Petula Dvorak

Columnist for The Washington Post, off-balance mother of two, forever searching for comfortable heels and really good tomato soup.

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This Memorial Day tribute hits hard — right at home.

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America's 'Most Dangerous Woman' was an Irish immigrant https://t.co/U0CARBwLqF

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What part of the Olympics are we 'f**king talking about'?
(Find this on my "Persisters" Substack)

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The post-mortem on this will be epic. And appalling.

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We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
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See how this World War II veteran made Gene Simmons cry…

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Thank you, veterans....
A rock icon and a 100-year-old WWII veteran tell America’s story https://t.co/cbIMw99yZI

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, after rural America called for transparency in 1913, the elites’ taxes were made public in 1924 (overturned 2 years later); then early years of the New Deal briefly saw voluntary publicity, which the wealth class quickly quashed . #history #taxes

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Sept. 2, 1925 — The listing of everyone’s income taxes were on the front page of The Washington Post #100yearsagotoday! Three times in U.S. history, income taxes were made public. It was published from 1864-1870, then…🧵

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His first year in power, Hitler deployed more and more Nazi troops to German city streets. Berliners were surprised by the array of Nazi uniforms occupying their city. #hitlerhistory

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Aug. 11, 1925 — The federal budget director wanted say over running D.C. #100yearsagotoday. The District has been “neglected” and deserves more money for improvements as it becomes “an ideal residential city” and is “growing even faster than any other front-rank city”. #history

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August 8-9, 1925 — The nation’s capital was overwhelmed by the massive KKK march #100yearsagotoday. After D.C. mandated that the klansmen march unmasked, thousands lined the parade in civilian clothes, suspected sympathizers who left their robes at home, but cheered alongside.

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July 29, 1925 — Giving up an $8 job to become a bootlegger was grounds for divorce #100yearsagotoday . The divorce column was long, detailed and daily. #retropolis

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In 1965, the government tried replacing migrant workers with high-schoolers. It was a disaster, by @petulad https://t.co/vIhvUcRUsi

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1960's unsuccessful experiment to replace migrant farmworkers with high school athletes, described by @petulad in @washingtonpost https://t.co/FDaGwDe2DC

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In 1965, the government tried replacing migrant workers with high-schoolers. It was a disaster. https://t.co/Z6UaC1h9jf

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July 19, 1925 — Don’t worry, folks! A USC study done #100yearsagotoday showed that a college education didn’t steer women away from marriage! #retropolis

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July 18, 1925 - A new trend in bootlegging was discovered beneath a Maryland cabin’s trap door #100yearsagotoday — underground stills. The culprit? A former Baltimore cop. #retropolis

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July 17, 1925 — That name, though! A hero story #100yearsagotoday honored a girl who saved a dozen head of cattle when the Virginia barn caught fire, common during these hot summers when tightly packed wheat spontaneously combusted. #retropolis