Jeff Stein

The Washington Sun. Writing a Bernie Sanders biography. ex-chief economics correspondent @washingtonpost. 2026 Pulitzer Prize. Founder @ithacavoice. 9178872891

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

Some personal news: I will be off work & twitter* for the next many months on book leave, writing the definitive biography of Bernie Sanders

It’s going to be about The Big Questions in America & you won’t want to miss; sign up for when it’s ready https://t.co/K61iUBV3R7

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

@elonmusk @zerohedge I’m real and these are my real beliefs. You could ask your xAI researchers about me if you hadn’t fired them.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

@siobhan_ogrady @washingtonsun Ty!!

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

One of the many great local hires. Everything I heard today showed me DC is ready to support local news, sports, dining, and weather coverage

[jenny gathright @jennygathright]

Really jazzed to be a part of this newsroom. Hoping to do DC residents proud.

[Erik Larson @exlarson]

Very cool.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Congratulations!!

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

NEWS: Pentagon Outsourced Base Services to Local Governments but Can’t Tell if It Saved Money https://t.co/q9DuYiojwd

[Jonathan Swan @jonathanvswan]

Love to see it

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

@GeoffRBennett @washingtonsun Tysm Geoff!

[Tara Golshan @taragolshan]

Well, well, well, the @washingtonsun has done the math: Virginia drivers are actually the worst.

@andrewvandam's latest:

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

News: Abdul El-Sayed says it's time to pause AI development in wake of new doom warnings, calling it a “break glass moment.”

"Time is of the essence,” the Michigan Dem Senate nominee told The Sun. “The speed at which this is all progressing is really quite alarming."

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

New: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who’s weighing 2028 bid, says it’s “time to pump the brakes” on AI development:

“Immediate, mandatory safeguards and a comprehensive testing regime should be table stakes. We should also enter into an urgent dialogue with China about this, including before and during President Xi's visit to Washington this month.”

[Anna Kramer @anna_c_kramer]

NEW: In June, a Chinook airlifted a 4000 lb dinosaur out of Utah’s southern desert.

Weeks later, Trump stripped monument status from the land where that dino curled up to die.

Utah’s dinos are in Jurassic movies. They’re no longer in a national monument.
https://t.co/iHxE5dnAhB

[Anna Kramer @anna_c_kramer]

🌞 I’m a reporter for the @washingtonsun.

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[Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker]

I am pro literally ANY publication that manages to emerge in this current moment, BUT especially excited about @washingtonsun, featuring many of my talented former co-workers and offering real local coverage for a community that devours it. https://t.co/QcLpSSvdoy

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

@LarryMishel No paywall at the moment but you can subscribe! https://t.co/234bqdn0o8

[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.

If you want to help, I would love if you signed up for our (free!) newsletters, which routinely get genuinely rave reviews:
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[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

Our (free!) newsletters have gotten rave reviews; great way to support us is by signing up:
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[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

🌞🌞🌞Big news: The Washington Sun is launching w/:
— Huge investment in DMV coverage: Biggest & best local sports & DC
— DC legend Tom Sietsema
— Capital Weather (formerly Capital Weather Gang)
— Newsroom of +100 w/ star reporters on Congress, WH, foreign policy & more

[Dana Milbank @Milbank]

I’m one of at least 28 former Washington Post journalists who have joined the @washingtonsun, which launched this morning. Paul Kane, Jeff Stein, Tom Sietsema and many other names will be familiar to Post readers —and we’ve got the Capital Weather Gang. Join us! https://t.co/qK806amX3p

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

@ReporterOriana Wrong Beatle bro

[Tim Grieve @timgrieve]

Yes, it’s true! Today’s forecast from @capitalweather — the good folks who used to be the Capital Weather Gang — this morning and every morning at @washingtonsun. https://t.co/MSRS8m7P79

[The Washington Sun @washingtonsun]

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