David Maraniss
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
Biographer, historian, journalist, professor, grandfather, Detroit born, DC and Madison based. Believer in Smokey Robinson, George Orwell, democracy, freedom of the press,Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente. and the Green Bay Packers.
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David Maraniss
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
· Feb 26
One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.
Perfect on both counts @jfallows.bsky.social . Kelly brilliant retort echoing the ad that inspired me to write a book.
This is superb, from Sen. Kelly.
Please watch.
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Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
Please watch.
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Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Perfect on both counts @jfallows.bsky.social . Kelly brilliant retort echoing the ad that inspired me to write a book.
For no good reason but I think it's the team they have the best chance against.
Bring on the Bears.
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
For no good reason but I think it's the team they have the best chance against.
Terrific analysis.
The most disturbing presidential press conference I have ever seen.
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
(First 3/4ths before paywall.)
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
(First 3/4ths before paywall.)
‘Blind Into Caracas’
Less than 24 hours in, members of the Trump team are celebrating victory. None of them seem to have wondered what happens a day, a month, a decade from now.
fallows.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Terrific analysis.
Such resonant historical truth in this one sentence.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Such resonant historical truth in this one sentence.
Reposted by David Maraniss
Pretty much sums up America today.
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Pretty much sums up America today.
I wanna watch Army Navy but from Booz Allen to the US Secret Service to Arcfield the jingoistic ads are repellant, to say nothing of the sight of Trump.
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I wanna watch Army Navy but from Booz Allen to the US Secret Service to Arcfield the jingoistic ads are repellant, to say nothing of the sight of Trump.
So Trump is a Somali pirate?
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So Trump is a Somali pirate?
Someone explain to me how the "Guns don't kill people, people do" crowd rationalizes the boat strikes. Shouldn't they believe that "drugs don't kill people, people do."?
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Someone explain to me how the "Guns don't kill people, people do" crowd rationalizes the boat strikes. Shouldn't they believe that "drugs don't kill people, people do."?
The wayfarer
Perceiving the path to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds
Perceiving the path to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The wayfarer
Perceiving the path to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds
Perceiving the path to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds
Why are MS Now and CNN giving Trump all this free air time to lie and lie at his cabinet meeting? I don't get it. If there's news jump on it. So disappointing.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Why are MS Now and CNN giving Trump all this free air time to lie and lie at his cabinet meeting? I don't get it. If there's news jump on it. So disappointing.
Reposted by David Maraniss
Part 1. One for all and all for one. The hundreds if not thousands of retired military officers who know Sen. Mark Kelly was right should issue a joint statement saying exactly what he said and challenge Hegseth to court msrtial them all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Part 1. One for all and all for one. The hundreds if not thousands of retired military officers who know Sen. Mark Kelly was right should issue a joint statement saying exactly what he said and challenge Hegseth to court msrtial them all.
C'mon man! The if is admittedly exhausting but still...IF Obama or Biden called 6 GOP officials seditious & called for their execution because they had told military personnel they don't have to obey ILLEGAL orders would the New York Times play the story on Page 16?
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
C'mon man! The if is admittedly exhausting but still...IF Obama or Biden called 6 GOP officials seditious & called for their execution because they had told military personnel they don't have to obey ILLEGAL orders would the New York Times play the story on Page 16?
Post Opinion just gets more and more embarrassing.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Post Opinion just gets more and more embarrassing.
"Things happen" is the sickest answer imaginable about murder, but coming from a megalomaniac thug not out of character.
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Things happen" is the sickest answer imaginable about murder, but coming from a megalomaniac thug not out of character.
Murderer of Jamal Khashoggi.
There is no easier ethical test in the world than "should MBS's money buy him international respect."
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Murderer of Jamal Khashoggi.
Revised comparison: My friend @vermontgmg.bsky.social hss a better one -- Bovino ss modern day Nathan Bedford Forrest leading Klan raids.
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Revised comparison: My friend @vermontgmg.bsky.social hss a better one -- Bovino ss modern day Nathan Bedford Forrest leading Klan raids.
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
Charlotte 11/15/25
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The odious Bovino thinks he's George Patton but is actually the Bull Connor of these times.
Ali Velshi's @velshi.com spoken essays the last few weeks have been fire. Brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ali Velshi's @velshi.com spoken essays the last few weeks have been fire. Brilliant.
Tonight's Packers loss totally on coach and QB. Defense terrific. Did not deserve this. Defense like the Democratic base. Fired up and resdy to go. Offense like the eight senators who caved. Limp and lame. So disheartening.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Tonight's Packers loss totally on coach and QB. Defense terrific. Did not deserve this. Defense like the Democratic base. Fired up and resdy to go. Offense like the eight senators who caved. Limp and lame. So disheartening.
Packers only piling on to my dismay.
In honor of Veterans Day, the NFL has given us the Salute to Trench Warfare
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Packers only piling on to my dismay.
Dan Diamond and the Post continue to do vital reporting.
The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dan Diamond and the Post continue to do vital reporting.
Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
How did a socialist with almost no governing experience become New York’s mayoral frontrunner?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I can't overstate how much I despise the new editorial board of the newspaper I once loved and owe my career to.
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?