Lois Romano

Lois Romano

@loisromano.bsky.social

Author, "An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial and Triumph of Mary Mary Todd Lincoln," May 2026. Preorder: https://tinyurl.com/2yksd8cn; former Editor WaPo Live, WaPo national staff, Senior Writer Politico.

3,932 Followers 293 Following 81 Posts Joined Nov 2023
1 month ago
Preview
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you're interested in helping @washingtonpost.com talent who lost their jobs today. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

0 0 0 0
1 month ago
Preview
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

There is no bottom: Bovino Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

0 0 0 0
1 month ago

Sad little 5"4' bully driven out of Minnesota.

1 0 0 0
1 month ago
Post image

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

60,215 19,550 3,132 1,540
1 month ago

His message to America: Save the ballroom.

0 0 0 0
1 month ago

Imagine what the real numbers are if this is what they're allowing to be published.

1 0 0 0
1 month ago
Post image

A message to the country from our president after a nurse at a VA hospital was executed with at least 3 shots to the back yesterday.

1 2 1 0
1 month ago
Post image

Sweaty Bongino is back ranting and raving on Fox tonight about how unfair the media was to him.

2,943 465 638 158
1 month ago
Post image

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Donald Trump’s cognitive decline is “palpable.” trib.al/JiC2CI7

127 37 6 10
1 month ago
Preview
Exclusive | Sharyn Alfonsi, Scott Pelley’s jobs are on the line after pushing back against Bari Weiss’ CBS News shakeups: sources “Everybody has a boss and they need to realize that Bari Weiss is theirs,” a source told The Post.

The New York Post is making it a little too obvious that Bari Weiss is whispering to them so she can float this stuff out there.

nypost.com/2026/01/22/m...

126 39 7 4
1 year ago

When the shit goes down everybody meet up at the library. The MAGAs don't know about that place.

22,605 3,577 669 199
1 month ago
Preview
Federal judge appears skeptical that Trump has legal authority to proceed with White House ballroom | CNN Politics A federal judge expressed deep skepticism Thursday that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.

A federal judge expressed deep skepticism that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.

361 105 28 9
1 month ago
Preview
Mark Carney Says Firmly That ‘Canada Doesn’t Live Because of the United States’

Davos elevated Mark Carney to a global star. He'll be fine without Trump's little peace board. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/w...

9 4 0 0
1 month ago

We're in a very sad place.

8 0 0 0
3 months ago
Preview
An Inconvenient Widow A revelatory new biography of one of the most misunderstood and vilified First Ladies in American history: Mary Todd Lincoln.Mary Lincoln was at th...

Today would have been Mary Todd Lincoln’s 207th birthday — a woman history has too often misunderstood, minimized, or dismissed. I wrote An Inconvenient Widow to correct the record. The book arrives May 2026, and I’m excited to share it with the world! Preorder now: bit.ly/aninconvenie...

3 1 0 0
3 months ago
Preview
An Inconvenient Widow A revelatory new biography of one of the most misunderstood and vilified First Ladies in American history: Mary Todd Lincoln.Mary Lincoln was at th...

Today would have been Mary Todd Lincoln’s 207th birthday — a woman history has too often misunderstood, minimized, or dismissed. I wrote An Inconvenient Widow to correct the record. The book arrives May 2026, and I’m excited to share it with the world! Preorder now: bit.ly/aninconvenie...

3 1 0 0
3 months ago

We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.

6,847 1,917 281 56
3 months ago
Post image

Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.

10,935 1,596 1,133 276
4 months ago
Preview
Rep. Nancy Mace threatens legal action after report accuses her of berating airport police | CNN Politics CNN’s Jake Tapper reports.

tinyurl.com/ysyepzum

2 0 0 0
4 months ago
Preview
Federal judge says border patrol chief admitted he lied, in ruling limiting federal agents’ use of force in Chicago | CNN A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible...

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

2 1 0 0
4 months ago
Preview
UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies UnitedHealthcare will no longer pay physicians to remotely monitor the data that patients collect at home.

UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/u...

21 23 3 1
4 months ago
Video thumbnail

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

25,212 7,354 765 615
4 months ago
Post image

“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”: https://theatln.tc/LNqNkLuT

535 149 21 6
4 months ago

They're paying half the month, not half the payments.

2 0 0 0
4 months ago

What a nasty thing to say about a professional colleague. Norah asked tough questions and made news. As we know, he's a notoriously difficult interview, and she picked her spots skillfully.

0 0 0 0
4 months ago
Post image
13,437 5,782 497 338
4 months ago
Preview
‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after DOJ scrubs mentions of Trump and January 6 from court records | CNN Politics The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is b...

We watched it happen in real time. We will remember
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

0 1 0 0
4 months ago
Video thumbnail

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

26,337 5,237 419 251
4 months ago
Video thumbnail

Bessent on Trump bailing out Argentina: "It is America first because we are supporting a US ally."

845 210 362 151
4 months ago
Post image

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

13,165 4,791 2,055 492