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10 Facts About Jamie Weinstein

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Jamie Weinstein is an American political journalist, opinion commentator, and satirist.

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Jamie Weinstein attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 2006 with a BA in history and government.

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Jamie Weinstein later attended the London School of Economics, where he received a MS in the history of international relations.

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In 2011, Jamie Weinstein won the Funniest Celebrity in Washington, DC stand-up comedy competition.

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In 2012, Jamie Weinstein co-wrote a satirical novella called The Lizard King: The Shocking Inside Account of Obama's True Intergalactic Ambitions by an Anonymous White House Staffer, which was published by HarperCollins.

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In early 2016, Jamie Weinstein gave a speech in favor of Virginia governor Jim Gilmore's presidential candidacy at an Iowa caucus for a story.

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In 2013, Jamie Weinstein started The Churchill Tommy Gun Society, a dinner society that brings together some of Washington's more notable young reporters and commentators with prominent special guests from the world of media, politics and business for an off-the-record evening of dinner and drinks at his DC residence.

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In 2016, Weinstein launched The Jamie Weinstein Show, a podcast that featured in-depth interviews with Tucker Carlson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Sowell, Sen.

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Jamie Weinstein returned to podcasting in October 2023 as the host of the Monday edition of The Dispatch, a podcast.

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In May 2016, Jamie Weinstein became engaged to former Huffington Post political journalist Michelle Fields.