Robert McCartney
@mccartneyrobert.bsky.social
Retired WashPost editor (National, Foreign, Metro, Business); foreign correspondent (Mexico, Germany); and columnist (Metro). Posts may just mean I think it’s interesting.
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Trump takes credit for any ceasefire or conflict that is resolved between two countries anywhere in the world despite the fact that he had zero involvement, never spoke to the leaders involved, never heard of the countries, and can’t find them on a map.
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trump takes credit for any ceasefire or conflict that is resolved between two countries anywhere in the world despite the fact that he had zero involvement, never spoke to the leaders involved, never heard of the countries, and can’t find them on a map.
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Fun facts and definitions:
- a BOG is a wetland that is acidic
- a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline
- a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees
- a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees
Now you know!
- a BOG is a wetland that is acidic
- a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline
- a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees
- a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees
Now you know!
September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Fun facts and definitions:
- a BOG is a wetland that is acidic
- a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline
- a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees
- a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees
Now you know!
- a BOG is a wetland that is acidic
- a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline
- a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees
- a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees
Now you know!
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WaPo exclusive: The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has internally assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
WaPo exclusive: The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has internally assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveraging fear,” driving a “wedge between citizens and the military.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Whatever you may think of Jeff Bezos and his choices about the editorial page, the Post is the only local outlet doing this kind of high-quality, DC and DMV-centric polling. Thank goodness they're still here.
New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Musk’s 3rd party? “Never mind.”
In other unsurprising news: It looks like Elon Musk won't be starting a third party after all. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Elon Musk Pledged to Start a Political Party. He Is Already Pumping the Brakes.
The billionaire has sought to maintain ties with Vice President JD Vance, a potential heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA political movement.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Musk’s 3rd party? “Never mind.”
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The amusing thing about this clip is the infrastructure bill was literally the first and only thing Nancy Mace brought up in terms of her accomplishments in Congress. Her biggest win for her district was legislation she voted against.
Nancy Mace: "In my time in Congress, I actually helped secure the largest infrastructure grant in state history, in South Carolina history. So I've worked very hard on the policies that matter to voters here."
(Mace is taking credit for legislation she voted against!)
(Mace is taking credit for legislation she voted against!)
August 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The amusing thing about this clip is the infrastructure bill was literally the first and only thing Nancy Mace brought up in terms of her accomplishments in Congress. Her biggest win for her district was legislation she voted against.
As we see here, Fox sometimes gets it right. But it’ll switch and start defending Trump’s performance any minute now.
Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left
August 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As we see here, Fox sometimes gets it right. But it’ll switch and start defending Trump’s performance any minute now.
Here’s link to podcast in which I’m interviewed about The Wash Post (starting around 19:10). www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIYa...
MCPS Payroll Fix, Flood Maps, RKV Rent Cap, M-83 Highway
YouTube video by I Hate Politics Podcast
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August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here’s link to podcast in which I’m interviewed about The Wash Post (starting around 19:10). www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIYa...
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Here’s the thing, I absolutely believe there is a significant percentage of MAGA who now believe that Trump is guilty of the Epstein stuff but they don’t care.
August 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here’s the thing, I absolutely believe there is a significant percentage of MAGA who now believe that Trump is guilty of the Epstein stuff but they don’t care.
Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts
July 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts
It’s telling that a majority of Republicans on House Oversight Committee chose to defy Trump and vote to subpoena Epstein files.
BREAKING: Oversight Democrats just passed a motion in subcommittee to subpoena the DOJ to release the Epstein files. Total vote was 8-2 in favor (all Democrats voted in favor, 3 Rs for and 2 Rs against)
July 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It’s telling that a majority of Republicans on House Oversight Committee chose to defy Trump and vote to subpoena Epstein files.
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NEW: Pete Hegseth lied to Congress and perjured himself when he said his Signal messages contained no classified information.
Washington Post story just out.
Messages from Hegseth’s Signal account - which previewed a US bombing in Yemen - were derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET”.
Washington Post story just out.
Messages from Hegseth’s Signal account - which previewed a US bombing in Yemen - were derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET”.
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW: Pete Hegseth lied to Congress and perjured himself when he said his Signal messages contained no classified information.
Washington Post story just out.
Messages from Hegseth’s Signal account - which previewed a US bombing in Yemen - were derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET”.
Washington Post story just out.
Messages from Hegseth’s Signal account - which previewed a US bombing in Yemen - were derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET”.
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website
WASHINGTON—In the latest of a series of escalations in President Donald Trump’s highly publicized war on “woke,” the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly removed all mentions of justice from its website Friday. The purge follows a directive from the DOJ last week to roll back pro-justice programs and delete thousands of webpages that contained banned […]
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July 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website
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The central dividing line in Democratic politics is not between the left and the moderate wing, it’s between serious people who understand we’re in an existential fight against an incipient fascist regime and irredeemable narcissists who just want to keep fighting the 2016 primary forever.
July 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The central dividing line in Democratic politics is not between the left and the moderate wing, it’s between serious people who understand we’re in an existential fight against an incipient fascist regime and irredeemable narcissists who just want to keep fighting the 2016 primary forever.
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He got out ahead of the story.
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
He got out ahead of the story.
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The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the possibility that their president raped children.
July 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The same people who obsessed over a tan suit, a private email server, and an autopen are strangely indifferent to the possibility that their president raped children.
Ace commentator Philip Bump joins list of talented group taking buyouts from WashPost. Other departures: Dan Balz, David Von Drehle, Joel Achenbach, Hank Stuever.
And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
For my column today, I wrote about how Trump leveraged America's collapsing trust in institutions — and how his second term has accelerated that collapse. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA
July 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ace commentator Philip Bump joins list of talented group taking buyouts from WashPost. Other departures: Dan Balz, David Von Drehle, Joel Achenbach, Hank Stuever.
Important trend here: Trump is gutting the agencies that gather economic and other statistics. At some point, media may have to start using privately collected numbers, which risk being manipulated and of course will be rejected by Trump if they’re unfavorable.
There’s more than one way to cook the books. You can doctor or delete data after it’s been collected. Alternatively, you can ensure numbers are never collected in the first place.
Lately, Trump admin has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
Lately, Trump admin has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
Opinion | First thing we do, let’s fire all the statisticians
The Trump administration’s strategy in dealing with tough numbers: Don’t count them.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Important trend here: Trump is gutting the agencies that gather economic and other statistics. At some point, media may have to start using privately collected numbers, which risk being manipulated and of course will be rejected by Trump if they’re unfavorable.
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I always take issue with calling the radical extremist justices "conservatives." But at this point we must also stop calling the 3 dissenters "liberals." THEY are the conservatives! They are trying to conserve the Constitution and our Democracy.
July 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I always take issue with calling the radical extremist justices "conservatives." But at this point we must also stop calling the 3 dissenters "liberals." THEY are the conservatives! They are trying to conserve the Constitution and our Democracy.
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ADL chief says he regrets not calling out Musk’s sieg heil “more clearly” when it happened.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
July 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ADL chief says he regrets not calling out Musk’s sieg heil “more clearly” when it happened.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
NPR does better than other media in reminding us that climate change causes unusually heavy storms similar to deadly ones in Texas.
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NPR does better than other media in reminding us that climate change causes unusually heavy storms similar to deadly ones in Texas.
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In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
Katharine Graham’s granddaughter, writing in The Nation, blisters Bezos for betraying WashPost’s legacy by kowtowing to Trump. www.thenation.com/article/soci...?
My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note
Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Katharine Graham’s granddaughter, writing in The Nation, blisters Bezos for betraying WashPost’s legacy by kowtowing to Trump. www.thenation.com/article/soci...?
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June 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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"An absolutely terrific newsletter, which has become for me a must-read.” — Norm Ornstein
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“Make America Healthy Again” has a simple premise: Americans don’t need more access to medical care. They just need better nutrition and exposure to fewer environmental toxins.
Unfortunately, Trump is A) taking away nutritional assistance and B) expanding use of environmental toxins.
Unfortunately, Trump is A) taking away nutritional assistance and B) expanding use of environmental toxins.
Opinion | RIP, MAHA
Robert F. Kennedy promised to improve nutrition and reduce environmental toxins. How’s that going?
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June 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Make America Healthy Again” has a simple premise: Americans don’t need more access to medical care. They just need better nutrition and exposure to fewer environmental toxins.
Unfortunately, Trump is A) taking away nutritional assistance and B) expanding use of environmental toxins.
Unfortunately, Trump is A) taking away nutritional assistance and B) expanding use of environmental toxins.