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Kate Brannen
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On maternity leave I'm relying on podcasts to keep me smart.

Always in the rotation: @RatlSecurity, @PreetBharara's Stay Tuned, @deepstateradio, @nytimes' The Daily and @ConanOBrien Needs a Friend (I need to laugh).
For example, @RatlSecurity taught me today that Mar-a-Lago thumb drive lady is NOT THE SAME as Mar-a-Lago massage parlor lady.

Very helpful! I was honestly confused.

Thank you, @shaneharris, @Susan_Hennessey, @benjaminwittes and @tcwittes!
On a serious note, these podcasts have become essential to my understanding and surviving the Trump era and today's onslaught of news.
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Kate Brannen
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Based on Twitter’s (and my own reaction) to Nielsen’s departure, it seems John Kelly was let off the hook much more easily.
Is that because of the years of military service that preceded his time in the Trump admin, where he was involved in many of the same cruel policies as Nielsen?
Is it a gender thing?
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Kate Brannen
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Would you give this guy a top secret clearance? (A thread, which could be interrupted by a baby waking up...)

First, the Russia stuff: washingtonpost.com/world/national…
cnn.com/2017/03/27/pol…
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I suspected this was the case. No one else with his background/conflicts of interest would ever be approved. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
From the crew who stripped Brennan and Clapper of their clearances and campaigned on “her emails”:

Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases where career security experts were overruled & approved a top secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable info.
One more story that reveals just how little oversight the GOP-led Congress has been doing over the last two years.
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