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Journalist @Boxoffice, @GovTrack, @NorthernVAMag. Piano performer + singer Fri./Sat. @GtownPianoBar. Trivia host Thurs. @DistrictTrivia. Blogger @SundayMagazine

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Jesse Rifkin’s Biography

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My feature writings have been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Politico Magazine, Roll Call, Hartford Courant, Daily Beast, Billboard, and USA Today

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Amending congressional pay

Amending congressional pay

"Gregory Watson's college essay received a C and changed America. The next time someone goes on about how one…

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Listening to Every No. 1 song. Ever.

Listening to Every No. 1 song. Ever.

"From 'Blue Moon' to 'Roses Are Red' to 'Deep Purple' to 'Paint It Black' to 'Green Tambourine' to 'Black and…

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Air guitar and reality

Air guitar and reality

"Some people play drums. Others dance. Many sing. I play guitar. Air guitar. I recently competed in the annua…

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What generation gap?

What generation gap?

"'You will never guess who I saw in concert last weekend!' my grandfather exclaimed. He could barely contain …

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Members of Congress haven't had a raise in years

Members of Congress haven't had a raise in years

"Haven't had a raise in a while? Well, neither has your member of Congress. This month, congressional salarie…

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Peering into the age gap ... and liking what I see from my generation

Peering into the age gap ... and liking what I see from my generation

" Will today’s college kids become the people who always start sentences with “Back in my day …” and refuse t…

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Congressional Record: Capitol Hill’s Bipartisan Concert Starring Musical Congress Members

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By Jesse Rifkin Verified
| The Fulcrum (U.S.) Verified
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives and senators remain fiercely divided over President Donald Trump… yet they remain united over John Denver. On May 13, hundreds of attendees packed the U.S. Capitol Building’s auditorium for Congressional Record, a concert where musical Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike showcased their talents. Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads served as the grand finale, with all members joining onstage in a rousing performance across party lines.
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Record Number of Bills and Nominations Passed With Senators Representing a Population Minority

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By Jesse Rifkin Verified
| The Fulcrum (U.S.) Verified
From taxes to the environment to public broadcasting like PBS and NPR, the Senate has recently passed record levels of legislation and confirmed record numbers of nominations with senators representing less than half the people. Using historical data, GovTrack found 56 examples of Senate votes on legislation that passed with senators representing a “population minority.” 26 of those 56 examples, nearly half, have occurred since President Donald Trump’s current term began.
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Congress Bill Spotlight: Banning Dollar Coin Depicting Trump

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By Jesse Rifkin Verified
| The Fulcrum (U.S.) Verified
In 1989, Donald Trump released a Monopoly-style board game featuring money depicting his own face. Now, that’s poised to imminently happen in real life. What the legislation does Trump is scheduled to appear on coins starting this summer, an unprecedented move in living memory. Democratic legislation in Congress would ban a sitting president or living ex-president from appearing on U.S. money. There are currently four living ex-presidents: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Can't say I have. Not sure that I would want to -- too much noise, and you have to reset after every finishing each line!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Mikael Blomkvist from "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." He combines investigative reporting skills with a sense of justice and an aura of cool.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Wrote a regular humor column called "Freshman Perspective" and kept that name through my senior year. Editor-in-Chief as a senior.

Awards

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National Society of Newspaper Columnists - First Place, College Columnist Contest

2012

Selected for my work as an opinion columnist at the University of Connecticut's newspaper, the Daily Campus. More specifically, for three specific columns, all of which can be found here: http://www.columnists.com/2012/04/the-grim-future-of-a-local-bookshop/

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2013 - Third Place for college general column writing - Region 1 (the northeast)
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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2013 - Connecticut SPJ - First Place, college editorial / op-ed contest

For my column "The grim future of a local bookshop"

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2013 - Connecticut SPJ - Second Place, college editorial / op-ed

For my column "Ten years after the mother of all controversies"

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