American - Journalist | March 12, 1969 -
It's the exact opposite of my job to take what the government says at face value and say, 'This is the truth because the government says it, and the government never lies.'
Jake Tapper
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I'm a collaborative person - it makes me better - and sometimes taking that collaboration to Twitter is helpful.
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There are basic lines of human decency, norms to which society generally agrees and to which we adhere, and we continue to see the Trump presidency eroding these lines.
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As soon as I wake up, I read my email to see what news developed overnight.
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We've gone through many different permutations of coffee-making, from grinding our own beans to the regular drip to an iced coffee maker.
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I've conditioned myself to believe that almonds are a completely delicious snack, and that they don't taste like paper or get stuck in the back of my mouth.
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I definitely pack coffee if I'm going someplace where it might not be available. When I went to Afghanistan in 2011, I brought a bunch of instant coffee. I didn't need to do that, of course, because army people drink industrial-strength coffee and have it going 24/7.
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Mean is easy. Mean is lazy. Mean is self-satisfied and slothful.
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You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six weeks.
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There are news sources that are just out-and-out lies coming from Europe, coming from other parts of the world.
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We all know members of the House and Senate - especially the House - who are just crazy and say things that aren't true, Democrats and Republicans.
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Actors are tough because they're not used to challenging questions - other than from paparazzi. And so you just ask one perfectly legitimate question, but one that they're not comfortable answering, and all of a sudden they look at you, and you're the paparazzi.
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