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Tina Nguyen

4 months

Imagine that you could see the downward slide of American democracy, long before it happens. Imagine the past seven years of Trumpism crossed with The Devil Wears Prada. And make it a *completely true story*. That's THE MAGA DIARIES. Preorder today.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

As someone who had been at the Capitol from 9 AM until just now, I'd have to push back against the claims that the Capitol Police are being permissive with this crowd. From what I witnessed, they were vastly undermanned today. (1/x)

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3 years

Another bellweather for minorities going pro-Trump: the Vietnamese-American community, which had always been more Republican, went HAM for Trump this time. The real lesson: don't ever tell Communist refugees that socialism is the future of America.

48% of Vietnamese Americans say they’re voting for Trump. Here’s why.

Vietnamese voters can’t agree on Trump. This election is a breaking point for some families.

www.vox.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

Oh god it's the 2020 version of Pokemon Go To The Polls

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

This is the true story of my dystopian power lunch at the Trump Grill, where cake comes frozen and Bloody Marys are undrinkable.

VANITY FAIR

@VanityFair

7 years

Trump Grill could be the worst restaurant in America

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

NEW from me: The controversial 1776 Report contains at least three instances of recycled and copied work. An entire page of the report was lifted, near-verbatim and unattributed, from a 2008 article by one of the Commission's members.

A big chunk of Trump’s 1776 report appears lifted from an author’s prior work

The report was meant to be the definitive conservative rendering of U.S. history. But historians have slammed it as sloppy and slanted.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

NEW from me: My assignment was to watch One America News (OAN) for a full day: 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., no turning the television off, no leaving my apartment and no channel-switching whatsoever. Here is what I learned.

I Spent 11 Hours Inside the MAGA Bubble

One America News is making a play for the pro-Trump audience, but it's missing its star player. Here's what I saw during a day-long binge.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

Let’s see how many people in Ivanka Trump’s IG mentions are happy she posted a vaccine selfie, shall we

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

Interesting fact about Bruce Castor: as a Philly DA in 2005, he declined to prosecute Bill Cosby over a sexual assault allegation, lost his 2015 race for AG because of that, and then in 2017, *tried to sue the Cosby victim* (and lost)

Judge Dismisses Castor's Suit Against Cosby Accuser Constand

Bruce Castor Jr. had alleged that Andrea Constand sued him in 2015 in order to destroy his political career.

www.yahoo.com

Jim Acosta

@Acosta

3 years

Inbox: Trump announces new legal team

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

instead of a girlfriend you would have a QUEEN, NOT DARK, BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN

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@SirajAHashmi

4 years

hold on, habibis, i know this pose. i’ve seen this pose. could it be? no, it couldn’t. but... could... could it be happening, habibis?

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@tina_nguyen

3 years

New from me: In the rise of anti-Asian violence nationwide, @AndrewYang and I split a Peking duck and discussed the weirdness of being 2nd-gen immigrant kids (and Cowboy Bebop)

Andrew Yang’s Asian American Superpower

He’s been trying to transcend his identity his entire life. Now, to be mayor of New York, he just might need to embrace it.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

1 year

When I joined Politico in 2019, Blake Hounshell, my editor, published an op-ed with the immortal hed: "Just Another Day in Fucknutsville". When DC Twitter freaked out, Blake didn't back down: he declared himself the "mayor of Fucknutsville" on Twitter. God, I loved that man.

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@tina_nguyen

3 years

NEW from me and @markscott82 : Data from misinformation researchers indicate that the StopTheSteal Facebook page, which had 330K users before it was banned for promoting violence, was run by two operatives linked to Steve Bannon.

Trump-linked figures have boosted #StopTheSteal movement

Associates of Steve Bannon and top Trump allies have taken leadership roles and stoked violence.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

Also this, which illustrates how social distancing versus insane forced Hubei Province-style quarantines work. TLDR, it's easier to fight the spread of coronavirus by NOT PARTYING AND STAYING HOME than it is for a government to shut down your borders.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

I cannot believe there is a universe where I, as a White House reporter for the wonkiest outlet in existence, am writing about the ancient god Moloch and inter-dimensional spiritual warfare, but

QAnon marches toward the halls of Congress

Prior to this primary season, the conspiracy theorists had mostly kept their activities to the internet. But QAnon boosters are now aiming for elected office.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

There was a strong police presence this morning, for sure but not as many barricades or officers as one would see during, say, Inauguration. Mostly metal fencing -- the kind you see at concerts -- barred people from getting onto the lawn. (2/x)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

Hello hi everybody! This is a personal announcement that's not so much "announcement", but more "confirmation of the inevitable": I'm now POLITICO's national reporter on domestic extremism, QAnon, MAGAnomics, militias, Trump shenanigans, and other pleasant topics!

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

New from me and ⁦ @dlippman ⁩: the publisher of The Hill, the news outlet that published several controversial columns at the center of Trump’s impeachment, helped his wife secure a White House job and never told his staff

Publisher's wife played undisclosed role for Melania Trump

The owner of The Hill helped arrange his wife's unpaid advisory role in the first lady's office.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

@sunandavashisht Ex-VF here. These clothes are loaned by designers to the mag for the shoots (and several other events, such as fashion-oriented parties) and then returned afterwards.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

and just like that, life was worth living again

John Bresnahan

@bresreports

7 years

Tom Price was trying to avoid press, ran to Senate subway. But then subway BROKE DOWN & he was stuck facing reporter questions

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

I would add that while the MAGA crowd talks a big game about being pro-LEO, they immediately stopped once Cap Police asked them to do things as simple as orderly using a crosswalk. Overheard: "What if we just don't listen to them?" (5/x)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

My chief observation about Trump's recent statements , and the response inside MAGA extremist internet, is that there is one crucial thing he hasn't done that's guaranteed to blunt their energy: He has not said that he lost the election and concedes to Biden. (1/3)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

2 years

yes, let's de-nazify Ukraine by bombing the Holocaust memorial

Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي💙

@NTarnopolsky

2 years

#Breaking : Statement of Andriy Yermak, Chairman of the Presidential Office: "Russia has launched a missile attack on the territory where the Babyn Yar memorial complex is located. These villains are killing Holocaust victims for the second time."

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

It's the sort of fencing that a hundred people or so could easily tear down if they bum-rushed the building, as they did the moment it was breached (shortly after Trump's speech). (3/x)

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3 years

Hundreds of Trump supporters have stormed the barricades at the back of the Capitol and are marching toward the building.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

2 years

well that was fast

Ana Cabrera

@AnaCabrera

2 years

Special Master to Trump lawyers: “If the government gives me prima facia evidence that they are classified documents, and you don’t advance any claim of declassification, I’m left with a prima facia case of classified documents, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s the end of it,”

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

Uh, good morning, all you new people who picked up this thread! In addition to Dr. Bitton's article above, this collection of articles is great for further reading and understanding of what the heck is going on and what to do in the upcoming few weeks:

A coronavirus reading guide for the perplexed, the anxious, and the obsessive

Confused about coronavirus? Here’s a list of the articles, papers, and podcasts we’ve found most useful.

www.vox.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

I —

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

4 years

"Transparency. I approved transparency. That's bigger than health care. The people I had working on it, one of them is like the all-time expert on transparency, highly respected man, doctor. He said, 'sir, if you get this approved, this is bigger than health care'" -- Trump

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@tina_nguyen

4 years

So uh did New York City just suspend habeas corpus or someting

Bryan Llenas

@BryanLlenas

4 years

Breaking: NYS Judge James Burke rules NYPD can now keep anyone (peaceful protestors arrested for curfew and criminal looters) detained for over 24 hours given these are extraordinary times. “It’s a crisis within a crisis", he said. "All writs are denied, BK, BX and manhattan"

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

According to a staffer, 40,000 of these leaflets are being distributed to Yang and Garcia’s respective strongholds in Flushing, Queens, and the East Village. Pretty straightforward messaging.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

in internet terms, the 1776 Report was a right-wing copypasta

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

Hours before, I spoke to a man who fantasized about occupying the Capitol. "We patriots ought to be in that building. That building belongs to We The People. They work for us. And here we are barred, to the point that we can’t even get on the property within 120 yards.” (4/x)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

Between Hernandez and Tom Brady skipping the White House visit, today is a weird day to be from Boston

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

New from me and @markscott82 : How Trump's top allies seized on a meme in Arizona and turned it into the crux of their recount efforts. That meme? SHARPIES ARE A LIB PLOT TO STEAL THE ELECTION

How 'SharpieGate' went from online chatter to Trumpworld strategy in Arizona

It reflects the way Trump has governed — latch onto local disinformation to back up broader conspiracies.

www.politico.com

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@tina_nguyen

3 years

In my conversations with extremism researchers, they've noted that militias and militia-like movements tend to be reflexively anti-government. That seemed to bear out today. (7/x)

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@tina_nguyen

4 years

I spent the past week watching the RNC livestreamed on the Trump campaign's official Twitch channel, which has become a platform for MAGA fans to post racist and sexist memes depicting, for instance, Black men being whipped, shot, and hung on trees.

Racism, sexism congregate on Trump's Twitch channels during RNC

The Trump campaign is streaming the RNC on the popular livestreaming website — and has inadvertently created a forum suffuse with vulgar commentary.

www.politico.com

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

The unfortunate thing is that GOP leadership, even Trump, can denounce QAnon all they want -- a QAnon follower won't listen. Either they'll believe it's part of The Plan and the GOP is helping Trump hide his tracks, or they'll think that they're elites hiding their own guilt.

Yashar Ali 🐘

@yashar

4 years

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: 'There is no place for QAnon in the Republican Party'

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

SCOOP: source in the Yang campaign says he is conceding. He’s about to deliver remarks.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

Yesterday I visited the demonstration outside of Walter Reed, where MAGA Country had gathered to celebrate and pray for their leader — an impromptu festival-meets-vigil for its venerated, living saint.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

I might print out this tweet for everyone who still doesn't know how to pronounce "Nguyen" in 2017

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

The entire premise of forming a militia, after all, is that they think normal law enforcement has failed them - and subsequently, they must take matters into their own hands. (8/x)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

2 years

This Rolling Stone story about the Jan. 6th organizers partying on the night of the insurrection is wild, and the kicker is a pure chef's kiss

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

As @dlippman pointed out later, it is not a good sign when Homeland Security vehicles start rushing towards the capitol. Apparently, that never happens. But today was sort of a "this never happens " kind of day. (10/x)

Daniel Lippman

@dlippman

3 years

A number of DHS Federal Protective Service cars are rushing towards the Capitol on Pennsylvania Ave. right now minutes after it was breached by protestors.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

Torn between "ok this is funny" and "I hate all the replies that legit think this is Eminem"

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

I’m fine, everything’s fine, I haven’t had this playing in my head all day, thank you for your thoughts and prayers

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

To recap: Sidney Powell wants to institute MARTIAL LAW TO REDO THE ELECTION, which is IMPOSSIBLE and also ever so slightly illegal and unconstitutional

Maggie Haberman

@maggieNYT

3 years

SCOOP - Sidney Powell was in Oval Office last night as POTUS discussed making her special counsel for election fraud. @KannoYoungs and me

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@tina_nguyen

3 years

For people who were saying yesterday that the cops were aiding and abetting the protesters at the capital -- They were. In a very unnerving way.

Steve Herman

@W7VOA

3 years

A @DCPoliceDept officer says off-duty police officers and members of the military, who were among the rioters, flashed their badges and I.D. cards as they attempted to overrun the US Capitol. via @politico

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3 years

Someone more familiar with police de-escalation tactics can weigh in here, but I kind of think that if they tried anything -- and my own interactions with LEO seemed ti indicate that they were trying to keep the mood low-key -- it clearly didn't work. (9/x)

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

Susan Collins? More like Q-san Collins amirite

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

It really *was* stunning. The Capitol looked like it was getting ready for a pleasant normal day with possibly a few angry sign-holding people.

Daniel Lippman

@dlippman

3 years

My colleague @tina_nguyen and I drove around Capitol Hill last night as we prepared to cover the protests and we thought to ourselves “wow, there’s very little extra security” except metal barricades that are easy to hop over. Today we saw the results of the inadequate security.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

I've been self-isolated in my apartment since CPAC, and socially distanced for nearly two weeks. This thread from a submariner who does 6-month stints away from society has given me a LOT of good advice on how not to climb up the walls.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

Having covered the Women's March in 2017 and getting stuck in one place for hours because we could barely move, I'd say this is about .75% of a Women's March

Mike Valerio

@ValerioCNN

3 years

1:10PM: MAGA March continues to leave Freedom Plaza. Demonstrators walking towards Supreme Court and US Capitol. Authorities are *not* providing a crowd estimate. But it’s several thousand. #MillionMAGAMarch @WUSA9 @CBSNews

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

“C’est quoi Gritty?” [deep inhale of a cigarette] Ah, Babette, mon amour, les histoires que je pourrais raconter

Chris Sgro

@cristoferosgro

3 years

French media having to explain to readers who @GrittyNHL is as part of their election coverage wasn’t on my 2020 bingo card, but it’s definitely my fave moment of the cycle so far.

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@tina_nguyen

3 years

NEW: On Tuesday, Bannon-linked Chinese billionaire Miles Guo told his followers on GETTR to back up their social media accounts, saying the site would be wiped and relaunched. Today, the site was rebranded as a "brand new" pro-MAGA social network.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

At 9 AM, @dlippman and I went to the Capitol to see who'd be there protesting the vote. While peaceful, the mood was turbulent: "We patriots ought to be in that building." At 1:15, it turned into a mob. Then an occupation. Then a shooting. Our dispatch:

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

2 years

So @juliaioffe 's latest piece about internal Russian support for Putin's war hits on a topic dear to my heart, which is repeatedly informing the world that Buddhists can be militant assholes who are down with killing. Because reincarnation, baby.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

4 years

also: animal crossing is my Safe Space, gtfo off my islands

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

aw geez ok just saw this video and wowwww

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

A really good thread on how those scary scenes of armed mobs outside of the Maricopa election center is, quite likely, professional MAGA astroturfing shenanigans

Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie

3 years

This is getting organized on established @Facebook groups in contested states, I've been watching it develop. Once again, disinformation spread on that platform is being used to disrupt the democratic process, right this second.

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

8 years

As the Asian-American child of refugees, I applaud the Mayor of Roanoke for achieving the impossible and somehow insulting me *twice*

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

3 years

The number of professional MAGA activists I talk to who are still in denial about Wednesday — talking about disavowing the rioters, promoting debates and principle, etc — is leading me to an ironic conclusion: THEY have turned into the out of touch elites

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Tina Nguyen

@tina_nguyen

7 years

Have you ever wanted to see the light fade from a man's eyes? Here are photos of #NeverTrumpers caving.