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Michelle Cottle
@mcottle
I cover national politics and all manner of Washington insanity for NYTimes Opinion.
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Oct 11, 2020
    210k Americans are dead, god knows how many will suffer long-term health problems, kids are out of school, people can't visit family, people are out of work & losing their homes, food lines stretch for miles...yeah, let's definitely spend more time on court packing hypotheticals
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Jan 31, 2020
    Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family
    Traffic passes the American Center for Law and Justice, center, a non-profit Christian legal advocacy non-profit, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington. Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is registered as chief counsel at the ACLJ. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
    Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family
    From apnews.com
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Aug 16, 2017
    Thus dies the last little bit of Mike Pence's soul.
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    Bloomberg
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    Aug 16, 2017
    Pence says he stands with President Trump in the aftermath of #Charlottesville bloom.bg/2uQ8UnU
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Sep 17, 2019
    I swear I have to re-up this Max von Sydow line from Hannah and Her Sisters every other day or so: “If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.”
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Nov 12, 2016
    At my son's suburban Maryland middle school, the boys' restroom defaced with swastikas. it's going to be a long 4 years.
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Oct 11, 2020
    Having watched 100 or so hours of these procedurals with @OrrChris, I kinda want a research credit on this one.
    Why British Police Shows Are Better
    From theatlantic.com
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Sep 2, 2017
    Esp. popular villains seem to be Hillary, Pelosi (more than Schumer), Elizabeth Warren (over Bernie). Trend?
    Republicans Need a Villain for the Mid-Terms
    From theatlantic.com
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Oct 27, 2017
    My former colleagues talk on the record about the sexual harassment they experienced and how complicated it can be.
    Reckoning With a Powerful Man's Bad Behavior
    From theatlantic.com
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Dec 5, 2017
    You know what would make this a really Super Tuesday? If@RepJohnConyers did his party and the entire nation a favor and resigned. @ wapo.st/2Axslpt?tid=ss…
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Jul 17, 2018
    I'm just sitting here thinking about all the things in the Trump-Putin private chat that Trump won't have to struggle to walk back b/c no one else knows about them.
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    Michelle Cottle
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    May 22, 2018
    Ready. Set. Go.
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    NYTimes Communications
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    May 22, 2018
    .@mcottle is joining NYT's editorial board as lead editorial writer for national politics nytco.com/michelle-cottl…
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Is that like being "almost not pregnant"?
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    Jim Acosta
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Trump on his current condition: “I’m almost not taking anything.”
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Jan 23, 2018
    Every single @mjgerson piece these days breaks my heart. wapo.st/2n3hFZ9?tid=ss…
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    Michelle Cottle
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    Nov 15, 2017
    How utterly surprising!--said no one who has set foot on the Hill. Ever. Kudos to @RepSpeier (& @SenGillibrand) for keeping this oh-so-ticklish subject in the spotlight. shar.es/1MnLPI via @RollCall