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Sarah Wheaton

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Chief Policy Corresp @POLITICOEurope . Author EU Influence newsletter. Former: WH & health @POLITICO , politics/web geek @NYTimes . Fla native.

Brussels, Belgium
Joined April 2007
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
If Spicer is just going to make statements w/o taking questions, what is the point of the press assembling in front of him in the room?
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7 years
109 of 209 people with sentences commuted by @POTUS today had life sentences, per WH
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Also, there's a strong argument to be made that shrinking of local papers has contributed to misunderstanding of "flyover" country
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Josh Boak
8 years
Great people are pushing NYT and WaPo subscriptions, but let's support the local newspapers, too. Without them, govt accountability vanishes
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Just when US health journos thought life was slowing down...
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
7 years
Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Maybe he can surgically separate them?
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Ari Melber
8 years
Ben Carson says there are "two" Donald Trumps and he's leaning towards endorsing one of them.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Some billionaires are satisfied with buying an island. Bill Gates got a UN health agency. @carmenpaun @NatalieHuet
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Lancet just lifted their embargo: First randomised trial of remdesivir suggests antiviral drug is not associated with significant clinical benefits, more research needed
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
This article is about how the head of the Belgian Socialists wants Belgium to be the first country to phase out e-commerce and go back to having buzzing shops. This is in a country where boutiques close by 6-6:30 and groceries at 8, and all shut Sundays.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Unclear what it means, but Spicer just said Trump will sign an EO to "ease the burden" of Obamacare ahead of repeal/replace
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Obama says he can’t shake everyone’s hands. Crowd chants “Yes we can!” #touche
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Public health experts are now the bad guys @DeutschJill and I looked at how the likes of Tony Fauci and @WRicciardi are coming under personal attack
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
The AstraZeneca fight is only just the latest thing. My deep dive w/ @DeutschJill - The EU has always been a step or two behind. Will the higher standards of EU’s vaccine strategy be vindicated in the long run? Or will immediate lags be the legacy?
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
Hello Brussels bubble! I'll be writing tomorrow's edition of @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. Hot tips, plum pitches, juicy dish -- send it all my way, today. (And of course, I am always here for your public affairs affairs at weekly Brussels Influence newsletter.)
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
You never know where you’re going to find a story in this town.
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Dear British guy talking loudly about your buddies’ secret climate comms group at top of your lungs on bus: since you’ve made it impossible to listen to my podcast, I’ve started taking notes. 😘
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
. @POTUS “congratulated Secretary Clinton for securing the delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic Nomination” in call tonight- @PressSec
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Sarah Wheaton
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OMG MOM I MADE IT
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Brussels Affirmations
1 year
Your friend when POLITICO Influence mentions their new job: “OMG MOM I MADE IT” Also that friend, in @swheaton DMs:
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
In March 2021, I outlined 6 scenarios for the future of vaccine passes (based on reporting, ofc). Holy crap, did #3 nail it (unfortunately).
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Sarah Wheaton
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Howdy Brussels bubble. I'm writing Thursday's @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. That means today, Wednesday, you should: Pitch me. Leak to me. Tell me it's your birthday. Do it now.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
“No booing.” Obama tells crowd that boos Trump reference. "Voting, not booing.”
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Also so far @joshgerstein and I have found two death penalties changed to life, including Dwight Loving, who was on military death row
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
109 of 209 people with sentences commuted by @POTUS today had life sentences, per WH
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Sarah Wheaton
2 months
Only mediocre reporters get nervous from competition. I have a strong bias in favor of jobs for journalists. To the newcomers, I say: Welcome to the swamp. There's lots of muck to rake.
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Dave Keating
2 months
Lots of changes happening right now in the Brussels media scene. Must be making the one who's gone unchallenged over past 9 years nervous. @Euronews has moved its headquarters from Lyon to Brussels and been on a hiring bonanza. @Euractiv & @Parlimag have new owners & new cash.
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Dear British guy talking loudly about your buddies’ secret climate comms group at top of your lungs on bus: since you’ve made it impossible to listen to my podcast, I’ve started taking notes. 😘
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Hello EU politics fans! I'm writing Friday's @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. Send me your birthdays, job announcements, smart takes and fun stuff.
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Sarah Wheaton
10 years
Violence, defiance, a fateful balcony - My writeup of Grimm's fairy tale: http://t.co/WOebGnd9Cf
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
This AP story on sonic attacks on US diplomats in Cuba is bonkers.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
I’m just glad this election cycle has not so sapped our capacity for outrage that we cannot rise in righteous indignation over headphones.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Jimmy Fallon asks @POTUS if Republicans are happy with their choice. Response: "We are."
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
This is what they're setting up ahead of Spicer press statement at WH.
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Sarah Wheaton
9 years
“We should not be tolerating rape in prison, and we shouldn’t be making jokes about it in our popular culture." - Obama
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Obama loyalists plot Trump resistance
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Sarah Wheaton
6 months
Greetings from @iltasanomat newsroom, where I'm getting ready moderate @cmioffice Finnish presidential debate on foreign policy w/ @hannavesala . Catch the English half at 4:15 CET (Where else would 6 candidates agree to debate in English?! Impressive.)
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Dear world: Please do not proceed to drink insect repellent. <3 Sarah
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Deborah Haynes
4 years
BREAKING: A product found in insect repellent can kill the coronavirus that causes #COVID19 , research by 🇬🇧 defence laboratory @dstlmod has shown Preliminary findings are being shared so others can conduct more research UK troops already use inspect spray containing #Citriodiol
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Obama stages an “intervention” for Republican voters
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Friday, 5:56 pm CET: All the geriatric millennials of Brussels be hovering their mouse cursor over the refresh button for Bruvax...
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
The Palestinian Vaccine Fiasco -from the always clear-eyed @Yair_Rosenberg
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Um, wow, a French hospital retested someone who they initially thought had flu, and it turns out they were positive for coronavirus - on Dec. 27.
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Imitation is sincerest form of flattery, esp in journalism. 1st photo, @DeutschJill on CureVac contract, 12th of Jan. 2nd, @nytimes on CureVac contract, 28th of Jan
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Hello world! I am guest author of tomorrow's @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. Send me your tips: Promotions, departures, birthdays, exclusive Commission leaks. Thanks and see you in your inbox Tuesday am!
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Team from @BYP_100 kicks off lobbying day w quiet protest at House Budget Cmte for #BlackLivesMatter platform
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Sarah Wheaton
7 months
Macron seems to have deleted a version of this tweet, posted at 23:51 CET, that made reference to Iran. I happened to still have it up on my phone.
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Emmanuel Macron
7 months
France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States — We express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel, and our unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism. Here is our joint statement.
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
I just heard a francophone in our office say, "Tu peut me slacker...?" (Turning Slack into a verb in French.) I can hear the groan from the Académie Française all the way from Brussels.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Trump is "probably gonna have to average about two of these [Carrier] announcements a week” to equal Obama’s jobs record - @PressSec
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Sarah Wheaton
9 years
Obama on Iran deal critics: They were wrong on Iraq too http://t.co/y7pwykbAiw
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
This is why saying “if election were held today” is pointless.
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Dan Diamond
8 years
2008 Gallup polls Post-DNC: Obama 50 McCain 42 Post-RNC: McCain 48 Obama 43 --- Final: Obama 53 McCain 46
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
Taking the day off to #MakeTheirMemoryShine , cleaning the #stolpersteine in Brussels.
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
American AIDS activists raising hell at home played a major, major role in getting HIV drugs to Africa in the 90s, early 00s. As I wrote earlier this year, that same activism has NOT happened for coronavirus vaccines. That seems to be changing 👇
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Craig LeMoult
3 years
Several @harvardmed doctors (and a big pile of prop bones) are outside the Beacon Hill home of @moderna_tx CEO Stephane Bancel. They’re calling for the company to share its technology and make the #COVID19Vaccine available globally. @GBHNews
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Another reason to look forward to the new year!
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Stephen Brown
3 years
Talented journalists on the move at @POLITICOEurope : From January, @swheaton becomes Chief Policy Correspondent, @liliebayer moves to the lobbying, transparency and rule of law beat and EU Influence, @cgs_atl becomes Executive Producer, Audio in charge of podcasts/EU Confidential
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
In case I need to prove I’ve integrated when I apply for Belgian citizenship, please let me submit for the record that I’m watching the Belgium-Denmark game in Slovak from my Bratislava hotel.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Points for persistence.
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POLITICO
7 years
. @GovChristie throws his hat in the ring for RNC chair
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Bonjour Bruxelles! I'm writing tomorrow's @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. So send me your tips and takes — now-ish, please. Belgian summer may be chilly, but we keep the news piping hot.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
"This Pres has been able to touch the heart and soul of America... When he leaves office, we're gonna miss him." - @repjohnlewis on Obama
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
Bruxelles! Mes belles! I am writing Friday morning's edition of @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook. To do: Now: Send me your tips, promotions, etc. Tomorrow: Check your inbox!
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Can hear the roar of the women’s march from WH North Lawn. Trump must've able to hear them as he returned from prayer service via S Lawn.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Sanders stops just short of calling on Rahm to resign: It’s awkward for Hillary, Obama
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Sarah Wheaton
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Remember when we thought Clint Eastwood’s stool was the weirdest convention thing ever?
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
Honestly starting to feel kind of offended that no one in "Moscow" wants to log into my Twitter account. #PhishingFOMO
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Sarah Wheaton
6 years
Life in Belgium: World Cup scoreboard in the metro.
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
As Sweden boosts its presence near Russian fleets, meet the trailblazer taking on Putin in the Baltic (re-upping my profile of Sweden's naval chief from last year)
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Sarah Wheaton
9 years
"I didn't mind stealing ideas from Mitt Romney." - Obama on health exchanges
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
So. I wrote an article that’s going to be published on Thursday. I really believe we can talk about hard things. Even if we do so imperfectly.
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Tim Ball
2 years
This week's @POLITICOEurope cover story: Our @swheaton heads to Scotland and comes back with an engrossing examination of how J.K. Rowling's deeply divisive comments on trans rights are transforming her legacy. I asked @catgraffam to paint her portrait, and it is marvelous.
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Sarah Wheaton
5 years
Health reporter tech plea: Dear whoever designs auto-correct for Stickies, MS Word, etc. PLEASE reprogram to stop changing "the WHO" to "The Who." I'm writing about a major UN health body, not a rock band. Thanks.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Generous of @KaminskiMK to call me “francophone” in announcement that I’m joining @POLITICOEurope as Sr. Policy Writer for health. Merci!
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Obama: Election wasn't about me
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
“I loved iCarly,” @POTUS tells undergrad-heavy crowd. Had a “soft-spot for SpongeBob.” This is what campaigning to millennials looks like.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
Obama's last morning in the WH is a gorgeous one.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Black Lives Matter bringing movement to Capitol Hill with a good ol' traditional lobby day.
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Sarah Wheaton
7 years
I thought all the bad things were supposed to stop happening when 2016 ended.
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Liam Stack
7 years
Spotted in NYC: pumpkin spice cheese.
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
@blakehounshell I actually didn't know this part (pasting from obit): In the book, he also retracted his public apology for his “legitimate rape” remark.
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
Brussels: I am writing the @POLITICOEurope Playbook for tomorrow morning (15 Nov). That means NOW is the moment to pitch me. DMs open, email even better.
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
“Fundamentally, it’s just not as sexy." Once in the vanguard of patient advocacy, the movement to fight HIV is struggling raise cash and recruit activists — even though the problem is far from solved.
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
How the coronavirus split science in two My latest piece is part of a long (pre-pandemic) fascination with how we reconcile scientific uncertainty, politics and public health
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Sarah Wheaton
6 months
Thanks so much, @suzannelynch1 ! Thrilled (and a bit intimidated) to be stepping in front of a mic held by you, @andrew_r_gray and @ryanaxios
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Suzanne Lynch
6 months
As I broadcast my last #EUConfidential , thank you to @cristinagzalez @annemcelvoy and @DionisiosSturis - it’s been a blast! Best of luck to @swheaton as she takes over the 🎧🎤🎙️💪 Looking forward to taking over our new #GlobalPlaybook with @politico 🤗
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Hillary’s up in the polls, just one of several factors that’s draining Bernie’s leverage. @gdebenedetti
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Sarah Wheaton
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Working hard and playing hard on the hard right: my Easter weekend in the lemon-blossom-scented Cypriot sun with the European Conservatives and Reformists:
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Sarah Wheaton
2 months
Highly newsy @POLITICOEurope Brussels Playbook from the formidable @ElisaBraun - Pfizergate is only getting worse for VDL (based on her scoop w/ @carlomartu ) - Decoding the far right - Erdoğan's big losses Don't come back to work w/o reading it
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Sarah Wheaton
9 years
“The fact is we don’t need Congress to approve this deal, we just need Congress not to screw it up.” - @PressSec
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
I think the real headline tonight is “Pope Loses South Carolina"
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Sarah Wheaton
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“Structured dialogue” Drink! #MaastrichtDebate
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
Not now!
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Sarah Wheaton
4 years
Spoiler alert: I'm writing tomorrow's @POLITICOEurope Playbook. Any birthdays on 29 May I should include? Please RT this and DM suggestions.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
Time to invest in a body camera in case I get assigned to cover Trump events, apparently.
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Sarah Wheaton
10 months
So, I'm a bit embarrassed to say this, but I'll be heading to Strasbourg plenary for the first time this week. Zooming in on ethics and lobbying; do get in touch with tips of all sorts: hard news, gossip, survival strategies...
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Sarah Wheaton
3 years
As some of you know, I've spent the fall working on a big project. See what it's all about on the 7th of December. Register here:
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Sarah Wheaton
2 years
One last scoop from @liliebayer in her last EU Influence newsletter on job moves in the Brussels bubble. ;)
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Lili Bayer
2 years
Today I filed my last EU Influence newsletter. Starting next week please send tips to my wonderful colleague @swheaton , who is taking over the lobbying beat. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions the past 1.5 years. I will now focus full-time on NATO and Central Europe.
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Sarah Wheaton
8 years
How many journalists were fired so this could be produced?
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Mashable
8 years
3 of New York's finest drag queens give us their best version of Hillary Clinton
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Sarah Wheaton
6 years
So I'm kind of sad not to be in the U.S. for Thanksgiving, but today in Brussels we're advised not to go outside because of a fire at a waffle factory. Not kidding. Thankful for delicious food and indoor air filtration.
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