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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UPDATE: Christian Ehrhardt, who oversees the State Dept's Office of Remigration, which facilitates third-country deportations, has been nominated to become U.S. ambassador to Cameroon. w/ @mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump official central to deportation deals tapped for ambassadorship
Christian Ehrhardt, who negotiated the administration’s controversial “third country” agreements, is the White House pick for ambassador to Cameroon.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's top pick this week, @mradamtaylor.bsky.social & @davidnakamura.bsky.social dive into the State Department's Office of Remigration (the name of the group itself is a matter of much debate). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: Trump White House says it is complying with Judge Timothy Kelly's order to restore passes/access to CNN/MSNOW/POLITICO reporters. Guidance was given to reverse ban at 710AM and they were back on by 907AM. Confiscated badges will be returned. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#27 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
DECLARATION by STEVEN CHEUNG, SEAN M. CURRAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES. (Velchik, Michael) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes. @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Trump's State Dept upended foreign aid, refugee resettlement and turned it into a machine fueling mass deportation. Here's the database on deals between other countries based on internal documents. Via @davidnakamura.bsky.social @mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New: The goal “was fast money, with no strings attached. The whole point was to circumvent notification that money was being sent to a government known to be corrupt.” Our investigation into Trump's third-country deportation program. w/@mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
congrats. much deserved!
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Along the Potomac, a cruise to celebrate Trump’s deportation campaign: More than 150 conservatives gathered on a party yacht Thursday evening to reinforce their commitment to expelling undocumented immigrants. wapo.st/3Rj1IQQ
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Along the Potomac, a cruise to celebrate Trump’s deportation campaign
More than 150 conservatives gathered on a party yacht to reinforce their commitment to expelling undocumented immigrants.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pope Leo named a formerly undocumented immigrant who was smuggled into the U.S. in a car trunk to be bishop of WVa. and also elevated Howard University’s chaplain who called attacks on diversity “un-American” + “un-Christian.” @michelleboorstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
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Pope Leo picks formerly undocumented immigrant to lead West Virginia Catholics
Pope Leo, who elevated Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala and the Rev. Robert Boxie III, has drawn a clear contrast with the Trump administration on immigration and the Iran war.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Americans reject Trump’s planned WH ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a Post-ABC-Ipsos poll, and they appear largely unmoved by the intensified calls from the president to allow the project to go forward. @ddiamond.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Public rejects Trump’s ballroom by wide margin
The president’s planned 250-foot arch and a Treasury department plan to put Trump’s signature on paper money are also unpopular ideas.
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
NEW (my signal: mariapost.45) A lawyer who vowed to “fight exclusively for the rights of men.” An attorney who championed ICE in MN. A judge who denied protection to a man because he didn’t look “overtly gay.” All are among the new "deportation judges." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump officials hire ‘deportation judges’ with less training, experience
The president is remaking courts to clear a backlog of asylum cases. Hires include an attorney for Jan. 6 rioters and a lawyer who championed Minneapolis ICE raids.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I feel like the rats are winning.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
April 3, 2026: D.C. launches pilot program aiming to win its fight against rats. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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To win its fight against rats, D.C. turns to birth control – again
The pilot program will cost about $130,000 and also focus on improved trash disposal to combat rat infestations, starting in Adams Morgan.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
April 17, 1999: D.C. holds Rat Summit to intensify war on “severe” rat problem www.washingtonpost.com/archive/loca...
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City to Intensify War on Rats
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Per WaPo live coverage: Trump left the Supreme Court when Solicitor General D. John Sauer finished his argument, a court spokesperson said. He did not stay for ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang. The presidential motorcade returned to the White House, passing tourists who offered a range of gestures.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Follow along with the WaPo's live coverage of today's Supreme Court's birthright citizenship hearing. Follow @jjouvenal.bsky.social at the court and @julez.bsky.social on our SCourt legal team ... Gift link: wapo.st/4s5RnUs
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Live updates: Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case; Trump is at court
The case could redefine who is considered American in ways not seen for more than 150 years.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
His great-grandfather, Wong Kim Ark, enshrined birthright citizenship. Now Norman Wong is trying to save it. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Lawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban.
John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into President Donald Trump’s orbit. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Lawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban
Attorney John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into President Donald Trump’s orbit.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon, three years after her parents emigrated legally from Taiwan as graduate students, making her a U.S. citizen by birth. Today the ACLU’s top lawyer makes the case against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban at the Supreme Court. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Daughter of immigrants brings history to bear in fight for birthright citizenship
Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents left Taiwan. That path has animated her work over two decades at the ACLU and will inform her case at the Supreme Court.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trump tonight shared the first renderings of his planned presidential library in Miami — a skyscraper that would be filled with memorabilia from his presidency, recreations of the White House, and at least two gold Trump statues.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Cecillia Wang’s parents emigrated from Taiwan as grad students in 1968 and three years later she was born, a U.S. citizen by birth. Now the ACLU’s top lawyer, Wang will argue at the Supreme Court this week against Trump’s effort to ban birthright citizenship. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Daughter of immigrants brings history to bear in fight for birthright citizenship
Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents left Taiwan. That path has animated her work over two decades at the ACLU and will inform her case at the Supreme Court.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
President Trump spent five minutes of Thursday’s Cabinet meeting boasting of his thrift with a story about negotiating for $5 personalized Sharpies. The company that makes the markers said the exchange never happened. via @iarnsdorf.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens
Trump told a lengthy story about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens. The company says it has no record of any such conversation.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Trump is the biggest threat to D.C.’s architectural splendor since War of 1812 @philipkennicott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Column | Trump is the biggest threat to D.C.’s architectural splendor since War of 1812
President Trump’s garish, piecemeal changes to Washington’s urban design and architecture are poised to destroy symbolism upheld for centuries.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... More than a year into his second term, Trump is settling on recurring themes of resolution, anger and determination over his earlier displays that referenced personal vitality, competence, vision and sometimes even humor or irony. @philipkennicott.bsky.social
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Column | The message on Trump’s coin is clear. And it’s chilling.
Julius Caesar also broke with tradition by putting himself on a coin. It didn’t go over so well.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before. The vibes have shifted. via @karavoght.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Analysis | Is MAGA in its cringe era?
Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before. The vibes have shifted.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Despite withering airstrikes, U.S. intelligence officials see a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran, backed by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps security forces. @ellenwapo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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U.S. intelligence says Iran’s regime is consolidating power
Despite withering airstrikes, officials predict a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran, backed by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps security forces.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There’s going to be an IndyCar race in downtown Washington. Here’s what we know. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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There’s going to be an IndyCar race in downtown Washington. Here’s what we know.
Drivers are expected to zoom past downtown landmarks at speeds as high as 185 mph during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, part of the nation’s 250th anniversary programming.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/03/2026
The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Post examined cases of 66 people arrested in Minneapolis: 52 involved immigrants with pending applications for asylum or another legal status. None had final deportation orders. Most weren’t criminals; more than a third lived in US for over a decade. @mariasacchetti.bsky.social wapo.st/4sF7tp3
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Dozens of case files showcase how ICE violated court orders in Minneapolis
Officers have repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally “shall be detained” without bond, indefinitely.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce. via @emilydavies.bsky.social @merylkornfield.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring
The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people
A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.
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Doug MacMillan @douglasmac.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo
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ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows
Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Very sweet essay about being present in fatherhood. via @drtedj.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | I was a Gen X ‘man cave’ dad. Then I learned better.
Fathers know best when the door to the dad retreat is unlocked.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge said in an opinion issued today that the Trump administration violated the tax law “approximately 42,695 times” in turning over immigrant data to ICE
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Washington Post exclusive: Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency - via @iarnsdorf.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/02/2026
Candace Owens is aiming to take down Erika Kirk with a new video series that so far has managed to enrage just about everyone without really making any specific allegations at all. I wrote about the attention-economy logic behind Owens' attacks on a "grieving widow:" wapo.st/3OKDYmU (gift link)
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As MAGA embraces Erika Kirk, Candace Owens goes on the attack
The right-wing influencer launched a video series about Charlie Kirk’s widow that is provoking outrage among conservatives — and raising Owens’s profile.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Flashback: I interviewed Miracle on Ice hero Mike Eruzione amid backlash after the 1980 team donned MAGA hats at a Trump rally in Feb. 2020: "A lot of the stuff I got was, 'You guys said it’s not political, but when you put the hats on, you made it political.'” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/onc...
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Once Cold War heroes, ‘Miracle on Ice’ team struggles with backlash from donning ‘Keep America Great’ hats at Trump rally
The team became the latest group entangled in the fierce cultural fight over the meaning of the Trump campaign’s most successful piece of merchandise, which critics view as a symbol of hate and racism...
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A few headlines today as Trump preps for SOTU next week.
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New: 58% of Americans think Trump’s deportation campaign is going too far, up from 50% last fall according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds. Story with @davidnakamura.bsky.social & Isabelle Gibson Gift link -> wapo.st/4qOsvAb
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources. It opens up HUGE liability for the US government. Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion. 🎁 Gift link:
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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10/02/2026
From the amazing Becca Rothfeld, laid off by the Washington Post last week and immediately hired by the New Yorker:
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
All worth a read as you watch these great sporting events and a reminder that the Washington Post newsroom remains committed to telling the story of our time to the best of our ability.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
3. Finally, a piece from our indomitable Sports staff in Italy that examines the conflicted pride among some on Team USA about representing the country at a time when they are concerned about what the nation represents to the world www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
2. At the same time, Bad Bunny's selection to perform at the halftime show has enraged MAGA, while thrilling fans of the Puerto Rican superstar who has spoken out loudly in support of LGBTQ issues and against President Trump's mass deportation operation: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today the Post published 3 stories that explore the nation's fraught political + cultural moment through the global stage of the Super Bowl and Olympics. 1. We look at why Colin Kaepernick's impact on the NFL has waned 10 years after his social justice protest www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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What do we make of Colin Kaepernick now?
The Super Bowl is being played in his former home stadium, at a societal moment that echoes the issues he forced football fans to confront. So why is he out of mind?
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
thank you, Jim, that means a lot
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you are able to help our great colleagues here is a link: gofund.me/426324475
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
and many of my colleagues find stories others might look past or never see. To eliminate or downsize Sports, Local and Foreign reporting is, to state the obvious, to also scale down your ambition in covering politics and everything that helps make Washington special. 3/3
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