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O'Rourke is the most covered Senate race in part because is more accessible—whether you're in Texas or outside—than basically anyone other campaign has ever been. @bterris gets at some of that here: washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
fans of the back catalogue, though, may prefer this piece, from O'Rourke's "taking reporters on trips to Juarez" phase of his career washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
everything begins and ends at the Kentucky Club
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A lot of weird stuff in politics these days but the Club for Growth and Ted Cruz championing Segundo Barrio is definitely up there: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
I tried to unpack the backstory behind the eminent domain attacks on O'Rourke. It's sort of the formative episode of his political career: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
A quick study on building buzz, O'Rourke brought an El Paso Times reporter along with him when he went door-to-door to make the case for the plan:
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I mean it seems pretty obvious this was malicious? statesman.com/news/unapprove…
maybe Trump has made us more susceptible to the idea that people very sincerely text each other suggesting "let's conspire to commit crimes"
in any event, think the actual story is whether the person doing the rat-fucking was there on their own initiative
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each of this is like a little rabbit hole in its own right, given that they all pertain in some way to his performance as a members of the house representatives
one alleged anecdote, for instance, involved him appearing to be drunk in a meeting with *the speaker of the house of representatives*; the allegations of infidelity involved a lobbyist and a subordinate
those might not get you indicted, but they arguably have a more tangible bearing on job performance than dipping into the campaign account for golf balls
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1. As most know by now, @JamesOKeefeIII did America yet another great service by exposing the illegal use of “Beto” O’Rourke campaign funds to support one of the “caravans” headed to the US.
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How to write the perfect Beto O'Rourke puff piece — don't mention his drunken car crash and attempt to flee the scene washex.am/2zn7DcR
Just remember these Dos and Don'ts:

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Talk about his energy!

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