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Joined February 2011
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(To be clear, if there's an opportunity to tweet a Mean Girls gif with respect to political news, I will never not take said opportunity)
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Trump says he looks forward to Michigan rally so he can talk about El-Sayed cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
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Trump praises a Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Dem candidate Amy Acton's mother, calling it "so good" and saying that it took "a lot of courage," for Acton's mother-- who lost custody of her daughter after her husband was indicted for sexually abusing her-- to speak out.
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Trump, defending Marshall from NYT rpt he sued patients for unpaid medical debts, again uses term shylock: "You have to by law go after those ppl, and they made it like, oh, he was some kind of a shylock type guy, + if he didn't make these requests, he would be breaking the law."
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Trump says he’ll return to Texas to boost “controversial” Ken Paxton if needed cnn.com/2026/10/15/politics/…
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Good news for the many people who hated this news— after we reported it, I am told they pulled down the trip. So… hope you kept your tickets!
President Trump is expected to attend the Tampa Bay game in Florida Sunday, two sources familiar with the plan tell CNN.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing the Steelers.
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Departing the White House for a two-day swing out West, President Donald Trump distanced himself from outgoing Greece Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, saying Guilfoyle— who was engaged to his eldest son “wasn’t a member of my family,” adding “We didn't like what we were reading.”
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White House lays out more upcoming campaign stops for Trump to continue midterms blitz cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/…
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Zacharia took the podium at 9:44AM and departed the podium at 9:58AM, fielding questions from three reporters before ending today's WH press briefing after 14 minutes.
Newly-minted Press Sec Katie Zachariah says, following a series of bombshell reports, the administration has asked for Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation. "We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign," she says. "She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her luck."
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Newly-minted Press Sec Katie Zachariah says, following a series of bombshell reports, the administration has asked for Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation. "We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign," she says. "She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her luck."
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Vance says Paxton “is obviously in a tight race” as VP heads to stump in Texas cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/…
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I don’t have the emotional capacity for Kelly Clarkson’s beef with a store in Brooklyn over an animatronic bird.
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Three years and never better
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Flashbacks
President Trump gives out Tom Cotton’s cell number over the daylight savings bill.
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Trump even brought the time he doxxed Graham up during his EULOGY for Graham. So Cotton is not the first GOP lawmaker who’s had his cell phone blown up by Trump!
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always bring a key light to the party – at Washington, DC
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TIME: Do you think the American people misunderstood that? I feel like most people heard you say four to six weeks. Trump: "No, I think the press fed it to them, so that—look, we were in Vietnam for 21, 20, years. We were in Afghanistan for many years. We were in Korea for many. We're everywhere for many years. I'm in there now for six months, and I've destroyed their nuclear capability..." time.com/article/2026/10/01/…
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A CNN KFile investigation has uncovered since-removed posts from the past six years in which Texas GOP candidate Bo French repeatedly advocated having public executions for political opponents, including former President Barack Obama cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/…
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