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Trying to adapt. Also, Washington Post Columnist and Associate Editor. You can follow my columns here:

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@ktumulty
Karen Tumulty
4 years
For the sake of public confidence and even national security, it is crucial that public briefings on the president's condition come from medical personnel at Walter Reed, and not from White House officials.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Did Trump really visit wounded military at Walter Reed as he claims? He's infectious. Please answer this @PressSec
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Per Dem aide: Schumer to Trump: "Is your plan to rely on the Syrians and the Turks?" Trump: "Our plan is to keep the American people safe." Pelosi: "That's not a plan. That's a goal."
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
NEW: The Reagan Foundation -- which runs the Reagan Library -- has issued a warning to the Trump campaign and the RNC: Quit raising money off Ronald Reagan’s legacy.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
A Republican pollster just told me that this court fight could motivate young women to turn out this year. "They may not vote for Biden, but they will vote for Ruth."
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
STOP THE COUNT!
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
So many things that were called "fake news" by the president and his team turned out to be true. The Mueller Report is an exoneration ... of the mainstream media.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
A new era has dawned for me: I just turned off my phone notifications of @realDonaldTrump tweets.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Trump finally put on a mask. Dear nutty right-wing people: It's okay now for you to do it too.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Reagan 4/4/80: “Rather than talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems and make it possible for them to come here legally, with a work permit, and then while they are working and earning here, they pay taxes here."
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Donald J. Trump
5 years
Even President Ronald Reagan tried for 8 years to build a Border Wall, or Fence, and was unable to do so. Others also have tried. We will get it done, one way or the other!
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Would love to know who in the White House thought that Trump doing this town hall was a good idea.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
A modest proposal: The cure for ignorance is understanding. Covington Catholic High School should organize a spring break project doing service on a Native American reservation.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Have we lost our capacity to be shocked? The President of the United States -- who is supposed to lead an entire nation -- just retweeted someone urging "Leave Democrat cities. Let them rot."
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Trump just said the solution to Covid is “herd mentality.”
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Karen Tumulty
2 years
"Maus" is #2 and #3 on Amazon right now.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
LBJ on the riots of 68: “What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for 300 years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.”
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
If Oprah ever interviewed me, I too would dime out my whole family.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Jeff Bezos just broke the National Enquirer’s business model.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Original Deep State actors hard at work on their phony emoluments clause.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Full-page ad on the back of the A-section of today’s ⁦ @washingtonpost ⁩ —
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
As of today, I will no longer, ever again, repeat or quote any of the asinine nicknames that @realDonaldTrump comes up with for his adversaries. @twitter , hold me to it --
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
My wonderful cousin @puckett_daniel was one of nearly 1,200 Americans who died yesterday with covid. He was released from the hospital earlier this week and said he was feeling fine. This disease is a horror.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
"I don't know McRaven," Trump said yesterday. Let's check the wayback machine:
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
12 years
Admiral McRaven had full operational control of the Bin Laden mission http://t.co/ccoFmRm9 @BarackObama gave vague directions.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
It’s a good bet he White House is not telling the truth when it claims Trump was at Walter Reed “to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam.” We know this because — well, because those people lie about pretty much everything.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
The emperor was assured he looked very handsome in those new clothes...
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Kyle Griffin
5 years
Here is a 7+ minute video, from ABC, of Trump calling on multiple senior aides to defend him and vouch for his 'calm' demeanor in the infrastructure meeting with Democrats after Nancy Pelosi said that he'd had a temper tantrum.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Today’s the day!!!!!
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Looking forward to seeing that "full and complete" health care plan that @realDonaldTrump has promised he will sign by Aug 2.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
“Erratic behavior” is a diplomatic way of saying “bonkers.”
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Karen Tumulty
7 years
@realDonaldTrump Actually, it was Obama who launched $1-trillion modernization of the nuclear arsenal. A 30-year program.
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Donald J. Trump
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My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before....
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
On the bright side: Kelly Loeffler doesn’t have to pretend she likes wearing those trucker hats any more.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
On Page 1, the @washingtonpost reports that the president doesn’t read his daily intel brief. On Page 4, it reports that his son-in-law, who hasn’t been able to get a permanent clearance, does.
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3 years
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@FBI
FBI
3 years
The FBI is seeking to identify individuals instigating violence in Washington, D.C. We are accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting or violence in and around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you have information, visit .
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Let's imagine what the reaction would have been if @ChelseaClinton had done this:
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Who plays Fiona Hill in the movie? My vote goes to Tilda Swinton.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
Belated New Year's resolution for 2021: If any cable network puts her under contract as a political commentator after her disgraceful performance in a job where taxpayers pay her salary, I resolve to never watch it again.
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
3 years
Watch @PressSec flee the press briefing room without answering a single question.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Suggesting that Thunberg brought this upon herself. Suggesting that by speaking up, this teen has forfeited any expectation of being treated with decency. Is this the “best” ⁦ @FLOTUS ⁩ wants us to be?
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Now she's totally done for. Newly unearthed video reveals that when @AOC was in college, she was ... adorable.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
My new rule on @Twitter — I use my real name. If you don’t, I won’t respond to you.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Going to go out on a limb here and say no female presidential candidate would survive putting a hair appointment on social media.
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Matt Viser
5 years
Beto O'Rourke is livestreaming his haircut. At one point, he notes that his earhair is getting trimmed. Something he says needs to be done as you get older.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
The party that’s constantly sounding the alarm about socialism has given us a president who hereby orders private companies to do things that are against their economic interests.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Dear @BernieSanders : thank you for your service. With all respect to what you achieved: Now is the time to drop out.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
He actually calls her “nasty” in this audio. That is the exact word he uses. Who is running that war room? George Orwell?
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Trump War Room
5 years
Fake News CNN is at it again, falsely claiming President Trump called Meghan Markle "nasty." Here is what he actually said. Listen for yourself!
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
. @tuckercarlson is in full cry tonight about Biden's comments today, asking: "When was the last time a sitting president weighed in on a jury decision before it was made? Never!" Really?
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Some people thought slavery was pretty bad —
@maggieNYT
Maggie Haberman
5 years
"There's never been a time in the history of our country where somebody was so mistreated as I have been," Trump tells @GStephanopoulos
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Um, CNN -- I think your Chyron writer missed a word in here --
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Karen Tumulty
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Does Trump realize that she wasn't called "Jackie O" while she was first lady? Or that...oh, never mind.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
A year ago, the Democrats were fielding the most diverse presidential field ever. Now, the race has come down to three white guys whose ages go all the way from 77 to 78.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
One word of advice for Kimberly Guilfoyle: Decaf.
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Karen Tumulty
7 years
"This is what you should be writing and covering ... " Chilling words to hear in the first White House briefing.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
My 2 cents: It is hard to imagine the NYT would have given anonymity on something like this to someone who was not at least as high as a cabinet secretary or assistant to the president.
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Karen Tumulty
7 years
Guy sitting in the back row of breakout session at #obamasummit looks sort of familiar:
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Karen Tumulty
8 years
Random men emailing me after my latest story that I am too old and ugly for them to want to grope. Apparently they think this makes me sad.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
I was 9 years old. A man took me away from everyone else at a birthday party and stuck his hand down my pants. He asked me if I liked it. I thought I had done something wrong. #WhyIDidntReport
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
Graceful, classy, apolitical eulogies for @SenJohnMcCain by @BarackObama and George W. Bush. Ex-presidents, former adversaries and upholders of norms of civility.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
Amazing to see tweeps are impugning the patriotism of Bill McRaven over the fact that he has criticized the president. He’s not a partisan. Never has been. But he has put his life on the line for the right of free speech that we all enjoy. Which of his critics has done this?
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
Admiral Bill McRaven commanded the raid that killed bin Laden. Now he writes: Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Worth noting: retired Adm. William McRaven was on Trump’s short list for national security adviser.
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GOP
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Worth noting after recent comments: Retired Adm. William McRaven was reportedly on Hillary Clinton’s short list for Vice President in 2016. He’s been critical of President @realDonaldTrump — even dating back to the 2016 campaign. He’s hardly a non-political figure.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
. @joebiden to his nominees: "Your loyalty is not to me. It's to the law." How refreshing.
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1 year
From personal experience, I'm convinced the hardest position to play in soccer is goalkeeper's mother.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
What color is the sky on your planet?
@JennaEllisEsq
Jenna Ellis
3 years
All this media chatter of Joe Biden picking his cabinet is like fantasy football. Meaningless in the real game.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
This chyron is amazing.
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Karen Tumulty
5 years
Think about this: Elected representatives who are afraid to do their job are hoping federal workers, who live paycheck to paycheck, will have the guts that they don't.
@costareports
Robert Costa
5 years
Couple senior Republican lawmakers tell me the only way this breaks open is if TSA employees stay home and Americans get furious about their flights. That’s the only out, they say. And they’re close to the WH.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Only two more days...Anticipation builds...
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Looking forward to seeing that "full and complete" health care plan that @realDonaldTrump has promised he will sign by Aug 2.
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Karen Tumulty
6 years
Mark Burnett called me to tell me there is no video of me eating that last piece of chocolate cake that was in the refrigerator.
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Karen Tumulty
3 years
This really struck a chord with me. A distant relative I hadn't seen in decades turned up at my mother's 2015 funeral so that he could tell me that I had disgraced the family by saying something nice about Obama on TV. At. My. Mother's. Funeral.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Three days to go!
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Karen Tumulty
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Looking forward to seeing that "full and complete" health care plan that @realDonaldTrump has promised he will sign by Aug 2.
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Karen Tumulty
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Believe it or not, this marks the first time @NancyPelosi has ever made the cover of a major national newsmagazine. Never happened when she was the first woman speaker.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
This might be a good time for someone at Walter Reed to hold a briefing.
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Resolved: Undecided voters in Pennsylvania should moderate all future presidential debates
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Karen Tumulty
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Engineered the electoral strategy that won back a Democratic majority in the House.
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Mike Dole
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@ktumulty @maureendowd Can anybody name a single thing Pelosi has done to combat the problem of Trump?
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3 years
Anyone else here old enough to remember when conservatism meant government shouldn't tell businesses what to do?
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
TOMORROW!!!
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Karen Tumulty
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Looking forward to seeing that "full and complete" health care plan that @realDonaldTrump has promised he will sign by Aug 2.
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Karen Tumulty
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. @nikkihaley are you going to say anything about the president’s racist tweets?
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Nikki Haley
5 years
There are no words for why the Democrats are staying silent on this. If this is your way to winning an election, fire your strategist. This is disgusting. Love your country. And if you don’t like what is happening then tell the members of Congress to get to work and fix it.
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Karen Tumulty
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NEW. A significant development -- Seven freshman Democrats, all of whom have national security experience, write in an op-ed for the @washingtonpost : These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Wow. MSNBC cutting away from the briefing.
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Karen Tumulty
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I just had this bad dream where the president of the United States retweeted a conspiracy theory
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Is anyone explaining this to him?
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Aaron Rupar
4 years
TRUMP: “Katie, she tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of the sudden she tested positive ... this is why the whole concept of tests aren't necessarily great ... today, I guess, for some reason, she tested positive." 😳
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Karen Tumulty
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Trump on NATO summit: "When I left, everybody was thrilled." FACT CHECK: True
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Karen Tumulty
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"... warships in the harbor were invited to send 60 to 70 sailors to hear Mr. Trump’s address, with the exception of the McCain. When several sailors from the McCain showed up anyway, wearing their uniforms with the ship’s insignia, they were turned away."
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Karen Tumulty
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In today's diatribe, Trump describes George W. Bush as having "led a failed and uninspiring presidency." Which overlooks the inconvenient fact that, unlike Trump, Bush was re-elected.
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“Wheels are coming off” seems to be the operative phrase on MSNBC. My thought: There were wheels?
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
If I give my kids money, can I deduct it? They are great kids. We go way back.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
The Ivanka deduction:
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Among the exhibits planned for the Trump Presidential Library:
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Karen Tumulty
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Prediction: Nothing that was revealed today will make any difference to Trump supporters. All conversations taking place this election season are completely circular.
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Trump’s new ad is profoundly racist. I refuse to link to it.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Would be great to get a little more clarity as to why, at a time when people showing symptoms can't get tests, an asymptomatic senator can "out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events."
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2 years
Apology of the day:
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That. We. Know. Of.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
Bleach.
@FoodProfessor
The Food Professor
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If 2020 was a drink, what would it be?
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Karen Tumulty
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Chris Wallace should not spend one second of this interview defending himself as a tough interviewer. He's top-notch.
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Karen Tumulty
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“The America of @SenJohnMcCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great.” — @MeghanMcCain eulogy for her father.
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Karen Tumulty
4 years
No @realDonaldTrump tweets for 25 minutes. Bad WiFi in the bunker?
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What’s your shelter at home snack of choice? Mine is Cheez-its
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Karen Tumulty
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As the president and House Republicans throw around charges of a “kangaroo court,” this might be a good time to remind people that it was the Republicans who changed House rules in 2015 to give committee chairmen unilateral subpoena power.
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Karen Tumulty
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Hard to follow the logic of Texas Republicans: We love America, so let's secede from the union.
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