Karen Tumulty
@ktumulty.bsky.social
Trying to adapt. Also, Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Post. You can follow what I write here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-karen-tumulty/
Hello, God. It's Karen: Could we have a rewind of this week?
February 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Hello, God. It's Karen: Could we have a rewind of this week?
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Today the Post published 3 stories that explore the nation's fraught political + cultural moment through the global stage of the Super Bowl and Olympics. 1. We look at why Colin Kaepernick's impact on the NFL has waned 10 years after his social justice protest www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
What do we make of Colin Kaepernick now?
The Super Bowl is being played in his former home stadium, at a societal moment that echoes the issues he forced football fans to confront. So why is he out of mind?
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February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Today the Post published 3 stories that explore the nation's fraught political + cultural moment through the global stage of the Super Bowl and Olympics. 1. We look at why Colin Kaepernick's impact on the NFL has waned 10 years after his social justice protest www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
I wish I could have known Don Glickman too. Beautifully told by Sydney Page -- A postcard arrived: ‘If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you’ www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
A postcard arrived: ‘If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you’
Don Glickman’s daughter sent his favorite people the postcard he designed before his death.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I wish I could have known Don Glickman too. Beautifully told by Sydney Page -- A postcard arrived: ‘If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you’ www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
One of the finest public servants I have ever had the privilege to cover: Lee Hamilton, foreign policy leader in Congress, dies at 94 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Lee Hamilton, foreign policy leader in Congress, dies at 94
President Barack Obama called the Indiana Democrat “one of the most influential voices on international relations and American national security.”
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February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
One of the finest public servants I have ever had the privilege to cover: Lee Hamilton, foreign policy leader in Congress, dies at 94 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Grateful to all the concerned friends who called, texted, emailed today asking: Are you OK? Yes, I still have a job that is more than that, a mission. But that is not the same thing as feeling OK. Not today.
February 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Grateful to all the concerned friends who called, texted, emailed today asking: Are you OK? Yes, I still have a job that is more than that, a mission. But that is not the same thing as feeling OK. Not today.
There are complexities behind what seem to be even the most straightforward questions when it comes to immigration: Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer
Demands that state and local authorities turn over “the worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
There are complexities behind what seem to be even the most straightforward questions when it comes to immigration: Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A perspective on the immigration debate you don't often hear. Thank you, Cally Jo's family, for letting me tell your story: Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer (gift link) -- wapo.st/3Ofo3g2
Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer
Demands that state and local authorities turn over “the worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A perspective on the immigration debate you don't often hear. Thank you, Cally Jo's family, for letting me tell your story: Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer (gift link) -- wapo.st/3Ofo3g2
"There were 5 of us total in the audience and afterward 3 of us tried to interview each other and that is when we realized we were all journalists on the job." ‘Melania’ promises to take us behind the scenes. There’s nothing to see. @monicahesse.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Column | ‘Melania’ promises to take us behind the scenes. There’s nothing to see.
“Melania,” the new Amazon documentary about the enigmatic first lady Melania Trump, mostly celebrates her zealous dedication to her external presentation.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"There were 5 of us total in the audience and afterward 3 of us tried to interview each other and that is when we realized we were all journalists on the job." ‘Melania’ promises to take us behind the scenes. There’s nothing to see. @monicahesse.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
NEW from Natalie Allison, @iarnsdorf.bsky.social and Hannay Knowles -- Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota
The president’s response to widespread public dismay over the shooting death of another Minnesotan has put him in a bind with his own base.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
NEW from Natalie Allison, @iarnsdorf.bsky.social and Hannay Knowles -- Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
San Antonio TV anchor wants unity after Wemby's 'murder' remarks spark vitriol www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a... via @mySA
S.A. TV anchor dubs attacks over Wemby's Minnesota 'murder' remarks 'painful'
A veteran San Antonio TV anchor is calling for "more respectful discourse" after he saw vitriol aimed at Victor Wembanyama following his comments on Minnesota.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
San Antonio TV anchor wants unity after Wemby's 'murder' remarks spark vitriol www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a... via @mySA
From the great Dan Balz (yes, he still writes for us!) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump is dealing with an immigration mess of his own making
The killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, coming just two weeks after the shooting death of Renée Good, represents a crisis moment for Trump’s immigration policy.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
From the great Dan Balz (yes, he still writes for us!) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The administration has multiple agendas at work here and they aren't all about finding violent undocumented criminals. Patrick Marley and I explain: Trump administration uses ICE to pressure blue states www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration uses ICE to pressure blue states
How the Trump administration is pressuring states to capitulate on several fronts — including voting issues and “sanctuary city” policies — and using officers and agents in the streets as leverage.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
The administration has multiple agendas at work here and they aren't all about finding violent undocumented criminals. Patrick Marley and I explain: Trump administration uses ICE to pressure blue states www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Karen Tumulty
“We’re going to tell the court that this has been a dramatic and historic escalation. There’s never been a deployment of ICE agents quite like this. And yet, Minnesota doesn’t have the most immigrants. What would justify this?” @keithellison.bsky.social tells @ktumulty.bsky.social.
Minn. AG calls Trump administration version of shooting ‘flat-out insane’
Alex Pretti’s death came two weeks after the killing of Renée Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“We’re going to tell the court that this has been a dramatic and historic escalation. There’s never been a deployment of ICE agents quite like this. And yet, Minnesota doesn’t have the most immigrants. What would justify this?” @keithellison.bsky.social tells @ktumulty.bsky.social.
“Reasonable people watching the video could conclude that [Pretti] had a gun & a holster, that it was taken off of him in plain view on the video, & that after that, he was shot. I think that a person who saw those things would not be hallucinating.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Minn. AG calls Trump administration version of shooting ‘flat-out insane’
Alex Pretti’s death came two weeks after the killing of Renée Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“Reasonable people watching the video could conclude that [Pretti] had a gun & a holster, that it was taken off of him in plain view on the video, & that after that, he was shot. I think that a person who saw those things would not be hallucinating.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
MUSTREAD from Marianne Levine and Brianna Sacks, with a reminder of why ICE was created after 9/11 -- Shootings in Minneapolis underscore how Kristi Noem has transformed DHS www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Shootings in Minneapolis underscore how Kristi Noem has transformed DHS
The agency was founded after Sept. 11 to prevent foreign terrorist attacks. Now it is almost exclusively focused on apprehending undocumented immigrants.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
MUSTREAD from Marianne Levine and Brianna Sacks, with a reminder of why ICE was created after 9/11 -- Shootings in Minneapolis underscore how Kristi Noem has transformed DHS www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
My Sunday Take: Trump’s sudden retreat on Greenland shows that limits still exist www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump’s sudden retreat on Greenland shows that limits still exist
It remains to be seen what lasting damage the episode has done, particularly to how other members of NATO regard and trust the United States.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:34 AM
My Sunday Take: Trump’s sudden retreat on Greenland shows that limits still exist www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
My Live Chat is underway, and one question from a reader sent me all the way back to the Reagan-Gorbachev era. The subject: The politics of ... overcoats. You can join us here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Is Trump the first president to regularly wear an overcoat in public? Ask us your politics questions.
Join our chief political correspondent for her next live chat on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 12 p.m. Eastern time.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
My Live Chat is underway, and one question from a reader sent me all the way back to the Reagan-Gorbachev era. The subject: The politics of ... overcoats. You can join us here: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"I need my devices back to do my job." wapo.st/4jUxQEe
Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"I need my devices back to do my job." wapo.st/4jUxQEe
BREAKING: Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Also if you haven’t seen The Best Years of Our Lives, please do. My vote for the bravest movie ever made.
Watching old movies is my favorite escape from the news. Currently: The Third Man. Who else has seen it?
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Also if you haven’t seen The Best Years of Our Lives, please do. My vote for the bravest movie ever made.
Watching old movies is my favorite escape from the news. Currently: The Third Man. Who else has seen it?
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Watching old movies is my favorite escape from the news. Currently: The Third Man. Who else has seen it?