalist: Everyone has asked. Neither the DOJ nor the BOP will answer.
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RT @RenzoDowney: Meanwhile, in Austin, Mayor @KirkPWatson is on stage at Blues on the Green reading a proclamation declaring today “Noodles….
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RT @alaynatreene: POTUS is on the roof of the White House— asked why he’s up there, he shouts back to us through his hands: “just taking a….
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RT @bradj_TX: New: @KenPaxtonTX files a letter with SCOTX about @GregAbbott_TX’s suit filed against @GeneforTexas today. #txlege. “[T]his C….
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took a quick break from editing to help take care of my 3-year-old nephew and one of his little friends bit me, but it was still more fun than watching Texas lawmakers threaten each other.
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RT @RyanAutullo: The Texas Supreme Court, which will decide Gov. Abbott's petition to expel Rep. Gene Wu for orchestrating House Democrat q….
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RT @RafaelAnchia: The Barbedwire: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not. “This is a real stress test for democracy….
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Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not.
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RT @lmcgaughy: NEW: The so-called transgender bathroom bill that was debated in the Texas Senate committee yesterday has passed. Republica….
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RT @sarahnferris: News: Ken Paxton quietly traveled to Scotland last month, where he and Trump briefly spoke at Turnberry golf course about….
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently found himself roughly 4,500 miles from home as he sought one thing that could give him an edge in his bitter primary fight against GOP Sen. John Cornyn: an...
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NEW #txlege: Rep. Chris Turner told @stevanzetti the quorum-breakers have only committed to remain out of state for the current special session. Though if/once the maps eventually pass, Democrats can sue in federal court.
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thebarbedwire.com
Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not.
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Our latest piece from @stevanzetti — Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not. Some absolutely stellar quotes and analysis.
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Our latest piece from @stevanzetti — Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not. Some absolutely stellar quotes and analysis.
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Texas Democrats have a message for all American voters: You’re in the redistricting fight, whether you know it or not.
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RT @baylisswagner: NOW: U.S.@GregCasar & @RepLloydDoggett at the Texas governor’s mansion speaking against R-led mid-decade redistricting e….
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RT @isaacyu_: Fellow #txlege reporters: we've already over-used "fleeing", "decamping" and even "absconding". May I offer "skedaddling" and….
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