Thank you!!!
Karen Tumulty
@ktumulty.bsky.social
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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/
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I encourage you to read this piece on redistricting by Karen Tumulty, she’s been there, done that, bought the CD, owns the T-shirt, & was probably drinking out of the coffee mug as she wrote this, her analysis is spot on & worth reading. “Because they can,” redistrict you need to read this piece.
"Three words of crystalline truth." Here is a gift link to my first Sunday column in my new role as Chief Political Correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3H7Yyue
Analysis | Redistricting battle underscores an age of partisan divisiveness
The corrosive forces that brought the nation’s politics to this point long predated Donald Trump.
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"Because we can."
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As Rodney Ellis, a former state senator and current Harris County commissioner, once told me: “Texas is not a red state. It’s a blue state that doesn’t vote.” (2/2)
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Fast-growing and increasingly diverse Texas, where no Democrat has won statewide since 1994, is a good example of the depressing effect of one-party domination. Last year, voter registration reached a record, but turnout fell. It was 2nd lowest in the country. (1/2)
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"Three words of crystalline truth." Here is a gift link to my first Sunday column in my new role as Chief Political Correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3H7Yyue
Analysis | Redistricting battle underscores an age of partisan divisiveness
The corrosive forces that brought the nation’s politics to this point long predated Donald Trump.
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WaPo Sources: The Department of Homeland Security sent the IRS a list Thursday of 40,000 names of people DHS officials thought were in the country illegally and asked the IRS to use confidential taxpayer data to verify their addresses.
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Another @washingtonpost.com exclusive— IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted. Great reporting by @jacobbogage.bsky.social and Kadia Goba: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/09/trump-administration-irs-data-dispute/
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And another EXCLUSIVE from the @washingtonpost: Leaked drafts of the State Department’s long-delayed annual human rights reports indicate that the U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia wapo.st/4mAYX7v
U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia
Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption. LGBTQ discrimination and other claims.
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Another @washingtonpost EXCLUSIVE: Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report. Great reporting by Warren Strobel. wapo.st/3Hmq8nl
Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report
CIA officials worried the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources. Tulsi Gabbard overrode their c...
