McKay Coppins

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

I truly thought @tomgara was making all of these up — PolitiTweet.org

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This has been one of my favorite running bits on twitter, and I only just now realized these are *actual TV shows* — PolitiTweet.org

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always such a treat when i remember the facebook "message requests" folder. thank you, stranger on the internet, for passing this along! — PolitiTweet.org

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lol https://t.co/hBErX4D9GQ https://t.co/JwbE3MYvBN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DeseretNews: Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation made him a key influence on Silicon Valley powerhouses like Net… — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomgara Agree that's a positive development. But even beyond that handful of topics (which I'm not sure is *that* small!) it's not uncommon to hear writers/reporters float a story idea/thesis/take in private that they could "never write" because they'll get dragged on twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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FWIW I think most writers would agree it's useful to consider how your words may be interpreted/misinterpreted, to think about your blind spots, etc. But there's a difference between that kind of sensitivity and the fear Packer describes, which is much more common than most admit — PolitiTweet.org

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"Certainty removes the strength of doubt, the struggle to reconcile incompatible ideals, the drama of working out a… https://t.co/8YgdRUeOVv — PolitiTweet.org

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how am i still seeing outraged responses to that tweet about reporters voting *2 days later* — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ggreenwald: @SenSanders Thanks as well to @nytimes for this vehement denunciation of the Bolsonaro Govt & the stirring defense of a fre… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattBrownEP you get me — PolitiTweet.org

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"The proceedings there look like a flimsy excuse for a trial, and they are. But under the surface, there are a series of real trials going on. Vulnerable senators sit in the dock, the jurors are voters, and the verdicts won’t come back until November." https://t.co/aGeUnOOFsy — PolitiTweet.org

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@jimgeraghty this is good content — PolitiTweet.org

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"I know what we should get dad for his birthday—more hair!" - 6yo daughter owning me, as usual — PolitiTweet.org

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

The president of Johns Hopkins University on why the school has ended legacy admissions: https://t.co/OOByduzpjN — PolitiTweet.org

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The NYT's endorsement editorial: "Ms. Klobuchar and Ms. Warren right now are the Democrats best equipped to lead that debate. May the best woman win." https://t.co/mbV6gn5odl — PolitiTweet.org

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@TimothyNoah1 @ClaraJeffery What a take! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: In the past two years, the American left has amassed a huge amount of energy behind it, writes @elainejgodfrey. But progre… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve now seen The Young Pope, the first episode of The New Pope, and The Two Popes, and honestly could still go for some more Pope content — PolitiTweet.org

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You know a primary has been pretty tame when sources are leaking to reporters about how awesome their candidate’s opponents are — PolitiTweet.org

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This conversation was fascinating and (I think!) could be appreciated by people of various religious/political persuasions. https://t.co/pAoy4O2bwv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @xan_desanctis: People are saying Biden is too old and out of touch to run for president but if this isn’t Millennial energy I don’t kno… — PolitiTweet.org

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(Though obviously there are degrees!) — PolitiTweet.org

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Very hard to survey the current landscape (and, um, most of history) and conclude that it's a losing political strategy to "pit groups of Americans against one another." https://t.co/ikvkoZgDVi — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2020 Democratic primary has been shockingly gentle, all things considered. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: One of the great things about Congress is its openness to journalists, a striking contrast to the rest of the federal government.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thehill: Sen. Mitt Romney: "I'd like there to be witnesses & be able to hear from someone like John Bolton.” https://t.co/R04HcAYSoU ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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This @ebruenig experience will be familiar to a lot of my fellow Mormons https://t.co/fT2t4KYdn1 https://t.co/Cu01teep4f — PolitiTweet.org

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“In a country where there is an interest group for everything, one of the biggest public-health threats is largely allowed a free pass.” Read ⁦@olgakhazan⁩ on why there isn’t a more robust anti-alcohol in America: https://t.co/fT2t4KYdn1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HayesBrown: It was a weird day of impeachment news yesterday, but we have @mckaycoppins on to talk about Sen. Mitt Romney and how he fi… — PolitiTweet.org