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julie rovner

@jrovner

2 years

Merrick Garland makes clear DOJ's position that states cannot ban the abortion pill: "the FDA has approved the use of the medication Mifepristone. States may not ban Mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA’s expert judgment about its safety and efficacy."

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@jrovner

7 years

I have covered every health bill in Congress since 1986. There has NEVER been anything this nuts before in terms of process. Never.

Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes

7 years

Not a single hearing, no markup, crafted in secret, and no actual final bill just 16 hours before a vote.

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4 years

I have literally no words for @SenMikeLee , positive for COVID, sitting in that hearing room without a mask.

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6 years

RIP my precious Gromit. For nearly 13 years you were my constant companion, the Barn’s official hospitality hostess, and a pretty fierce obedience, rally, and agility competitor. You will always be 15/10 to me. ⁦ @KffDogs ⁩ ⁦ @dog_rates ⁩

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@jrovner

4 years

POTUS: “Thanksgiving is a very special day for turkeys. Not a very good one, when you think about it.”

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@jrovner

4 years

This is not a normal headline for a press release from the FDA and I have been getting FDA releases since the ReaganAdmin...

Media Affairs

@FDAMedia

4 years

PRESS RELEASE: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising #COVID19 Treatment, Another Achievement in Administration’s Fight Against Pandemic

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3 years

BREAKING: @HHSGov announces a record 13.6 million Americans have signed up for ACA health coverage - with a month still to go in Open Enrollment.

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@jrovner

7 years

I have covered every major health bill in Congress since 1986. Have NEVER seen anything like this.

Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes

7 years

They're trying to pass major legislation *in secret*. This is dark, dark stuff.

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@jrovner

4 years

HIPAA (Not HIPPA) does not apply to journalists, only to health care professionals and companies. You should know that.

Sean Spicer

@seanspicer

4 years

It’s one thing to report an additional staffer in the White House has tested positive but revealing their name seems like a violation of HIPPA

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@jrovner

10 months

It's over. Luna wins Halloween.

WeRateDogs

@dog_rates

10 months

This is Luna. She's a ball pit. Thinks that's pretty clever. 14/10 (TT: lunathepitty20)

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@jrovner

4 years

The President's coming EO on pre-existing conditions will simply state that it is the policy of the U.S. that people with pre-existing conditions will be protected, even if ACA is overturned. That's NOT the way this works. This. Requires. Legislation.

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@jrovner

5 years

We don't deserve dogs...

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7 years

Republicans had literally the whole year to renew CHIP before it expired. They kept saying “we have plenty of time” thru the spring, summer, and fall. I know, cuz I asked.

Alice Miranda Ollstein

@AliceOllstein

7 years

Republicans hold press conference to pre-blame Dems for a failure to reauthorize #CHIP , accusing them of supporting “illegal aliens” more than “American children”

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@jrovner

6 years

I'm sorry but how are Republicans JUST NOW discovering that Steve King says racist things?

Laura Litvan

@LauraLitvan

6 years

Mitch McConnell on Steve King: `There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind. I have no tolerance for such positions and those who espouse these views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms.'

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@jrovner

4 years

...Michigan Attorney General...

Dana Nessel

@dananessel

4 years

Dear members of the public: Please stop making harassing & threatening calls to my staff. They are kind, hardworking public servants just doing their job. Asking them to shove sharpies in uncomfortable places is never appropriate & is a sad commentary on the state of our nation.

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@jrovner

6 years

Just a reminder, you don't have to "overturn Roe" to effectively eliminate abortion rights.

Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

6 years

Murkowski told me she concurs with Susan Collins’ view that Kavanaugh probably wouldn’t overturn Roe.

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@jrovner

2 years

...to everyone who yelled at me when I wrote about how contraception would be the next target...

Heartland Signal

@HeartlandSignal

2 years

CAUGHT ON TAPE: GOP Michigan attorney general nominee Matt DePerno says Plan B should be banned. “You have to stop it at the border. It would be no different than fentanyl.”

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@jrovner

2 years

Been covering Congress for 36 years and don’t think I can ever remember this happening before…

Matt Compton

@mattcompton

2 years

Every single Democrat in the United States Congress voted to make this happen.

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@jrovner

5 years

There is an actual dumpster on fire one block from the White House. Insert your own metaphor.

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@jrovner

3 years

should someone tell her?

Elise Stefanik

@EliseStefanik

3 years

Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.

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@jrovner

4 years

Hey @darth , @dogfather , this little girl joined our family today. Her name is Aspen.

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@jrovner

7 years

Just gonna retweet this every day until debate is over.

KFF

@KFF

7 years

Majorities across parties say GOP/President Trump are responsible for any #ACA problems going forward

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@jrovner

3 years

Simone Biles does not owe us (her fans; the Olympic audience) anything. If she feels up to competing, great. If not, we owe her our thanks for an amazing career.

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@jrovner

4 years

I find it odd that the GOP's top attack on Becerra for HHS is that he's not a medical doctor. There have been 12 secretaries of HHS since it became HHS in 1980. # of MD's who have held the position: 3.

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@jrovner

5 years

But only if you have a "compliant" plan. This administration has worked tirelessly to expand the availability of plans that don't cover all the "essential health benefits."

Franco Ordoñez

@FrancoOrdonez

5 years

Pence says HHS has designated coronavirus testing as an “essential health benefit,” which means the test will be covered by health insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid.

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5 years

. @jaketapper as CNN breaks away momentarily from @realDonaldTrump newser: "First of all, he said a lot of things that weren't true."

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@jrovner

7 years

The bill is not dead - McConnell just returned it to calendar.

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@jrovner

5 years

2 male legislators demonstrating how little they understand women's reproductive anatomy on the floor of the Alabama Senate right now is really something.

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@jrovner

2 years

I have covered every abortion fight in Congress since 1987, and have studied the rest. There were NEVER the votes to codify Roe; it's hardly an "opportunity missed."

Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

2 years

This “codification” criticism/regret is nonsense. The next time someone says the Dems should’ve “codified” Roe, ask them to explain this “codification” magic and why 5 Justices wouldn’t have struck that down as beyond Congress’s power, too. See Morrison/Lopez.

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@jrovner

7 years

McConnell just now: "our problem on health care was not the Democrats. We didn't have 50 votes."

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@jrovner

2 years

Well someone in this house is back to work…

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@jrovner

4 years

Hey @darth did you see who came to visit me and Wallace this am?

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@jrovner

7 years

has someone explained that McConnell can't guarantee the 60 votes this would require?

Sen. Susan Collins

@SenatorCollins

7 years

I received assurances today that no reduction in Medicare will be triggered by tax bill. See exchange of letters.

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@jrovner

4 years

This might be his entire campaign.

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

4 years

We can’t take four more years of this.

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@jrovner

4 years

Fun fact: This is true. Because while HIPAA the law was written by Congress, HIPAA the privacy rules were written by HHS, of which Shalala was Secy at the time.

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2 years

@ThatOtherRich he did: (just didn't fit in that tweet). From the statement: "...under bedrock constitutional principles, women who reside in states that have banned access to comprehensive reproductive care must remain free to seek that care in states where it is legal."

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4 years

The thing about all these services for John Lewis is that it reminds you there are truly good people in the world - and even in government.

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@jrovner

7 years

Pretty please, Sunday shows, America is MUCH more interested in a possible health care bill than who's staffing the WH comms office.

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@jrovner

4 years

Dear Mike Pence, the point of reopening ACA enrollment is for people who don’t have insurance. So insurance companies waiving copays doesn’t help them.

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@jrovner

5 years

Ok we made it to Friday. Here is Wallace perfecting his agility skills and me making 2 separate rookie mistakes. (Never get between dog and next jump). @darth @KffDogs @TVietor08

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@jrovner

3 years

If you had told me this morning that Wallace would’ve gotten a perfect score his very first time out in open standard agility, I would not have believed you. And yet...⁦ @KffDogs ⁩

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@jrovner

6 years

You know HIPAA laid out a process for getting your medical records. This wasn’t it.

MSNBC

@MSNBC

6 years

WATCH: Sarah Huckabee-Sanders denies that Trump's personal doctor's offices were "raided." "As is standard operating procedure for a new president, the White House medical unit took possession of the president's medical records."

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@jrovner

4 years

@James_Barr Fala at the FDR memorial:

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6 years

This special girl is 12 today! Happy Birthday Gromit! @darth @dog_rates

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@jrovner

7 years

FWIW I will not believe health bill is really dead until I see it with an actual stake through it. #andmaybenoteventhen

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@jrovner

4 years

This is exactly what @CDCDirector has been asking states NOT to do...

Gov. Greg Abbott

@GovAbbott

4 years

NEW: Issuing an executive order to lift the mask mandate and open Texas to 100 percent.

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@jrovner

6 years

DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE TO PASS ANYTHING TO PROTECT PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. IT'S ALREADY THE LAW. THEY JUST HAVE TO NOT REPEAL IT.

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@jrovner

8 years

wait I thought the market was collapsing?

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4 years

Whoever choreographed the past 28 hours of inaugural events, take a bow.

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@jrovner

8 years

Does anyone know of a recovery group for reporters who used to enjoy covering politics? #askingforafriend

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@jrovner

4 years

New intern Reporting for duty. The office assistant is a bit put out she has a nicer desk than he does. @KffDogs

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@jrovner

7 years

When you've covered Capitol Hill as long as I have, you develop a deep respect for the process. This process demonstrates the opposite.

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@jrovner

7 years

It's 9:00 PM. Do you know where your health bill is?

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@jrovner

7 years

I'm in the Senate, Vote is less than an hour away, and NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE VOTING ON! #insane

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@jrovner

3 years

States around the country are expanding vaccine eligibility to healthy young adults, but in MD, home of the FDA and NIH, a 64 year-old with multiple high-risk conditions still not eligible and no projected date for when they will be. 😠

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@jrovner

1 year

My favorite part of the week!

WeRateDogs

@dog_rates

1 year

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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@jrovner

4 years

It. Will. Take. Actual. Legislation.

CBS Evening News

@CBSEveningNews

4 years

NEW: @VP Mike Pence tells @NorahODonnell that “in the days ahead” Pres. Trump could use “executive branch authority” to take action on health care “to make it clear to every American that those that are facing preexisting conditions…will not be denied coverage.”

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@jrovner

4 years

Biden on pandemic: "We're in a national emergency. It's time we treated it as one."

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@jrovner

2 years

..for those doubting if this story was real. It was.

Laura Bischoff

@lbischoff

2 years

BREAKING: Arrest made in the case of the rape of the 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indy for an abortion.

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5 years

This is what journalism looks like. Thanks @NPRKelly

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@jrovner

7 years

It's not so much dead as in a medically induced coma...

Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

7 years

Just to be clear, AHCA is still alive and on the Senate calendar. It can be called up when and if McConnell has 50 votes. He has 49.

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@jrovner

4 years

Introducing Aspen!

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@jrovner

8 years

That was fast. Kellyanne Conway (on MSNBC) just walked back most of what Trump told the Washington Post on ACA.

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3 months

the dogs are PARTICULARLY good this week...

WeRateDogs

@dog_rates

3 months

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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@jrovner

4 years

Reminder: Gugino is still in the hospital in serious condition.

Protester injured in Niagara Square still hospitalized

The 75-year-old man who was injured when shoved by Buffalo Police officers during a protest in Niagara Square last week is still in the hospital recovering.

www.wgrz.com

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?

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@jrovner

5 years

Surprise cameo from ⁦ @dogfather ⁩ at #GRlive !

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@jrovner

4 years

OMG is he IN a Fox studio coughing on all the people there?

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@jrovner

7 years

This little guy came into my life 2 years ago today! happy gotcha day Wallace! @darth

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@jrovner

3 years

You know you're getting old when you start thinking 'why can't the SOTU start at 8 instead of 9?"

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@jrovner

4 years

Not once. Not outdoors, either. Only carryout.

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@revoltandestroy

4 years

Who can honestly say they haven’t dined inside of a restaurant since March?

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@jrovner

3 years

Clearly they are plotting something…⁦ @KffDogs ⁩

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@jrovner

7 years

BREAKING: Sanders (ranking on Budget) reports Parliamentarian says major parts of GOP health bill violate Byrd rule.

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@jrovner

3 years

Someone likes the new porch ⁦ @KffDogs ⁩ ⁦ @darth ⁩

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@jrovner

3 years

new life goal...

United Corgwn

@UCorgwyn

3 years

"and the painted ponies go up and down..." - #CorgiExpress circle game #CorgiCrew

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@jrovner

6 years

one more time - CONGRESS IS NOT BACK IN SESSION UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY.

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@jrovner

3 years

BREAKING: SCOTUS does NOT overturn ACA. Details coming.

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@jrovner

4 years

WHY IS ANYONE ASKING PETER NAVARRO ABOUT ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES MEDICAL EXPERTISE?

Holly Figueroa O'Reilly

@AynRandPaulRyan

4 years

Peter Navarro says that "Hydroxychloroquine works better than Remdesivir." This is a flat out lie. #mondaythoughts #MondayMotivation #mondaymorning

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@jrovner

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I literally grew up in the Capitol. Both parents worked there in the 60s. I was an intern and later a staffer. Have covered as a journalist for 35 years. This is the saddest day I have witnessed.

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@jrovner

4 years

I feel like we could all use a puppy pic right now, right @KffDogs , @darth ?Full sploot, too:

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@jrovner

2 years

Running into the New Year like… @KffDogs

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@jrovner

4 years

I think it is fair to say our health care system is going to look very different when this is all over. Some of these things, like telehealth and letting practitioners practice to the top of their licenses are going to be very difficult to roll back

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@jrovner

7 years

Happy Halloween! Here are Wallace and Gromit dressed as Wallace and Gromit.

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@jrovner

4 years

I’m coming to the conclusion that Trump doesn’t actually know what he’s talking about when he talks about protecting people with pre-existing conditions.

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@jrovner

3 years

I started covering abortion in 1986. I never imagined that Roe v Wade could be effectively overturned WITHOUT the Supreme Court acting, yet here we are.

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@jrovner

7 years

I keep reminding people of this-Murkowski owes the GOP Senate leadership exactly 0. Maybe slightly less.

Burgess Everett

@burgessev

7 years

In 2010 after she lost her primary, McConnell asked Murkowski to resign from GOP leadership

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@jrovner

5 years

pretty sure this is live from Heaven...

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3 years

Requisite pic of corgis frolicking in the snow…⁦ @KffDogs ⁩

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@jrovner

4 years

Today this very good boi turns 5. No idea wher the time goes. Happy Birthday Honeyfox Lover of Wensleydale CDX, PCDX, BN, GN, GO, RE, CGCA, TKA. @KffDogs @darth @dogfather @dog_rates

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@jrovner

4 years

Puppies eating shoes are humans’ fault. Puppies should always be either confined or supervised. Those are the puppy rules.

Bunsen, BEAKER, and Bernoulli

@bunsenbernerbmd

4 years

I PROMISE I WILL NOT EAT A THIRD SHOE. #restingbeakerface #dogs

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@jrovner

5 years

Find something you love as much as Wallace loves French fries: ⁦ @KffDogs ⁩ ⁦ @darth ⁩

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@jrovner

6 years

So much has happened so fast in politics that i had to think for a minute how these two guys knew eachother.

Paul Ryan

@SpeakerRyan

6 years

An old friend dropped by to ask for directions to his new office.

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@jrovner

4 years

She’s about to outgrow this crate. But meanwhile... @KffDogs @darth

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@jrovner

6 years

When your financial advisor sends out a blast email on Christmas Eve afternoon telling his clients not to panic. Is that when you should panic?

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@jrovner

3 years

@Hegemommy I feel like that's the carrot version of 2021...

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@jrovner

4 years

So was this Season 6 of The Crown?

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@jrovner

5 years

Happy 4th birthday Wallace! And happy 4th to everyone. @kffdogs @darth ⁦ @dogfather ⁩

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@jrovner

5 years

@darth We got Gromit first, we thought a British dog needed a British name and we loved Wallace and Gromit. So when puppy came obviously he was Wallace.

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@jrovner

7 years

Found it - press release from my first single payer press conference: March 3, 1993. And yes I have 30 years of health policy history.

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@jrovner

4 years

journalism!

Brian M. Rosenthal

@brianmrosenthal

4 years

NEW: New York's largest hospital chain, Northwell Health, has abruptly announced it will stop suing patients over unpaid medical bills amid the pandemic, and it will rescind all of the lawsuits that it filed in 2020 -- hours after we reported on the suits

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4 years

We all have our holiday traditions. This is mine. @KffDogs @dogfather

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