Peter Slevin
@peterslevin.bsky.social
@NewYorker contributor. @MedillSchool professor. Formerly Washington Post, Miami Herald. Author, Michelle Obama: A Life
The president of the United States on Truth Social, 6 minutes apart.
April 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The president of the United States on Truth Social, 6 minutes apart.
The ongoing White House effort to construct an alternate reality
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The ongoing White House effort to construct an alternate reality
Protest today outside the federal building in Asheville, NC. Chants of "Where's Thom Tillis?? Where's Thom Tillis??"
February 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Protest today outside the federal building in Asheville, NC. Chants of "Where's Thom Tillis?? Where's Thom Tillis??"
Another resignation from SDNY. Pulling no punches in describing the inexcusable political directive from Trump's former personal attorney, now at the Department of Justice.
February 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Another resignation from SDNY. Pulling no punches in describing the inexcusable political directive from Trump's former personal attorney, now at the Department of Justice.
At the San Francisco airport. I wanted to buy a paper or two to read on the flight home to Chicago. “We don’t sell newspapers,” the clerk at, checks notes, Sunset News, said.
February 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
At the San Francisco airport. I wanted to buy a paper or two to read on the flight home to Chicago. “We don’t sell newspapers,” the clerk at, checks notes, Sunset News, said.
Donald Trump calls the Jan 6ers "patriots" and "hostages." After all, Jan. 6 was "a day of love," he said in October, nearly four years after 140 law officers were assaulted at the Capitol. Here's the reaction of one of the pardoned patriots who joined the lovefest.
January 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Donald Trump calls the Jan 6ers "patriots" and "hostages." After all, Jan. 6 was "a day of love," he said in October, nearly four years after 140 law officers were assaulted at the Capitol. Here's the reaction of one of the pardoned patriots who joined the lovefest.
In their very first hours in power, Trump's team raced to show disdain for abortion rights and women's health care by taking down the federal reproductiverights.gov website.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In their very first hours in power, Trump's team raced to show disdain for abortion rights and women's health care by taking down the federal reproductiverights.gov website.
The cartoon that The Washington Post editorial page editor wouldn't print, leading to the resignation of Pulitzer-winning cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The cartoon that The Washington Post editorial page editor wouldn't print, leading to the resignation of Pulitzer-winning cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social