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Senior politics reporter for HuffPost. REM enthusiast. Tips: jen.bendery@huffpost.com

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    25 Jan 2017

    gaslighting (v.) -- to manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.

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    11 hours ago

    Getting lost in all the stuff about Ford is that Murkowski is still getting intense pressure from Alaskan Natives to oppose Kavanaugh. Could be a real factor if she opposes him. by

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    Sep 12

    the juxtaposition of 9/11 remembrance and deliberate mis-remembrance of Puerto Rico is just kind of staggering. A defining message of the presidency is that some lives matter and some lives don't.

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  4. Sep 12

    Good morning from Vegas.

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    Sep 10

    hi, i've just started a gig as an Indigenous reporter with Huffington Post. send me your thoughts, opinions, frustrations and tips for making good bannock because mine is always too dense.

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    Sep 11

    In 2012, politicians in North Carolina banned officials and developers from using climate science to plan for sea level rises. Now, the state faces a mega storm, and possibly a mega disaster.

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  7. Sep 11

    I see Ron DeSantis has picked a (hardline immigration) Latina as his running mate. It wasn't long ago that he called another Latina candidate "that girl... or whatever she is."

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    Sep 10

    Today is . Please read this excellent, heartbreaking piece by my colleague .

    i wrote about suicide and stuff
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    Sep 11

    Yes, there's audio of Trump patting himself on the back for having the tallest building in Manhattan after the WTC fell on September 11th.

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    Sep 9

    Trump’s advice, per Woodward book: “You’ve got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women. If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you’re dead.”

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    Sep 11

    So many things to read about 9/11 and the aftermath but this is the piece I return to every year. It's perfect.

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    Sep 8

    There's now a Barack Obama mural on the side of a Jackson, Mississippi school that was once named after a confederate president - until students voted to rename it in honor of the nation's first African American president.

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  13. Sep 10

    Good for Victoria Advocate for pushing for transparency in the way Blake Farenthold got his new $160K govt lobbying job. "The public had no say then in whether the disgraced congressman should be hired or what the true motivation was behind this action."

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  14. Sep 10

    Anyway, Steve King is a white supremacist and the GOP doesn't care

    US House candidate, IA-4
    “Nazi” is injected into Leftist talking points because the worn out & exhausted “racist” is over used & applied to everyone who lacks melanin & who fail to virtue signal at the requisite frequency & decibels. But...Nazis were socialists & Leftists are socialists.
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  15. Sep 10

    what the

    Update: A suspect on H Street NE Monday was "dressed in a government outfit," opened up the fire hydrant across from Whole Foods, and then fled on foot, according to police.
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    Sep 10

    NEW -- Moonves' replacement at CBS emails employees today but makes almost no mention of sexual harassment issues. Also? Moonves is staying on at the company for a year in an advisory role via

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  17. Sep 10

    Pelosi's hardcore chocolate addiction cracks me up. I wrote a whole piece about it once, when a politics-focused interview went long because she couldn't stop talking about chocolate. She was late to her next event.

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  18. Sep 10

    “If I weren’t effective, I wouldn’t be a target." -- Nancy Pelosi, devouring dark chocolate ice cream for breakfast. Classic. Nice profile by .

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    Sep 10

    . is resigning from Congress immediately to focus on his campaign for Florida governor. He told Speaker Paul Ryan this morning. DeSantis is locked in tight battle with

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    Sep 9

    “from the state with 84 percent of the u.s. fresh water but none for its residents to drink, i am miss michigan emily sioma” — the new pageant did not come to play

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    Sep 10

    The first image is a statement by the president of the United States. The second image is a simple chart showing that what he said is not true.

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