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I'm based in @CNN's Los Angeles Bureau, where I hunt & gather the news. Also the referee, caterer, babysitter and boss-lady to my horses, Misty & Gatsby! 🐴

At work or at the barn.
Joined October 2010
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A Saturday well-spent. 🐴💛🌅🍂🍁🌼 #mydayinla
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Time magazine chooses a group of journalists who have been in the news in 2018, including Jamal Khashoggi, as its Person of the Year cnn.it/2Eg84bx
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It doesn't matter how "blue" California is. The state deserves a president who will take this firestorm seriously.
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This is a lie.
President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern...
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.@DonLemon: "It was ten years ago tonight, November 4, 2008 that Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States, making history as the first African American to hold the office."
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Join @KyungLahCNN on a journey to the front lines in the war on voting rights in the US. On @CNN Friday, November 2 @ 11pET/8pPT & Saturday, November 3rd @ 9pET/6pPT #VotingRightsCNN
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Former President Obama discusses his conversation with John McCain about speaking at his funeral, joking that “it showed… his sense of humor… After all, what better way to get a last laugh than to make George and I say nice things about him to a national audience.”
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Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy.
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For ways you can help the victims of the California wildfires, please visit cnn.com/impact. @CNNImpact cnn.com/us/live-news/califor…
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It's #WorldOtterDay?! Time to celebrate! These adorable creatures are some of the most charismatic marine mammals that capture the imagination and demand the affections of people around the world.
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I have only taken Ambien once...but I don't remember one of the side-effects being racism.
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We can never truly repay the debt we owe our fallen heroes. But we can remember them, honor their sacrifice, and affirm in our own lives those enduring ideals of justice, equality, and opportunity for which generations of Americans have given that last full measure of devotion.
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Through his nonprofit Flying Fur Animal Rescue, #CNN Hero Paul Steklenski, has saved more than 1,000 dogs' lives in the last three years by flying them from high-kill animal shelters to safe havens miles away. cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video… @CNNHeroes
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Right now on #CNN: Former FBI Director James Comey faces questions from a live audience at CNN's town hall hosted by @andersoncooper #ComeyTownHall cnn.it/2Hqmj0h
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Five years after an act of hate struck Boston, the thousands of acts of charity and compassion on #OneBostonDay remind us once again that America will always own the finish line. Proud of you, Boston - today and always.
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❤️❤️❤️❤️ #March4OurLives teapawt.net/cnnpolitics/status/977… – at Los Angeles, CA
Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter addresses #MarchForOurLives in Washington, DC: "I have a dream that enough is enough and that this should be a gun-free world -- period" cnn.it/2DQXdRJ snpy.tv/2GkKXy5
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Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
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Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s greats, R.I.P. 💫✨ – at Los Angeles, CA
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#CNN is holding a town hall with the FL shooting victims’ classmates, parents and community members. “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” airs live at 6pPT/9pET #StudentsStandUp cnn.it/2onNEns
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