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🕵🏽 ♀️ Identifying the author behind New York Time’s op-ed from inside the Trump White House.

I compared the paragraphs of the op-ed to tweets posted to timelines by members of the Cabinet. Here’s what I found:

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Method

I’ve written an explanation post, which I expect to publish at TBD outlet.

Code/Estimates

See the analysis (to replicate, btw, start here as well) and visualization code.

Download the raw estimates here or view the results below:

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authorr
op-ed1.000000
VP0.801063
POTUS0.798661
SecPompeo0.766971
SecretaryRoss0.737344
StateDept0.684387
SecNielsen0.671606
SecAzar0.626870
BetsyDeVosED0.548856
EPAAWheeler0.493172
SecretaryCarson0.489422
SecretarySonny0.335650
stevenmnuchin10.190530
SecretaryAcosta0.186096
USTradeRep0.184084
USUN0.179083
DeptofDefense0.139830
CIA0.113995
SBALinda0.100977
nikkihaley0.045223
CommerceGov-0.027009
OMBPress-0.036475
mike_pence-0.056347
ENERGY-0.060640
HHSGov-0.079406
SecElaineChao-0.093637
SecretaryPerry-0.099864
usedgov-0.161001
Cabinet-0.186110
SecPriceMD-0.210265
TheJusticeDept-0.223151
DHSgov-0.223711
SecShulkin-0.260545
SecretaryZinke-0.292255
USTreasury-0.341385
SBAgov-0.384094
Interior-0.432636
USDA-0.481016
EPA-0.492955
HUDgov-0.498904
USDOL-0.511604
DeptVetAffairs-0.604644
USDOT-0.792344
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