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Nick Baumann

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Politics Editor at The Washington Post | Pats fan. Eagle Scout. Beer pong aficionado. | 202.630.2380 | Signal: nickbaumann.97 | Usual disclaimers

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
went to Iowa to see what all the fuss is about www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rob Sand says he Isn't trying to turn Iowa blue. It just might happen anyway.
In a midterms wave fueled by resistance and revenge, the Democratic candidate for governor is singing a different tune.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23h
You have lots of limitations. Spending shouldn't be one of them. store.theonion.com/products/the-eve…
'The Events Depicted In 'Star Wars' Headline T-Shirt
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 7h
"Aging is known to make bladders stiffer and make their muscles weaker, meaning older people tend to have to pee more." www.washingtonsun.com/congress/hou...
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The Best Place to Catch a Lawmaker? Where They Pee.
The facilities next to the lavish antechamber off the House floor are where many senior lawmakers make frequent stops.
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 27/09/2026
out on the road today I saw a wojack sticker on a cybertruck
cybertruck with a bumper sticker of the NPC meme that says ROCKET MAN BAD
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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 8h
Nepo baby won fat bear week 🙄
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 7h
that's why his pants are so big. they're full of time100 next awards.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Let every troll be a reminder that, once upon a time—and hopefully for a little while longer—people liked to read articles on the internet." slate.com/life/2026/09...
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Slate’s Commenters Have Been Trolling My Writing for Years. I Finally Asked Why. I’ll Never Look at Them the Same.
A story of love, death, and unlikely friendship.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"In 2021 Denmark produced 39 episodes of a children’s show called 'John Dillermand' that was about the adventures of a middle-aged man and his very, very, very, very, very long penis." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Column | What’s the best TV show for kids? After a long search, I have the answer.
A critic spends hundreds of hours in the weird and wonderful world of television for young children.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Doctors have wide discretion in how to handle unpaid bills. They can decide when to involve a debt collector, file lawsuits or drop the debt entirely if a patient seems unable to pay." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
‘This Here Is Probably Our Bestselling Love Seat,’ Says Man Who Would Have Been Powerful, Revered Warrior 4,000 Years Ago theonion.com/this-here-is-probably-…
‘This Here Is Probably Our Bestselling Love Seat,’ Says Man Who Would Have Been Powerful, Revered Warrior 4,000 Years Ago
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I read this as they’re all saying the same thing: they’re saying MARK HALPERIN
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Austrian Painter” to the tune of Eleanor Rigby
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Classic example of a "Hitler guy" in the wild here. defector.com/racehorse-ow...
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Racehorse Owner Told To Rename His Hitleresque Steed | Defector
The Jockey Club, the leading sanctioning body in what’s left of the sport of horse racing in the U.S., sent out a clear message Wednesday to anybody thinking of naming their horse after Hitler: Don’t ...
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey no offense man but shouldn’t I be asking YOU stuff like this? I’m not the damn World War II museum.
Cheesy fundraising mailer from The National WWII Museum with one of the fake handwritten notes asking, “Kenneth, did someone in the Jennings family serve in World War II?”
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
when the train across the platform closes its doors right as your train arrives...that's because the conductor hates you, personally. it's probably because of something you said.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It takes longer to get permits in Boston than to build a house in Phoenix." www.theargumentmag.com/p/how-to-kil...
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How to kill housing with paperwork
It takes longer to get permits in Boston than to build a house in Phoenix
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
found a new type of guy
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AITA for correcting my girlfriend's family every time they mispronounce my turtle's name?
I have a turtle named Geoff. Yes I know Geoff is normally pronounced Jeff. His isnt. My girlfriend's family knows this and still calls him Jeff basically every time his name comes up.
His name starts with /dz/ instead of the normal American English J sound /d3/. So regular Geoff/Jeff is roughly /dzef/ and his is /dzef/. They are similar but they are NOT the same consonant. /d3/ is a voiced postalveolar affricate and /dz/ is a voiced retroflex affricate. Basically you make the beginning of "Jeff" with the tongue farther back/retracted, which gives it a harder, deeper "dzh" sound.
I'm really into etymology and historical linguistics so the spelling was intentional too. Geoff is already a weird spelling from a modern English perspective because gives you basically no reason to predict /dzef/ unless you already know the name. Obviously I am NOT claiming medieval Geoffrey was pronounced / dzef/. I
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please, I need this. I’m very sick.
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Onion Sports @onionsports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rockies Pitcher Pledges To Give Up Home Run For Sick Child theonion.com/rockies-pitc...
Rockies Pitcher Pledges To Give Up Home Run For Sick Child
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Le code, c'est moi! www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How a university famous for educating Hispanic students decided to let its campus police officers double as ICE agents: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Hispanics flock to this university. It let campus police double as ICE agents.
Leaders of Florida International University signed an agreement to deputize its school police as immigration agents. Some wish they had put up more of a fight.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Former Navatek executives, meanwhile, looked back with awe at how far their money went. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly,” said one. “‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale.’” READ MORE: www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Collins’ office “vigorously” denied Kao’s bribery allegations, calling them “outlandish” The anti-corruption agents on the case were pushed out in Trump’s purge of the FBI. An FBI spokesman defended their ouster and said the bureau “ultimately found nothing” implicating Collins.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. These are the kinds of corruption claims Trump’s DOJ ignores. So we did our own investigation—knocking on doors as far away as Hawaii, looking at thousands of records that got the FBI to take Kao seriously
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“You’ve seen me deliver.” That’s what Collins told Kao, he said, as her staff pressured him to up his donations. Kao wound up giving the Collins super PAC $150,000 in late 2019. Weeks later, according to an email, Collins’ office agreed to support $32m in new Navatek projects.
A photocopy of a hand-written check made out to 1820 PAC, the Susan Collins super PAC, for $150,000.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The contractor, Martin Kao, claimed he bribed Collins with campaign money for her help securing gov contracts for his boat-building company, Navatek. Kao routed $190k to Collins at a low point in her 2020 reelection effort. Collins steered almost $40 mil in contracts to Navatek.
Sen. Susan Collins smiles at the camera as she christens a boat in a warehouse in front of reporters and University of Maine engineers.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/09/2026
Dad Shushes Family While Focused On Jumbotron Hat Shuffle theonion.com/dad-shushes-family-whi…
Dad Shushes Family While Focused On Jumbotron Hat Shuffle
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So glad to have @jherrerx.bsky.social writing for The Post — and teaming up with the great @mollyhf.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The nativist provocateur who keeps pushing the Texas GOP further right
Republican leaders criticized a recent post by Bo French attacking South Asian UT students. But many in the party have felt compelled to embrace parts of his ideology.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t usually meddle on the writing side of Jeopardy!, but tonight I called in a favor for our Bluesky viewers.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bro what www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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First Cory Mills' career imploded—then his grenade factory exploded
No one was harmed in the massive explosion, which could reportedly be felt for miles.
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Democrats’ wary optimism about the midterms gave way to growing confidence this week," Theo Meyer + Dan Merica report: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Why Democrats are starting to feel bullish about a midterm wave
Democrats say the Iran war, high prices and President Donald Trump's sinking popularity give them a real chance of congressional majorities.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026
Commentary: It Is Unlawful For You To Refuse This Legal Tender, No Matter How Wet It Is. By Garrett Winslow. theonion.com/it-is-unlawful-for-you…
Commentary: It Is Unlawful For You To Refuse This Legal Tender, No Matter How Wet It Is. By Garrett Winslow.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Senate control may hinge on whether this Democrat can win back voters drawn to Trump www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Senate control may hinge on whether this Democrat can win back voters drawn to Trump
Sherrod Brown is seeking to return to the chamber two years after losing his seat when many blue-collar voters embraced Donald Trump.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it's funny to write a book called "Profiles in Cowardice," because there's already a famous book about profiles in cowardice and it's called "Profiles in Courage"
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it rules that this is an ad from a college president
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“That really turned me against Marshall,” Donna Stratton, a 64-year-old retired nurse, said outside the Walmart Supercenter. “I was like, whoa, you’re a doctor. I’m sure you’ve got plenty of money.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Vance’s presence in Kansas signals how spooked Republicans are as map tilts in Democrats’ favor
The vice president is campaigning in the state on Monday as Sen. Roger Marshall (R) faces a tougher-than-expected challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Area Man Unsure If He’s Male-Bonding Or Being Bullied theonion.com/area-man-unsure-if-he-…
Area Man Unsure If He’s Male-Bonding Or Being Bullied
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Remember, it’s just a sea of nameless victims murdered in cold blood, not a room full of stars and executives you want to impress."
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/09/2026
Nervous Mariska Hargitay Calms Self Down By Picturing Audience Brutally Murdered theonion.com/nervous-mariska-hargit…
Nervous Mariska Hargitay Calms Self Down By Picturing Audience Brutally Murdered
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Castle on the Hill is, of course, Masada.
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Sam @mardiroos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bro, be straight with me: was it eldritch or merely uncanny?
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In other words, Republicans are asking: "What's the matter with Kansas?!?" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Is Kansas really in play for Democrats? Republicans are acting like it.
JD Vance is campaigning in the state on Monday as Sen. Roger Marshall (R) faces a tougher-than-expected challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Three months after a fall, it’s not clear when McConnell will be back at the Senate: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Three months after a fall, it’s not clear when McConnell will be back at the Senate
The Kentucky Republican has not returned to the chamber since he suffered a fall three months ago.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/09/2026
Phoebe Bridgers Postpones Concert After Experiencing Twinge Of Happiness theonion.com/phoebe-bridgers-postpo…
Phoebe Bridgers Postpones Concert After Experiencing Twinge Of Happiness
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Six Dettmar @sixdettmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’M AT THE URGENT CARE I’M AT THE TACO BELL I’M AT THE COMBINATION URGENT CARE AND TACO BELL
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Working-class Americans aren’t running for office. It’s changing our politics. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | Working-class Americans aren’t running for office. It’s changing our politics.
It is having a direct impact on the kind of public policy coming out of the nation’s legislative bodies.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The president’s son had undergone treatment to better define his jawline for the occasion." www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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