Arun G. Rao
@arungrao.bsky.social
Sad to see - and an indication of how far the Post has fallen.
Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
Opinion | 11 tips for becoming a columnist
Here’s my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.
wapo.st
July 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sad to see - and an indication of how far the Post has fallen.
Embarrassing. What a shameful decline.
The newspaper that told the truth about Watergate and the Pentagon Papers will now “communicate with optimism about this country” in its time of rising fascism
Here’s the full memo:
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Embarrassing. What a shameful decline.
Who is the audience for this? Other AI chatbots?
The Washington Post will sharply expand its opinion offerings, including with articles from other publications, according to people familiar with the plan. A final phase, allowing nonprofessionals to submit columns with help from an A.I. writing coach called Ember, could begin testing this fall.
The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers
A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.
trib.al
June 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Who is the audience for this? Other AI chatbots?
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest.
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest.
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy.
Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk
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@CBSNews: Romance scammers, who often originate in Ghana or Nigeria, are typically running a number of operations simultaneously, and tend to target older and widowed people with money, Arun Rao of the Department of Justice tells CBS News. https://t.co/zKWIUDxjm3 https://t.co/0AyfC5N7wZ
April 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
@CBSNews: Romance scammers, who often originate in Ghana or Nigeria, are typically running a number of operations simultaneously, and tend to target older and widowed people with money, Arun Rao of the Department of Justice tells CBS News. https://t.co/zKWIUDxjm3 https://t.co/0AyfC5N7wZ
Reposted by Arun G. Rao
On today's Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman talked to Arun G. Rao about DOJ’s consumer protection work, cyber crime and elder fraud, data privacy, and generative AI.
Lawfare Daily: DOJ’s Arun Rao on Consumer Protection, Elder Fraud, and Privacy
How is the Justice Department thinking about generative AI?
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 7, 2024 at 1:51 PM
On today's Lawfare Daily, Justin Sherman talked to Arun G. Rao about DOJ’s consumer protection work, cyber crime and elder fraud, data privacy, and generative AI.
Reposted by Arun G. Rao
Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.
February 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.
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I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins