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Daniel Desrochers
@drdesrochers
International trade reporter for POLITICO. Friend of Dorothy. Send stuff: [email protected], Signal: desrochers.11
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2011
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    The state police said it will be an 8 hour wait from the back of the line to speak to a state employee about unemployment.
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    McConnell said today he will bring the Senate Republican COVID-19 relief package back up for a vote in the Senate Monday, after spending last night getting criticized by McGrath for not doing enough to get a covid relief bill passed.
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    Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin sent his son to a disciplinary school in Jamaica that was raided for abusing the teenagers. Then he seemingly failed to pick up his son, allowing him to become a ward of Jamaica. “Noah, [Bevin’s] son, is unsurprised.”
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    *DISCLAIMER, THIS IS JUST DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TODAY AT COMMONWEALTH STADIUM* Booker: 1512 (72.4%) McGrath: 479 (22.9%) Broihier: 34 (1.63%)
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    Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has issued an opinion triggering Missouri's anti-abortion law. Abortion is now illegal in Missouri.
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    Here’s McConnell saying he’s sure Hillary Clinton was “so grateful” the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett on her birthday.
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    Beshear driving to his VP interview feels very Kentucky
    Arriving at Naval Observatory at 5:04pm ET: A Chrysler Pacifica with Kentucky plates ...
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    Amy McGrath is doing a voter registration drive in downtown Lexington. Rex Chapman and Mike Broihier are here.
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    McConnell’s office put out a photo of him meeting Queen Elizabeth II during the George W. Bush administration. For some reason President Bush and Elaine Chao are holding hands in it?
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    Replying to @drdesrochers
    Now a choir is singing “say her name” and “no justice, no peace.”
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    Replying to @drdesrochers
    Like yesterday, it’s been cut into two lines. Those that didn’t make it before around 9:45 have to give their name and number and hope for a call.
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    A little news: I’m headed to DC to be the Washington correspondent for the Kansas City Star. I’ve fallen in love with Kentucky — its beauty, its history and its people. It’s been a privilege to be a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Thank you. I will miss it dearly.
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    History has been made: Jim Gray and his partner Eric Orr just became the first same sex couple ever introduced at the Grand March.
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