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Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.

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In this July 26, 2017 photo, “A Prairie Home Companion” creator and former host Garrison Keillor talks at his St. Paul, Minn., office. Keillor is not spending his time in retirement baking Powdermilk Biscuits or drinking coffee down at the Chatterbox Cafe now that he has hung up his microphone as host of his popular public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city “Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour _ 2017,” which he vows will be his last. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

In this July 26, 2017 photo, “A Prairie Home Companion” creator and former host Garrison Keillor talks at his St. Paul, Minn., office. Keillor is not spending his time in retirement baking Powdermilk Biscuits or drinking coffee down at the Chatterbox Cafe now that he has hung up his microphone as host of his popular public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” He turns 75 on Aug. 7 and boards a bus the next day for a 28-city “Prairie Home Love & Comedy Tour _ 2017,” which he vows will be his last. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

WaPo Ends Garrison Keillor Column For Violating ‘Transparency Standards’

11.30.17 | 3:31 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

White House Plots Shakeup: Tillerson Out, Pompeo To State, Cotton To CIA

11.30.17 | 10:02 am

New Accuser Says Franken Groped Her During USO Tour In 2003

11.30.17 | 9:52 am

London Mayor: Any Official Trump Visit To Britain ‘Would Not Be Welcomed’

11.30.17 | 8:24 am

Trump Tells British PM To ‘Focus’ On Terrorism In UK, Not Criticize Him

11.30.17 | 7:48 am

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, in Henagar, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, in Henagar, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Report: Trump Considers Boosting Roy Moore From Afar

11.29.17 | 11:44 am

Trump Retweets Anti-Muslim Videos Posted By UK Far-Right Leader

11.29.17 | 9:47 am

Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, speaks during an event at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (Wade Spees/The Post and Courier)

Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, speaks during an event at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (Wade Spees/The Post and Courier)

Steve Bannon Says He Actually Will Campaign For Roy Moore In Alabama

11.29.17 | 8:24 am

NYT: Trump Still Questions Authenticity Of Obama’s Birth Certificate

11.29.17 | 7:47 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference about the Republican tax plan and how the GOP says it will help small business, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference about the Republican tax plan and how the GOP says it will help small business, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell Makes Dubious Claim That He Never Turned Down Obama Meeting

11.28.17 | 3:03 pm

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