Roger Sollenberger is a senior political reporter with The Daily Beast. He previously worked as a reporter for Salon, and prior to that as an independent investigative journalist, where he placed stories with BuzzFeed News, WIRED, the New Republic, and VICE, among others. He and his wife live in Austin, Texas, with their two dogs, who are fat.

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