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Eli Okun

@eliokun

Human. @politico. Improviser. Maryland boy. Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Email: [email protected] // Signal: eliokun.46

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Joined June 2013
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I completed my life’s work: I FOUND THE BEST FREE RESTAURANT BREAD IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
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The Atlantic’s newest cover story, by the peerless @caityweaver, is unlike anything else. Just read it: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America

I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America

Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.

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.@AmandaSeyfried brings out the dulcimer and sings a cover of @jonimitchell’s “California”! #FallonTonight

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Maybe not the shot of the decade but an image I think of a lot
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As war engulfed an upscale neighborhood in Sudan's capital, residents desperate to escape had just one option: a battered taxi driven by two penniless students. A tale of two heroes. nytimes.com/2023/05/05/world…
‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan (Published 2023)

‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan (Published 2023)

As feuding generals turned the Sudanese capital into a war zone, two university students navigated a battered Toyota through the chaos and saved at least 60 desperate people.

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Keep Calm And Border Collie's
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I'm a pretty modest guy, but I will take credit for the headline on today's @playbookdc politico.com/newsletters/pla…
POLITICO Playbook: Loose lips about sinking ships

POLITICO Playbook: Loose lips about sinking ships

And Clarence Thomas says SCOTUS won't be "bullied."

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Paul Schrader casually dropping the most romantic scene of the year right in the middle of one of the angriest films he’s ever made. Whatta guy
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Billy Joel’s The Stranger: banger banger banger banger banger banger banger ok no
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how poorly I do in learned league is actually part of my innate charm
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🏆Congratulations to POLITICO’s @kelseytam & @EENewsUpdates' @cy_zaneski & @amycarlile for being named by @washingtonian as three of Washington’s 250 most influential people—outside of the government—who’ll be shaping the policy debates for years to come. bit.ly/2ZQRUPJ
Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2024

Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2024

Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates.

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INSIDE OUT should have won Best Picture in 2015. It was not nominated.
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Trump donated to Kamala Harris twice: $6,000 total in 2011 and 2013. Harris also landed $2,000 from Ivanka Trump, and $2,000 from Steven Mnuchin when she ran for the Senate in 2016. politi.co/2H0Tozy via @eliokun
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I was laid off by @rollcall today. I'm a passionate audio producer who loves making complex policy fun and digestible for listeners. If you're hiring, I would love to help you make your next podcast great.
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A friend quarantined in Spain just sent me this and I I have no words – at Washington, DC
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Nationalist president meets globalist pandemic: Here are 5 ways that’s a problem for Trump. My story with the great @eliokun politi.co/2Tt5Yws
The coronavirus is a globalist. Here are 5 ways that’s a problem for Trump.

The coronavirus is a globalist. Here are 5 ways that’s a problem for Trump.

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Folks, do not fret! I had to move desks, but the @UKAthletics gnome is still alive and well in the POLITICO newsroom! xitter.gq/rez512/status/12247988…
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Replying to @BuzzFeed
Really thought this was going to be about the Department of Defense. "omg I got acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Alan R. Shaffer!!!"
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The epic lede that ran on the front page of the @nytimes on Jan. 1, 2000 nytimes.com/2000/01/01/nyreg…
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"POLITICO doesn't have much of a sense of humor." -- Joe Biden.😏
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