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Reporter at The Washington Post. Proud dad. Lucky husband. Go Birds. Send me tips at joe.heim@washpost.com or on Signal: JoeHeim.78

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/06/2026
A Maryland woman arrested by ICE agents and held for 25 days despite offering proof of citizenship has been issued a U.S. passport. Her removal proceedings in immigration court have also been halted, her lawyers said. wapo.st/4fip2b3
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
They are now 248,834 miles away from home.
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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
'The president isn’t just a bussinessman, he’s taking care of business. It stands as a tribute to an unwavering visionary who looked down, saw a problem, and painted it gold.' Via @joeheim.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Golden toilet statue on Mall pays faux tribute to Trump renovations
It’s the latest work from Secret Handshake, a guerrilla art group that has installed several pieces of artwork on the Mall protesting the Trump administration.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/03/2026
César Chavez, a revered Latino farm labor activist, has been accused of sexually assaulting girls in the movement he led. The reports are now prompting calls to rename buildings, schools, streets and other memorials dedicated to him nationwide.
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Cities race to confront César Chavez’s legacy after assault claims
Leaders are scrambling to rename streets and schools after reports that the farm labor activist sexually assaulted girls in the movement he led.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16/03/2026
One reason we need to foreground art is so that people who would prefer not to engage in any self-reflection might understand that introspection has been central to the human experience for millennia. bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
@evanbirnholz.bsky.social out here giving @aapor.bsky.social lessons in the Sunday crossword 🥹
Clue: *Quality that's subject to bias in surveys, where respondents answer questions in a way that they believe will be viewed favorably by others
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Buddhist monks arrive in D.C., bringing needed solace with them
Thousands of admirers turned out across the city to greet the monks who walked from Fort Worth to the nation’s capital.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
@musicologyduck.bsky.social hi there. i'm a reporter at the Washington Post and if you have a minute I'd love to talk with you about last night's bus ride. please follow for dm or email me at joe.heim@washpost.com. Thanks very much.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/01/2026
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/01/2026
“It’s completely hopeless now to tour in the U.S..” Many overseas musicians, theater companies and others face new and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to perform in the U.S. with the Trump administration's travel restrictions on 19 countries.
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‘An Unbelievable Mess’: Artists Are Stymied by Trump Travel Bans
Musicians, theater groups and others from overseas are facing visa challenges and rising costs, posing a looming crisis for the performing arts sector.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions
Three senior archbishops said recent events raise “basic questions about the use of military force” and have put America’s moral role “under examination.”
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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ICE places ankle monitor on Md. woman who provided U.S. birth certificate
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, 22, says she was born in the U.S. and has provided evidence of her citizenship.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/01/2026
Watch this when you can.
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Trump calls Jan 6 a “day of love.” This bodycam footage shows otherwise.
YouTube video by NPR
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Harrison Smith @harrisondsmith.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Nobody does it like the Brits. The lede from @thetimes.com obit for Justin Toper, whom Piers Morgan once called "the best astrologer in the galaxy”: www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/10/2025
A spokesman for the North Carolina Republican Party appeared to threaten ProPublica, urging President Trump to “feed” the news outlet to the “USAID wood chipper,” over a story it published on a prominent conservative state Supreme Court judge.
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N.C. GOP spokesman urges reporter to drop news story, citing Trump ties
Communications director Matt Mercer later said in a social media post that Trump should “feed ProPublica to the USAID wood chipper.”
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Meghan Hoyer @meghanhoyer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
So @jeremybmerrill.com scraped the Kennedy Center's ticketing website daily for several months. He, @travismandrews.bsky.social & Shelly Tan found that this season's sales are the lowest since the pandemic, as the Trump effect keeps patrons away: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands placed on National Mall
The work is the latest installation in Washington by an anonymous group of artists critical of the president.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
DC has always had protests. But something different is happening now in the District. My story (free link) on the various ways the capital's residents are responding to Trump's surge of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement. wapo.st/46cWb1G
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Resistance to Trump’s D.C. crackdown is taking many forms
Residents want solutions to crime, but many who live here say aggressive federal law enforcement tactics threaten civil rights and instill a sense of fear, not safety.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In a matter of days, the banner became one of the hottest — and hardest to get — ways for locals to express anger with the administration and pride in their city. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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D.C. flag sales soar amid Trump’s federal crackdown on the city
A half-dozen hardware stores in the District told The Washington Post that they were either out of D.C. flags or have struggled to keep them in stock.
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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
One of my favorite skellies is in this @joeheim.bsky.social story! Gift link: wapo.st/4nbMsQa
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D.C. flag sales soar amid Trump’s federal crackdown on the city
A half-dozen hardware stores in the District told The Washington Post that they were either out of D.C. flags or have struggled to keep them in stock.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday
The move continues his administration’s efforts to exert control over the capital city.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Trump calls DC “the most unsafe place anywhere,” but 78% of residents feel safe in their neighborhoods and only 17% support the federal takeover per @washingtonpost.com @scharschool.bsky.social poll. @joeheim.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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We asked 604 D.C. residents about Trump’s takeover. Here’s what they said.
Though crime continues to be a concern, most residents strongly oppose Trump’s actions and don’t think they’ll make D.C. safer, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/08/2025
Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall. If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is (h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2025
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
i think both sides are to blame here
A silver SUV has crashed into the side of a brick building marked "Drive-Thru Pharmacy."
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Excellent story by my @washingtonpost.com colleague Rachel Weiner www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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Tim Lilley spent his life flying. Then his son died in a plane crash.
“I still miss Sam terribly,” Tim Lilley said, but “I started trying to think critically about it right from the get-go.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/07/2025
At least 21 people were killed in a crowd crush and stampede at an aid distribution center in Gaza Wednesday morning, according to local health officials.
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Stampede at Gaza aid distribution site kills at least 21, Health Ministry says
The deaths were the latest in a series of incidents surrounding new aid distribution points that have been faulted for their procedures by aid experts.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
If your #1 issue is inflation, this is a five-alarm fire
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
wapo.st/3IhPHGm My q&a with Elias Weiss Friedman, the human behind the Dogist
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How the Dogist turned canine photos into a social media phenomenon
More than 11 million people follow Elias Weiss Friedman’s posts featuring pictures he’s taken of dogs (and owners) on the streets of New York and elsewhere.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
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Opinion | I’m Not the Person You’d Expect to Oppose a Ban on Transgender Troops
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“Event: Out of an abundance of caution we recommend American citizens shelter in place until further notice.” - US Embassy shelter in place alert Qatar. qa.usembassy.gov/security-ale...
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Alert: Shelter in Place (June 23, 2025)
An official website of the United States government
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Paul Kane @pkcapitol.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
A great @joeheim.bsky.social joint here on House Republicans proposing to name things after Trump, even though not-at-all Trump * DC's subway (has Trump ever seen the red line?); * Dulles airport (he never flies commercial); * fed worker holiday; * $250 bill www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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A $250 bill and ‘WMAGA’: GOP lawmakers push legislation honoring Trump
In the first five months of the 119th Congress, House Republicans have proposed at least eight bills to honor the current president or burnish his image.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future
With grants canceled and billions of dollars in jeopardy, Trump’s cuts are devastating American farmers and plunging families into uncertainty.
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
You would not drive a car that, just once a decade, accelerates instead of braking. But the AI models reshaping the web are that: "a technology that works well enough for users to become dependent, but not consistently enough to be truly dependable." My latest, on the internet's janky AI future:
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The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta
The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The artwork’s creators intended “Dictator Approved” as a rejoinder to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service. My story on the latest piece of protest art to land on the National Mall. (gift link) wapo.st/4k0mcWW
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Eight-foot-tall ‘Dictator Approved’ sculpture appears on National Mall
Did the mystery poop artist strike again? Signs point to yes.
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Jonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The glories of the Beach Boys' "Love You," the last time Brian had the reins www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Analysis | What happened the last time the Beach Boys let Brian Wilson run the band
Brian Wilson made “The Beach Boys Love You” emerging from mental illness. It was a major flop, ending his relationship with the band, but a thrilling work of art.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 05/06/2025
But they told us he was a genius when he was giving them money www.axios.com/2025/06/04/e...
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"He's a complete joke": GOP rage with Musk spills out privately after break with Trump
"Nobody really wanted him here. We couldn't wait to get rid of him," said one House Republican.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Breaking — The Trump administration announced a ban on travelers to the U.S. from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The ban takes effect June 9. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
The effort comes as the president has pursued a series of extraordinary measures to curtail both illegal and legal immigration.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2025
Tammy Bruce: "The thing that matters when it comes to American policy and what's happening is what President Trump thinks and says."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 04/06/2025
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn’t afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500. Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Nicole Thompson @nthompson89.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thank you, @chicagotribune.com, for knowing that this warranted an email news alert! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/c...
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Chonkosaurus, famed massive snapping turtle, rises again from Chicago River
Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus&#82…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/05/2025
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily prevented the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard’s ability to enroll international students.
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Judge temporarily blocks effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The lawsuit challenges the Department of Homeland Security’s abrupt revocation of the university’s ability to enroll foreign students.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
More than three years after its installation was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room surrounded by tools and maintenance equipment. My story wapo.st/4kwulmm
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GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say
More than three years after it was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring members of law enforcement for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“Gaza Remains the Story,” is an effort to create a fuller understanding of Gaza beyond the headlines, say curator Wafa Ghnaim, through the works of contemporary artists, historical photos and opportunities for contemplation at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington DC. wapo.st/4mpoTUj
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A new museum exhibit wants to put Gaza’s humanity at the forefront
A new exhibit at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington showcases the humanity and culture of Gaza through art and history.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/05/2025
“Sesame Street” has found itself a new home. Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.
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‘Sesame Street’ is coming to Netflix with new streaming deal
“Sesame Street” will release episodes on both PBS Kids and Netflix later this year.
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Joe Heim @joeheim.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My interview with @theresthistory.bsky.social podcasters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland. Gift link wapo.st/4dyroQc
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Asked & Answered: An interview with ‘The Rest is History’ podcasters
Dominic Sandbrook: “We didn’t think anyone was going to listen we just thought we’d have fun and talk about stuff that interested us.”
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Of 67,000 small-dollar investors who bought Trump's meme coin using debit cards, 80% have lost money while only 3% have gained and the rest are about even, a @washingtonpost.com review finds. @drewharwell.com @jeremybmerrill.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse
Nearly 67,000 crypto novices have pulled out their debit cards to bet on Trump’s crypto venture, a Post analysis found. So far it’s been a monumental bust.
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