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The 504, 202 or on a plane

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  Thrilled to return to the great team
  @politico
  to launch a reported column on politics From the Hill and WH to state capitols and city halls, i’m going to write about both the inside conversation + big-picture trends At the heart will be news Send some: [email protected]
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  @MittRomney
  summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location “This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.
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  NEW from
  @MittRomney
  : “Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy.”
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  @nytimes
  letter to the editor of the day - maybe month
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  The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.
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  Man alive, McCain gets in a last word on Trump His office releases a “farewell statement” “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries...We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals”
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  NEWS:
  @JoeBiden
  is taking down his negative ads, going all-positive, per source familiar. Decision was made *before* WH put out word Trump was going to Walter Reed
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  From Sen McCain’s office: “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.”
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  The two party leaders today Trump: “Happy Easter to failed gubernatorial candidate and racist Attorney General Letitia James…” Biden: “As we reflect today on Christ’s Resurrection, we are reminded that with faith, hope, and love — even death can be defeated”
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  News:
  @SenatorCollins
  told me earlier this month in Maine that she would not seat a Supreme Court justice in October. “I think that’s too close, I really do,” she said. She said she’d also oppose seating a justice in the lame duck if there’s a change in presidents.
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  “President-elect Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings right now” -
  @SenatorCollins
  tells reporters
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  Barbara Bush (the younger) knocking Pa doors in a Barbour is a nice summation of how Rs would lose
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  NEW: McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, believes the attack on Capitol gives Rs a chance to purge the president and... McCarthy has asked colleagues if he should urge Trump to resign, is open to a censure w
  @maggieNYT
  > : nytimes.com/live/2021/01/1…
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  Replying to @jmart
  A Senate Republican aide tells me he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Republicans who were *open* to a conviction Before our story on McConnell