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Daniel Desrochers
@drdesrochers
International trade reporter for POLITICO. Friend of Dorothy. Send stuff: [email protected], Signal: desrochers.11
Washington, D.C.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Jun 17, 2020
    The state police said it will be an 8 hour wait from the back of the line to speak to a state employee about unemployment.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Oct 13, 2020
    McConnell said today he will bring the Senate Republican COVID-19 relief package back up for a vote in the Senate Monday, after spending last night getting criticized by McGrath for not doing enough to get a covid relief bill passed.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Aug 4, 2024
    Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin sent his son to a disciplinary school in Jamaica that was raided for abusing the teenagers. Then he seemingly failed to pick up his son, allowing him to become a ward of Jamaica. “Noah, [Bevin’s] son, is unsurprised.”
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    ‘I’d rather die than go back’: Jamaica’s school for troubled US boys
    The Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica promised American parents it could ‘fix’ their sons. Instead, the boys allege they were systematically abused — and Paris Hilton has taken up their cause
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Jun 24, 2020
    *DISCLAIMER, THIS IS JUST DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TODAY AT COMMONWEALTH STADIUM* Booker: 1512 (72.4%) McGrath: 479 (22.9%) Broihier: 34 (1.63%)
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    Daniel Desrochers
    @drdesrochers
    Jun 24, 2022
    Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has issued an opinion triggering Missouri's anti-abortion law. Abortion is now illegal in Missouri.
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    Daniel Desrochers
    @drdesrochers
    Oct 29, 2020
    Here’s McConnell saying he’s sure Hillary Clinton was “so grateful” the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett on her birthday.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Aug 4, 2024
    Beshear driving to his VP interview feels very Kentucky
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    Howard Mortman
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    Aug 4, 2024
    Arriving at Naval Observatory at 5:04pm ET: A Chrysler Pacifica with Kentucky plates ...
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Aug 1, 2020
    Amy McGrath is doing a voter registration drive in downtown Lexington. Rex Chapman and Mike Broihier are here.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Sep 8, 2022
    McConnell’s office put out a photo of him meeting Queen Elizabeth II during the George W. Bush administration. For some reason President Bush and Elaine Chao are holding hands in it?
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Jun 25, 2020
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    Now a choir is singing “say her name” and “no justice, no peace.”
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Jun 17, 2020
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    Like yesterday, it’s been cut into two lines. Those that didn’t make it before around 9:45 have to give their name and number and hope for a call.
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    Daniel Desrochers
    @drdesrochers
    Aug 3, 2021
    A little news: I’m headed to DC to be the Washington correspondent for the Kansas City Star. I’ve fallen in love with Kentucky — its beauty, its history and its people. It’s been a privilege to be a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Thank you. I will miss it dearly.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Dec 11, 2019
    History has been made: Jim Gray and his partner Eric Orr just became the first same sex couple ever introduced at the Grand March.
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    Daniel Desrochers
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    Jun 17, 2020
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    kentucky.com
    Hundreds of people line up outside KY Capitol to speak to a human about unemployment
    A long line of hundreds of Kentuckians wrapped around the capitol Wednesday as people sought to speak to a human to get their unemployment claims resolved. A protest sparked the state to form an...

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