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Aaron Mak
@aarontmak
Tech reporter @Politico writing Digital Future Daily. Email: [email protected]. Signal: aarontmak.23. DM for Letterboxd.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2015
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    This Trump campaign ad has a shot of a small American business in Washington. It's actually a storefront in Tokyo. It looks like the Kanji is even blurred out.
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    I wrote about "Men's Rights Asians," a group of Asian men who've become notorious for harassing Asian women:
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    I talked to the owner of a Chinese restaurant who says he might have to close down because coronavirus is scaring customers away. Go eat at your local Chinese restaurant this weekend:
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    Heyo, just started as a @Politico tech reporter - plz hit me up with any tips/story ideas: [email protected]
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    i really only follow this account for book recommendations
    “John Brennan is a stain on the Country, we deserve better than this.” Former Secret Service Agent and author of new book, “Spygate, the Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump,” Dan Bongino. Thank you Dan, and good luck with the book!
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    I wrote about how the 2008 recession helped Andrew Yang become a millionaire: slate.com/news-and-polit… via @slate
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    super smart essay from @inkookang about how the dearth of mainstream Asian American films makes singular works vulnerable to (often) unfair criticism: bit.ly/2PiEN30
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    wrote about how the Sierra Club helped dig up some of Pruitt’s biggest scandals: slate.com/technology/201… via @slate
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    Aymann was the perfect author for this
    So long Rudy! This was extremely satisfying to write ✌🏽 😘 slate.com/news-and-polit…
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    this is so cool - thanks so much to @WGAEast !!
    Replying to @katie_rayford
    And @aarontmak won in the Best Digital News story category for his incredible reported feature ““Men’s Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment” which you can read here: slate.com/technology/202…
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    There was a coke bottle in my fruit snacks
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    Replying to @aarontmak
    Workers told me they don't really make enough to invest in the stock in the first place: