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Natalie Fertig
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Reporting on rural & working class voters, the West & more ⛰️Words in POLITICO, Playboy, Rolling Stone » [email protected] or signal @ nataliefertig.63
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    Natalie Fertig
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    May 26
    👋 Personal news: I was one of the people to take the POLITICO buyout — my last day was Friday. It’s bittersweet to end my seven years here this way, but I’m grateful for all the great stories I got to report, the impact my work had and the great reporters and editors I got to
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Dec 3, 2023
    My parents in recent yrs have taken to getting a national forest pass to cut down their own tree because tree farm prices have skyrocketed. This year she tells me “our tree is a little bit different, we weren’t sure at first but it’s growing on us.” The tree:
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Jun 10, 2021
    Me: "I work at POLITICO, I'm the cannabis reporter." @BernieSanders: "You're the cannabis reporter?" Me: "I'm the cannabis reporter." Sanders: "Are you stoned right now?" Me: "I am not stoned right now."
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Dec 3, 2023
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    The permit to cut down a national forest tree is $7. I told her she got $7 worth of tree
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Jun 10, 2021
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    Sanders: "Is that a requirement to be...?" Me: "It's actually not."
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Feb 13, 2019
    In cannabis banking hearing, @AOC asks: "are we compounding the racial wealth gap right now?" She also asks the panel if "the folks who profited off for-profit incarceration could be the first to profit off legalization?" Corey Barnette's answer: "yes." #cannabisnews
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Dec 3, 2023
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    This photo with my dad starting up at it is giving Charlie Brown Xmas vibes But I’m starting to think my mom might not be crazy about it being “elegant”
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Dec 3, 2023
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    She says it’s elegant and likes that it’s very tall (they’ve had one this tall before since you get to pick whatever size you want in the national forest for $7) The update with some decoration:
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Apr 9, 2023
    Love is Blind can’t find people in DC because everyone a)won’t take the time off from their career to find love, b)is afraid they might jeopardize their security clearance by going on the show and/or c) doesn’t want it to pop up when they run for office someday.
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Nov 4, 2020
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    Recap: Montana, South Dakota, Arizona and New Jersey legalized adult-use marijuana tonight. South Dakota and Mississippi legalized medical marijuana tonight. Every 2020 #cannabis ballot measure passed. Full sweep.
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Jun 10, 2021
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    Okay okay — by popular demand, here is the audio... ...As a special @politico #dispatch episode 👯‍♀️. You can direct your thanks to Dispatch host @jersiegel and his fab editing skills (also subscribe to dispatch!):
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    Bernie: "Are you stoned now?" (Bonus mini episode)
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Oct 31, 2019
    Mitt Romney's grandson dressing up as his grandfather's twitter alter-ego is probably my favorite meta halloween costume of all time.
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    Tagg Romney
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    Oct 31, 2019
    Thomas as #PierreDelecto and Joe as Nacho. World beware.
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Dec 3, 2023
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    I sent my mom some of the responses here and she really loved them 🫶🏻 her response (below) is classic teacher Nancy. (JFYI She calls things with lovely festive vibes -like a house festooned with lights or a perfect holiday shop window- a “Christmas sighting”)
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    Natalie Fertig
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    Oct 24, 2019
    Three takeaways: 1: Lawmakers are still releasing marijuana-related news at 4:20pm. 2: Sanders' plan is the first I've seen to create USDA-funded farming grants for marijuana, which is pretty interesting. 3: His plan bans the tobacco industry from participating in marijuana.
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    Bernie Sanders
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    Oct 24, 2019
    Too many lives were ruined due to the disastrous criminalization of marijuana. Today I am releasing my plan to: ✅ Legalize marijuana with executive action ✅ Expunge past marijuana convictions ✅ Invest in communities most affected by the War on Drugs berniesanders.com/issues/legaliz…