And it is not like he was speaking in some weird code. He was speaking Spanish - a language spoken by millions of Americans. At our party the guy with 1000 days on Duolingo was able to translate a fair amount for those of us who last took Spanish in the 90s

Another for the category of things my grandparents tried.

Thank yiu for all the lovely newsletters. I will follow on Substack

And one that just laid off staff who covered cooking

I live across the country, but loved and subscribed to WaPo. I dropped it last year when they made it clear they didn't want readers like me anymore. But I kept the beloved Book newsletter. With that going away, the likelihood of me coming back decreased

As a Washingtonian, may I suggest a trade?

Will need to listen to that podcast. Even if there were not mountains in the way - the Governor of CA does not control the water from the PNW.

I read his quote without context and assumed he was talking about being shot. A binder clip??!!

Thank you. This is needed

I remember these! My grandparents loved them

"Internal bleeding" is like how when you want to call out sick say "headache" because a headache leaves no external trace you need to fake and can get worse or better depending on what you need with no physical evidence.

Recoil from his gun?