Philip Bump

Hearst editor and columnist. Former Washington Post columnist. Author of "The Aftermath," NYT editor's pick. You are not entitled to my attention.

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

Efforts to defeat Zohran Mamdani’s push for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations have led to stories predicting companies would flee New York.

But the numbers tell a different story.

https://t.co/03IRJxsGIk

[Philip Bump @pbump]

@grok name one thing that anyone in the world is better at than elon musk

[Philip Bump @pbump]

@DrewSav Bob Resnahan

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

Boy this is stark.

[Philip Bump @pbump]

Hello! I don’t really post here anymore but I thought my old Twitter followers might like to know that 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.

Check it out!
https://t.co/nw77l1Hk2X

[Philip Bump @pbump]

@bendreyfuss "now"

[Philip Bump @pbump]

@JDVance @grok is this true

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

A White House official tried, on condition of anonymity, to defend President Trump's false claim that the US has sent Ukraine $350 billion. How? By adding in such things as...the cost of US inflation to US households. https://t.co/UdrCjXt97R

[Philip Bump @pbump]

Back in May, I documented the slow evolution of the Oval Office in Trump's second term. I figured it was time for an update — with an acknowledgement that these changes also serve as a metaphor.
https://t.co/iiG48xxPHb

[Philip Bump @pbump]

If you're curious about DC's actual crime rate, this has your answers. https://t.co/eiSp0e1MJ1

[Philip Bump @pbump]

I'd been mulling over an essay about reality and AI and politics even while at The Post. Now I've written it. https://t.co/4EuDHZ1OVb

[Philip Bump @pbump]

@JamesSurowiecki Well, he actually did get the most *votes*, but that is from the largest voter pool on record.
https://t.co/hSjkmcsKNN

[EMSC @LastQuake]

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[EMSC @LastQuake]

⚠Preliminary info: #earthquake (#sismo) about 4 mi N of New York City (New York) 1 min ago (local time 22:18:51)❗MAGNITUDE NOT AVAILABLE YET❗Updates at:
📱https://t.co/QMSpuj6Z2H
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[Philip Bump @pbump]

Earlier today, the RNC sent out a fundraising email playing up the idea that American cities were terrifying hellholes. So I looked at polling to see just how pervasive this idea was — and if it held even when Republicans had been to these places.
https://t.co/Se9tPKxt5R

[Philip Bump @pbump]

Trump declared the (bogus) Gabbard allegations to be the "biggest scandal" in history, a superlative he has previously used to describe Hillary's email server, Hunter's business, Biden's autopen, efforts to hide Biden's decline … and other things, too.
https://t.co/m04ev3lpDR

[Philip Bump @pbump]

In re: Colbert, my column for The Washington Post today deals with media companies and institutions capitulating in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism. Gift link: https://t.co/KThvc4IbL2

[Philip Bump @pbump]

For my column today, I wrote about how Trump leveraged America's collapsing trust in institutions — and how his second term has accelerated that collapse. Gift link: https://t.co/iVA7JiAmSL

[Philip Bump @pbump]

It's been 10 years since Trump took the lead in the Republican primary, going on to win just under 50% of votes cast in that primary. Today, the percentage of Republicans who identify as MAGA sits at … just about 50 percent. Gift link: https://t.co/MrOUcgo4OR

[Philip Bump @pbump]

An interesting element of YouGov's polling on "MAGA Republicans" is how much more likely Republicans under 30 are to use that term than are Republicans aged 30 to 44. Free to read: https://t.co/waobTLQvdz