DC's mayor has given everything a blue-city pol could realistically give a MAGA president. Trump kicked her in the teeth anyway. But even the outrage of having her government usurped hasn't changed the dynamic. Is it time for a change in tactics?

Just about the only group I could find who are happy about Trump's demand to bring back "Redskins": The activists who want to nix the plan to build them a stadium. politi.co/46WdW7g

People are canceling conferences in Trump era DC thanks to politics. So the city has a new, unlikely, visitor come-on: We're nice! Really! www.politico.com/news/magazin...

What does the wonky panel that oversees Washington's urban planning have to do with Trump's fight against Jerome Powell? It's a wild story. politi.co/3GujqeN

I wrote about a very 2025 DC dillemma: An Elderly Lawmaker’s Staff Keeps Walking Back Things She Tells Reporters. Should They Keep Quoting Her? politi.co/4eHIHPq

I wrote about the decision to shut down Dupont Circle ahead of Pride — a sign of changing life in Trump-era DC (and the absurdity of Uncle Sam owning so much local land) politico.com/news/magazin...

Ooof. Actual sculptors tell me Trump's $34 million "Gaden of American heroes" will actually be a collection of Chinese mannequins. "Totally unworkable" by USA 250th — unless it is 3D-printed schlock. politi.co/43RUKpg

The history of Americans committing violence against foreign embassies in Washington is very very short. Will it stay that way? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“I find it ironic that the guy who made the same argument on behalf of so many people is now pursuing the case against me.”

I wrote about a guy being facing jail for a nonviolent version of what Jan 6 mob got pardoned for. Trial will be a test of whatr Trump's pardons mean for future DC protest arrests. Easy to see defense playing up the hypocrisy, getting jury to acquit. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

It sure looks like Trump’s controversial US Attorney is coming for medical marijuana politi.co/42EzWRD

Trump hasn't messed with legal pot. His lightning-rod US Attorney in DC may have other ideas. If you think DC's deep-blue electorate should be free to choose blue-state rules for itself, this ought to worry you: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Notable cartoon on WaPo editorial page today

I wrote about DC, Bezos, and the end of the affair. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Oh man driving around with Maryland tags would make me cringe. But maybe it's worth it? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“The benefits they can reap from relationships with the government can make up for any loss from a bad real estate deal.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

New constituent.

That $23 million mystery house sale? The buyer was Mark Zuckerberg. www.politico.com/news/magazin... A local high-end real estate agent on why a mogul would want to buy a house in DC, where he doesn’t live:

Rose: Elon is soon leaving DC where I live Thorn: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The mystery buyer of that $23 million DC mansion? Mark Zuckerberg. He's the latest mogul to set up an outpost in Trump's DC. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about local DC's latest bizarre Trump-pleasing move: Cops are hunting for people who wrote anti-Elon graffiti on Tesla windshields — and say they may be charged with hate crimes. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“A sense that there’s a class war on against the people and professions that represent Washington’s highest ideals” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

How did the Washington press corps miss the Kay Granger story while a small Dallas site got it? It's an outrage — but not necessarily the outrage you might think. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Michael Schaffer points out that the Washington Post editpage ALREADY favors the free market. Free speech, too. Always has. So what Bezos must crave is a radical anti-regulatory and anti-tax agenda well outside the mainstream that indulges hateful rhetoric. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about Jeff Bezos, who has gotten one of his well developed pectoral muscles caught in a big fat wringer. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about Jeff Bezos, who has gotten one of his well developed pectoral muscles caught in a big fat wringer. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

People sneer that Trump's Kennedy Center takeover will mean monster trucks in the opera house. His close friend the trustee has other ideas: Fashion catwalks, a Cipriani restaurant, boat parking, an Abu Dhabi franchise. Populism! www.politico.com/news/magazin...

A year ago, this top federal contractor had a Pride parade float. This year, it yanked its corporate sponsorship. A look at how Trump's DEI push has moved way beyond HR offices — and could reshape parts of DC culture that are far outside government. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about the Musk jihad against federal workers and what they mean for hometown DC, which has never had to deal with this kind of economic uncertainty. It's a wild, vertiginous moment. Are we Detroit now? politi.co/3CSIM3Y

The piece I always wanted to assign: A version of The Final Days, but for Dan Snyder’s ownership instead of Nixon’s presidency. A lot of it is in here, deliciously.

I wrote about the weird, retro comeback of an old DC phenomenon: Washington football obsession. The burgundy cure for the blue-city blues (and maybe a thing that will add at least a little shared joy to our troubled town...) www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“ The group looks like a microcosm of the social sectors that just failed to stave off Trump’s return.”

I wrote about foreign money, dark money, and how it slithers through the institutions that shape so much of DC. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about the unhappy life & quick death of the "bipartisanship-themed" bar that became DC's most mocked watering hole. The owners say partisan intolerance did them in. They're now turning Political Pattie's into....a SuperPAC to promote bipartisanship. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I wrote about the depressing last days of the Jan. 6 prosecutions — and a silver lining: More important than the sentences is the historic record they've established, and a pardon can't make that go away. www.politico.com/news/magazin...