Nicole Lafond
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Nicole Lafond is TPM’s deputy editor, 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.
Where Things Stand: Isolating With The Oddballs 
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Quarantine has forced some of us to spend quite a lot of time in isolation with some … unique characters to say the least.
But President Trump — who, unlike the rest of us, has spent little time actually quarantining since COVID-19 first hit the U.S. — is actively choosing to keep the company of out-there characters.
Where Things Stand: Who Will Get Their Christmas Pardon?
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Word on the street (or, rather, Axios) is that President Trump is going to issue a wave of pardons today as a grand gesture of Christmas clemency to some of his closest friends and family.
Where Things Stand: Trump’s Out But McGahn’s Not Off The Hook Yet
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The House Judiciary Committee still wants to hear from former White House counsel Don McGahn.
Where Things Stand: Oh, That’s All It Took
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Vladimir Putin and Mitch McConnell had something in common today.