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NBC News senior business correspondent. Storyteller. Iowan. Writer. Reuters and CNN alum. Slow runner. Fast talker. Cubs, Bears and Cyclones.

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NY Post: Florida Man Makes Announcement —> story deep inside on page 26.
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Trump campaigned that he would not cut Social Security or Medicare. The Dems, he said, wanted to destroy it. He is now talking PERMANENTLY cutting the funding that pays for these important programs. THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL.
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What a great night celebrating democracy and the First Amendment…with these rock stars! ⁦ @AnaCabrera ⁩ and ⁦⁦ @kasie ⁩ at the #whca dinner.
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Can’t remember a casual insult like that in 20 years of business reporting.
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Jim Cramer's apology: "I made a very stupid comment. It was a tongue-in-cheek attempt to make a point about the harsh tone about the negotiations in Washington but it fell completely flat and I apologize for that." Video here
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I just deleted my 2:30 am alarm on my phone, but I will still be watching. Shout out to the amazing producers and writers who put it all together every night.
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24 years. Chief Business Correspondent @ChristineRomans is saying goodbye to @CNN -- and early mornings here on @EarlyStart
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The tax bombshell shows the president is a) adept at losing money b) the system rewards rich people who lose a lot of money and c) the average citizen has paid more to support America’s military, roads, schools and democracy than he has.
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This @NYTimes Trump tax bombshell is one of the most important stories of the fast five years.
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Folks this jobs report should have their hair on fire in Congress. It’s not rocket science. The economy is fragile. The coronavirus is not contained. We risk deep financial scars to jobless workers and families.
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Amid the (natural) fretting about inflation and #Omicron , some context. Fed chief #Powell sees US GDP growth this year at 5%. Strongest since the Reagan Administration.
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Ahhhh my home state.
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Billboard outside Des Moines airport where Trump holds Iowa rally tonight.
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Today the #CNN family celebrates the life of an extraordinary baby girl and her honest and brave parents. We’re wearing our beanies to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer. #teambeans @KFILE ⁩ ⁦ @RachelEnsignWSJ ⁩ ⁦ @LauraAJarrett
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I can't believe my eyes. To see a news crew arrested, its camera on the move still rolling on national tv. This is my country.
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Fully vaccinated and back on the ⁦ @NewDay ⁩ set. ⁦ @LauraAJarrett
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The dictionary weighs in with a zinger. #DrJillBiden
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The word 'doctor' comes from the Latin word for "teacher."
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The Dow was 10,800 when I first walked into the CNN newsroom. Buy and hold, baby. Buy and hold.
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Julia Chatterley
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Remarkable Romans! Big ❤️ to @ChristineRomans on her last day at CNN. Thank you for making us all smarter and making my job fun. We adore you. Now enjoy your well-deserved time off! 🌞
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I love the notion of celebrating the promise and audacity of America’s founding. And at the same time soberly examining — and fixing — the ways we have fallen short on that promise. That is true patriotism.
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The top 10 percent wealthiest households own 87 percent of stock market holdings.
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Your daily reminder that the stock market is not the economy
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Jobless claims trending in the wrong direction. The jobs hole is deep. 28.5 million people receiving some sort of government unemployment assistance.
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It's official. Longest expansion in US history is over. Coronavirus recession has begun. GDP down 4.8% Q1.
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I am watching my colleague @SavannahGuthrie tackle the hair and makeup police. Ummmmm. We are trying to tell important stories and keep our friends and colleagues safe.
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Overall 26.5 MILLION people are receiving some sort of jobless benefit. A year ago that number was a healthy 1.4 million.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a Covid hot spot. Go figure.
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When times are bad — income inequality worsens. When times are good — income inequality worsens. I sense a pattern. ⁦ @EarlyStart
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I am so proud to work here.
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All those hairstyles! Much love to @JohnBerman @EricaRHill and @PoppyHarlowCNN
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CNN Communications
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Join us in celebrating anchor and chief business correspondent @ChristineRomans remarkable 24 years at CNN.
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In the richest country on the planet.
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-Employment lines -Food lines -Vaccine lines -Water lines Americans lining up for the basics to survive. @edlavaCNN
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Context for min wag debate. These jobs are no longer a starter job for teenagers or recent immigrants. More than half are adults, 25-54. 28% have children. Nearly 6 in 10 are women, supporting a family on two-part time jobs, with two commutes and childcare challenges.
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Planet has only until 2030 to stem catastrophic climate change, experts warn
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And again as it should be. ⁦ @OmarJimenez ⁩ reporting live on @CNN .
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These guys!! They make every day Mother’s Day !!
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First show this week in the books with ⁦ @OmarJimenez ⁩ on ⁦ @EarlyStart
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22.2 million jobs wiped out in Coronavirus recession. A little over 12 million have come back.
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Testing reveals the extent of the virus. Leadership determines how many people die.
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Happy #ElectionDay from your friendly neighborhood ⁦ @EarlyStart ⁩ anchors!!
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If I had a dollar for every time I reminded the president that China does not pay tariffs, I could close the trade gap myself. Importers and consumers pay tariffs.
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I love this concept -- "Hero Bonus." Kroger will pay its frontline workers a $2-an-hour premium from March 29 through April 18.
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Why is this even a debate? CDC recommends masks. Public polls show support for mask-wearing. It shows you care about your community. And it is temporary.
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It bears repeating -- deficits aren't free. Someone has to lend Uncle Sam the money to live beyond its means. And the US is currently in a trade war with its largest foreign creditor, China.
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Friday vibes. ⁦ @kaitlancollins ⁩ ⁦ @PoppyHarlowCNN ⁩ ⁦ @donlemon
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I saw a school bus drive by my house today. This is newsworthy. Haven’t seen this in 13+ months. With any luck my grade schooler will walk into school Thursday.
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My mom just FaceTimed me not to talk to her grandkids, but to tell me she loves #hoax and my colleague @brianstelter . “Oh I love that he writes like he talks.” Kudos from Iowa.
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I just can’t get over the whole Dow 30k is a “sacred number.” I mean, human life is sacred. Stock market profits?
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Gambling is not investing. Goodnight.
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America’s preexisting condition.
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. @Cnn graphic of the other pandemic. @NewDay
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Silly me. I thought the September jobs report would be the biggest headline of the morning.
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Dizzying number of layoffs past 24 hours or so. Goldman Sachs, Disney, Shell, Continental, American, United.
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More common sense from ⁦ @drsanjaygupta
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First reported at 2.6%, then revised to 2.9%, final reading is 3.2%. The third-quarter economy decisively shook off the malaise of Q1 and Q2.
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I have explained taxes five times this morning and counting.
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Conway complains that "the mainstream media want to talk about this issue" -- the Roy Moore scandal -- "more than almost anything else. Then we're not telling Americans what's in the tax plan for them."
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Awesome thunderstorms knocked out our power for the last two hours. Let’s just say my kids wouldn’t do well on the Oregon Trail.
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America — stay home and watch a movie and organize your drawers for the holiday weekend. Everybody wins.
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Thank you poll workers. Seriously, this is a huge unsung job and a pillar of democracy. #Elections2020
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We can’t get a good shot because ⁦ @JohnBerman ⁩ won’t pose. He just works works works. @brikeilarcnn ⁩ ⁦ @NewDay
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Someone just called me a “likeable nerd.” In 2020, I take that as a supreme compliment.
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The stock market is not the economy.
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The Dow Jones Industrial just closed above 29,000! You are so lucky to have me as your President😉With Joe Hiden’ it would crash😧
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Serious "deep thoughts" question. What constitutes a "suburban housewife" in 2020? I mean, I have three kids. I live in the suburbs. But I work. So does my partner. And no one I know has been "invaded." Can someone tell me where this is happening? Asking for a #FactCheck
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Current status. See you tomorrow at 4 am ET with ⁦ @LauraAJarrett ⁩ on ⁦ @EarlyStart
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It's Thursday. The last day of what has been probably the worst month for the American economy ever. Bring on May.
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Anti-vaxxers use centuries-old arguments rooted in anti-science suspicions and religious overtones, @JohnAvlon says. "Science constantly evolves. Superstitions strangely do not. Follow the facts and not your fears, because vaccines save lives." #RealityCheck
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Basement flooded. Climate shit is real.
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So if Trump cancels stimulus negotiations because he doesn’t want state aid, isn’t he starving states of money for, say, police?
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My colleague @drsanjaygupta is a national treasure.
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Power restored. Apple 🍏 pie made with love!!
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Masterful on-the-spot live factchecking by @jaketapper
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This is such a great, imperative read for our time. Well done.
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FDR’s GOP opponent called Social Security a hoax Reagan warned Medicare would bring socialism Ben Carson likened Obamacare to slavery 2020 GOP convention invoked communism irony of these wild claims: economy has done better under Democratic presidents
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Bookends of lies. #crowdsize
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Trump's presidency began with a lie about his popularity -- the inauguration crowd size debacle -- and now it is ending the exact same way, with lie after lie about his popularity.
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Is this America’s Benghazi? Parallels are haunting.
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We made the big time. #Jeopardy last night. “Blank News” for $600, Alex. ⁦ @EarlyStart
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Peak 2020.
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>> @AndersonCooper to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell: "You really are like a snake oil salesman."
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Great having @kaitlancollins on board this week at @EarlyStart . Safe travels!
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My colleague was just arrested on national television. #Minneapolis
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When I started reporting weekly jobless claims for @NewDay exactly one year ago, I never would have imagined it would be an entire year of claims worse than the Great Recession. EVERY WEEK.
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Here we go. ⁦ @EarlyStart ⁩ ⁦ @LauraAJarrett ⁩ Happy Monday.
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I love this so much!
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Manhattan sunrise.
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Yes yes yes. Terrific analysis, my friend.
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Washington: Do your job, for the millions of Americans who don’t have one.
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I just made a reservation to fly on an airplane in late summer. *mind blown*.
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So are you telling me elective procedures are being shelved to deal with an elective disease?
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Vacation. 2020. I am signing out for a few more days.
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Front door view. 18 inches and big winds. See you Wednesday. Stay safe. ⁦ @EarlyStart
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CNN's legal team working hard to determine the status of our detained crew. Praying @OmarJimenez is safe.
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We just wrapped ⁦ @EarlyStart ⁩ Wednesday edition! See you again tomorrow! ⁦ @LauraAJarrett
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Pinch me! I work with the nicest smartest people. ⁦ @sarasidnerCNN ⁩ ⁦ @RahelSolomonCNN ⁩ ⁦ @CNNThisMorning
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This is nothing less than a morality test in DC.
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Millions of Americans need help, they have needed it for months, and now time is literally running out to keep them solvent.
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Good Wednesday morning ⁦ @EarlyStart ⁩ early birds. (From the set!) Join us! Power hour with ⁦ @DaniellaMicaela ⁩ ⁦ @JohnJHarwood ⁩ ⁦ @mchancecnn ⁩ ⁦ @fpleitgenCNN ⁩ ⁦ @LauraAJarrett ⁩ ⁦ @Hadas_Gold ⁩ ⁦ @AndyScholesCNN
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I gave up tanning beds in the 1990s. And injecting household cleaners sounds like a bad idea.
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ex-Cheney cardiologist Jonathan Reiner on WH briefing report about effects of UV rays: “if the president thinks tanning beds are going to cure the coronavirus, he’s mistaken. it’s not going to happen”
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These anniversaries are always hard for me. I write for a living but can never find the words. I remember every minute of that morning in slow motion. The days that followed are one long continuous moment. Even today when I glance downtown from Soho, I see a ghost. #NeverForget
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Deferral means you have to pay it back. #PayrollTax
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Fifty weeks in a row now -- a level of job market misery I could not have imagined a year ago.
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CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt
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Another 745,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was a slightly smaller number of claims than economists had expected, but up from the prior week.
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The only way out of this mess is vaccination.
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My colleague @JohnJHarwood is so so good.
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Please. Let us not normalize a million layoffs a week.
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Preventable from here on out.
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The Lead CNN
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Doctor tells CNN: 'This is primarily a pandemic of the unvaccinated' @EricaRHill reports
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My ten-year-old. “What’s Bitcoin?” Me, yammering an explanation. Him: “Oh so it is for shady stuff.”
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Fins to the left, fins to the right. Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer. Sending love to my fellow parrotheads and the Coral Reefer family.
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It’s so clear that vaccines are the way out of this.
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"The 'I read something scary on Facebook' excuse doesn't apply anymore," @ChristineRomans writes. | Analysis
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State and local leaders want these federal agents in unmarked vans OUT.
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#DEVELOPING : Local leaders clash with feds over Portland, Oregon protests
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Good morning, Manhattan! Hey, Georgia, polls are open. #Election2020
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In just 12 days -- 11 worshipers killed in their synagogue. two people killed at Krogers for their race, two women killed in a yoga studio for being women, and now multiple fatalities in Thousand Oaks.
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This is how we do Mondays ⁦ @EarlyStart ⁩ ⁦and ⁦ @LauraAJarrett ⁩ is the best partner in crime. #dinerfood
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