The Tom Goldstein story would have been much more delightful if it had happened in New York, where there are tabloids that exist for stories like this. Did D.C. ever have a voice-y tabloid?

SCOOP: An X account called Johnny MAGA with 300k followers that described the Obamas-as-apes video as "a masterpiece" appears to be a sockpuppet account for a White House rapid-reaction staffer. @makenakelly.bsky.social has all the details:

👀 www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

NEW: Our story about Kalshi's first penalties has been updated with the traders' names. One is a California political candidate who bet on himself; the other is a MrBeast video editor who wagered on MrBeast-related markets. www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-bans-...

This is not actually left v. right. This is news as something someone tells you vs. news as videos you scroll through, and media companies that want money from people who want both things.

Another way of putting the Washington Post layoffs in perspective is that it's more than 1/2 of one percent of all the journalists working in America today. washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...

Again, just throwing it out there, we turn off the Internet

Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.

these numbers are much, much bigger than i thought they were www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...

If there was a drone, and we lasered it out of the sky, show us a picture. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

"Everything is so dumb but there’s no reason to think it won’t get dumber." Wise words from @mattlevineofficial.bsky.social

Soldiers felt "pressured" by their commanders to see Melania, according to an email seen by my colleague Jason Guerrasio: www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...

New: Disney announces Josh D’Amaro to succeed Bob Iger as CEO www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Council Stated Meeting is over and still no agenda posted online - 3 hours after it was scheduled to start. Not a great start for Speaker Menin.

Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.” This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker

This only works if both sides think they have something to be ashamed of

omg *SPACEX IN MERGER TALKS WITH XAI AHEAD OF PLANNED IPO: REUTERS *SHARES OF XAI WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR SHARES IN SPACEX: REUTERS *TWO ENTITIES SET UP IN NEVADA TO FACILITATE TRANSACTION: RTRS

"I don't wanna drive housing prices down, I wanna drive housing prices up."

CFTC chair Selig says agency is rescinding its recommendation that prediction markets should have a backup plan in case courts throw out sports contracts. Also says rulemaking will start. Could take a long time.

After Sauer says Lisa Cook "was given an opportunity" to respond to the allegations, KBJ asks whether that due process was: "She supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard?" Yes, Sauer replies.

Happening in New Hampshire in 2026 granitepostnews.com/2026/01/14/l...

Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.

Is that a historic rush to file charges in the lead-up to tax day that I spy?

Hostile bid from Paramount for Warner Bros was "entirely expected," Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says. "We have a deal done, we are incredibly happy with the deal" + "super confident we’re going to get it across the line"

Every time I get a document from the Western District of Louisiana, I laugh at the URL: ecf dot LAWD dot uscourts dot gov

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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

The death toll has exceeded that of Grenfell

It's on Swimply. It's literally on HooBoo. You can probably find it on Weeno.

When I spoke to AM Novakhov at the Saada family funeral in March he did not support the Stop Super Speeders bill or speed cameras in general. Now, he has signed onto the bill, though it is watered down from its initial strength.

I am reminded of this looking at most-viewed English-language Wikipedia pages, which includes several Indian films and terms suggestive of a search for Internet pornography in countries where it is more taboo or blocked. pageviews.wmcloud.org/topviews/?pr...

“There is no world where this makes any sense,” said David Autor, one of the MIT professors who had previously championed his student’s research. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...

The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.

Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities. Here it is:

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

Good @nickgarber.bsky.social catch: 32BJ, Hotel Trades Council and the Carpenters are coming out *against* the housing reform amendments on the City Charter -- x.com/nick_garber/...

Union lawyer, union organizer, union president

Fellow New Yorkers (and all those who are New York-curious), recommended follow:

...What? Are the horse carriage drivers unionized? #NYC

Bahaha @cityandstateny.bsky.social

Among the alleged defamatory lies: claiming that an office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower was in less than “excellent” condition when producers visited it… in 2003.

I’ve noticed similar tools cropping up in ProQuest and JSTOR lately - I promise if I’m determined enough to track down vintage theses from the 70s and 80s, I also have sufficient motivation to also read and interpret them myself!

Fun spot from @thenewsham.bsky.social while he was deep into looking thru Tesla's filings: In the proxy filing laying out Elon's trillion dollar comp, Tesla said xAI's name stood for "eXploratory Artificial Intelligence" which uhh, nobody has ever said before www.businessinsider.com/tesla-xai-ex...

SCOOP: A few years ago, Merrick Garland invited a group of judges to DOJ where they got a warning: Sealed court filings were vulnerable to hackers. But the courts were slow to harden their systems. Then, this summer, they were hacked again. Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

New from us:

A Klarna SEC filing reveals over $16 million paid to nonprofits started by the CEO's wife, as the firm plans IPO next week.

Imagine being an adult who can read, clicking a button that says "help me read"