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You can follow TWI on Twitter and Facebook.

Didn’t see it? You can watch Daphne’s segment right here.

You might also notice that TWI is listed in the segment as the source of a quote from former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Thanks to some very heads-up reporting by our own David Weigel, who ran into Gonzales at a forum in Washington Thursday, Gonzales is on the record saying he’ll cooperate with a truth commission.

But there’s more. If you saw MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, you would have seen that the meat of Olbermann’s No. 5 story was … Gonzales’ comments. Unfortunately, you wouldn’t have had any idea that TWI was the source of the comments. (To be fair, Olbermann has cited TWI’s work previously with attribution, so we’re willing to forgive last night’s oversight.) Anyway, here’s the Countdown segment (skip two minutes in):

Great work, Daphne and David!

I’m pleased to announce that David Weigel has joined our staff to cover the Republican Party and the remaking of the right.

David is formerly of the libertarian magazine Reason, where, as an associate editor, he covered national politics with an unbeatable tone. He made his mark during the 2008 campaign season, focusing on the impact libertarian candidates and voters had on the presidential race, and he unearthed fascinating stories about the conservative movement.

David’s work has appeared in many publications including Slate, Time.com, Economist.com, Campaigns & Elections (now Politics), The American Conservative, The American Spectator, The American Prospect, The Nation and The Guardian.

He’s an incisive reporter and blogger, and we’re very excited to have him on board.