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In 3-4 years, I’d love to read a deeply reported book tracking the impact of Trump’s day one executive orders and pardons. (You can call it DAY ONE or DICTATOR FOR A DAY or LIBERATION DAY)

“Representative Andy Ogles, Republican of Tennessee, has filed a resolution to amend the constitutional term limit for presidents from two terms to three, though only if a president’s first two terms were non-consecutive.” nytimes.com/live/2025/01/2…

“Another fired inspector general learned of his ouster by reading the email for the first time while on the phone with a Washington Post reporter who had called to ask about it.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Antony Blinken) is writing a memoir on his thirty years of public service, working in Clinton/Obama/Biden administrations. Title and pub date to come, per email from Crown Publishing Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚.

In mourning for Tim Curran, a wonderful colleague and treasured friend. What a loss. rollcall.com/2025/02/10/tim…

One of my favorite Tim Curran memories: On June 8, 2010, we left the Post early to go to Nats Park for "Strasmas" -- Stephen Strasburg's magical debut. We sat by the right-field foul pole as Stras struck out 14 Pirates. Tim kept screaming, "White Jesus!" rollcall.com/2025/02/10/tim…

"We’ve gone from praising real America to parsing real Americans." I wrote about what strikes me most in the second Trump term so far: nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opi…

“He always took time to check in on me, ask what I was working on and crack some joke that made me feel welcome. He set a totally authentic and unpretentious example of quiet leadership.” Read the updated The Washington Post obit for my dear friend Tim Curran. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

"Trump doesn’t want to do things just because they are common sense; he also calls things common sense just because he wants to do them." I dig into Trump's evolving use of the term "common sense" -- and throw in a dash of Thomas Paine. nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opi…

"The United States is not Russia by any means, and any comparisons risk going too far....But for those of us who reported there a quarter century ago, Mr. Trump’s Washington is bringing back memories of Mr. Putin’s Moscow in the early days." Peter Baker nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/…

"The newspaper’s duty is to its readers and to the public at large, and not to the private interests of its owners." (Principle No. 4 from "The Seven Principles for the Conduct of a Newspaper," by Eugene Meyer, March 5, 1935) washingtonpost.com/about-the-post/

Alas, the final episode of the "Matter of Opinion" podcast is now live. Thanks to everyone who joined us every week over the past two years. It's been a delight. I'll miss you, Michelle Cottle and Ross Douthat! nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opi…

Come join me at 4:30pm today at Georgetown University for a talk about political books, the Trump presidency and more... Sponsored by Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Journalism Program. See you there! events.georgetown.edu/humanities/eve…

Con profundo dolor, hacemos público que nuestro padre, Mario Vargas Llosa, ha fallecido hoy en Lima, rodeado de su familia y en paz. Morgana Vargas Llosa

A Peruvian-American pope? Feels right to me!

"Not only did Democrats keep the public in the dark about Biden, they also kept Biden in the dark about the public." I read ORIGINAL SIN by Jake Tapper 🦅 and Alex Thompson and FIGHT by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. My thoughts:

I had the honor of delivering the commencement address at Saint Anselm College College in Manchester, NH, this past weekend. I talked about "How to Read Like a Human." kaltura.com/index.php/extw…?

I wanted to take Samuel Freedman's legendary book-writing class 20 years ago at Columbia Journalism School. He told me that my idea was more of a long magazine piece. (He was right.) Congrats to to Sam on an amazing 35-year run: nytimes.com/2025/05/25/boo…

Great reporting by Alec MacGillis: propublica.org/article/trump-…