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Ezra Klein Cannot Be Stopped

Original story at New Republic• 11 mentions • 3 months ago

 
 

The first time I interviewed Ezra Klein, the 28-year-old prince of D.C. media, he brought me a sandwich: prosciutto on a poppy-seed baguette. (Also, chips and a beverage.) We were in the back of a chauffeured black town car, sent by the Washington Speakers Bureau, to take Klein from his office at The Washington Post, across the river, to a speaking event at the Northern Virginia Community College. There, he would give a talk on U.S. politics. “I have a little spiel I do at these,” he told me. “The one I like to do is called ‘Why Washington is Horrible (in Charts),’ but they don’t have PowerPoint capability, so I’m doing a modified version.”The

 

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13 Feb
The New Republic @tnr
Speaking of meta… http://t.co/rnjLzgHD RT @noamscheiber: Love it when Obama goes meta.
 
12 Feb
Heidi N. Moore @moorehn
"The President talks to @ezraklein." http://t.co/Zc3fJoQM
 
12 Feb
Kevin Roose @kevinroose
Non-controversial opinion: I think @ezraklein seems like a smart and decent guy. http://t.co/mRxhTgBD
 
12 Feb
Patrick LaForge, NYT @palafo
Ezra Klein: The Wise Boy (@juliaioffe / The New Republic) http://t.co/V7PHzAzD via @mediagazer
 
12 Feb
Ryan Avent @ryanavent
It's the price of well-earned success, but makes me queasy to see folks I know put through big-time DC ringer. http://t.co/TShNOO4Q
 
12 Feb
mattyglesias @mattyglesias
In which I reveal the SHOCKING TRUTH about hilarious @EzraKlein anecdotes: http://t.co/SiQypRHu
 
12 Feb
felix salmon @felixsalmon
Ezra Klein's high-school GPA will surprise you http://t.co/ZSz3MhAD
 
12 Feb
The New Republic @tnr
"He was the good grandson delivering an intelligent and schticky bar mitzvah speech." @juliaioffe profiles @ezraklein http://t.co/1JrqP8CR
 
12 Feb
daveweigel @daveweigel
RT @rkearney: .@daveweigel on @ezraklein: “I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen him drunk. No. No, I haven’t.” http://t.co/FhpC14vy
 
12 Feb
Sudeep Reddy @Reddy
Ezra "Klein’s 'underbloggers' quietly clacked away on their keyboards, pretending that this exchange wasn’t happening." http://t.co/sHsqnRUu
 
12 Feb
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers
Profile of @ezraklein "the..handsome nerd, the kid you want explaining your budget policy & marrying your daughter" http://t.co/IDYxfCK4