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covering Congress for @nytimes. ex-New Yorker but trying to talk about it less. i'm the rhoda. 🏳️‍🌈.

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I just joined the New York Times' social media team, where I work on Twitter and Facebook, among other things. Prior to that, I helped lead social efforts at Washington Post on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I also helpws find sources on social media and tracked breaking news. Before arriving in D.C., I helped manage The Baltimore Sun’s breaking news, sports and local social media accounts. I also helped launch the Sun’s LGBT news and culture blog a week after Jason Collins came out (talk abo…

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Analysis: Promising much to many, Mike Johnson loses his grip on the House

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By Michael Gold Verified, Carl Hulse Verified
| The San Francisco Examiner Verified
(News Analysis) WASHINGTON -- A year ago, Speaker Mike Johnson stood in front of a crowd of House Republicans chanting his name as if he were a championship quarterback. Sleep-deprived after an overnight floor session, Johnson celebrated having rallied his party to pass its sweeping bill that cut taxes, slashed domestic spending and boosted immigration enforcement. "Unified government -- we did not want to waste that opportunity," Johnson said.
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Promising Much to Many, Johnson Loses His Grip on the House Original

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By Michael Gold Verified, Carl Hulse Verified
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A year ago, Speaker Mike Johnson stood in front of a crowd of House Republicans chanting his name as if he were a championship quarterback. Sleep-deprived after an overnight floor session, Mr. Johnson celebrated having rallied his party to pass its sweeping bill that cut taxes, slashed domestic spending and boosted immigration enforcement.
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Trump Says It's 'Too Bad' Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship

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By Erica Green, Michael Gold Verified
| Breaking One
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off a Supreme Court rebuke on the issue of birthright citizenship as "too bad for our country," after a turbulent term in which he tried to bully and intimidate the justices to carry out key parts of his agenda. In its last opinion issued for the term, the court struck down Trump's attempt to prevent babies born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants and temporary residents from being given citizenship automatically.
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