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WaPo reporter specializing in stories about life, death and everything in between. Occasional cartoonist. Knicks, Mets, Jets. New Yorker, for better or worse.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton lacks a vote but not a (withering) voice Introduced by Stephen Colbert as β€œthe fake congresswoman, the D.C. Delegate can be eloquent or profane.

Archives β€” a profile of ENH in which she leads a tour of her interesting kitchen and recalls her meeting with Medgar Evers just before his assassination. Hers is a remarkable life:

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The historic D.C. buildings Homeland Security wants to raze were deemed stable A team of engineers hired to inspect the buildings in Southeast Washington for the government concluded in August that they are viable for renovation.

News: A few months before Kristi Noem announced the emergency demolition of 13 historic DC buildings, an engineering firm hired by the feds declared those buildings viable for renovation and re-use, documents obtained by the Washington Post show.

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Homeland Security wants to demolish historic buildings deemed stable A team of engineers hired to inspect the buildings in Southeast Washington for the government concluded in August that they are viable for renovation.

β€œThe precedent could be devastating for sites across the country. If an agency can declare an emergency to tear down buildings, then it could happen anywhere.”

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15.01.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

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Homeland Security seeks β€˜emergency’ demolition of historic buildings in D.C. DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem, in a memo obtained by The Washington Post, said the buildings β€œconstitute a present risk to life and property.” Preservationists contend no evidence of an emergency exist...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fears that β€œmalicious insiders” could use vacant buildings at St. Elizabeths to stage attacks. β€œFor senior leadership the principal risks include targeting of executives,” according to DHS security report.

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Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir Can β€œAmerican Canto” turn scandal into literature?

If nothing else the Nuzzi nausea is inspiring a spate of inspired takedowns: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

03.12.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump pivots from bashing Mamdani, predicting he will β€˜do a great job’ as mayor Trump warmed to Mamdani, even declaring he would finally feel comfortable moving back to the city with the 34-year-old democratic socialist running city hall.

Cuomo predicted during campaign that Trump would cut through Mamdani like a β€œhot knife through butter.”

Was it the other way around today? #Mamdani

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21.11.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few headlines on an ordinary November Thursday

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Cheney’s funeral draws Bush, mix of Democrats and Republicans. Not Trump. The former vice president, who served in the George W. Bush administration, was honored Thursday at Washington National Cathedral.

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20.11.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Selling a Founding Father’s estate, for this couple, means leaving home Among the decisions Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt faced about Oak Hill was what to do with the Virginia mansion built by America’s fifth president, James Monroe.

19th century real estate porn:

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12.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Zohran Mamdani is charming a famously hard-nosed city Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a more affordable New York has vaulted him to the top of the polls β€” and Republicans’ enemies list.

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04.11.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the annals of NY politics, few stoked racial division more to build their name than Sharpton (see: Brawley, Tawana)

01.11.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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D.C.’s newest tourist attraction is a demolition site. (Yeah, that one.) The East Wing demolition has become a surprise tourist attraction in Washington D.C., with visitors gathering to watch the destruction of the historic building.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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White House demolition: a new tourist attraction #trump #dc

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β€˜Our hands are tied’: Can anyone stop Trump’s tear-down of the East Wing? Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.

As Trump tears down the East Wing, we keep getting this question: Can anyone stop him?

The answer, many experts fear, is no.

And Trump's planned ballroom is likely to be approved by a panel stocked by his allies, too.

w @wapops.bsky.social @jonathanreports.bsky.social

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How Zohran Mamdani is charming a famously hard-nosed city Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a more affordable New York has vaulted him to the top of the polls β€” and Republicans’ enemies list.

Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York mayoral race with a platform focused on affordability. His rise reflects demographic shifts in New York, but his lack of experience and controversial positions have sparked debate.

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β€œHe’s a vibe.”

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How Zohran Mamdani is charming a famously hard-nosed city Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a more affordable New York has vaulted him to the top of the polls β€” and Republicans’ enemies list.

Whaddya gonna do New York?
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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A D.C. neighborhood long home to immigrants pushes back against ICE arrests In Mount Pleasant, long home to a large Latino immigrant community, neighbors have sought ways to counter a pervasive sense of helplessness as ICE agents have swooped in.

A D.C. neighborhood is trying to push back against ICE, using whistles, a text chain and patrols to alert each other of raids.

β€œCan we stop ICE from coming? No,” said one longtime resident. β€œBut can we make it uncomfortable? … Yeah.”

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A D.C. neighborhood long home to immigrants pushes back against ICE arrests In Mount Pleasant, long home to a large Latino immigrant community, neighbors have sought ways to counter a pervasive sense of helplessness as ICE agents have swooped in.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

17.09.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Critics say she’s appeasing Trump. D.C.’s mayor says she’s out to win. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser says her order appears to have played a key role in Congress holding off on extending Trump’s federalization of the D.C. police, which brought National Guard troops to city stre...

β€œI think what people misunderstand is that I care about what they think about me personally, because I don’t.”

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Do Jewish New Yorkers care about identity politics? Jerry Nadler hopes so. Locked in a close reelection contest, New York City’s last Jewish representative in the U.S. House thinks his faith still counts for something.

Hanging w/ Jerry Nadler on the babka belt, circa 2022

www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

02.09.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting?

Read:

What, Exactly, Was That Cabinet Meeting? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

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Why Is Andrew Cuomo Still Running for Mayor? The Answer May Lie in 1977.

Adam Nagourney and Ben Oreskes unpeel the onion. The Mario-Andrew relationship is the stuff of novels, and nobody understands it better than Adam, who was in the middle of it for decades (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

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The Mayor of the United States:

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Donald Trump fulfills a dream role: Big city mayor The president’s showy effort to β€œclean up” D.C. crime, street lights and even the Kennedy Center has ruffled city leaders who say he has overstepped his authority.

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23.08.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Baseball, hotdogs and the National Guard. β€œYou want to take a picture with us?” one asked. #dc

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In D.C., a toddler died of hunger and thirst. Why didn’t anybody save her? Social workers knew of Ebony Washington’s troubled history as a parent. And for months, relatives feared her daughter Kemy was in peril. Then tragedy struck.

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In D.C., a toddler died of hunger and thirst. Why didn’t anybody save her?

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