covering Congress for @nytimes. ex-New Yorker but trying to talk about it less. i'm the rhoda. 🏳️🌈.
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Apr 12
sometimes it is important to step back and capture the zeitgeist
so i wrote about how Congress is behaving more and more like the Real Housewives
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hm so you mean to suggest Tyra has a problem with the producers of a television show selectively editing footage in order to tell a story
Tyra Banks sues Netflix for defamation over ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.’
The suit alleges producers cherry-picked just 16 minutes of her 3-hour interview to construct a false narrative.
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Michael Gold retweeted
Jun 3
Federal authorities are said to be investigating George Santos for potential insider trading for betting on his attendance at the State of the Union.
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May 31
telling everyone this is why I’m in London
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May 28
Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is said to have opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who had accused Donald Trump of rape. In her civil case against him, a jury had found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. nyti.ms/4dMgruH
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May 27
we're so back
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May 27
here’s what you do when you are a reality TV guy running for Congress, i guess
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May 27
however this ends, Summer House and Pete Stauber will appear in the same paragraph more often than i ever expected
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May 24
Here is a gift link to our investigation of how to the CFTC bowed to the prediction market and crypto industries that are tied to the Trump family. nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/ho…
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Michael Gold retweeted
May 23
Since early March, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has missed roughly 100 House votes.
"I don't find this terribly problematic," one local voter, the president of the Westfield Rotary Club, told me.
“It's problematic for Mike Johnson."
The mystery of a New Jersey congressman's absence has consumed Washington for weeks. bit.ly/4tQtBg8
📷️: Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com/Jemal Countess/Getty Images/Photo illustration
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May 22
Ted Cruz says there will be changes to the DOJ fnud.
"They're going to announce it, because if nothing changes, we don't have the votes" for the immigration enforcement bill.
Says that in the fiery GOP meeting with Blanche, he thinks there were 20 Republican no votes.
A revolt in the Senate?
What really happened this week with the DOJ Weaponization Fund.
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May 22
the House's margins are about as bad as they were when Stefanik was up for the UN, and Johnson's control seems to be worse so.....
May 22
Stefanik would make a great replacement for Tulsi as DNI. Easily confirmable too.
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May 21
Virginia Foxx, who is ostensibly in charge of the floor: “All I want is just one normal day. Just give me one normal day.”
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Michael Gold retweeted
May 21
Inside Trump's Ken Paxton endorsement. It had a lot more to do with the ballroom than John Cornyn w/ @MariannaReports
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May 20
Senate Republicans appear ready to jettison $1 billion in security funds for President Trump’s White House ballroom project.
“My understanding is that the security money has come out, and my understanding is it’s because the votes aren’t there,” said Sen. John Kennedy.
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May 20
Several Republican senators said that they could not vote to fund the ballroom project.
GOP can only afford to lose 3 if Democrats stay unified.
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