David Montgomery

A peace vigil sits near the White House. A congressman wants it gone.

Dear Jeff Bezos …

D.C. juvenile court’s reliance on ankle monitors had deadly outcomes D.C. juvenile courts lost track of teens wearing GPS ankle monitors at critical moments, as they have committed or fallen victim to crime.

So well reported and smartly written by Amy Brittain www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

‘This was awesome’: Paddlers run rapids in annual Potomac Downriver Race Dozens ranging in age from 7 to 75 compete in Saturday’s annual Potomac Downriver Race event on kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddle boards.

The only thing more fun than covering this race would have been paddling a canoe myself! bethesdamagazine.com/2025/05/12/p...

After a year of turmoil, The Washington Post is taking note of its journalism again So many headlines about The Washington Post over the past year had little to do with its journalism.

The reporters are doing good work and landing exclusives every day in spite of baffling owner-induced turmoil unrelated to actual journalism apnews.com/article/wash...

Another twist in the legal saga of former Cinci politician P.G. Sittenfeld. The case raises an elusive and rarely litigated constitutional question: What's the difference between a campaign pledge and a corrupt promise? Next stop: Supreme Court. My latest. paw.princeton.edu/article/pg-s...

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

Calling Franz Kafka
(Official response: “Oopsie”) via @nickmiroff.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Recommended reading, An ode to the remarkable people who make up the federal government

Life in Cuba Under Sanctions Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.

The crisis in Cuba is the worst in modern times, with the U.S. bent on making it worse. Missing from ideological debates is what it’s like for ordinary Cubans. To find out, I rode a bus from one end of the island to the other. My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...