Robert Draper

Author & Staff Writer, NY Times. Married to @KirstenPowers. Native Texan resisting urges to post about @TexasLonghorns, @Astros, @HoustonRockets or @Titans.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

A case of Trump Avoidance Syndrome in Wisconsin (free link): https://t.co/8dHB3yJrrE

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP: While Trump was doing midterm rallies last week, two of his top political advisers were in Republika Srpska helping its pro-Russian government.

@JamesBlairUSA & @ChrisLaCivita were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each for election advice. https://t.co/8mMeH0wuDr

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Will Lucy let Charlie Brown kick the football? Will Sisyphus get the stone to the top of the hill? Will peace break out in the Middle East? Will Democrats win a statewide race in Texas? My story (free link): https://t.co/2GIyHRXv4C

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

@AbhiDhabi5 @AlecMacGillis That's not my thesis. My thesis is that Congress has sublimated itself to Trump's whims, and the housing bill--which he first insisted that they pass, and which at the end Speaker Johnson had to beg him not to veto--is testament to that.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

"They're just petrified of Trump. Name the issue. It's just amazing. No one's got a spine." That's former Rep Fred Upton, one of 35 current/former members I spoke to about Congress in the Trump era (free link): https://t.co/DtWejRadi1

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Among the things Dem populist & DSA candidates have in common is that they're pissed off at their own party--my story (free link): https://t.co/QKwxTc5BU9

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

"What would Charlie do"--my essay (free link): https://t.co/PhJMNGLLsK

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

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 - [email protected]!). But at a time where investments in reporting are evaporating, I'm so excited The Sun is hiring real journalists doing real reporting.

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[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Edwards was facing both a strong Dem opponent who'd outraised him and a likely censure. He wasn't popular among House Republicans, had lost the support of the WH and the overwhelming evidence of misconduct would be hard to explain to his wife of 46 years: https://t.co/7Kjy5pVpda

[Congressman Chuck Edwards @RepChuckEdwards]

After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign. I will complete my current term. Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life. Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Among his other questionable deeds, Rep Chuck Edwards took one of his young female aides to Biden's 2024 WH Christmas party; he & her were photographed standing with the Bidens and the Harrises. My story (free link): https://t.co/t9ifSa1Cs3

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

The restraining order against Max Miller includes emails he wrote to his ex-wife's then-divorce attorneys, demanding that they speed things up: "How busy is your schedule? Busier than a member of Congress?" "Do your job." "I'm sure your life is very, very hard."

[Annie Karni @anniekarni]

New: Emily Moreno’s lawyers filed a restraining order today against Max Miller -

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Free link: https://t.co/UbQ4U2BHYN

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Lindsey Graham once told me, "I'm unique, but I'm not complicated." Maybe that's true. He was a military hawk who drank almond schnapps, who lived alone and didn't know how to use a toaster. A shrewd legislator, a class clown, a wingman to power. Now at rest.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

There's the court case against Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, and then there's the court of conspiracy theories--my story (free link): https://t.co/cadV6gbWEp

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

The CIA didn't make Nixon urge WH aides to lie under oath & to pay hush money to the Watergate burglars

[Eagle Ed Martin @EagleEdMartin]

We should mark the 54th anniversary of the Watergate break-in (a few days ago) by remembering this:
it is the OG hoax with the pre-FISA CIA running wiretaps on domestic politicians. And then blaming the Nixon campaign. And Washington Post leading (not reporting).
The only thing worse than the lying CIA is the two-faced liar John Dean and the fiction-writer Woodward.
May they suffer in eternity.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Here is the full text of AG Sulzberger's speech: https://t.co/7HV8Rotz8I

[ErikWemple @ErikWemple]

In an appearance before a press-rights group in New York this evening, New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger had some pointed words for his peers atop U.S. media organizations.

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Terrific inaugural @nytimes profile by @michaelkruse on the unsinkable @KenPaxtonTX (free link): https://t.co/4vkO9g2AR2

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

“He has the personality of a rock,” @AaronReed4KY tells @DraperRobert. “I don’t think anybody’s going to vote for Ed Gallrein. They’ll either vote for Thomas or against Thomas.” https://t.co/h3CQQmO0jL

[Robert Draper @DraperRobert]

Google search results can be manipulated by reputation management firms to emphasize positive stories (& minimize the negative ones). Here's how one firm tried to do that for Epstein associate Kathy Ruemmler (free link): https://t.co/h4ERa2LLoD