John Heilemann (@jheil BlueSky @jheilemann Insta)
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@PuckNews partner @MSNBC analyst @HacksOnTap cohost @SHO_TheCircus creator Game Change/Double Down author. Great Dane valet. @jheil on BlueSky. #WuTang4Life 👐
Joined March 2008
There is only one word to describe this performance of Trump’s in Tulsa: pathetic. And one conclusion to be drawn: he’s finished . and he knows it.
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I'll ask again: Why would a man this indignant, emotional, and certain of his innocence not be demanding an FBI investigation of the accusations against him? Why is he not insisting that his friend Mark Judge testify on his behalf?.
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Welcome to the Splash Zone, Italian Translator.
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Simply devastated by news of the passing of @RepCummings -- a figure of enormous political and moral dignity and gravity. It's been a couple years since the last time we talked on camera. When it aired, this scene moved people hugely. Watching it now brings me to tears.
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He’s looking around at the empty seats and saying two things: “Brad’s fired” and “I’m fucked.”.
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If I've said it once I've said it now a thousand times: Everything that comes out of this man's mouth is either confession or projection. Cc @JoeNBC.
"I think there's probably, possibly drugs involved. That's what I hear." -- during interview with Judge Jeanine, Trump casually accuses Joe Biden of using performance enhancing drugs
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Why is Trump losing the election right now -- and not just losing, but getting crushed? This right here. This is why.
How Trump's comments on COVID-19 correspond to case numbers in the U.S.
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I very much enjoy occupying space in @seanhannity's head. It's a large, sprawling space, with ample room for furniture and all 14 of the multi-syllabic words he knows.
A flustered Hannity calls @jheil a “dumb jackass” as he denies reports about his involvement in the Ukraine scandal
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Message: I care.
Trump scrolls through his phone while small business owners share their pandemic stories.
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Some of us have been predicting for months EXACTLY this scenario and EXACTLY what Trump is doing — not because we are so prescient but b/c he TOLD US he was going to do EXACTLY this.
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then @PeteButtigieg must really be trying butter up @BarackObama.
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Tulsa Trump is the new Fat Elvis.
It was supposed to be a triumphant return to the campaign trail — instead Trump’s Tulsa rally turned into a disaster on all fronts. Let @jheil take you through the turbulent turn of events:
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Our country: a tinderbox. Our president: a pyromaniac.
In the shadow of 100k+ COVID-19 deaths and anguished protests nationwide, Trump’s campaign strategy came into view: Burn the whole thing down. @jheil explains:
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This story contains damning reporting that Justice Kavanaugh should be made to address -- and demonstrates what an abject sham the FBI "Investigation" of the claims against him was in the fall of 2018.
Two @nytimes reporters, @rpogrebin and @katekelly, spent months independently reporting out Deborah Ramirez’s allegation against Brett Kavanaugh and found it credible—and documented another serious claim of misconduct with an eyewitness:
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People thought no super pac could be as loud and relentless as Trump, or as pervasive on social media. @projectlincoln said, “Hold our beer.”.
Republicans using Republican tactics to aid … Democrats? That's 2020 for ya — and no one's doing it like @ProjectLincoln. In this @SHO_thecircus outtake, @jheil talks to @TheRickWilson and @reedgalen about using GOP-style viciousness and relentlessness to help elect Biden.
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Could you explain again exactly what it is? We'll wait.
OBAMAGATE MAKES WATERGATE LOOK LIKE SMALL POTATOES!.
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A huge revelation in the report that's not getting nearly enough notice.
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More than 100k dead from Covid-19. More than 40m unemployed. Cities on fire across the country after another unarmed black man is killed by white police. I’m just so fucking tired of all this winning.
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Serving notice to all of you avid, ardent @NicolleDWallace fans, which is to say, anyone with even a modicum of good taste and common sense: she’s off today (and tomorrow). Filling in for her: that two-bit hack @jheil. You have been warned.
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So you’re worried Trump is going to try to steal the election? Join the club. But Bob Bauer, the Democratic super-lawyer and head of Biden’s massive voter protection effort, had a soothing message when I sat with him for @SHO_TheCircus: . “He will fail.”
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In political, legal, and political-legal terms, has there been a worse day for the presidency of @realDonaldTrump? I think not.
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OMG.
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When people contend he has blood on his hands, this kind of thing is Exhibit A.
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Disgusting. Despicable. Depraved. We are past the point where words can express the horrific and abominable qualities of this behavior. By a president. Of the United States:.
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You've got to be fucking kidding.
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Bad news on this Monday: @NicolleDWallace is off. And unless you're wanting even more troubling news, don't ask who's filling in for her both hours on @DeadlineWH. #prayforme.
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When the history of @realdonaldtrump’s handling of Covid-19 is written, the first chapter will be all about down-playing, and the second about blame-shifting.
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Now, explain the difference.
Note the difference in police response to the George Floyd protests vs. the armed anti-lockdown protests.
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Yes they did. Beyond disgraceful.
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This is some next-level autocratic shit right here.
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Six hundred mail sorting machines removed. No plan for them to be replaced. Suspicious? You betcha.
Nick Casselli, President of the Philadelphia American Postal Workers Union, talked to @alexwagner about changes at the Post Office and implications for the 2020 election. #TheCircus
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First ever televised presidential address delivered by a collapsed souffle.
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The good guys are winning tonight.
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A picture worth more than a thousand words.
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The President of the United States is unwell.
The President claims people in the dark shadows who control the streets are really controlling Biden. He goes on to talk about a plane full of people wearing black uniforms but then says he can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation
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Biden takes the lead in PA -- and that, friends, is likely the ballgame.
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I've been in touch with a dozen-ish current/former prosecutors today. Many commonalities in their responses to #Epstein death, the first of which is this: Why so quick to declare it a suicide? Why not just say he's dead, appears to be by hanging, we're investigating? Very odd.
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For all you @NicolleDWallace fans: hate to ruin your Friday, but she's gone AWOL, so there will be a sub in her @DeadlineWH chair today. And I have it on good authority that the sub will be a knucklehead. OTOH: 👐👐👐.
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Very rarely has the word pathetic been so utterly apt.
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Fucking hypocrites.
Are we really talking about the f word in any context other than the f-ing people who stood by Trump as he boasted about “grabbing women in the pussy”, smeared “shit hole countries” called black NFL players “sons of bitches” and assaulted our democracy while ignoring covid?.
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Patient zero behavior from the coronavirus czar
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Some bad news: @NicolleDWallace is off this week from @DeadlineWH. Worse: @jheil is gonna in her chair each and every day. #ThoughtsAndPrayers 🤷♂️.
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This is quite something.
In a tearful speech, Gov. @DougBurgum (R-ND) asks residents to skip the “ideological and political” debate on face masks.
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Oh boy -- @NicolleDWallace has gone AWOL, so it looks like they need someone to fill in for her while they send out a search party. Wonder who they can get on such short notice? (🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️).
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"He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same". The President of the United States is expressing more than mere admiration for the most vicious, murderous dictator on earth. He's expressing aspirational envy. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???.
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So @realDonaldTrump and @GovMattBevin said that #KYGov was referendum on impeachment -- and did everything in their power to make it so. Remember that tomorrow when they try to tell us otherwise. And keep it in mind when you see @SpeakerPelosi smiling.
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Excellent question.
At what point must Dr. Fauci come out and say @realDonaldTrump’s actions will kill tens of thousands of Americans—or more?.
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Fuck yes.
So are we saying BULLSHIT on cable today?.
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Now.
At what point do we need to ask whether military and paramilitary troops will obey orders to shoot U.S. civilians?.
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🙌🙌🙌🙌.
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According to both @gtconway3d and @neal_katyal, the bottom line on Trump’s post-presidential legal peril: HIGH.
What lies ahead for Trump now that he’s no longer president? Likely a whole lot of legal hurt. On this extra from @SHO_TheCircus, @jheil gets the scoop from @ProjectLincoln’s @gtconway3d and Supreme Court lawyer @neal_katyal.
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First kept in the dark before and after Helsinki, now kept in the dark about @JohnBrennan. How does Dan Coats not resign at this point?.
National intel director Coats was not informed prior to today's announcement that former CIA Director Brennan’s security clearance was being revoked, an official familiar with the decision tells @NBCNews. - @mitchellreports.
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Hey @NicolleDWallace, you had any luck with locating those pesos? Me neither. Whaddya say we continue the search on @DeadlineWH today? #WhereAreThePesos #ThereAreNoPesos #ImpotentWizard.
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Gonna be quite a 10-year class reunion in 2026 -- maybe they'll do it at San Quentin?.
The Republican National Convention Class of 2016: Where are they now?
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Our democracy is under seige and the domestic terrorist who incited these acts of treason sits in the White House. That pretty much sums it up, no?.
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A question that's been nagging at me for the past 3 weeks, and seems even more intriguing now: What has John Roberts been thinking -- and maybe doing, behind the scenes -- about the Kavanaugh spectacle?.
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Nearly a week later, this clip is still pretty chilling.
During a press conference, Republican @SenBobCorker of Tennessee confronts a protester when asked how voting yes for Brett Kavanaugh will affect his reputation. #SHOCircus #TheCircus #Showtime
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For anyone wondering about the precise moment we decided that @jmpalmieri was *definitely * gonna become a full-on co-host of @SHO_TheCircus — which she will be in Season 6, starting on Jan 10 — this was it .
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Biden's strength/Trump's weakness across the Sunbelt is not only an ominous sign for Republicans in 2020, but for years to come.
One pandemic + two candidates with vastly different approaches +.three months campaigning under COVID = a widening polling gap. Let @jheil run the numbers:
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.@JamesCarville has long been a practitioner of political performance art, but his visit to NH this weekend for @michaelbennet came with a serious warning to his fellow Dems: get your shit together or you’re gonna lose a winnable election.
As we know by now, @JamesCarville doesn't fuck around — and he doesn't want you to either: "If you think the future of the republic hangs in the balance, then act like it.". Watch in full here:
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He knows that's a microphone in front of him, yes?.
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At the end of my #WADR interview with @RZA, he said "Bong Bong" -- and then this happened. #bucketlist
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No words can capture the scale of this loss -- especially in this moment, when we needed him more than ever.
The words of John Lewis from the 1963 March on Washington still ring true today, decades later. We must stand up against injustice to propel our country forward. #JohnLewisGoodTrouble
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Fair warning to all of you who adore @NicolleDWallace as I do: She's off today from @DeadlineWH duty -- and her seat will be warmed by a wholly inadequate guest host (ie, also me). #sos #prayforrain #hopetheylockedtheliquorcabinet.
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Watch what actually happened here. @Acosta never lays a hand on WH press aide, who tries to rip mic from his hand. In fact, he is polite to her: "Pardon me, ma'am." @PressSec is lying about the whole thing to justify the punishment of a reporter for doing this job. #facts.
BREAKING: White House aide grabs and tries to physically remove a microphone from CNN Correspondent Jim Acosta during a contentious exchange with President Trump at a news conference.
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Obamagate isn’t a gate at all -- it’s Trump stoking his base. And an incumbent president worried about his base in the spring of an election year is an incumbent who’s in deep shit . and knows it.
Planning to catch Obama’s virtual commencement address tonight and wondering what Obamagate is? . Let @jheil explain:
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I mean, seriously, how hard could it be? For an even vaguely normal human, that is.
“How hard is it to think to yourself, ‘I will not attack anyone for today’. The president has so little impulse control and so little basic humanity… Just for a day, impossible, incapable” - @jheil w/ @NicolleDWallace
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Put aside the grotesquerie of this move as a matter of public health. The sheer political ineptitude and stupidity on display is staggeringly breathtaking.
Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic
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Been a little while since my last time on @DeadlineWH. Headed back in now -- to attempt the impossible task of filling in for @NicolleDWallace. Pray for me.
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How about it @SteveSchmidtSES? Like Statler and Waldorf only balder and a hell of a lot crankier.
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The super duper extra epic mega mashup tribute to John Bercow—@HoC_Speaker_MPP—the outgoing UK House of Commons Speaker, transatlantic media phenom, and legendary man of orrrrrrrdddddderrrrrr is the greatest thing @therecount has produced yet. (All hail @brenonade tha god!)
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Every second of the 162 here from @VictorBlackwell is on point, powerful, and worthy of every American's attention.
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Lede of this morning’s main @WSJ editorial: “President Trump may soon need a new nickname for ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden. How does President-elect sound? On present trend that’s exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4, as Mr. Trump heads for what could be an historic repudiation.”.
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THIS 👇👇👇👇👇.
Imagine for one second if Dr Ford had come in yelling like this.
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For all of you wondering how #PhifeDogNYC is getting on with his new baby brother #DZA, it's been . an adjustment. But apparently the ice is breaking.
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If you happened to catch the canine photobomb on @DeadlineWH with @NicolleDWallace today: the pup is DZA, his big bruh is Phife, and you can get your fill of the #gangstersoflove on Instagram at @phifedogdzadognyc.
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ESSENTIAL THREAD 👇👇👇.
2021 will be a hard year in the life of the American nation. There is a great struggle that lies before us and our disbelief at its arrival must not blind us to the lethal danger it poses to the American experiment. 1/.
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Come on dude: just fucking do it.
It’s getting harder and harder for me not to curse on Twitter👇.
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Flashback to May 1: "I will never lie to you".
Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany: "The president was not angry at all" about Tulsa rally turnout.
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Here's guessing @realDonaldTrump isn't the only famous/infamous person absolutely freaking out over the contents of that safe.
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Not sure if I've hit the trifecta or hit into a triple play, but after @Morning_Joe and @DeadlineWH earlier, I'm headed back to 30 Rock to close out the day with @Lawrence on @TheLastWord. #threepeat #threefer #threeforthepriceofone.
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Needing a midweek pick-me-up, so what better way to spend most of the 4pm ET hour than with my bestie -- and indefatigable jolt of life and energy and rage and humor -- @NicolleDWallace on @DeadlineWH. Come hang with us!.
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Simply devastated by news of the passing of @RepCummings -- a figure of enormous moral dignity and gravity. It's been a couple years since the last time we talked on camera. When it aired, this scene moved people hugely. Watching it now brings me to tears.
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Just a reminder to @NicolleDWallace's legions of devoted fans: she's off today (again), so you're stuck with me (again) on @DeadlineWH. Otoh, we have @kavitapmd, @PhilipRucker, @jmpalmieri, @mayawiley, @Eugene_Robinson, @esglaude, and @murphymike — so tune in for them!.
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Gotta love my bestie @NicolleDWallace.
Former NSA John Bolton's book excerpts are leaking. That led to an escalating shitstorm on cable news today:
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I have bad news: It appears @NicolleDWallace is out today, so there will be a guest host filling in (inadequately) for her on @DeadlineWH. Way worse news: It appears that the guest host in question will be . me. #rutroh #WelcomeToTheTerrordome.
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Watching the astonishing, inspiring uprising of these #NeverAgain kids over the past week--and in the face of such skepticism, antagonism, and putrid, conspiracy-theory-mongering hatred--I've rarely felt as hopeful about the future of this country.
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Spoilert alert -- and I do mean spoiler, in that I'm about to spoil the day for legions of @NicolleDWallace fans. That's right: she's taken today off, leaving me to try to fill her seat on @DeadlineWH. #sorrysorrysorry #prayforme.
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Everything you need to know about @DonnyDeutsch in one pic: the bracelets, bespoke suit sleeves, manicured nails, comically self-aggrandizing iPhone case, and @DeadlineWH mug with a fresh watermelon spear and god knows what else for on-air freshment. #dandydonny 🤴🍉🍹🙄
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Too hot dude. Way too hot.
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What decent human being could watch this and then label her a fabulist?.
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Okaaaaay — last appearance of 2020 with my bestie @NicolleDWallace on @DeadlineWH, coming up at the top of 4pm ET!!!.
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Apparently @NicolleDWallace had so much fun outside the studio yest that they're asking me to pinch-hit for her on @DeadlineWH again today. Hopefully we'll get thru another hour without burning the place down. #hopetheyrestockedtheliquorcabinet.
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