Political reporter working on a book about the realignment. Former @wsj, @time, @theatlantic. I'm not going to argue with you on X. molly@mollyball.com
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MOLLY NEWS: I'm leaving the WSJ to work on a book about the realignment! Here's the announcement:
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Bullock says he’ll support independent Bodnar over Democrat Bankhead, writes that she leaked his outreach recently rather than pick up his call
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Still thinking about the guy who had a seizure at last night’s Trump rally and then returned in his hospital gown after being taken away in an ambulance
Amazing dedication!
This mam had a SEIZURE shortly after getting to his seat, went to the hospital, got a CAT scan, AND THEN RETURNED TO THE VENUE TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP!
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The Post asked me to write about Roger. Here is my appreciation, an extended version of this morning’s posting. I hope the link works.
wapo.st/3TjxcqW
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Nearly every day toward the end of my tenure at The Washington Post, someone would complain to me about Jeff Bezos' changes. His decimation of the local news team. His abandonment of DC sports coverage. The shriveled Bezos opinion page, with the ideological diversity of a doorknob.
Today, The Washington Sun launches. It has made enormous new investments: +110 newsroom staff; DC's legendary food columnist; truly the best DMV reporters; a beloved weather blog; a growing roster of columnists; tons of worldclass reporters across many national beats; and also me.
The Washington Sun will not be perfect. We will write stories that you find annoying, dumb, or misinformed. I will make mistakes (& tell me if I do - jeffstein@washsun.com!). But at a time where investments in reporting are evaporating, I'm so excited The Sun is hiring real journalists doing real reporting.
If you want to help, I would love if you signed up for our (free!) newsletters, which routinely get genuinely rave reviews:
National coverage: washingtonsun.com/account/ne…
Local coverage: washingtonsun.com/metro-news…
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SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: President Trump takes center stage with less than 2 months until Election Day... Manu dives into the Senate map with toss-ups in half a dozen states. PLUS: Who's hitting the trail ahead of 2028? @niamalikah @daveweigel @mollyesque join @mkraju #InsidePolitics
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There’s a strong “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” element to large US tech companies discovering that the modern information environment is chaotic, low trust, driven by whim, does not reward truth-finding, is not self-correcting, given to faddish obsessions, etc
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"Virginia congressman's meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity."
Some amazing stuff here advocate.com/politics/nation…
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SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: Can Democrats bounce back in Maine? ... President Trump faces tough choices on Iran... PLUS: @mkraju goes 1-on-1 with Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. @bresreports @mollyesque @ToluseO #InsidePolitics
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Last week, at a Best Western in Sioux Falls, Joe Biden kissed a woman who wasn’t his wife on the mouth.
That, and other observations about the return of the Bidens.
nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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That kicker!
my visit with david hockney ten years ago for @nymag. he was asleep when i arrived, with a pile of cigarettes on the floor next to his chair. then we had sushi. @vulture vulture.com/2016/04/david-ho…
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In 2019, an independent commission comprising "distinguished jurists, Ivy League professors, nonprofit leaders, journalists, and theologians" invited @YAppelbaum to brainstorm concepts that might unite divided Americans. He suggested "patriotism"—and this is what happened: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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New -- @insidepolitics 8aET/11aET
- Trump and GOP after a tumultuous week
- Big primary week ahead. My interview with Zach Wahls in #iasen
- New Graham Platner controversy: The fallout
-CA gov race, LA mayor
- Trump's projects hit snag
@mariannareports @burgessev @mollyesque
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SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: It's another big primary week in California and Iowa. Can progressives keep up their winning streak? PLUS: @mkraju goes 1-on-1 with Iowa Dem. Senate candidate Zach Wahls. @MariannaReports @mollyesque and @burgessev join #InsidePolitics
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You would call Barney Frank’s office & they would just put you on the phone with him. “Hold on for Barney.”
No one else did this, it was extraordinary in the pre-cell phone days.
Then he’d yell at you, curse, lie, butter you up, spin you, tell you the truth. He was unique
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the vast majority of babies ever born were raised by parents who would consider live video monitoring of a sleeping baby so excessive they’d be confused by the concept.
having a baby is hard in a bunch of ways, but a whole lot of parents are making it much harder than it needs to be. they’re doing their best to shame everyone else into having a harder time than necessary too.
parents: imagine you’re good friends with the neighbors 2 doors down. would you put your baby down for the night and go neighbor’s house for a drink if you brought the baby monitor?
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Dems had been trying to reason with Scott for years — he was old, fading and unable to do the job like he used to.
But he filed to run again and now Dems have their fourth death-caused vacancy of this Congress. politico.com/news/2022/01/13…
'Georgia Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, the first Black man to chair the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, has died after nearly 50 years of elected office. He was 80 years old.'
@TIAreports
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NEW: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will continue publishing! It has been acquired by the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute, which runs the Baltimore Banner. My story here: nytimes.com/2026/04/14/busin…
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Amazing bit of reporting by Cokie Roberts that has stuck with me: Her discovery of a letter from Louisa Adams detailing how members of Congress left behind *40 pregnant mistresses* after the extra-long session of 1820, necessitating more orphanage space--> archives.gov/files/about/arc…
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‘Open the school!’ Hundreds of parents are demanding Fairfax County to add more 5-day school weeks.
Right now, fewer than half of the school weeks have five days of instruction time in Fairfax County Public Schools.
wjla.com/news/local/hundreds…
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