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Addy Baird

8 months

I’m so happy to share this exciting news. I’m writing a book!!! Big love to my agent @DaniSegelbaum . Can’t wait to share this one with all of you in a couple years…

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Addy Baird

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4 years

I feel really burnt out lately and I'm trying to be more honest about it. I don't have the energy to text my friends back a lot of the time. I feel isolated and want to sleep a lot. Work is ... hard. I've mentioned this to a couple friends, who said they feel the same way.

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I feel like we've hit this point in the pandemic that's sort of just a perfect storm for feeling this way. We're six months in, this is just how life is now, and it's lonely and exhausting. Early on, I felt like it was constant trauma, and now I just feel so, so tired.

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I don't know how to fix this. Weekends don't feel like time to recharge, but naming how I'm feeling and being open about it has made me feel less alone, so I figured I'd say it here in case it helps other people.

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As good a time as any to note, again, that DC is a historically black city of 700,000 people — more people than Wyoming — who pay taxes, have been denied the rights granted to states, and because of that have no ability to stop federal law enforcement from occupying the city.

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Matt Gaetz, our most normal member of Congress, is wearing a full-on gas mask on the House floor right now, being super normal

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*Seven* other women accused Al Franken of sexual misconduct. That feels worth mentioning sooner than 8,500 words into a story.

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"wildcat strike" is one of the only phrases that accurately demonstrates how cool the actual act is

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Asked AOC if she thinks — as some have called for — that Warren should drop out and endorse Sanders. “I don’t think that’s up to me. I think that’s a very deeply personal decision,” she said. Said Sanders + his supporters shoud instead be making the push to earn those votes.

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Dying to talk to the 2% of millennial Dem primary voters who love Michael Bloomberg????? Who ARE you??? What is your life like??

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Democratic primary voters under 35 years old via new Quinnipiac poll: Sanders 52% Warren 17% Biden 11% Yang 7% Gabbard 3% Buttigieg 2% Bloomberg 2% Everyone else 1% or less

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a serious quarantine question is how hard is it to learn to cut hair??? (my boyfriend needs/wants a haircut and i boldly have offered to do it despite never having cut hair in my life)

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5 years

This is a whole disaster. Republicans ordered pizza, apparently, and are just like, refusing to leave. Swalwell is outside the SCIF and says they will “not be deterred by this.” Calls it “Republican obstruction of Congress at the behest of the president.”

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4 years

my boyfriend thought of a good tweet but he says it’s more for my audience than his so anyway here’s a curated tweet from him for you guys: just imagine if we had to keep hearing high hopes through all of this

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Yesterday, I published a story about Equinox cutting instructor pay as gyms reopen and the health concerns instructors had going back to work. Today, Equinox fired Monica Davis, who went on the record with me to speak out.

She Called Out Equinox On Safety And Cutting Gym Instructors’ Pay. They Fired Her.

“I didn’t want to resign, but I wanted to say how kind of hurtful some of the actions of the company have made me feel,” Monica Davis told Equinox when she was fired.

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have been taking breaks from work during quarantine to try and learn tiktok dances and think this is as good as it’s gonna get

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3 years

the exact Pelosi quote is actually somehow worse than this tweet: "So again, thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice. For being there to call out to your mom, how heartbreaking was that, call out for your mom, 'I can't breathe.'"

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One time my exboyfriend told me he could tell I learned the song Don’t Stop Believing from Glee because I enunciated every word when I sing it and I think about that literally every single day, sometimes twice

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NEWS: SWALWELL denies it was him who farted on MSNBC:

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5 years

just want to pop in and let everyone know there’s a dude on tiktok whose whole account is him saying good morning to the dogs at the doggie daycare where he works and it’s the last good thing on the internet!

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5 years

I just asked Rep. Speier if she had seen Mulvaney’s press conference this afternoon. She said just a clip but has the gist. I asked if she wants him to testify. “I think Mulvaney should go to jail,” she said. “Don’t quote me on that.” (I was never going to not quote her on that.)

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4 years

unionize your workplace

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A Federal Judge Won’t Invalidate Nearly 127,000 Votes Cast At Drive-Thru Voting Sites In Texas’s Most Populous County via @zoetillman

A Federal Judge Won’t Invalidate Nearly 127,000 Votes Cast At Drive-Thru Voting Sites In Texas’s...

The Texas Supreme Court rejected a similar challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County over the weekend.

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Addy Baird

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5 years

I just saw several cases of soda carted in there, too. The House has votes scheduled in about a half an hour. Hilariously, they need to vote on the SHIELD Act, which aims to protect US elections from foreign interference. So do with that what you will.

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4 years

"democracy isn't the objective" is a wild thing for a us senator to type and send

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Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.

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3 years

i'll be honest, because no reason not to be: i'm furious with buzzfeed today. so many of our amazing new colleagues have been laid off in the middle of a pandemic, using a lottery-esque notification system that workers at buzzfeed have repeatedly said is inhumane and horrifying

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4 years

me almost an hour and a half into this trump press conference

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Pelosi says plan is to return to the House tonight and certify election results once the Capitol is cleared:

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1 year

i’ve never heard someone say let’s go mets in this way in my entire life. i didn’t even know it was possible to say it this weird

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i just feel like this got lost in the indictment news and everyone really needs to see it

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Addy Baird

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4 years

OK first of all I think gas masks basically are hats, which are illegal on the floor and also taking pictures on the House floor is also definitely not allowed but nothing matters

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Today is the first day of Eating Disorder awareness week, so: I'm one of the estimated 1 in 10 people who has battled an eating disorder — but those numbers are likely much higher, as expects believe that many people with disordered eating aren't diagnosed.

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I just asked @AOC about the Sanders/Warren story that unfolded yday. She said she defers to the campaigns but added, “I think it's also important to say that, of course, women can win. And that's part of a progressive ideology and I know that the senator believes that as well.”

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12-year-old Messiah traveled to DC to march today and waded into the reflecting pool to raise a fist while Al Sharpton spoke. “It’s not fair that because of the color of our skin we have to get treated differently,” he said.

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3 years

two weeks ago buzzfeed won a pulitzer, this week we're going public. now if only we could get that pesky union contract done... or even get some responses to our economic proposals....

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From me and @bri_sacks : 4 women told us Madison Cawthorn was aggressive, misogynistic, or predatory toward them, including one account of harassment during their time in college together from a woman who currently works for another Republican in Congress:

“Danger Warning”: Women Say Madison Cawthorn Harassed Them In College

BuzzFeed News interviewed more than three dozen people as part of an investigation into allegations that Madison Cawthorn harassed women in college.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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anyway the coronavirus funding emergency package passed 415-2

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I see the only story I’ve ever deserved a Pulitzer for has been snubbed ...... smh they don’t get it

A Lawmaker Denied Ripping An Absolutely Enormous Fart On Live Television

"It was not me!!!!" Rep. Eric Swalwell said in a text message. "It's funny tho." #Fartgate trended on Twitter.

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Addy Baird

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Who is the woman in blue looking up into the light!!! If you are the woman in blue looking up into the light PLEASE DM me.

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Matt Gaetz says he’s about to lead this phalanx of House Republicans into the SCIF to check out what’s going on with the whole impeachment thing

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Would cut off a hand to be able to sit on a bar patio and eat overpriced brunch food in a sundress today

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i’m at the super bowl i’m at the super spreader event i’m at the combination super bowl super spreader event

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4 years

Asked if well-connected people (celebrities, athletes, etc.) are getting tested before other people, Trump says, "Perhaps that's the story of life."

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OK, one of them just emailed me and said, “There are dozens of us!” which, admittedly, is pretty funny.

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just imagining cuomo laying in bed alone... calling dr. fauci....

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Addy Baird

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So, yes! I have some ~personal news~. Next Wednesday will be my last day at @thinkprogress . At the end of the month, I’m headed to @BuzzFeedNews to cover Democrats and the growing leftist forces in Congress and around the country. I’m absolutely over the moon about it!

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Addy Baird

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3 years

We interviewed more than 3 dozen people for this story, and corroborated the accounts of all the women who alleged misconduct by Cawthorn. There are so many details I can’t even begin to fit them in a tweet, so do read it:

“Danger Warning”: Women Say Madison Cawthorn Harassed Them In College

BuzzFeed News interviewed more than three dozen people as part of an investigation into allegations that Madison Cawthorn harassed women in college.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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4 years

i am several days into a fight with my boyfriend after he said he would not still date me if i turned into a worm because he didn't want to engage with the premise of the question but then LATER said he WOULD date me if i became a PIG how's everyone else holding up

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"The whistleblower has the right to remain anonymous," Schiff says. "The President wants to make this all about the whistleblower." Calls it "a blatant effort to intimidate witnesses" and "an incitement of violence."

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Oh, here:

Rep. Matt Gaetz

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Reviewing the coronavirus supplemental appropriation and preparing to go vote.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gets asked about Qanon supporters Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert, who were both elected to the House GOP. "Our party is very diverse," he says. "Both have denounced Qanon." (That is not true.)

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@OliviaNiland omg olivia i literally sleep 9 hours a night every night and i want more

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A scoop from yours truly this morning: @BrandNew535 — a progressive group that helped catapult @AOC to success — is endorsing @MeetMckayla , the 29-year-old student and mom who’s challenging Steny Hoyer, the number two Dem in the House.

A Major Progressive Group That Backed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Endorsing Another Young Woman...

Brand New Congress is endorsing Mckayla Wilkes, the 29-year-old progressive challenging House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in 2020.

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Just came out of the chamber to report that Sen. Sinema is wearing the most incredible neon green heeled latex boots and honestly just a glimpse of them gave me a second wind

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Civil Rights hero Rep. John Lewis is speaking on the floor. "It is not a day of joy," he says. "When you see something that is not right, you have a moral obligation to do something. Our children will ask, 'What did you do? What did you say?'"

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I'm watching the debate tonight with some South Bend-ers. One of them said they like the fact that he supports a $15 minimum wage, but noted the minimum wage in South Bend is $7.25.

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Addy Baird

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Good to see a member of Congress just speaking the truth without partisan spin:

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We just published a story that's pretty different from my normal work. I really hope you'll read! I wrote about my own struggles to maintain my eating disorder recovery during the coronavirus outbreak, and talked to experts and other people struggling.

The Coronavirus Outbreak Is “Like A Nightmare” For People With Eating Disorders

“Eating disorders do thrive in silence. This is kind of like the perfect storm for that silence to get as loud as humanly possible.”

www.buzzfeednews.com

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I can't stop thinking about the sentence "Matt Gaetz cherishes the relationships in his past and looks forward to marrying the love of his life"

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I got this heartbreaking text this morning (shared with his permission) from John Pijanowski, whose father I wrote about as part of our going coronavirus victims project. Here’s his story:

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My mom reported some sign drama in my Utah hometown, where a rare Biden sign in the neighborhood has new addition after some apparent thievery:

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Sen. Martha Blackburn did the same thing a couple nights ago. Neither her office nor McConnell's responded when I asked how that was allowed.

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Murkowski statement: “I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed."

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3 years

slack going down is honestly such a good omen for this year. nature is healing

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4 years

A rare compliment from Congressional progressives to Pete Buttigieg just now — Rep. Mark Takano says it was Buttigieg who he first heard mention the idea of including a sunset date in any future AUMFs, which gets lots of “yes good” nods from the other members here.

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I will just note, there was not a word from Pelosi about the fact that Hill says her abusive, estranged husband was behind the release of the photos, something that every journalist talking about this and every politician talking about this should absolutely note.

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Pelosi says it was Katie's Hill's decision to resign, but adds, "I do tell my grandchildren, these appearances can come back on social media to haunt you if they are taken out of context... I caution everyone that they too may be subject to that, so be careful."

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what the hell is happening

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Pelosi says she wants to remember “one person who isn’t with us in this room but who I know was present with us all day in the deliberations... our North Star,” Eliah Cummings. “We did all we could Elijah. The president is impeached.”

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. @SpeakerPelosi speaking at presser with CBC: Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice...Because of you and because of thousands, millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous for justice.

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megan rapinoe can have my hamstring i don't want it

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As gyms across the country are reopening, Equinox, the high-end gym chain owned by a Trump pal, is asking its instructors to come back to work — and to do so for even less money than they were pre-COVID. Instructors are pissed. Here's the story:

Equinox Instructors, Worried About Getting Sick, Are Facing A Pay Cut As They Come Back To Work

“I'm a poor person… I just don't get how they're comfortable with those losses happening at the bottom. It's just so weird and greedy to me.”

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Addy Baird

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2 years

Hi folks. A little bit of personal news from me today: I am going to be taking a buyout this summer and leaving my role at BuzzFeed News. Here's a few more thoughts on that to save you a tweet thread :) —>

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more like STREET buttigieg

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i tweet a lot about how union bargaining is amazing, vital, fun, revelatory, etc. and that is all true but i just want to be honest and say that it also sucks

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Really smart catch from @kadiagoba : Mike Pence's brother is on the House Foreign Affairs committee, which means he's sitting in on all these impeachment depositions!

Vice President Mike Pence’s Big Brother Is Sitting In On Congress’s Closed-Door Impeachment...

Republican Rep. Greg Pence, the vice president’s older brother, was elected to Congress last year and serves on one of the committees in charge of the impeachment inquiry.

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“Nielsen’s complaint comes as many Mormons across the United States are engaged in discussions with their bishops, traditionally held in December, to ‘settle’ their dues to the church.”

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Remember how Bill de Blasio wanted to be president

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Hello I have never really baked cakes but I would like to give it a go, if you have a good cake recipe will you please give me it

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Sanders as he left: “It’s a sad day for the country. I think that the acquittal of Trump, and the fact that we only had one Republican voting to impeach sends a signal to future presidents that you can operate above the law, you don't have to pay attention to the Constitution.”

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I wrote about grief, and the body in my mind:

To Recover From My Eating Disorder, I Had To Let My Ideal Body Die

I spent years living in a dangerous and restrictive world that I had constructed for myself. Then I learned how to tear down those walls.

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BREAKING: The first member of Congress, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, has tested postitive for coronavirus. Our story here:

The First Member Of Congress Has Tested Positive For The Coronavirus

Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Florida Republican, and Utah Democrat Ben McAdams have become the first members of Congress to announce they tested positive for COVID-19.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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A major victory for the progressive movement tonight in Illinois, where Marie Newman took down Dem. Rep. Dan Lipinski, one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in the House. My story on the win:

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Ritchie Torres has won his race, and he's now set to become the first Black gay member of Congress. Mondaire Jones is expected to join him (but that race hasn't been called quite yet):

Ritchie Torres And Mondaire Jones Make History As The First Openly Gay Black Members Of Congress

"It is a lot of responsibility. I'm happy to be providing that kind of representation for so many young people and older people,” Jones said this summer.

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Few frontline Democrats have officially won reelection, and several have officially lost. But Katie Porter, easily one of the most progressive of the bunch and running in a tight swing district, has won her race. This logic just does not make sense.

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A text I never thought I’d send

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You cannot take pics in the gallery but you can blurrily see it in the background of CSPAN

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib just voted by proxy for Rep. @AOC in favor of impeaching Donald Trump for the second time

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@mattgaetz why

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@PulitzerPrizes

A Lawmaker Denied Ripping An Absolutely Enormous Fart On Live Television

"It was not me!!!!" Rep. Eric Swalwell said in a text message. "It's funny tho." #Fartgate trended on Twitter.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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And the House has officially repealed the 2002 Authorization of Military Force in Iraq. Rep. Barbara Lee led that cause. Here’s her statement:

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just a quick note to all my reply guys today: i'm literally a political journalist, stop explaining shit in my mentions

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my boyfriend has been trying to make me care about the gamestop stuff for like a week and i've been like "ok bud" and then i woke up today and decided i was an expert and will not stop sending him tweets he's already seen. having fun

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More John Lewis: "We have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history."

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A scoop from me: @BernieSanders is endorsing Marie Newman in her quest to take down Dan Lipinski, one of the House's last anti-abortion Democrats. Story here:

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jake gyllenhaal has done a lot for us but the most important thing he's done is give us all too well (followed closely by that video of him talking about how much he loves sean paul)

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Rep. Gerry Connolly on the full House Iran briefing and any evidence of any imminent threat: “There was no rationale beyond a graduate school thesis text. I was utterly unpersuaed about any evidence of a threat that was new or imminent.”

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Romney was busted this morning for bringing contraband chocolate milk onto the Senate floor. (Can confirm BYU's chocolate milk is really good.)

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Hakeem Jeffries, in an extremely on brand move, just ended his presentation on the Senate floor with, "If you don't know, now you know."

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Tulsi Gabbard votes PRESENT. LOL.

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Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue — who are facing a special election that will determine Senate control early next month — have announced their support for $2,000 stimulus checks:

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Mitch McConnell is officially out of his job as Senate Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell No Longer Controls The Senate After Georgia's Democratic Senators Were Sworn In

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock officially give Democrats tiebreaking power in the Senate. Sen. Alex Padilla was also sworn in to Vice President Kamala Harris’s seat.

www.buzzfeednews.com

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🚨 IF YOU NEED A BREAK FROM THE HEARINGS, THERE ARE THERAPY DOGS IN RAYBURN 2043 🚨