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12 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Member after member of the House GOP conference is denying key facts about the Jan. 6 insurrection. This is a big deal.
The most astounding thing about this (and there are many) is that these lawmakers are denying a violent insurrection that took place *at their own place of work.*

They were there! Their own lives, and their own staffers’ lives, were literally in danger.
These lawmakers were among the targets of the Jan. 6 attack. And yet they’re now trying to protect the very insurrectionists who sought to harm — maybe even kill — them.

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12 May
When it’s dinnertime and I take too long to deliver, the books start dropping.
For some reason, her favorite books to drop on my head are @panphil's Out of Mao's Shadow and Locke's Second Treatise of Government.
Leaving the scene of the crime.
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10 May
An excellent fact check by @GlennKesslerWP that I somehow missed two years ago! Many of McCarthy's claims about his small business experience don't add up...
@GlennKesslerWP Whoops. *Three years ago.
Among the most eyebrow-raising of McCarthy's statements: He says he sold the business and used the profits to pay for college.

But per @GlennKesslerWP, in-state residents paid no tuition at Cal State universities at the time. And McCarthy lived at home.
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20 Apr
Late to this, but the news that No Labels has hired Mark Halperin is an outrage. More than a dozen women have accused Halperin of sexual misconduct. Halperin still refutes many of the accusations — so how can No Labels claim that he’s done his time and made amends? 1/x
Here are just a few of the accusations against Halperin. These are all from a single article by @oliverdarcy in 2017. money.cnn.com/2017/10/27/med… 2/x
More from the @oliverdarcy article. 3/x
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8 Apr
I think there’s a general lack of understanding about what going through a traumatic response is like. So I just want to share a few thoughts/observations in case it’s helpful for anyone out there — someone you love or work with may be going through it at some point. 1/x
The first and biggest point is that there’s no one, overarching model for what a traumatic response looks like. It’s a personal phenomenon that can vary widely based on the individual, what they’ve gone through and what their circumstances are. 2/x
Some people may experience shock and feel numb for days. Some people may experience personality swings and not feel like their usual selves. Some people may find themselves “all over the place” emotionally. Some people may be overwhelmed by fatigue and unable to do anything. 3/x
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28 Mar
Hours before the 3/16 Washington Post town hall that @politico reported on, I had a session with a therapist I hadn’t seen for more than a year (I had changed insurance).

I caught him up on the events of the past year, including all the threats, my doxxing and suspension. 1/x
At one point, he asked me whether I feel supported by the Post’s current management, now that the editor who oversaw my suspension had retired.

And I just burst into tears. 2/x
It was the directness of his question that I think really caught me off guard. I’ve tried to keep my head down and just do my job the best I can, despite having to take myself off sexual assault-related stories at least once every week or two, sometimes even more often. 3/x
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18 Jan
I don’t know if anyone else out there is feeling this, but the more I think about the whole Phil Spector situation — and the more I read about his abusive behavior — the more enraged and depressed I become. If you’re feeling this way too, I just want you to know you’re not alone.
I’m no expert on this topic. But from the little I have read in the past 24 hours—mostly from digging into previous reports, and not the obituaries—Spector “surprised” his wife, Ronnie, with two adopted children as a “Christmas gift.” He reportedly imprisoned them, and Ronnie...
..and two of Spector’s three adopted sons have accused him of sexual abuse.

“Donte Spector, 33, said he was forced to perform simulated intercourse with his father's girlfriend. When he was 9, he was handcuffed and blindfolded for her amusement, he said.”
nydailynews.com/archives/news/…
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