writer•editor•researcher🌽Grew up in Iowa and loved it. Now it’s about as lovable as an Iowa-shaped Elon Musk; the governor won’t feed poor kids. DC area
Here's the Washington Post's front page on January 7, 2021. Four years later, the paper, famous for its tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness," doesn't want to take a stand on who is fit to be president.
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Six years ago today, we lost Anthony Bourdain. His quote below on Washington vs. the District, from the conclusion of his 2009 "No Reservations" show about DC, resonates now more than ever. RIP. #BourdainDay#AnthonyBourdain
All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:
John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker
So much for the party of "freedom."
Remembering the great - and not always liked - Julius Hobson, a civil rights icon who made “good trouble” for DC citizens. His papers are now to be digitized by the DC Public Library for future research.
@daveweigel Because protest reporting needs the Chet Huntley narrative voice, Doors music cues, all the documentary trappings never garnered by very serious 1980s protests. It’s a trope.