David Maraniss
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
Biographer, historian, journalist, professor, grandfather, Detroit born, DC and Madison based. Believer in Smokey Robinson, George Orwell, democracy, freedom of the press,Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente. and the Green Bay Packers.
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David Maraniss
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
· Feb 26
One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
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Part 1. One for all and all for one. The hundreds if not thousands of retired military officers who know Sen. Mark Kelly was right should issue a joint statement saying exactly what he said and challenge Hegseth to court msrtial them all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Part 1. One for all and all for one. The hundreds if not thousands of retired military officers who know Sen. Mark Kelly was right should issue a joint statement saying exactly what he said and challenge Hegseth to court msrtial them all.
C'mon man! The if is admittedly exhausting but still...IF Obama or Biden called 6 GOP officials seditious & called for their execution because they had told military personnel they don't have to obey ILLEGAL orders would the New York Times play the story on Page 16?
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
C'mon man! The if is admittedly exhausting but still...IF Obama or Biden called 6 GOP officials seditious & called for their execution because they had told military personnel they don't have to obey ILLEGAL orders would the New York Times play the story on Page 16?
Post Opinion just gets more and more embarrassing.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Post Opinion just gets more and more embarrassing.
"Things happen" is the sickest answer imaginable about murder, but coming from a megalomaniac thug not out of character.
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Things happen" is the sickest answer imaginable about murder, but coming from a megalomaniac thug not out of character.
Murderer of Jamal Khashoggi.
There is no easier ethical test in the world than "should MBS's money buy him international respect."
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Murderer of Jamal Khashoggi.
Revised comparison: My friend @vermontgmg.bsky.social hss a better one -- Bovino ss modern day Nathan Bedford Forrest leading Klan raids.
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Revised comparison: My friend @vermontgmg.bsky.social hss a better one -- Bovino ss modern day Nathan Bedford Forrest leading Klan raids.
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
Charlotte 11/15/25
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Ali Velshi's @velshi.com spoken essays the last few weeks have been fire. Brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ali Velshi's @velshi.com spoken essays the last few weeks have been fire. Brilliant.
Tonight's Packers loss totally on coach and QB. Defense terrific. Did not deserve this. Defense like the Democratic base. Fired up and resdy to go. Offense like the eight senators who caved. Limp and lame. So disheartening.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Tonight's Packers loss totally on coach and QB. Defense terrific. Did not deserve this. Defense like the Democratic base. Fired up and resdy to go. Offense like the eight senators who caved. Limp and lame. So disheartening.
Packers only piling on to my dismay.
In honor of Veterans Day, the NFL has given us the Salute to Trench Warfare
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Packers only piling on to my dismay.
Dan Diamond and the Post continue to do vital reporting.
The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dan Diamond and the Post continue to do vital reporting.
Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
How did a socialist with almost no governing experience become New York’s mayoral frontrunner?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?
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New: Democrats are ramping up probes into Trump's $300M ballroom.
@schiff.senate.gov sent a letter to the White House, demanding a “complete accounting” of the ballroom's financing and terms for donors
@blumenthal.senate.gov demanding info from the contractors
more w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
@schiff.senate.gov sent a letter to the White House, demanding a “complete accounting” of the ballroom's financing and terms for donors
@blumenthal.senate.gov demanding info from the contractors
more w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
Democrats ramp up probes into Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom
Lawmakers are demanding answers about the project’s financing and what donors have been promised. The White House has defended its use of private donations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New: Democrats are ramping up probes into Trump's $300M ballroom.
@schiff.senate.gov sent a letter to the White House, demanding a “complete accounting” of the ballroom's financing and terms for donors
@blumenthal.senate.gov demanding info from the contractors
more w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
@schiff.senate.gov sent a letter to the White House, demanding a “complete accounting” of the ballroom's financing and terms for donors
@blumenthal.senate.gov demanding info from the contractors
more w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
In defense of the White House ballroom
My disgust with my old newspaper's editorial board in the Bezos/Lewis/O'Neal era has hit a new low. But then again Bezos money is involved; hence this pathetic argument for the golden bunker.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
My disgust with my old newspaper's editorial board in the Bezos/Lewis/O'Neal era has hit a new low. But then again Bezos money is involved; hence this pathetic argument for the golden bunker.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | In defense of the White House ballroom
Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In defense of the White House ballroom
My disgust with my old newspaper's editorial board in the Bezos/Lewis/O'Neal era has hit a new low. But then again Bezos money is involved; hence this pathetic argument for the golden bunker.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
My disgust with my old newspaper's editorial board in the Bezos/Lewis/O'Neal era has hit a new low. But then again Bezos money is involved; hence this pathetic argument for the golden bunker.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.
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How this all isn't front page material every day, in every newspaper, blows my mind
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How this all isn't front page material every day, in every newspaper, blows my mind
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Philip @pbump.com is this in fact something Washpost publicists promoted? That makes it doubly sickening.
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Philip @pbump.com is this in fact something Washpost publicists promoted? That makes it doubly sickening.
Yes, a fitting metaphor. And no not as important as the larger awfulness he has loosed on our world. But this is not funny. It is hideous. This is the people's house; he is just an unfortunate temporary tenant. Every architect and historian needs to condemn this act of destruction.
Trump: You get that visual allegory of my second term? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dystopian just like you asked.
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yes, a fitting metaphor. And no not as important as the larger awfulness he has loosed on our world. But this is not funny. It is hideous. This is the people's house; he is just an unfortunate temporary tenant. Every architect and historian needs to condemn this act of destruction.
The video Trump posted as a king dropping shitbombs on protesters is at once the low point in American civilization; an act of degradation that aptly encapsulates his presidency; an embarrassment that GOP officials will pretend they haven't seen; and a story the bollixed media will underplay.
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The video Trump posted as a king dropping shitbombs on protesters is at once the low point in American civilization; an act of degradation that aptly encapsulates his presidency; an embarrassment that GOP officials will pretend they haven't seen; and a story the bollixed media will underplay.
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This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.
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What exactly is a “Democrat program”?
Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔
Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔
Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What exactly is a “Democrat program”?
Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔
Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔