Some exciting ~personal news~ as they say: Starting Monday I’ll be taking the reins of Influence while @theodoricmeyer moves over to Transition Playbook!
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Caitlin Oprysko
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HOME OF YOUR BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPION GEORGIA BULLDOGS — @BGOV senior lobbying reporter — Tips: [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined September 2014
- DOJ counterintelligence chief Jay Bratt vowed this morning that the department would not be deterred by a string of recent legal setbacks in its attempts to crackdown on foreign influence efforts in the U.S.
- Because there wasn't enough news flying around today, we now have a verdict in the Roger Stone trial!Replying to @dsamuelsohn and @joshgersteinJury foreman says they have a verdict.
- I have truly never been more conflictedSony Michel and David Andrews are celebrating in the endzone during the Super Bowl. Of course. #UGA
- A new disclosure filed yesterday shows Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden aide Steve Ricchetti, has been lobbying for PhRMA for almost 5 months now (the LDA says lobbyists must register within 45 days of reaching the threshold requiring registration) lda.senate.gov/filings/public…
- The plagiarism is bad but also the rest of the replies to this are p alarmingRead Fox New article about a congressional race. Clicked the Politico link in the article only to realize the Fox article is pretty dang close to a word for word copy of the Politico article.
- "Does anyone around here sleep...ever?!" @OHnewsroom
- Coulda told you that from watching like any five Instagram stories from people I follow selected at randomGeorgia has received an "F" grade in social distancing, according to cell phone data recorded by @Unacast.
- Bad day to be a person who organizes their apps by color 😔
- "The peach is famously the state’s fruit, but lemon pepper is the city’s soul."
- I too remain bothered by the Sugar Bowl"What's his name in Texas? Beevo?" Johnny Isakson says on Georgia Public Broadcasting. "Beto," the host says
- A quick thread about Blake Hounshell: Blake was truly one of a kind, both as a person and a journalist. I'm heartbroken for his family and friends tonight.The @politico newsroom is in anguish. Blake Hounshell had a dazzling mind, full of original insights about a vast array of subjects. He was a deeply idealistic and curious man with an exhilarating ability to perceive both patterns and contradictions in the news.
- The White House should put that on the Beast
- This is chilling: "Meredith brought with him a Glock covered in an American flag skin, an assault-style rifle with telescopic sight, high-capacity magazines and about 2,500 rounds of ammunition, including at least 320 'armor-piercing' rounds."QAnon believer who plottled to kill Nancy Pelosi came to D.C. ready for war politico.com/news/2021/01/1…














