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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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on October 13, 2018 in Sunland Park, New Mexico. on October 13, 2018 in Sunland Park, New Mexico.
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on July 30, 2015 in Ayr, Scotland. on July 30, 2015 in Ayr, Scotland.
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Donald Trump Jr. speaks during a get-out-the-vote rally for his father,ÊRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump,Êat Ahern ManufacturingÊon November 3, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump Jr. urged people to vote for his father during early voting, which ends on November 4 in the battleground state, and on Election Day. Donald Trump Jr. speaks during a get-out-the-vote rally for his father,ÊRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump,Êat Ahern ManufacturingÊon November 3, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump Jr. urged people to vote for his father during early voting, which ends on November 4 in the battleground state, and on Election Day.
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on January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. on January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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COLUMBIA, SC - JUNE 24:  South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol June 24, 2009 in Columbia, South Carolina. Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair after returning from a secret trip to visit a woman in Argentina and said that he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.  (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images) COLUMBIA, SC - JUNE 24:  South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol June 24, 2009 in Columbia, South Carolina. Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair after returning from a secret trip to visit a woman in Argentina and said that he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.  (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images)
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AYR, SCOTLAND - JUNE 24:  Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump cuts a ribbon on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort surrounded by his family Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump junior and granddaughter Kai Trump on June 24, 2016 in Ayr, Scotland. Mr Trump arrived to officially open his golf resort which has undergone an eight month refurbishment as part of an investment thought to be worth in the region of two hundred million pounds.  (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) AYR, SCOTLAND - JUNE 24:  Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump cuts a ribbon on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort surrounded by his family Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump junior and granddaughter Kai Trump on June 24, 2016 in Ayr, Scotland. Mr Trump arrived to officially open his golf resort which has undergone an eight month refurbishment as part of an investment thought to be worth in the region of two hundred million pounds.  (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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