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West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)

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West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)

@WestWingReport

Journalist/Author/Historian - reporting from the White House press room since 2008. Bio below. Subscribe to my newsletter on Disinformation - also below

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West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Dec 16, 2022
Bio: 5-time author, speaker 7 presidential libraries. Dow Jones / MarketWatch columnist. Worked in Moscow for 5 years, New York 11. Also London & L.A. Network TV, Capitol Hill, White House. Been to 67 countries but only 43 states. Longtime venture capital investor. Meet my Corgi:
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West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Aug 9, 2022
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Apr 9, 2021
A story about Prince Philip, who died today at 99. The weekend of the Kennedy assassination, he flew to Washington for the funeral. At the White House on Sunday, Nov. 24, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy was looking for John Jr. and opened the door to his playroom. There she found (more)
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Oct 10, 2020
"If your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't try so hard to take it from you." -Samuel Jackson
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Apr 9, 2021
Replying to @WestWingReport
2/ the Prince sprawled on the floor, playing and laughing with the murdered president's son. Days from his 3d birthday, John had said earlier that he "didn't have anybody to play with" (also: "where's Daddy?") and her Majesty's husband decided that he would entertain the boy. RIP
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Sep 28, 2022
Hurricane: "If you can, get out of the storm's path. Worst case scenario, tell Ron DeSantis you're Venezuelan....maybe he'll fly you to Martha's Vineyard." -Stephen Colbert to Floridians
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Apr 18, 2018
A First Lady has the power to make people think. In 1989 Barbara Bush visited a Washington hospice where abandoned infants with the AIDS virus were being cared for. Some folks were ignorant and thought you could get AIDS from touching someone. Mrs. Bush hugged and kissed the kids
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Apr 9, 2021
Replying to @WestWingReport
3/ ...in May 1965, the British government gave an acre of land to the United States for a memorial to the murdered president at Runnymede - site, 750 years earlier, of King John signing the Magna Carta. Here, John Jr. holds hands with his Mom and the Prince
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Jun 30, 2022
The Supreme Court has nine justices, as you probably know, because of the Judiciary Act of 1869, which said there should be one justice for each of the nine U.S. circuit courts. That was 153 years ago. Today there are 13 circuit courts
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Nov 24, 2020
Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump - who once said she resented the burden of having to decorate the White House for Christmas - will skip the unveiling of this year's holiday décor. White House says: "The First Lady will not be in attendance."
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Sep 11, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump is an Orwellian manufacturer of "Fake News." On - of all days - Sept. 11, he posted this photo showing his staff honoring the tragic anniversary. But: 1) It was raining today and 2) it includes the long-departed Hope Hicks and Omarosa (h/t @aravosis)
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Jan 6, 2017
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
.@realDonaldTrump Sir: how can you find time to tweet on Apprentice ratings - but not receive an intelligence briefing?
West Wing Report (Edited by Paul Brandus)
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Mar 30, 2020
It sure was devious of CNN's Jim @Acosta to ask the President a question - quoting the President's very own words verbatim - and asking him politely to comment. Talk about treachery
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Jan 25, 2021
Obama: Harriet Tubman will go on the $20 bill Trump: No, she won't Biden today: Oh yes, she will