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17 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: President Trump's advisor Stephen Miller lost his White House access on Jan 20, but he continues to pocket a government paycheck — & is slated to do so until late July, according to government records @rbravender scored via #FOIA ($) @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/donald-trump-o…
Miller is one of at least 17 people who continued to receive taxpayer-funded salaries while working for Trump's post-presidential transition office, according to government documents released to Insider under the Freedom of Information Act.
So much more in this SCOOP from @rbravender - here's one more tease: Trump's post-presidential staff is expected to receive about $1.3 million in federal salary and benefits between 1/20 & 7/21, when the formal presidential transition period ends, per a GSA estimate.
Subscribe to @thisisinsider for the full story and much more from our entire newsroom. Click from here: businessinsider.com/donald-trump-o…

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17 May
FED UP: @thisisinsider spoke with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's House colleagues, and a picture emerged of how the Georgia Republican had become something of a Voldemort on Capitol Hill. by @leonardkl ($) businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-t…
"As far as I can tell, she's here for all the wrong reasons. She is here just to make a show of herself. She's here for the theater," said Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth, who chairs the Budget Committee.
Some lawmakers don't even want their names linked to Greene: "I do not want my name and this woman's name ever associated together, so I would rather not say anything," said a progressive House member, who declined to answer ?s from @leonardkl
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16 May
DEEP DIVE: A balance of the cerebral (thoughts) and the spiritual (prayers), the phrase, in its original usage, acknowledges human loss, if not action. It has all of the personalization of a Hallmark card, @adamwren writes in @thisisinsider ($) businessinsider.com/gun-violence-m…
In politics, the phrase dates back at least to President Harry Truman, who said in a 1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth, "Our thoughts and prayers are with our young men who are fighting in Korea."
As an expression of public grief, specifically following a mass shooting, the phrase dates back at least 22 years to the 1999 Columbine shooting. "Our thoughts and prayers are with you," read a banner made by a neighboring Colorado high school.
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16 May
NEW LONG READ: The demise of 'thoughts and prayers': How the clichéd greeting-card condolence died amid a rash of mass shootings - A powerful story from @adamwren ($) @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/gun-violence-m…
LEDE: The wordsmith-in-chief found himself flummoxed. It was June 2015, and President Barack Obama had been invited to a memorial service for nine Black churchgoers gunned down at a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
But Obama, who had built his authorial brand on the back of two hailed political memoirs and often wrote his speeches longhand on yellow legal paper, couldn't find words that met the moment.
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15 May
Even some of Greene's GOP colleagues shied away from answering questions about that interaction. For their part, Democrats sounded like they were flabbergasted.
"I was relieved before this," said Rep John Yarmuth, who as Budget chair would have had to work with Greene had she not lost her work assignments. "As far as I can tell, she's here for all the wrong reasons. She is here just to make a show of herself. She's here for the theater."
On Thursday, a day after her exchange with Green, @AOC told Insider in a brief interview that she hadn't spoken with the freshman Republican again. When asked to detail what happened, the progressive Democrat threw up her hands and replied, "I mean, this is who she is."
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15 May
NEW: Democrats don't want to say Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's name. Even some Republicans feel the same way.

In just four months, the firebrand Georgia Republican has established herself as something of a Voldemort on Capitol Hill. by @leonardkl ($)
businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-t…
Mention her, and she gets only stronger. Ignore her, and pray that bad things don't happen. Indeed, House members recently interviewed by @thisisinsider said they were sick of answering questions about one of their newest colleagues.
Many said they were relieved they didn't have to work with her after the House's mostly party-line vote in February stripped her of assignments on the House Budget and Education and Labor committees.
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14 May
SCOOP: Joel Greenberg will plead guilty to 6 felony counts including sex trafficking, identity theft, & wire fraud, a big downgrade from the 33 federal charges he was facing, ⁦@thisisinsider⁩ has learned. By ⁦@cdechalus⁩ & ⁦@sonam_sheth⁩ businessinsider.com/gaetz-associat…
Greenberg is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning to formalize the plea agreement w/ DOJ prosecutors, who are investigating whether he & Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida violated federal sex-trafficking laws. A judge will have to sign off on the agreement before it is finalized.
Feds initially charged Greenberg last June; after superseding indictment the total hit 33 felony counts incldg sex trafficking, stalking, & cryptocurrency fraud. But a source familiar w/ the plea deal said the ex-FLA local tax collector would admit in court to 6 of the charges.
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