Jake Tapper

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Score 127

Reposted by Jake Tapper

It's pretty shocking for something like this to go unnoticed for months.

But we can expect more such situations, given the steep decline in regional reporters assigned to cover Congress. There are a lot of such trees falling in the forest, unseen.

Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein

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Dallas Express reports that sitting 81-year-old congresswoman Kay Granger is secretly residing in a memory care and assisted living facility.

Granger hasn't cast any votes since July, isn't answering phone calls and vacated her physical office sometime before Thanksgiving.…

12/22/2024, 4:07:43 AM

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