The most important journalist of his generation www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

NEW: Our look at one of the most important players in the school choice debate: Jeff Yass, the billionaire funding campaigns across the country and in his home state of PA. Got a chance to talk with him at length and he had lots of provocative things to say 1/x www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

When George Soros's PACs invest in progressive prosecutor races, they've been "winning 77 percent of the time, according to a Washington Post analysis and data provided by the PAC." Latest story in WaPo's Billionaire Nation series by @bethreinhard.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The forgotten court case that was the origin of the super PAC www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Since 2000, political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans to federal elections has gone up almost 140 times, well outpacing the growing costs of campaigns, a Washington Post analysis found. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

"key threshold had already been crossed. Humanity had gained the power to turn down the sun, and barely anyone on the planet even knew. What’s more, that untested power was now effectively for sale." politico.com/news/magazin... Amazing story by @karlmathiesen.bsky.social & @corbinhiar.bsky.social

Since 2000, political donations by the richest 100 Americans has shot up nearly 140 times. Together they spent more than $1 billion last year, crossing that threshold for the first time. @bethreinhard.bsky.social Naftali Bendavid Clara Ence Morse Aaron Schaffer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

It's pretty stunning just how far from prominence the NRA has fallen after being one of the most influential forces in politics for decades www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

‘We’re live, right?’: How a conservative influencer’s arrest made its way to the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Bit of personal news: Later this month I'll be joining @washingtonpost.com as senior editor for political investigations www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/09/0...

I spent the past few months diving deep into Germany's military ramp-up. I spoke to high-serving generals about their spending plans, new recruits inspired to enlist since the war on Ukraine, and anti-war activists troubled by the links to the country's dark past. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"We have no idea what we’re missing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon: An event planner A coal miner An Uber driver Tortilla maker Barber DoorDashers Soccer coaches Furniture-maker Car washers Taxi drivers HVAC techs Auto parts worker Tire plant worker and 240 more... projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Good 2014 @patcaldwell.bsky.social story on a previous version of this, focused on future Trump Labor sec Eugene Scalia. Private sector has endless resources to challenge the rules in court and find judges who'll strike 'em down. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

"More and more, children are being picked up on family vacations, at traffic stops, and at worksites, and winding up in detention." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell? Wild one by @schaffermichael.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"The choice to rebel has become so familiar that it can be hard to see how extraordinary it was" www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback? politico.com/news/magazin... Great feature by @lizskalka.bsky.social on Amy Acton, the politician whose campaign is inherently forcing voters to remember life during the early days of the pandemic

Take some time to read this masterful profile of Jim Obergefell, the man whose name cemented marriage equality 10 years ago today at the Supreme Court www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Inside the MAGA plan to rebuild Penn Station, by @ianwardreports.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...

America Actually Does Do Military Parades. But Not Like This One. politi.co/43ZYmEq Great piece by @schaffermichael.bsky.social looking at just what's so off about Trump's birthday bash this weekend

NEW: With Trump heading to Alberta on Sunday for the G7, here's a dispatch from a Minnesota outpost that's at risk of becoming collateral damage from an escalation in the U.S.-Canada trade war. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘It Could Get Ugly’: Life in the Part of Minnesota That’s Entirely Surrounded By Canada politico.com/news/magazin... Really great piece on the 150-resident Northwest Angle by @corbinhiar.bsky.social

Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.

For Decades, Dupont Circle Has Been Home to DC Pride. Now Thanks to Trump It’s Fenced Off. politico.com/news/magazin... @schaffermichael.bsky.social on the latest incursion of the Trump admin into local DC

The manly men of Trump's Washington have a secret hidden on their faces www.politico.com/news/magazin... Super fun piece by @joannaweiss.bsky.social

Trump Signed an Executive Order Accusing Him of Treason. Now Miles Taylor Is Fighting Back. politico.com/news/magazin... Interesting Q&A by @ianwardreports.bsky.social

Congrats to @jessicabateman.bsky.social for winning The Distinguished Reporting Award at the European Press Prize yesterday! www.europeanpressprize.com/winners-of-t...

“The Trumps…have done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House. The scale and the scope of the presidential mercantilism has been breathtaking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...

"X is racist. The only thing up for debate is whether this is a feature or a bug for those in charge."

Great rundown by @mtredden.bsky.social on the history of how the right began talking about immigration as an “invasion” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Pete Hegseth invited his pastor to hold a prayer service at the Pentagon this week. @ianwardreports.bsky.social goes deep into the man behind that church network, Doug Wilson. Hegseth, per a Pentagon spox "appreciates many of Mr. Wilson’s writings and teachings." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘A Public Intellectual for the Deplorables’: Meet Doug Wilson, the New Right’s Favorite Pastor politico.com/news/magazin... Fantastic profile of a person you need to know, by @ianwardreports.bsky.social

jaylen clark has passed joel embiid on the Conference Finals all time scoring list

Time for my annual assessment of European geopolitics: 1. Malta 2. Estonia 3. Finland 4. Italy 5. Sweden 6. Iceland 7. Denmark 8. Ukraine 9. San Marino 10. Luxembourg

"How did the KGB unravel the agency’s network of spies in Moscow?" A wild, must-read story of Cold War espionage that remains unsolved, potentially leaving a Russian mole hidden among the highest levels of American intelligence www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"We now inhabit a world beyond parody, where the pixels of reality seem to glitch and flicker." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

"What the public saw of his functioning was concerning. What was going on in private was worse." www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

“As a journalist, I feel a responsibility not to use AI at all.” www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...

"Transforming—and MAGA-ifying—the arts have emerged among the president’s more surprising second-term priorities during his first 100 days" newrepublic.com/article/1946... Always great to read @dliebelson.bsky.social

“The site demonstrated, before many people realized it, that the internet existed fundamentally in a Hobbesian state of nature, hosting a war of all against all.” www.newyorker.com/culture/infi... Nice look back at what 4chan wrought by @chaykak.bsky.social

“I have never seen a government get so many things wrong, in so many different ways. It was like an Obamacare website every 18 hours. It was like the soft opening of Jurassic Park.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Using this song on repeat to power through my backlog of edits this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wL...

"That money could help determine the fate not only of a rudderless Democratic Party but of a country that every day is...taking aim at the very open society his father’s global philanthropy exists to uphold." nymag.com/intelligence...

"Everything that we take for granted is entering into the bottleneck. And for anything that you care about ... the key challenge of the 21st century is making sure that it’s still there on the other side." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

“Martin’s legal and political career is dotted with questions about his professional and ethical conduct.” www.propublica.org/article/ed-m... great piece of reporting by @andykroll.bsky.social & @jeremykohler.bsky.social