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Astead
@AsteadWH
Host, America, Actually! @voxmedia Editorial director @voxdotcom Political analyst @cnn Former @nytimes @bostonglobe
New York, NY
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Joined August 2011
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    Astead
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    Apr 11
    !!!! First day of our new podcast, America Actually (w/ Astead Herndon). It's going to be about the upcoming elections and America's road to a post-Trump future. But as we got started I wanted to write something about why I landed on that theme and what I saw as the our mission
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    Apr 25, 2021
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    Jan 6, 2021
    if you have to say "america is so much better than this" every two weeks, maybe were not?
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    Feb 9, 2018
    I thought sports were no place for political protests?
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    AP Sports
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    Feb 9, 2018
    The Latest: Vice President Mike Pence and his wife did not stand for the combined Korean team’s entrance. #OpeningCeremony apne.ws/y59DTH8
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    Aug 13, 2020
    Love to see a character from Quarantine Season 1 get some screen time later in the series
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    Pop Crave
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    Aug 13, 2020
    Cardi B responds to #TigerKing star Carole Baskin after she accused the rapper of animal cruelty on the #WAP set: “I’m not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that. Like, that’s just ridiculous you know? Like, girl you killed your goddamn husband.” 🔗: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/…
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    Astead
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    Apr 10, 2020
    Team Mom
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    Astead
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    May 13, 2020
    J.K. Rowling, thinking of a name of white character: Albus Dumbeldore, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall J.K. Rowling, thinking of nonwhite character: Cho Chang
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    Astead
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    Jan 3, 2018
    Media: millennials share everything on social media and it's going to kill us all The President, age 71: Hello fellow Tweeters should I launch the nukes
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    Astead
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    Aug 24, 2020
    the officer was not involved in a shooting. the police shot someone
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    Astead
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    Feb 23, 2018
    why y'all mess with teenagers online i'll never know. these kids were forged in the fires of internet wars. they're a different breed
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    Astead
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    Jul 2, 2019
    You know what was distasteful? The Stamp Act
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    beIN SPORTS
    beIN SPORTS
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    Jul 2, 2019
    Replying to @beINSPORTS_EN
    Storm in a tea cup! #USWNT through to the final... but was Alex Morgan's celebration distasteful? #beINWWC #ENGUSA #FIFAWWC
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    Astead
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    Sep 21, 2018
    My kind of petty: Democrat running for House seat in Arizona gets six of his Republican opponent's SIBLINGS to be in an advertisement against their brother
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    Astead
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    Nov 18, 2017
    Serena of the House Williams, First of Her Name, the Unbroken, Queen of the Grand Slams and the First Ace, Khaleesi of the Clay Court and Grass, Breaker of Serves, and Mother of Match Point
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    Astead
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    Nov 13, 2020
    Congress is gonna be wild
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