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Senior management at the Post were livid when they discovered that Lewis was attending festivities around the Super Bowl in San Francisco around the time of the news of the job cuts. It came off as “callous”, said a newsroom source, adding that “the Super Bowl thing was the last straw”. “Bezos lost patience after the Super Bowl thing”, the source added.

Lewis was criticised in the newsroom last month for not offering words of public support after a reporter’s home was searched by FBI agents, which was seen as a further escalation of President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. “We’re under siege from the FBI and the Pentagon and he just walled himself off,” the person said.  The sense that Lewis had lost the newsroom only increased on the day the job cuts were announced. “There was no communication from him about buyouts,” the person added. “He didn’t put out a statement. Senior editorial leadership was furious.”

I still cannot get over this detail reported by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...

The Washington Post slashes its newsroom staff.

I just learned from the DC Register that on Dec. 16 the Council adopted two competing ceremonial resolutions congratulating the Coolidge Colts on winning the Turkey Bowl game. The resolutions were introduced by the two councilmembers who are competing to be mayor.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Too late. I booed this bamma last night when he was shown watching USA women’s hockey

This video is outrageous but not because of Trump—it’s because of the audience.

At a *prayer breakfast,* he says he believes (falsely) that he won the 2020 election because losing would harm his self esteem (which is true).

The audience applauds. They must have all gone mad.

Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social

Dang now I’ve gone and looked it up: it was D.C. v. Washington Home Ownership Council, Inc., 415 A.2d 1349 (D.C. 1980). The case was heard en banc and it was a 5-3 decision.

I’m surprised it was that close.

Exactly the loophole that the court foreclosed.

The remaining loophole is for “congressional review emergencies” where the temporary bill’s 30-congressional-day review period outlasts the 90-calendar-day emergency bill. That loophole only works because the emergency circumstances are different.

Council can’t pass successive 90-day emergency bills based on the same emergency circumstances. I don’t recall the court case offhand, but it interprets “not to exceed 90 days” in this Home Rule Act section. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins President Trump now says it was Attorney General Pam Bondi who insisted DNI Tulsi Gabbard attend the FBI raid in Georgia. Last night, he told NBC he didn't know why she was there. And Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that "the president specifically directed my observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant."

I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.

In appreciation: Erica Carlsson, formerly of DPR and DOEE, for her environmental stewardship and community-supporting work | Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood

Sometimes we like to say "thank you" to the public servants who work to make our neighborhood a better place to live. Our latest article is about Erica Carlsson, formerly of DPR and DOEE, for her work supporting the community's efforts to protect the environment.

There’s a pending bill—a Local News Funding Act—that deserves a hearing at least

Certainly it had diminished by 2024, but I’d argue it was still the most important endorsement.

And many people vote for mayor without researching the candidates for state board of education or even at-large councilmember. The Post endorsement was a true information shortcut in down-ballot races.

I don’t expect they will do endorsements at all. Post didn’t endorse in last November’s Virginia governor race

CRS is a surprisingly good source about the Home Rule Act and related issues

interesting to see what they're keeping

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

An interesting fact: D.C. has already received 18,000 individual tax returns and 300 corporate returns. The Republican resolution repealing the city's tax law passed the House today, and if it passes the Senate and is signed by the president, many of those returns will have to be redone.

Hmm. In the last cycle, a candidate re-used the name of a committee from a prior race. And OCF decided (belatedly) that the candidate couldn’t do that. OCF required them to refund all the new contributions and re-solicit all those donors with the new committee’s name

How misguided visionaries and negligent owners threaten journalism at CBS News and The Washington Post At a time when the public needs strong, trustworthy journalism more than ever, why do strategies unfolding at CBS News and The Washington Post seem to undermine their work more than uplift it?

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says nothing as 1/3 of paper's staff is laid off. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says nothing after a newly hired contributor appears in over 1,700 documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Read this on how terrible leaders are destroying journalism. loom.ly/f_FqSFk

These motherfuckers will never colonize Mars, but if they do it won’t have a newspaper

The Post Metro archive is incredible. I used to have a trove of politics articles from the 80s and 90s—often 2000 or 4000 words, or even a tiny blurb reporting a little development—thanks to the best $25 I ever spent

Alas, I got that “Eliminated” email from the @washingtonpost. I LOVED that job. I firmly believe that telling delicious, curious, surprising stories is key to the success of journalism. I plan to keep doing so! (You can now hire me, if you agree) #SaveThePost

I grew up in the Maryland suburbs of DC; the WaPo arrived at our house every morning, and I read it from the time I was in elementary school. The destruction of an institution with such a storied history by its dilettante owner is a true shame.

(We’re fucked.)

No. It’s a privileged resolution.

Well, turns out this was my last story for The Washington Post, 2,011 bylines later.

For nine years, it was a dream in every sense of the word, no matter how many of the company's leaders tried to make it otherwise. Thanks for being part of the ride.