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Matt Laslo 

Veteran congressional reporter WIRED, Raw Story, fmr. VICE, Rolling Stone, Playboy, et. @Prof_Laslo Johns Hopkins University

Pablo Manríquez

I cover Congress for Vanity Fair, The New Republic, The Intercept, Texas Monthly, and other outlets of high esteem. The Washington Post once called me "an Internet folk hero". Made in Chile.