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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
.... Hitler replied that he planned to win power via constitutionally approved means—and then to revise the constitution and the entire structure of government in a way that “suits our purposes": www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Why these red state Republicans are resisting Trump’s efforts to expand GOP power, by Patrick Marley (free link) wapo.st/3Ms0Syt
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Why these red state Republicans are resisting Trump’s efforts to expand GOP power
Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state senate but may still reject Trump’s pressure. ‘Hoosiers are very independent.’
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Julie Z. Weil at @washingtonpost.com wants to hear from millennial & Gen Z homeowners out there about home ownership -- want to talk? If you're interested in a Washington Post story about the youngest homebuyers, email: julie.weil@washpost.com Thanks so much!
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Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
My latest for @rollingstone.com, about the non-starter peace plan in which the U.S. once again punts, instead of working toward a meaningful solution to the bloody war in Ukraine. uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-ukrain...
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Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Gives Russia Nearly Everything It Wants
The White House has reverted to type, the president's administration tries to force Putin’s desired outcome on Zelensky
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
NEW: Seven years after @aoc.bsky.social leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she’s learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president. Read @lizcgoodwin.bsky.social & @yabutaleb7: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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AOC built her own political machine. Now she’s deciding her next move.
Seven years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she’s learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
NEW: Trump faces resistance in MAGA movement over immigration & Epstein. By @knowleshannah.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump faces resistance in MAGA movement over immigration, Epstein
The rare criticism showed the limits of Trump’s authority over the “America First” agenda and raised some GOP concern about enthusiasm ahead of the midterms.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Join @ktumulty.bsky.social at 12 p.m. Eastern today for a chat with @postkranish.bsky.social about "Revolutionary Revelations," a Post series on the paradox of Thomas Jefferson's role in the American story www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Ask us about Epstein, midterms and America
Chief political correspondent Karen Tumulty will be joined by Michael Kranish, author of our series exploring Thomas Jefferson’s America, for her chat on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The Trump administration asked SCOTUS to pause an order directing it to release SNAP benefits, escalating a legal battle, via Mark Berman: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits
A federal judge had directed the administration to release full benefits for November. The administration is appealing the order.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Your chest will tighten when you get to the woman crying in her car after receiving only $34 of a monthly $300 she relies on for food assistance. In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown By @CleveWootson + @SidhomLydia www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown
People who use SNAP in Mike Johnson’s congressional district wonder why his power hasn’t protected them, but many lay the blame on Washington’s dysfunction.
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Our Post poll finds 48% of American Jews rate Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership as "poor," up 20 points from a Pew survey in 2020. U.S. Jews also say Netanyahu deserves much more responsibility than Israel for the continuation of the Israel-Gaza war. Read more -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump. After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach, by @NaftaliBendavid @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump
After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn, by @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn
The group chat provides a place for members to share their grief as tragedy after tragedy unfolds in the tiny enclave.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration. It's a model that could later be used in other major cities, via @danlamothe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown
President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
@washingtonpost.com is collecting the videos and photos of the police encounters you’ve witnessed in D.C. since President Donald Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city. Upload your footage via this link: thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/law_en...
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We want your videos of law enforcement interactions in D.C. - Formstack
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign, via @amyBwang www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign
The 15-city book tour will be Harris’s first series of planned public appearances around the country since she lost the election in November.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Trump and the GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation. The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools,” while military incursions in D.C. and L.A. show growing anti-urban sentiment on the right, by @NaftaliBendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump, GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation
The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools.” His military incursions into D.C. and L.A. culminate growing anti-urban sentiment on the right.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
BIG SCOOP by @marianne_levine, @lizcgoodwin.bsky.social & @danlamothe.bsky.social: Kristi Noem is living free in Coast Guard commandant’s home on a US military base. No DHS secretary has done this, even in the years after 9/11 when the US was at war. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Kristi Noem is living rent free in home used by Coast Guard commandant
A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 25/07/2025
WaPo asked me to pen an essay about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS and I wrote about why hybrid identities and respectful cultural crossovers fueled KPDH's explosive success—and are the superpower that made Hollywood the biggest force in global pop culture. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became a global phenomenon
The hit film shows how remixing South Korean culture with an American eye can have universal appeal.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.” Robert Klemko reports for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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The online activists trying to stop ICE from making arrests
The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off? Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it, by @danbalz www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off?
Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The divide between Democratic voters and elected leaders over Israel isn’t just happening in New York. @patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state wapo.st/44sAqvc
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Democratic fissure over Israel hits a moderate swing state
An anti-Israel resolution in North Carolina points to a growing rift between the party’s voters and its leaders.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings: -Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove) -Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%) news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
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Aaron Schaffer @aaronschaffer.com · 11/07/2025
Wow this story www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea
India’s recent deportation drive targeting its Muslim minority was marked by home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/07/2025
He's used to trash talk but Grok's changes have made it way worse, like "we're on a roller coaster and he decided to take the seatbelts off." "Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Grok’s Nazi tirade sparks debate: Who’s to blame when AI spews hate?
Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often face minimal consequences when their projects go rogue.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and U-Va. & others, via @emilydavies.bsky.social & @DanRosZiff www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Trump staffers who set out to reshape their alma maters
Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Miami postponed its 2025 elections. The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social t.co/uvMExCqT0q
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Camp Mystic, which has been attended by the daughters of LBJ as well as former first lady Laura Bush, gave many girls space to forge an identity. That idyll was shattered this week, via @jjouvenal.bsky.social, @EvaRuth & @bradydennis.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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The floods have devastated a touchstone of Texas culture: Summer camp
Summer camp in the flood-prone Hill Country has long been a rite of passage for young people from Texas and beyond.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump. By Toluse Olorunnipa www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump
Democratic officials are increasingly being detained, arrested or indicted, highlighting the president’s use of federal law enforcement and raising their profiles.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted, via @mviser @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted
The year-long effort will culminate next weekend with a few lingering uncertainties, including how many spectators will show up.
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Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
More amateur hour inside the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk
The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex t...
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Intel chief Tulsi Gabbard placed a top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, compromising the watchdog's integrity as it probes Signalgate, officials say, by @merylkornfield.bsky.social & @ellenwapo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Gabbard placed top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the inspector general of the intelligence community, compromising the watchdog office’s integrity...
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The Justice Department is wielding a little law dating to WWII to criminally charge unauthorized immigrants who have failed to register their presence in the country, report @marianne_levine + @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government
Prosecutors are criminally charging unauthorized immigrants who have not signed up on a little-known government registry. Some judges rejected the charges.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Two refugee families - one from South Africa, the other from Myanmar. Two very different experiences under Trump. @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social reports from the city both are now starting over in: Birmingham. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Two refugee families. Two very different experiences under Trump.
A South African family was given a fast track to entering the U.S. as refugees. A family from Myanmar is struggling amid cuts to resettlement agencies under Trump.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that. via @emilydavies.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump used pencils to sell tariffs. This factory in ‘Pencil City’ is split.
At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that.
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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
An award for #FactChecker....
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 05/05/2025
What makes auroras glow? This comic is your guide. Amazing visual journalism by Kasha Patel and Kay Sohini ⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
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What makes auroras glow? This comic is your guide.
Visualize the science behind the glow of the northern lights, as it travels from the Sun to the Earth.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” Cardinal Anders Arborelius, the bishop of Stockholm, told The Post. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?” @michelleboorstein.bsky.social and Anthony Faiola report from Rome www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Catholic leaders recoil from Trump’s pope post
“It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” one cardinal said. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?”
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Why, just a hundred days ago, he promised to www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A look inside Trump's 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison, from @blaskey_s, @schmidtsam.bsky.social, @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social, @AnaVHerrero, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social @marialuisapaul.bsky.social & @karendeyoung1 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison
The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term. “Economically, he’s not the same person,” one said. Read @knowleshannah.bsky.social on signs of political danger for Trump and his party: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term.
Unaffiliated voters are starting to turn against Trump and his disruptive agenda, demonstrating its political risks for the president and his party.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
EXCLUSIVE from @hannahnatanson.bsky.social: White House floor plans and other sensitive documents were improperly shared with thousands: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Sensitive documents, including White House floor plans, improperly shared with thousands
The inadvertent sharing of a Google Drive folder with the entire staff of the General Services Administration was the latest instance of sloppy handling of sensitive documents under both Biden and Tru...
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Grassley on his bill w/ Cantwell allowing Hill approval/disapproval of tariffs “Trade wars can be as devastating, which is why the Founding Fathers gave Congress the clear Constitutional authority over war and trade. This bill reasserts Congress’s role over trade policy"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So good. 🤡 @brendanvduke.bsky.social
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Need to sort through Trump's lies & falsehoods in his tariff announcement? @glennkessler.bsky.social breaks them down: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | The false things Trump said about tariffs during his announcement
The president relied on claims that have been debunked many times before.
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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
ANOTHER WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints @alexhorton.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints
An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
DOGE terminated nearly all HQ employees in D.C. at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Workers at the congressionally funded organization are calling it the “Friday night massacre,” via @abigail-washpost.bsky.social & @d-hawk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters
D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
More than a dozen states have moved to adopt DOGE-style tactics but have shied awy from setting concrete goals, by @patrickdmarley @yvonnewingett.bsky.social @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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GOP states embrace DOGE — but pursue far fewer cuts than Elon Musk
More than a dozen states have moved to adopt DOGE-style tactics but have shied from setting concrete goals that the public could use to track their success.
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Behold the Centennial Bulb company, still glowing after 124 years. @reisthebault www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The 10 Republicans who could be Trump’s heir apparent in 2028 via @AaronBlake wapo.st/3Fa0Qrf
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Analysis | The 10 Republicans who could be Trump’s heir apparent in 2028
Vice President JD Vance is the obvious and prohibitive frontrunner, but here’s who else could be in the mix.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Frederick Douglass was a writer, diplomat, advisor to President Lincoln and American hero. The Maryland National Guard is declining to march in the annual Douglass parade in his native Talbot County this year because he was Black and the DoD no longer does Black history wapo.st/3CQfK5g
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Citing DOD order, Md. National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event
Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.
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