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Author, Mary Todd Lincoln 2025; former Editor WaPo Live, Senior Writer Politico, @WFPG , @ICRW , national WaPo, cyclist, hiker, rower

Washington, D.C.
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@loisromano
Lois Romano
4 years
She stood for 6 hours and greeted 2000 people who came to pay their respects to John Dingell. ⁦ @RepDebDingell ⁩ Has ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩ no shame?
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Ken Starr on Fox wonders if senate will nudge Trump to resign: “The real issue is if senators are watching. Are senators going to now say in light of what we hear today, ...‘We need to make a trip down to the White House’? That historic example set during the Nixon presidency."
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@JoePostingg Call your credit card and tell them to stop recurring payments. They will do it.
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. @cnn reporting recording breaking turnout in Virginia for in person voting - this is first day. @KristenhCNN
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@JakeSherman @tedcruz @danpfeiffer Statement to come: Senator Cruz was always flying back to Texas today. He merely accompanied his family for the night.
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Lois Romano
3 years
The president and Rudy were so incompetent that they called Sen. Mike Lee's phone 2X thinking it was Tommy Tuberville - in the middle of the attack on the capitol.
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Mystery Solvent
3 years
Here is the full voicemail Rudy Giuliani thought he was leaving for Tommy Tuberville tonight. He left it on another Senator’s phone. This was after the attack on the Capitol!
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@shannonrwatts In all seriousness, why would anyone think this was an appropriate Christmas card? This is how you celebrate the day Christ was born? Stop by for eggnog, we're locked and loaded. @AndyOgles
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Lois Romano
4 years
"Do have any idea what this clown is doing?" -Biden
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4 years
Lie. They didn't magically find anything. They counted all night from heavily D counties.
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Lois Romano
2 years
Wait- Trump gets a tax break by burying his ex-wife on his golf course?
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George Conway
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you are so cynical I can't imagine that that was the motivation
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“There’s never been less demand for inaugural ballgowns in my 38 years.”
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4 years
We're at the moment we all feared: Trump is signaling he won't leave the WH. What happens legally when election is called for Biden & Biden claims victory- but president claims the election is still in litigation? @gtconway3d
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Tim Alberta
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Not sure how anyone can crack jokes right now. We cannot begin to fathom how much damage that speech will do to the long-term health and stability of our country.
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Lois Romano
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This is truly horrifying. The president of the United States could have gotten his vice-president killed. Do GOP senators really believe Trump should hold office again?
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George Conway
3 years
Chilling indeed. A two-minute video worth watching.
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Lois Romano
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How does @SecretService justify allowing an agent leave to go into White House as a partisan-and then take him back as a supervisor? It would seem he's tainted?
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2 years
Sununu indeed said it-- and got a great laugh.
@DavidCornDC
David Corn
2 years
At the Gridiron dinner, NH Gov Chris Sununu on Trump: “He’s fucking crazy.” I’ll deny I said it. “I don’t think he’s so crazy he should be in a mental asylum. But if he is in one, he’s not getting out.” Check against the tape.
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@AngelaRayner It's not excruciating at all. The homeless man said he had worked in finance and the volunteer was giving him his dignity.
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@gtconway3d A reminder: Trump refused to attend the inaugural to travel one last time on AF1 as president. He was entitled to have the National Intel papers until the minute Biden was sworn in. At that moment, he had a legal obligation to return them- whether they were classified or not.
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Lois Romano
4 years
This photo is years old. Ivanka's youngest son is 3-years-old -- and her daughter is 8.
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Ivanka Trump
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Staying home today w/ kids? Plan living room camp out! Throw a bedsheet over some taped together brooms. Plan a menu & ‘pack’ sandwiches, salads (S’mores optional😜) A fun activity that also brings family together for a meal! Share your ideas & use the hashtag #TogetherApart
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Lois Romano
4 years
how exactly was a father able to move into his daughters dorm @SarahLawrence ?
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The New York Times
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Breaking News: A man who moved into his daughter’s dorm at Sarah Lawrence College near New York City was charged with sex trafficking and extortion of her friends
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“I can't be your friend any more because you are Latino."- WH aide Stephen Miller to a highschool friend.
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Lois Romano
1 year
The @IRSnews would have caught a Chinese bank account if they did their job and audited him.
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Acyn
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“We have just learned that he did hold foreign bank accounts the entire time that he was in office…”
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Lois Romano
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@TheRickWilson Is this the same husband she's divorcing?
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Lois Romano
3 years
@DonaldJTrumpJr @stuartpstevens Junior, if you ask your girlfriend to explain this to you, you'll learn that Mr. Stevens was actually supporting two women that the complainant's husband was harassing. And it was dismissed.
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Lois Romano
4 years
Come on @Twitter @jack ! You're ok with dead people attacking others?
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Lois Romano
4 years
She's actually in a win-win situation. Ascertaining the election is the right thing to do. She's going be out of work in January in any case.
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Jeremy Herb
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NEW: People who have spoken to GSA Admin Emily Murphy say she's struggling with the weight of the election on her shoulders, feeling like she's in a no-win situation trying to follow what she sees as precedent to wait to ascertain, w/ @KristenhCNN
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Lois Romano
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WH Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney may be on way out with @RepMarkMeadows replacing him reports @cnn @KristenhCNN @sarahcwestwood
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Lois Romano
4 years
this is quite a statement - and its legally enforceable.
@ktumulty
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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Lois Romano
3 years
Goodness. This is deranged.
@LLinWood
Lin Wood
3 years
A couple of more questions for Chief Justice John Roberts: (1) You are recorded discussing Justice Scalia’s successor before date of his sudden death. How did you know Scalia was going to die? (2) Are you a member of any club or cabal requiring minor children as initiation fee?
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Lois Romano
3 years
Rosemary Vrablic is 59. A little young for retirement.
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Lois Romano
1 year
Someone needs to tell this juror to get off TV. Like the judge.
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Blayne Alexander
1 year
MORE from my interview with Kohrs. To note: a judge ruled deliberations must remain secret, which limits what she can say about the process. When asked if the list of recommended indictments includes Trump, her response: “Potentially. It might.”
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Lois Romano
4 years
Bless her heart. Her father-in-law said he didn't know who she was at the last GOP convention.
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Acyn
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Lara Trump says she was insulted when Joe Biden said he would pick a woman as his running mate. She goes on to say it didn’t even matter who Biden was going to pick because women were already insulted
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Lois Romano
7 years
Nordstrom Said to Wind Down Ivanka Trump Brand Partnership
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Lois Romano
2 months
Thanks to this bizarre tirade, Kim Mulkey has ensured everyone will read the story by @kentbabb @washingtonpost You can't buy this kind of promotion!
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The Sporting News
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LSU coach Kim Mulkey began her press conference with an opening statement about an upcoming Washington Post article about her. "This is exactly why people don't trust journalists and the media anymore. ... I will sue the Washington Post if they publish a false story about me."
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Lois Romano
2 years
Not a good headline today for @SenMikeLee in the hometown paper.
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Lois Romano
4 years
where is the gun toting couple? There are still more shoes to drop.
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Aaron Rupar
4 years
Worst Choose Your Fighter screen of all time (via @Acyn )
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Lois Romano
5 years
wait- so it’s not an emergency? helpful for a lawsuit.
@kaitlancollins
Kaitlan Collins
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"I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster," President Trump says of his national emergency declaration.
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Lois Romano
4 years
He's been speaking out since August. It wasn't too late.
@LeslieM3355
Leslie McC
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@shearm @nytimes Way too late. He could have revealed this when he and others first came forward. Will he be releasing emails? Phone tapes? Handwritten notes? Text messages?
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Lois Romano
4 years
Hey @twitter @jack Isn't this defamation? As well as lying about an election?
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Lois Romano
4 years
. @Twitter @jack @TwitterSafety Why is that people who consistently lie here & work to undermine democracy and encourage violence are not permanently banned from this platform? They are harming our nation and endangering citizens-regardless of their stature or position.
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Lois Romano
5 years
Gotta say @PeteButtigieg is good.
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Lois Romano
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@charliekirk11 you can save yourself a lot of time by just looking up her wealthy self-made husband.
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Lois Romano
7 years
What have we come to when the president trashes the head of the FBI to a foreign adversary?
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Lois Romano
7 years
@BrentBozell Brent, is it really ever okay to physically assault someone ?
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Lois Romano
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@Acyn This is not cool. She should not be doing this.
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Lois Romano
3 years
@SteveSchmidtSES It is just extraordinary that the pious Ken Starr was having an extramarital affair with a staffer while investigating the president of the United States for having an affair with a staffer. All while preaching faith and honestly.
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Lois Romano
5 years
This is a flat out lie. There is no 10 foot wall. It is neither a mansion nor a compound. It is a house in NW DC that very close to other houses and is much smaller than Mar-a-largo.
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Donald J. Trump
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President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!
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Lois Romano
4 years
Your parents must be so embarrassed.
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Francis Brennan
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REPORTER: "Mr. Vice President come talk to us." Joe Biden just keeps meandering along.
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Lois Romano
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@gtconway3d Is there anyone weaker than Trump right now?
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@JennaEllisEsq "As part of her public censure, Ms. Ellis agreed that her legal work for Mr. Trump “caused actual harm by undermining the American public’s confidence in the presidential election.” Bar officials noted in a statement “a selfish motive” & “a pattern of misconduct.” - @nytimes
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Lois Romano
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@JennaEllisEsq You think it's funny to ridicule an 81-year-old man who fell and got a concussion? It's juvenile. Not to mention unkind.
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Lois Romano
3 years
1585 people died in South Dakota. @govkristinoem refused to impose a mask mandate.
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Aaron Rupar
3 years
"Our people are happy because we let them use personal responsibility to get through the pandemic" -- Kristi Noem
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Lois Romano
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"Sen. Mitt Romney continues to see a job approval rating above 50%, while Sen. Mike Lee still languishes below that mark."
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Donald J. Trump
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Tremendous sincerity, what a guy. Hard to believe, with this kind of political talent, his numbers would “tank” so badly in Utah!
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Lois Romano
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What kind of depraved trash does this to other human beings on Christmas Eve in the brutal cold? Shameful.
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Noah Gray
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Just in on this Christmas Eve- Two busloads of migrants (approximately 50 people) were dropped off in front of @VP residence in 18° weather around 8p two sources tell me. 50 more migrants expected later tonight. Unclear at this time where they came from or who sent the group
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Lois Romano
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Next Up: he was saving the documents for his own library.
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George Conway
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Trump doesn't sound like a guilty narcissistic sociopath at all here. Not one bit.
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Lois Romano
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Yikes.
@ACKCurrent
Nantucket Current
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Lovely day for a swim on Washington Street #nantucket
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Lois Romano
5 years
this letter makes clear that conway was offered the job and rejected it
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Josh Dawsey
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Here's a letter from George Conway from May 2017 turning down the president's offer to be a top DOJ official.
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Lois Romano
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Can't she cancel these interviews? This is so painful.
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Aaron Rupar
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Kristi Noem crashes and burns this morning on Newsmax 👇 NEWSMAX HOST ROB FINNERTY: If you asked me a month ago who's at the top of the list to run with Donald Trump, I would've said your name. If you asked me that same question this morning, I don't even think you're on the
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Lois Romano
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Court documents, testimony show former Trump adviser Carter Page was known to counterintelligence authorities years before Russia dossier via @WSJ
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Lois Romano
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@seanspicer @washingtonpost Its on the home page which has 100,000,000 viewers. As opposed to the 400,000 readers of the print version. Seems like they got it covered.
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Lois Romano
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@TuckerCarlson He found 5 minutes of people milling around- from 41,000 hours of violence.
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Lois Romano
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Michael Flynn’s name was never masked in FBI document on his communications with Russian ambassador
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Lois Romano
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They can't even get through a retreat. "Many Republicans plan to skip House GOP retreat as they grumble about spending time with one another" @Cnn @speakerJohnson
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Lois Romano
3 years
!!! With news like this, don't understand how GOP thinks we should move on?
@MacFarlaneNews
Scott MacFarlane
3 years
BREAKING: 71 y/o man arrested with gun and 20 rounds of 9mm ammo.. while parked in intersection near Rayburn US House Office Building.
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Lois Romano
3 years
Really trying to understand how more drop boxes make it harder for republicans to win. Perhaps @newtgingrich can explain.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
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Why are Republicans bitching about people voting?
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Lois Romano
4 years
Identifying the sources and talking to them is called confirming the story. So yes, it is possible.
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Mollie
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Reminder: it is literally impossible for anonymous sources to “confirm” a report, particularly when the original report is based solely on anonymous sources. The same people can repeat claims to multiple reporters, of course, particularly when engaged in a campaign operation.
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Lois Romano
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"The government has been unable to compel test manufacturers to dramatically increase the number of tests produced, and Trump has been unwilling to invoke the Defense Production Act for that purpose "
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Lois Romano
2 years
Made my day!
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Aaron Rupar
2 years
same energy
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Lois Romano
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@TuckerCarlson Imagine using extensive @FoxNews resources to plow through 41,000 hours of violent footage in order to find a few minutes of people milling around. @rupertmurdoch
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Lois Romano
7 years
US judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban nationwide
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Lois Romano
4 years
Really clever strategy. Just yell "I won" and see if anyone falls for it.
@AdamParkhomenko
Adam Parkhomenko
4 years
Here it is
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Lois Romano
4 years
So be clear: @RichardGrenell thanks a man who was convicted of premeditated murder in the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians? My Lai massacre 1968.
@kenklippenstein
Ken Klippenstein
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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Lois Romano
5 years
This is the ace WH team killing it.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
5 years
"He’s the Ambassador to Ukraine" -- here's Pam Bondi, special adviser to Trump on the impeachment inquiry, falsely referring to Gordon Sondland as Trump's ambassador to Ukraine on CBS This Morning
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Lois Romano
1 year
Lucky to keep her license. @nytimes
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Lois Romano
4 years
Hey @united : why wasn't the flight attendant on flight 5003 from IAD-->Ack wearing a face mask Saturday? Small plane, passengers not happy. Please explain policy. Attendants on @JetBlue & @americanair wear masks.
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Lois Romano
2 years
@MeghanMcCain Regardless of your opinion of her qualifications, is it really necessary to be this nasty?
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Lois Romano
2 years
Pence then "uttered what I think are the six most chilling words of this entire thing I've seen so far: 'I'm not getting in that car'"....He knew exactly what this inside coup they had planned for was going to do."- Raskin
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Lois Romano
6 years
Over many decades, people who have entered Mr. Trump’s circle have discovered that they are bit actors in a movie he sees himself starring in. “People are not people to him, they are instruments of his ego." @maggieNYT
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Lois Romano
4 years
Lysol forced to issue health warning after POTUS raises ingesting disinfectant.
@NBCNews
NBC News
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"Under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body through injection, ingestion or any other route," a Lysol spokesman says.
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Lois Romano
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@davenewworld_2 Despicable. #GregAbbott is no Christian.
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Lois Romano
4 years
Hey @Clorox - where are the disinfectant wipes? Not one store has had them for weeks-including @amazon Can you produce more in this time of crisis?
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Lois Romano
2 years
Why step on @potus visiting the school in Uvalde?
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
2 years
The White House apparently refused an invitation to go on Face the Nation this morning and talk about gun control. No administration officials appeared on any of the Sunday shows. Very questionable.
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@tobymorton Hard to imagine who made the "generous" offer for
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Lois Romano
1 year
@MacFarlaneNews He sounds like an enthusiastic tourist.
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Lois Romano
8 years
Oops. Guess we were able to cover @realDonaldTrump despite being denied credentials. @wpjenna
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Lois Romano
7 years
Incredibly tense in the room: "I would rather lose than win the way you guys did." @PhilipRucker @karentumulty
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Lois Romano
7 years
Analysis | Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property
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Lois Romano
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Ivanka Trump breaks with father on media as "the enemy of the people"
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Lois Romano
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Rep. Joaquin Castro asks FBI to investigate police response timeline in Texas school shooting as controversy grows
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Lois Romano
2 years
Totally agree with her.
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Aaron Rupar
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Breakfast conversation with Mia
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Lois Romano
4 years
why is it “quite the disclosure?” @ktumulty is an opinion writer and the word “opinion” is in full view on top of her opinion of the subject.
@dlippman
Daniel Lippman
4 years
Quite the disclosure in this positive @ktumulty profile of Biden’s campaign manager:
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Lois Romano
4 years
Fitting that @joebiden be declared president today as well.
@BeschlossDC
Michael Beschloss
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Abraham Lincoln was elected President 160 years ago today:
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