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We spent a year investigating billionaires for
@washingtonpost.com
. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections ā 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
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Robert Samuels
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Iām trying to do some video introductions to my stories. Please check out my latest piece for the
@washingtonpost.com
:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Tom Francis
about 12 hours ago
The humble bar graph taking a bold step into 3D here, while never losing sight of its passion: clearly showing which numbers are bigger.
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Meghan Hoyer
4 days ago
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 midterm election Great explainer from
@ence.bsky.social
,
@praveenavsoma.bsky.social
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@erxclau.me
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Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election
Billionaires and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk make up the top individual donors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2026/06/25/these-are-biggest-individual-donors-2026-election-cycle/?itid=mr_5
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Dhananjay Jagannathan
4 days ago
The latter is itself a scholarly interest of mine, as I begin concerted work on my next book project *News Journalism as Political Art*. You can read some of the early fruits of this project in a recently published academic article, co-authored with a journalist (and friend ā
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Dhananjay Jagannathan
4 days ago
I wrote about objectivity and its limits ā in humanities scholarship and in news journalism ā for Cultured Opinion.
culturedopinion.substack.com/p/on-objecti...
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on objectivity
Thereās a report going around the philosophy profession and the wider academy that purports to describe a set of trends in humanities scholarship that have made us an easy target for those who regard ...
https://culturedopinion.substack.com/p/on-objectivity
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The voters who just elected democratic socialists in New York tended to be young and college-educated. They were also racially diverse -- one DSA candidate won predominantly Hispanic precincts by *35* points. Deep dive w/
@teoarmus.bsky.social
here:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The midterm's biggest political donors have already spent over $1 billion to influence the elections. Most of that money came from Republican-leaning donors. Smaller amounts flowed to Democrats and AI, crypto, and sports gambling interests. Meet the 50 top donors here:
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Andrea Suozzo
6 days ago
May is a big tax deadline month for nonprofit orgs, so we just posted 163k new 990 filings to Nonprofit Explorer. Have at it, nerds (complimentary)!
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
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Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
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Scott Clement
7 days ago
My Post colleagues have a smart story on the accuracy of election prediction markets, including an exclusive data analysis, great charts and interviews with top researchers and analysts. Via
@jeremybmerrill.com
@mariana-alfaro.bsky.social
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Nick Baumann
7 days ago
The Real Candidates of Potomac, Maryland:
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Two rich Democrats were friends. Now they are spending millions to attack each other.
Wine mogul David Trone is spending millions in a comeback bid as wealthy incumbent April McClain-Delaney aggressively defends her seat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/23/wealthy-maryland-democratic-house-candidates-self-fund-nasty-race-congress/
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Scott Clement
7 days ago
DOJ issued, then withdrew subpoenas to force Post, WSJ reporters to testify. Statement from The Post below
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JLG won basically every kind of precinct in DC on her way to the Democratic nomination. Plurality Black? +18 Plurality White? +15 Richest (>$150K)? +9. Poorest (<$50k)? +15. Youngest? +30 She only really struggled in DC's oldest precincts, in NW and parts of NE DC.
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Scott Clement
13 days ago
Remarkable, in early D.C. returns, Kenyan McDuffie is losing Ward 5, which he used to represent, by 16 points to Janeese Lewis George
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Martin Austermuhle
15 days ago
While some centrist national Dems have endorsed
@kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social
, no prominent progressives have come out for
@janeese4dc.bsky.social
. Generally, Washington's political class isn't very engaged in the mayoral race happening in its own backyard:
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Congressional Democrats Are Checked Out of D.C.ās Mayoral Race
āI'm seeing all their ads, but I don't really know anything about it,ā said Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia.
https://www.notus.org/metro/congressional-democrats-dc-mayoral-race-despite-trumps-threats
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Fenit Nirappil
20 days ago
In a previously unreported outburst, we found out that Nancy Mace upbraided her 26-year-old nephew in front of elected officials because he accepted an endorsement from her political rival
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Nancy Maceās thrashing in South Carolina governorās race caps a rough downfall
The congresswoman finished fifth in the stateās GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/nancy-maces-trashing-south-carolina-governors-race-caps-rough-downfall/
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
21 days ago
NEW: The Trump administration is banning one of the Census Bureau's main ways of protecting the confidentiality of people's responses to the
#2030Census
and other surveys ā added statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results
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Doug MacMillan
21 days ago
ICE is seeking to avoid accountability for the people who die from medical problems shortly after they are released from custody. Happy to speak about this on
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Gift link to my story here:
wapo.st/4ukSrVE
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Rachel Roubein
22 days ago
Before winning the GOP primary for Iowa governor, Zach Lahn attacked Big Ag, a stance once unthinkable for Republicans in the Corn Belt. ā He beat a Trump-endorsed candidate. ā Lahn had discussed his run with RFK Jr., who was supportive. W/
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A MAHA candidate for governor, who said RFK inspired him to run, just beat out Trump's pick in the GOP primary. He won by dominating among the lowest-income farming communities in Iowa. Read our analysis w/
@laurenweberhp.bsky.social
@rachelroubein.bsky.social
washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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i have always appreciated how these doors are, in fact, closed
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Andrew Ba Tran
24 days ago
Nearly 93 percent of all border wall spending over the past decade happened in this year and last, according to our analysis. The spike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House ties.
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The Washington Post
28 days ago
The diagnosis is clear: Americaās political parties are suffering from chronic unpopularity. To understand what drives that sentiment, a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll asked more than 1,200 Americans what exactly they dislike about the Democratic and Republican parties.
https://wapo.st/4uEAzWW
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Joseph Cox
28 days ago
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
BLANCHE: I have never read the Washington Post VAN HOLLEN: You are in a bubble. You're telling me you don't know about all these people who have been signaled by the president that they're gonna get payments?
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Dave Weigel
about 2 months ago
As Rs blow up majority-black seats, and Ds cut up their own to compete, you're simply going to have fewer coherent communities with their own districts. For example, Rs are cutting the Mississippi Delta and the city of Jackson in half order to throw them into Republican seats.
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Dave Weigel
about 2 months ago
This has already happened in Memphis and Kansas City, which will be split between several districts, and the R goal is to do the same to Indianapolis. So there's just not going to be someone representing those cities in their entirety.
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Dan Diamond
about 2 months ago
House Democrats are asking Trump officials to explain how providersā social-security numbers got exposed. āThis is the exact type of data that bad actors have used to defraud the Medicare program,ā
@neal.house.gov
and colleagues write.
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Philip Bump
about 2 months ago
An awful lot of the politics of the moment can be explained with this chart. Gift link:
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Kevin Schaul
about 2 months ago
New from me: See the hidden rules behind AI. Then use them to rewrite this article. I hooked this article up to an LLM to help explain system prompts. Give it a try ->
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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The new Florida maps will split a growing Puerto Rican community in Kissimmee. Even some Republicans are unhappy. āYouāre not giving the voters the respect they deserve,ā a former Florida GOP field organizer told
@teoarmus.bsky.social
. Read our deep dive:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Hannah Recht
about 2 months ago
šØ The U.S. Census Bureau just announced on Slack that starting on Tuesday, May 12, its APIs will require the use of an API key. This is going to be a big breaking change for anyone who was not already using one, with just 2 full business days of notice.
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The Washington Post
about 2 months ago
Kamryn Jones is blind and can barely speak, but became pregnant. With no way for her to consent, doctors concluded that she was raped. Her family is suing her group home, caregivers and state agencies. āThe whole system failed Kamryn,ā her mother says.
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They thought their disabled daughter was safe. A pregnancy revealed her rape.
Sheās blind and can barely speak, and her family is suing her group home, caregivers and state agencies. āThe whole system failed Kamryn,ā her mother says.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/05/05/disabled-woman-rape-pregnancy-maryland/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Caitlin Gilbert
about 2 months ago
huge congrats to my data team bud Emmanuel Martinez on being a Pulitzer finalist for this reporting!!!
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ICE increasingly targets undocumented migrants with no criminal record
ICE officers are ramping up arrests. But the share of detained migrants with a criminal conviction has been declining.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/03/ice-arrests-migrants-criminal-record-numbers/
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Meghan Hoyer
about 2 months ago
Amazing visuals! The steady rise in sea levels over recent decades challenge homes and infrastructure along the vulnerable coastline in the Outer Banks From
@bradydennis.bsky.social
,
@kcrowebasspro.bsky.social
&
@johnmuyskens.bsky.social
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The costly quest to save N.C. beach homes: āWhat are we trying to protect?ā
āWhen I look at Buxton, I see it as more of whatās to come,ā one researcher said of the rapid erosion reshaping parts of the North Carolina coastline.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2026/outer-banks-falling-homes-solutions/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006
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Micah McCurdy
over 1 year ago
The material cause of your team being bad is that the players aren't very good. The formal cause is that they lose so many games. The efficient cause is that the people who run the team are unwise. The final cause is for you to suffer.
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Aaron Schaffer
about 2 months ago
Incredible graphic
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Andrew Ba Tran
about 2 months ago
We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown
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The Washington Post
2 months ago
Breaking news: The Trump administration accidentally exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Post found. Officials say they are addressing the problem.
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Medicare portal database exposed health providersā Social Security numbers
It is the latest technical problem related to the Trump administrationās push to create a national directory of health providers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/30/medicare-portal-social-security-numbers-exposed/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Dan Diamond
2 months ago
Scoop ā Trump admin's new Medicare portal accidentally exposed health workersā social security numbers. Itās latest setback with DOGE-backed initiative. We flagged the problem to officials two days ago to fix it. with
@ence.bsky.social
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Medicare portal database exposed health providersā Social Security numbers
It is the latest technical problem related to the Trump administrationās push to create a national directory of health providers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/30/medicare-portal-social-security-numbers-exposed
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Philip Bump
2 months ago
The first photo here is fake. A still from the same moment shows that Trump's head wasn't drooping like that. Also, he'd just adjusted his tie, which is why the guy two to the left of RFK is looking at him. Actual still at right.
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Drew Harwell
2 months ago
Co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: "You just donāt get more white supremacist than the stuff [Elon] Musk is ... pushing"
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Elon Muskās near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans
Elon Musk posted almost daily about race on X in recent months, a Washington Post analysis found, at times sharing views experts said echoed white supremacy.
https://wapo.st/4mRC7d5
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The Washington Post
2 months ago
Analysis by Karen Tumulty: Itās up to the House and the Senate to police themselves. That systemās effectiveness and shortcomings have been on stark display the past few weeks, which have seen three members of the House resign.
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Analysis | Congress is supposed to police its own ethics. Hereās why it falls short.
A spate of recent ethics cases illustrates the limits of a process that is slow and prone to political calculation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/23/congress-swalwell-ethics-cherfilus-mccormick-gonzales/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Jacob Bogage
2 months ago
Please join me in supporting Dan Eggenās family as they endure this tragedy. Dan was a gem. If youāre able, please give generously.
gofund.me/fb5520e7a
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Donate to Support for Dan Eggen's Family, organized by Jenna Johnson
As we mourn the immense loss of Dan Eggen , a longtime Washington Post reporter and edito⦠Jenna Johnson needs your support for Support for Dan Eggen's Family
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Erin Cunningham
2 months ago
If you would like to donate to support Danās family, please do so here:
gofund.me/c3814eb96
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Emily Giambalvo
2 months ago
Iāve joined The Athletic as a data reporter!Ā Iām super excited to be part of a talented and ambitious data + visuals team. I feel so lucky that Iāll get to keep doing work I enjoy and learn new things!
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The Washington Post
2 months ago
The state's new redistricting plan splits blue, vote-rich Northern Virginia into five districts that stretch further south into rural red territory, favoring Democrats and creating one seat that may not have an incumbent.
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Here are Virginiaās new congressional districts and who is running
Some House races are newly competitive, and four Republican incumbents are now endangered.
https://wapo.st/4dYx5sV
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The Washington Post
2 months ago
At a time when Congress is gridlocked, more Republican states are trying to implement the Trump administrationās anti-immigration agenda. Most of the roughly 200 bills targeting immigrants stalled, with help from business and Christian groups.
https://wapo.st/4sM8WcA
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Scott Clement
2 months ago
Dan Eggen was the best editor of polling stories I've ever known. He had great ideas for questions, wasn't afraid of numbers and always found ways to elevate the most important results. Horrible loss for journalism
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Dan Eggen, who shaped politics coverage at The Post, dies at 60
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/04/21/dan-eggen-dead-washington-post/
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Leslie Rissler
2 months ago
āBetween January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.ā OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!
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