Nick Baumann
Politics Editor at The Washington Post | Pats fan. Eagle Scout. Beer pong aficionado. | 202.630.2380 | Signal: nickbaumann.97 | Usual disclaimers
- "In an interview with The Washington Post, Walz noted areas in which the [Harris-Walz] campaign had fallen short, such as a failure to reach Latino voters and unacknowledged anger over the war in Gaza. 'No s---' it’s a different vibe, said Walz." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Trump border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... Teachers, man!
- "Julio Zambrano has no criminal record, and there’s no evidence he was a gang member. So why did the Trump administration send him to a brutal prison in El Salvador?" www.theassemblync.com/politics/tru...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannI’ll admit you guys had me going for a while, but the jig is up. I know about the big meeting I wasn’t invited to, sometime in early 2022, when everyone I interact with online decided to be super into F1 racing all of a sudden without ever saying how it started or why.
- Why Lesotho? Martine Powers asked the Lesotho embassy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Read @ddiamond.bsky.social on how Trump's cuts to health and safety agencies are shifting risk from the feds to states and cities -- and individuals: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThinking about these guys
- "He has not just the taste and sensibilities of a boy, but the temperament of one," is an absolutely savage line. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannRestoration Hardware was doing an earnings call when the tariffs hit and I have never related harder to a CEO www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Curious how much the list of people who said he'd never do the tariffs overlaps with the list of people who said the 6-3 conservative Supreme Court would never overturn Roe.
- "The former international head of Doctors Without Borders says... New York University canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could be viewed as 'anti-governmental'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- “The one thing saving his job is that Trump doesn’t want to give Jeff Goldberg a scalp,” said a second administration official. “Despite all of Trump’s attacks on the ‘fake news,’ he still reads the papers, and he doesn’t like seeing this stuff.”
- @washingtonpost.com exclusive: Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say ---> www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- @washingtonpost.com exclusive: Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say ---> www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThis seems like a really cool job for an AI reporter and editor www.transformernews.ai/p/transforme...
- Reposted by Nick Baumanna different way to get at this is to ask yourself what *is* a constitution? is it a legal contract or is it a political document? is meaning singularly reducible to text or does meaning emerge from text and context?
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThis story for the New Yorker is the culmination of many years of reporting on and thinking about one thing: What's the deal with pitching? It was nice to reconnect with people I know from the baseball world, and I have now seen the inside of a person's elbow. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
- Reposted by Nick Baumann* CHINESE STATE MEDIA: CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA REACH A CONSENSUS THAT THREE SIDES WILL JOINTLY RESPOND TO THE U.S. TARIFFS @reuters.com
- Reposted by Nick Baumann“The Trump administration inadvertently shared its attack plans with a journalist, but it didn’t share its strategy for victory — because it doesn’t have one” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Both of Alaska’s Republican senators have pushed to rescind cuts they argue would hurt the state. But they have split over how to persuade Trump to change his mind, newly minted @washingtonpost.com ost Senate reporter @theodoricmeyer.bsky.social reports: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Nick Baumann“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- Reposted by Nick Baumannmy friend saw an incredible garbage truck today
- Reposted by Nick BaumannOne of the funniest autocorrects I ever experienced on my phone was “Leno Riefenstahl”
- Reposted by Nick Baumann"First they are coming for the federal unions—the lowest hanging fruit, the most bureaucratic unions, the ones barred from striking. Then they will proceed to come for all public sector unions. Then they will come for private sector unions." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannWIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.
- Reposted by Nick Baumanncongrats @enbrown.bsky.social , first time I think I’ve gotten an Adult Content moderation warning slapped on me by the Sky moderators
- “It seems as if the feds let the Backpage.com domain name lapse, and ICF Technology—the company behind MILFS.com—snapped it up… The FBI did not provide comment.” maybe the only good thing that second Trump administration apparent incompetence has caused thus far
- Reposted by Nick BaumannSo, uh, yesterday the market cap of our stunt memecoin, Bwainwuhm, was $3700. Today it spiked to $1.2 million, and seems to be around $400k now. I need to go lie down. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThe worst thing the federal government has done to unions in my lifetime happened last night. The second worst thing was three weeks ago. The labor movement will either protect ourselves right now or be smashed. That's all there is to it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...
- Reposted by Nick Baumannmade a meme about my mental state
- "There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. Addressing a government lawyer, Brinkema said, “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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- "Since Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, NIH funding has dropped by more than $3 billion compared with grants issued during the same period last year, according to a review of publicly available grant data." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Nick Baumannyeah i'm into OPSEC. Only Posting Super Excellent Content
- Reposted by Nick Baumannimagine being accidentally added to a second, slightly smaller group chat where they're talking about how to handle this scandal
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThis guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- "One thing people seem to forget about ['The Boy Who Cried Wolf'] is that at the end, the wolf actually comes," writes @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev: www.noahpinion.blog/p/if-and-whe...
- After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers www.understandingai.org/p/human-driv...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannMe in the national security group chat
- Reposted by Nick BaumannEuropeans' belief in the importance of the EU has surged to record levels, according to a survey released yesterday. 74% now say their country benefits from being in 🇪🇺 - up from 50% in 2010. And the biggest reason is about security, *not* the economy. europa.eu/eurobaromete...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannHamdan Ballal, the Palestinian producer of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was attacked by a group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and later arrested by the Israeli army, according to activists and a neighbor who spoke to The Post.
- Reposted by Nick BaumannThere it is: Trump admin invokes state secrets privilege over info on deportation flights storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
- The ‘Iconic’ Stare That Conquered the Internet www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/s...
- Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannReading this in the voice of Kevin Spacey's character from Seven.
- Reposted by Nick BaumannWow, the Atlantic looked at what Meta stole for AI training, and made a search tool where you can see what it sucked up via LibGen (a pirated data set of books). Let's check one thing real quick.... ok yup www.theatlantic.com/technology/a....
- Reposted by Nick Baumannthis site is free 😌
- Reposted by Nick BaumannNoticing a pattern: everyone who agrees with me is a wise independent thinker and everyone who disagrees is a brainwashed sheep
- Reposted by Nick BaumannIn an email to The Post, his father, Errol, said Musk and his brother were “not into political nonsense, & we lived in a very well-run, law-abiding country with virtually no crime at all. Actually no crime. We had several black servants who were their friends” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannI can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn:
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- Reposted by Nick BaumannExclusive: The future of a vast collection of public artwork is in doubt as the Trump administration plans to fire workers who preserve and maintain over 26,000 pieces owned by the U.S. government, including paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.
- It IS funny that Sean Duffy was one of the people who stopped being polite and started getting real: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Really smart post on the national security risks of unceremonious firings: open.substack.com/pub/jasher/p...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannSome news: I'm starting a new job at @thebulwark.bsky.social, where I'll be writing a newsletter twice a week on right-wing media and conspiracy theories. It's exciting! Here's the announcement in today's Reliable Sources newsletter:
- Reposted by Nick BaumannTransgenic means that genes from 1 organism have been put into another. We make transgenic mice to understand how genes influence biological processes. We make transgenic plants to make them more nutrient rich. We make transgenic bacteria so they make medicine for us. It's wide-ranging & v. useful.
- Reposted by Nick BaumannFascinating. Violent crime is way down in NYC. But complaints about crime are at a 10-year high. gothamist.com/news/crime-i...
- 🤔https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/white-house-inflation-trump-approval/
- "In 2023, Alito dismissed the view that courts could not push back against the President in such cases as a 'radical theory.' In 2025, apparently, it’s correct. I wonder what changed?" www.stevevladeck.com/p/129-untang...
- Sorry bud can't hang out today thinking about the basilisk: www.wired.com/story/deliri...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannBold claim
- Reposted by Nick BaumannA vaccine to prevent breast cancer is showing good results, and moving into the next stage of clinical trials. wtop.com/health-fitne... #cansky #oncsky
- Reposted by Nick Baumann"The president has been impeached. That's a pretty big lesson...I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future." - Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), February 2020 www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-c...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannExciting @wired.com team news! I'm thrilled that @carolinehaskins.bsky.social is joining WIRED, starting Monday, as our newest business reporter. Caroline is a force of nature, exactly the kind of journalist you want on a team at this moment in time, and I know she'll kill it at WIRED. WOOH!
- Reposted by Nick BaumannGuys I had a horrifying thought What if they do a CGI deepfake Judy Garland for Dorothy in Wicked part 2
- Reposted by Nick Baumann“Bowser signals D.C. will paint over BLM Plaza after GOP threatens funding” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- Reposted by Nick Baumannim now reading David Grann's The Wager, which is suffused with one of my favorite literary sentiments: Ships are So Cool, I Love Ship
- Reposted by Nick BaumannBill banning mRNA vaccines in Iowa passes subcommittee
- Reposted by Nick BaumannJames Harrison, who earned the nickname "The Man With the Golden Arm" because his blood had a rare antibody that may have helped more than two million babies in Australia, died last month at 88.
- Reposted by Nick BaumannEarlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past. The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by Nick BaumannIt’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side
- Reposted by Nick BaumannMartin O’Malley, earlier this week: “Social Security is being driven to a total system collapse. I give the DOGE kids and co- President Musk 30-90 days before they crater it to the point of interruption of benefits.” 🇺🇸 @martinomalley.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
