Diana Nelson
@dlwn.bsky.social
Retired politician, educator, traveler, Beatles fan, chauffeur of grandchildren.
I cannot fathom why so many commercials during the Olympics, which feature the healthiest people on the planet, are for drugs.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I cannot fathom why so many commercials during the Olympics, which feature the healthiest people on the planet, are for drugs.
If France takes the gold in rhythm ice dance, give credit to their genius costume designer: the long black gloves on both combined with her short pink satin was stunning.
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
If France takes the gold in rhythm ice dance, give credit to their genius costume designer: the long black gloves on both combined with her short pink satin was stunning.
Here’s the deal. Trump will go around thinking he has conquered Greenland. (What? He’s going to go and check? Nah) Just as he calls it the Gulf of America and the Trump Kennedy Center, and we all know better.
Trust our friends the Europeans. They have always understood.
Trust our friends the Europeans. They have always understood.
January 21, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Here’s the deal. Trump will go around thinking he has conquered Greenland. (What? He’s going to go and check? Nah) Just as he calls it the Gulf of America and the Trump Kennedy Center, and we all know better.
Trust our friends the Europeans. They have always understood.
Trust our friends the Europeans. They have always understood.
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The fact that the Trump administration looks at a video where the victims final words are “I’m not mad at you” and the shooter seems to say “fucking bitch” after killing her, and thinks, yeah, this looks good for him, is amazing.
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The fact that the Trump administration looks at a video where the victims final words are “I’m not mad at you” and the shooter seems to say “fucking bitch” after killing her, and thinks, yeah, this looks good for him, is amazing.
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Breaking news: A judge blasted the Justice Department for its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, citing a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” and “government misconduct” that could threaten the viability of the case.
Federal judge blasts potential ‘government misconduct’ in Comey case
A federal magistrate judge excoriated the government’s handling of the case against former FBI director James B. Comey.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Breaking news: A judge blasted the Justice Department for its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, citing a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” and “government misconduct” that could threaten the viability of the case.
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The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn
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President Trump issued three pardons to participants in the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The latest pardons underscored the breadth of Trump’s efforts to clear anyone involved in efforts that he had hoped would overturn of the 2020 election.
The latest pardons underscored the breadth of Trump’s efforts to clear anyone involved in efforts that he had hoped would overturn of the 2020 election.
Trump gives second pardon to Jan. 6 participant and pardons two others
The latest pardons underscore the breadth of the efforts the president has taken to clear anyone involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
President Trump issued three pardons to participants in the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The latest pardons underscored the breadth of Trump’s efforts to clear anyone involved in efforts that he had hoped would overturn of the 2020 election.
The latest pardons underscored the breadth of Trump’s efforts to clear anyone involved in efforts that he had hoped would overturn of the 2020 election.
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Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of NPR who helped blaze a trail for women in journalism by becoming the first female anchor of a national nightly news program in the United States, died at 87.
Susan Stamberg, pioneering broadcaster at NPR, dies at 87
As a host of “All Things Considered,” she was the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of NPR who helped blaze a trail for women in journalism by becoming the first female anchor of a national nightly news program in the United States, died at 87.
Recall the fable of the scorpion and the frog. It is Trump’s nature to lie. Therefore, no genuine negotiation (on healthcare or anything) is possible with so venal an individual.
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Recall the fable of the scorpion and the frog. It is Trump’s nature to lie. Therefore, no genuine negotiation (on healthcare or anything) is possible with so venal an individual.
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Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
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A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador.
Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador
A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador. Mario Guevara was detained in June while covering a protest near Atlanta.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador.
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The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk in Utah admitted to the killing, saying he had "enough of [Kirk's] hatred" and that he seized the chance to take him out, according to charging documents released Tuesday.
Read the documents:
Read the documents:
Prosecutors say alleged Charlie Kirk gunman wrote: ‘I had enough of his hatred’
The man accused of fatally shooting the conservative activist allegedly admitted to killing him, telling people that Kirk was propagating hate, according to court documents.
wapo.st
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk in Utah admitted to the killing, saying he had "enough of [Kirk's] hatred" and that he seized the chance to take him out, according to charging documents released Tuesday.
Read the documents:
Read the documents:
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And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
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Exclusive: In the first weeks of the current Trump administration, Justice Department officials gave a select group of top senior career attorneys a choice: They could either quit or go to a newly created Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group. https://wapo.st/4mZZ2BC
August 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Exclusive: In the first weeks of the current Trump administration, Justice Department officials gave a select group of top senior career attorneys a choice: They could either quit or go to a newly created Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group. https://wapo.st/4mZZ2BC
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The Trump administration on Sunday pushed to deport 10 unaccompanied migrant children between the ages of 10 and 17 to Guatemala, their country of origin, just hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked the government from pursuing the action.
Administration moves to deport Guatemalan children despite judge’s order
A federal judge rushed an emergency hearing in an effort to get the government to comply with her order to halt the deportation proceedings.
wapo.st
August 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Trump administration on Sunday pushed to deport 10 unaccompanied migrant children between the ages of 10 and 17 to Guatemala, their country of origin, just hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked the government from pursuing the action.
I dreamed that Putin’s plane was seized when he landed in Alaska. He was turned over to the International Court of Justice. Trump then bombed uninhabited sites in Russia as a warning to Moscow. Their troops withdrew from Ukraine and the Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize.
August 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I dreamed that Putin’s plane was seized when he landed in Alaska. He was turned over to the International Court of Justice. Trump then bombed uninhabited sites in Russia as a warning to Moscow. Their troops withdrew from Ukraine and the Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize.
We all know Trump to be a vindictive vengeful individual. He has not ever forgotten that Zelensky would not find the “dirt” he wanted. No one should doubt that Trump will throw Zelensky under the bus when he meets Putin on Friday. Instead of TACO we must realize that Trump Always F***s Allies.
August 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We all know Trump to be a vindictive vengeful individual. He has not ever forgotten that Zelensky would not find the “dirt” he wanted. No one should doubt that Trump will throw Zelensky under the bus when he meets Putin on Friday. Instead of TACO we must realize that Trump Always F***s Allies.
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You dont need a scholar of authoritarianism and the military like me to tell you this does not produce good outcomes
All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH.
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Top Generals Nominated for New Positions Must Now Meet With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You dont need a scholar of authoritarianism and the military like me to tell you this does not produce good outcomes
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Florida is sending random undocumented immigrants pulled over in traffic stops to the Everglades detention camp, and because the whole thing was set up haphazardly, they still don’t have any easy way to find out if someone is detained there (like at any normal detention center or jail).
Florida is committing "enforced disappearance," a very serious violation of international human rights law.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
July 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Florida is sending random undocumented immigrants pulled over in traffic stops to the Everglades detention camp, and because the whole thing was set up haphazardly, they still don’t have any easy way to find out if someone is detained there (like at any normal detention center or jail).
As I read the Declaration of Independence today, I was struck by how many of the patriot’s grievances against George III are identical to Trump actions.
July 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As I read the Declaration of Independence today, I was struck by how many of the patriot’s grievances against George III are identical to Trump actions.
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At the end of the day, the question before the Court is whether people can be disappeared off streets in this country, by armed men wearing masks, to be imprisoned in a foreign land without trial. Everything else is legal mumbo-jumbo.
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At the end of the day, the question before the Court is whether people can be disappeared off streets in this country, by armed men wearing masks, to be imprisoned in a foreign land without trial. Everything else is legal mumbo-jumbo.
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👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
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Absolutely grotesque abuse of government power. Lying to educators in order to entrap children. No wonder they want to hide their identity.
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Absolutely grotesque abuse of government power. Lying to educators in order to entrap children. No wonder they want to hide their identity.
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This is such a good example of "turn every page" journalism - nothing less fun/glam than clicking through every footnote.
And it's roughly 10,000x more newsy than the thumbsucker RFK profiles reported with big travel budgets.
And it's roughly 10,000x more newsy than the thumbsucker RFK profiles reported with big travel budgets.
The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is such a good example of "turn every page" journalism - nothing less fun/glam than clicking through every footnote.
And it's roughly 10,000x more newsy than the thumbsucker RFK profiles reported with big travel budgets.
And it's roughly 10,000x more newsy than the thumbsucker RFK profiles reported with big travel budgets.