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Staff writer at The New Yorker Clare_malone@newyorker.com

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Jake Lahut, a Wired reporter who from the Nancy Mace airport story last week, was among those fired.

During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.

06.11.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1708    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 42

This is on Monday! Get your tix! bsky.app/profile/clar...

29.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come spend Election Eve (Nov 3) with Nate Silver, Galen Druke, and me, live at the Comedy Cellar in nyc! www.gdpolitics.com/p/election-e...

21.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Nate, Galen, and I doing another live NYC podcast at the Comedy Cellar on Nov. 3, the night before Election Day!

Link to tix below:https://bsky.app/profile/galendruke.bsky.social/post/3m3atgr5bwk27

16.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some news!! πŸ“’ πŸ“š

I'm excited to build on my New Yorker reporting and delve even more into this movement that's reshaping American life and politics before our eyes.

13.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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AD out here owning the high brow doxxing space.

26.09.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Trump Wants from a TikTok Deal with China The Chinese-owned social-media app was banned by Congress because of national-security concerns, but the President seems more interested in leveraging its future for his personal gain.

You might have missed it with everything going on, but here's the latest on TikTok (there's a lot!) www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

21.09.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Trump Wants from a TikTok Deal with China The Chinese-owned social-media app was banned by Congress because of national-security concerns, but the President seems more interested in leveraging its future for his personal gain.

You might have missed it with everything going on, but here's the latest on TikTok (there's a lot!) www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

21.09.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From my new piece re: Calley Means. I went to a private dinner the night of Kennedy's confirmation & Del Bigtree said this (below). It's such a clear acknowledgement of the role food activism played/plays in MAHA, smoothing out the rough edges of anti-vax activism.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

16.09.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clare Malone On MAHA, Charlie Kirk, And NYC's Mayoral Race Friend of the pod Clare Malone discusses the latest in politics and media.

We've got a special guest on the podcast today.

@claremalone.bsky.social & I discuss Charlie Kirk's assassination, the MAHA movement, the NYC mayoral race, Kamala Harris's book & more.

We've also got a live show coming up w/ Nate Silver in NYC on Sept 29th.
www.gdpolitics.com/p/clare-malo...

15.09.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven The founder of β€œHouse Inhabit” has grown her audience during the second Trump Administration with political gossip and what she calls β€œquality conspiracy.”

The influencer Jessica Reed Kraus gained popularity chronicling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Presidential campaign. During the second Trump Administration, she has continued to grow her audienceβ€”with political gossip and what she calls β€œquality conspiracy.”

15.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven The founder of β€œHouse Inhabit” has grown her audience during the second Trump Administration with political gossip and what she calls β€œquality conspiracy.”

For this week’s issue I profiled Jessica Reed Kraus, aka House Inhabit, the gossip blogger of MAHA/MAGA whose rise could only happen in the fractured media landscape of our strange times. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

15.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Just a reminder that I'm chatting with Nate and Galen in NYC on Sept 29. I'm sure there will be LOTS to discuss. bsky.app/profile/clar...

09.09.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Pam Bondi Is the Attorney General of Trump’s Dreams The upheaval under Bondi has left the Justice Department hollowed out, with consequences likely to outlast her tenure and reshape the institution itself.

🎧 Talked with @ruthmarcus.bsky.social about her great Pam Bondi profile on this week's podcast!

www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

04.09.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis Donald Trump’s unpopularity hasn’t translated into strength among the Democratic Party. Why are key blocs of voters drifting away?

🎧 I'm guest hosting our politics podcast and the first episode is out! I talked with Lis Smith about the Democrats' demographic and identity crisis. 🎧
www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

28.08.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is for a niche audience but I feel like there's a 30 percent chance that, given today's news, in about fifteen years,Taylor and Travis are just really involved Hawken sports parents. www.realtor.com/news/celebri...

26.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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🎀On Sept 29 @natesilver538.tweet.pub @galendruke.bsky.social and I are doing a live podcast show in NYC at the Comedy Cellar. Come!! Tix link below.

(We did this in the spring and it was lots of fun, so we figured why not again?)

www.gdpolitics.com/p/gd-politic...

25.08.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency? A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusiveβ€”until now.

β€œHow much money does it all amount to? What’s the number?” David Kirkpatrick tallies it up. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

11.08.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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My sliding doors moment is almost taking a job at Elle in 2012. Close enough?

15.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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SpinCo cake pop?

10.06.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Found!

08.06.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you live in NYC, particularly Brooklyn in/near Flatbush, please spread the word about Xavier Williams, a sixteen year old with autism who has been missing since Wednesday.

08.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out the Washington Post? The Amazon founder was once thought to be the newspaper’s saviorβ€”now its journalists are fleeing for the exits. Clare Malone reports on how the paper that brought down Nixon is struggling to survive t...

Yes, Bezos ended the Washington Post’s endorsement tradition & is changing the Opinion pages, but there’s more to what’s going on with him, and to what’s happening inside one of the country’s most important news organizations.

My story:

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

12.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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Congrats to @michaelluo.bsky.social! So excited to read this bookβ€”a little more about it in this Times review. nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...

29.04.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just listened to a gaggle of schoolchildren sing β€œFifty Nifty United States” on a subway platform which is every bit as heartwarming as it sounds.

10.04.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2025 Mirror Awards Competition Winners will be announced June 9 at an awards ceremony in New York City.

Ok, I have to admit, this is cool & has never happened to me: I got nominated for an award for three of my pieces on media from last year. A year when nothing at all was going on in media. Nothing at all. Anyhow, very flattering and thank you, Newhouse School! newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/newhous...

09.04.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

Read @chaykak.bsky.social with the definitive story of @bsky.app and its effort to build a better digital town square. @jay.bsky.team: β€œI think this self-styled tech-monarch thing is worth questioning. Do we want to live in that world?” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

08.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F*** It, We'll Do It Live! Welcome to the first GD POLITICS live show

@galendruke.bsky.social is hosting the first live taping of his podcast in NYC and I'm a guest along with @natesilver5380.bsky.social and Harry Enten. April 23 at 6pm! Tix on sale.

www.gdpolitics.com/p/f-it-well-...

07.04.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing correction on WaPo writeup of Graydon Carter's book party.

27.03.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is everyone all of a sudden saying β€œsteel-manning”? This has to be a Bluesky thing.

25.03.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

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