Articles by Philip Bump

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The New U.S. Congress Is 80 Percent White, 80 Percent Male and 92 Percent Christian
Philip Bump – The Washington Post, 12 Jan 2015

Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win in an arithmetic competition between you and a talking horse. Which is to say: It is like trying to guess how many jellybeans are in a glass jar that contains two jellybeans. Which is to say: It is easy.

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Rand Paul Sues the NSA in the Most Elaborate Email Collection Scheme in History
Philip Bump – The Wire, 17 Feb 2014

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will on Wednesday [12 Feb2014] announce a class action suit against the NSA for unconstitutionally (by some estimations) scooping up Americans’ telephone call data.

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