Jacob Bogage
@jacobbogage.bsky.social
White House + econ policy @washingtonpost.com. Bad golfer. jacob.bogage@washpost.com. Signal: jacobbogage.87.
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The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
On the newsletter -- How the IRS managed to spill thousands of the "wrong" people's confidential tax data to ICE.
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Subscribe (for free!), if you will. Let's keep in touch.
The IRS slips on ICE
The tax agency just shared thousands of unsuspecting people's private tax data with immigration enforcement.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
On the newsletter -- How the IRS managed to spill thousands of the "wrong" people's confidential tax data to ICE.
Subscribe (for free!), if you will. Let's keep in touch.
Subscribe (for free!), if you will. Let's keep in touch.
Good writing is delightful wherever you can find it.
There's a very dorky trade group newsletter I read every week. The author is simply fantastic. The writing is fun, spritely, nuanced, yet considerate of readers' team.
Writing is wonderful. Find stuff you like, wherever it is, and talk about it.
There's a very dorky trade group newsletter I read every week. The author is simply fantastic. The writing is fun, spritely, nuanced, yet considerate of readers' team.
Writing is wonderful. Find stuff you like, wherever it is, and talk about it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Good writing is delightful wherever you can find it.
There's a very dorky trade group newsletter I read every week. The author is simply fantastic. The writing is fun, spritely, nuanced, yet considerate of readers' team.
Writing is wonderful. Find stuff you like, wherever it is, and talk about it.
There's a very dorky trade group newsletter I read every week. The author is simply fantastic. The writing is fun, spritely, nuanced, yet considerate of readers' team.
Writing is wonderful. Find stuff you like, wherever it is, and talk about it.
BREAKING: The IRS files a declaration in federal court confirming our reporting.
🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources.
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: The IRS files a declaration in federal court confirming our reporting.
🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources.
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources.
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.
Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.
🎁 Gift link:
This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.
BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
Bad Bunny’s beautiful and joyful portrayal of Puerto Rico stands on the shoulders of Kendrick Lamar’s love letter to Compton last year.
Watching the biggest performance in the world become a representation of real people in real, American places is beautiful. #SuperBowl
Watching the biggest performance in the world become a representation of real people in real, American places is beautiful. #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Bad Bunny’s beautiful and joyful portrayal of Puerto Rico stands on the shoulders of Kendrick Lamar’s love letter to Compton last year.
Watching the biggest performance in the world become a representation of real people in real, American places is beautiful. #SuperBowl
Watching the biggest performance in the world become a representation of real people in real, American places is beautiful. #SuperBowl
Benito. La verdad.
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Benito. La verdad.
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
A lot of great journalism takes time, support and money.
In 2021, I FOIA’d the database of USPS’s New Deal art, and each work’s condition.
In 2022, records came back with a massive spreadsheet & 1,700+ historical photos.
In 2024, I wrote the first draft of this story, at home in bed with Covid.
And now, we can finally bring you the full project.
In 2022, records came back with a massive spreadsheet & 1,700+ historical photos.
In 2024, I wrote the first draft of this story, at home in bed with Covid.
And now, we can finally bring you the full project.
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
A lot of great journalism takes time, support and money.
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
News. William Lewis is out as publish of @washingtonpost.com, per emails just now to staff.
Jeff D’Onofrio, The Post’s CFO, will take over on an acting basis.
Jeff D’Onofrio, The Post’s CFO, will take over on an acting basis.
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
News. William Lewis is out as publish of @washingtonpost.com, per emails just now to staff.
Jeff D’Onofrio, The Post’s CFO, will take over on an acting basis.
Jeff D’Onofrio, The Post’s CFO, will take over on an acting basis.
Of all the things my dear @washingtonpost.com lost this week, one was the “All-Met” team.
From my newsletter, an appreciation for high school sports and local journalism.
Subscribe, if you please, to better keep in touch.
From my newsletter, an appreciation for high school sports and local journalism.
Subscribe, if you please, to better keep in touch.
High school never ends, even if the Sports section does
Giving thanks for The Washington Post's "All-Met" teams.
jacobbogage.beehiiv.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Of all the things my dear @washingtonpost.com lost this week, one was the “All-Met” team.
From my newsletter, an appreciation for high school sports and local journalism.
Subscribe, if you please, to better keep in touch.
From my newsletter, an appreciation for high school sports and local journalism.
Subscribe, if you please, to better keep in touch.
A note to PR professionals:
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A note to PR professionals:
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
I have so many thoughts about what was unleashed on @washingtonpost.com and many of my @postguild.bsky.social siblings yesterday.
The most productive thought is to support them.
Please give generously with me to help these dedicated journalists who are paying the price for others’ cowardice.
The most productive thought is to support them.
Please give generously with me to help these dedicated journalists who are paying the price for others’ cowardice.
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
gofund.me
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I have so many thoughts about what was unleashed on @washingtonpost.com and many of my @postguild.bsky.social siblings yesterday.
The most productive thought is to support them.
Please give generously with me to help these dedicated journalists who are paying the price for others’ cowardice.
The most productive thought is to support them.
Please give generously with me to help these dedicated journalists who are paying the price for others’ cowardice.
So many of my @washingtonpost.com colleagues and @postguild.bsky.social siblings were laid off today.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
gofund.me
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
So many of my @washingtonpost.com colleagues and @postguild.bsky.social siblings were laid off today.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
We're in *another* government shutdown -- the second of Trump's second term.
So we broke out our handy signs to run through what's open and what's closed.
So we broke out our handy signs to run through what's open and what's closed.
We’re in another government shutdown. It’s time for our signs to run through what’s open & closed.
YouTube video by Jacob Bogage
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January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We're in *another* government shutdown -- the second of Trump's second term.
So we broke out our handy signs to run through what's open and what's closed.
So we broke out our handy signs to run through what's open and what's closed.
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
The Washington Post's International, Immigration, National Security and Climate journalists – reporters, writers, editors, photographers, videographers – work in concert to produce independent, revelatory reporting that holds power to account wherever in the world it is wielded
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January 29, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The Washington Post's International, Immigration, National Security and Climate journalists – reporters, writers, editors, photographers, videographers – work in concert to produce independent, revelatory reporting that holds power to account wherever in the world it is wielded
go.bsky.app/M6MFQsC
go.bsky.app/M6MFQsC
How does breaking news around the world really work? I’m glad you asked.
We need foreign and local correspondents to really tell the full story.
We need foreign and local correspondents to really tell the full story.
January 28, 2026 at 6:24 PM
How does breaking news around the world really work? I’m glad you asked.
We need foreign and local correspondents to really tell the full story.
We need foreign and local correspondents to really tell the full story.
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
🧊 We are hurtling toward (another) government shutdown this weekend.
Half the government could close -- but ICE would keep going.
Latest with @rbeggin.bsky.social:
Half the government could close -- but ICE would keep going.
Latest with @rbeggin.bsky.social:
ICE would still operate in a partial government shutdown
Lawmakers face a Friday deadline for a partial government shutdown, 80 days after they reopened federal agencies after the longest shutdown ever in November.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🧊 We are hurtling toward (another) government shutdown this weekend.
Half the government could close -- but ICE would keep going.
Latest with @rbeggin.bsky.social:
Half the government could close -- but ICE would keep going.
Latest with @rbeggin.bsky.social:
Reposted by Jacob Bogage
Breaking news: The Trump administration has directed Cabinet agencies to review funding for several Democratic-led states, as it seeks to cut resources from "sanctuary" jurisdictions.
Here are the states proposed for review:
Here are the states proposed for review:
Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled states
President Donald Trump said his administration would cut off federal resources to “sanctuary cities” on Feb. 1.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration has directed Cabinet agencies to review funding for several Democratic-led states, as it seeks to cut resources from "sanctuary" jurisdictions.
Here are the states proposed for review:
Here are the states proposed for review:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.”
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 AM
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.”
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
NATO has invoked Article 5, the common defense tenet of the alliance, one time:
When the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
When the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
NATO has invoked Article 5, the common defense tenet of the alliance, one time:
When the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
When the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Thicker Kicker! MIZ!
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The Thicker Kicker! MIZ!