Patrick Caldwell
@patcaldwell.bsky.social
Senior editor for political investigations at the @washingtonpost.com
https://www.patrickcaldwell.com/
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It's pretty stunning just how far from prominence the NRA has fallen after being one of the most influential forces in politics for decades www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NRA furloughs staff as it prepares to rebuild ahead of 2026
The once-mighty gun rights group is trying to balance its books after years of misspending.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's pretty stunning just how far from prominence the NRA has fallen after being one of the most influential forces in politics for decades www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
‘We’re live, right?’: How a conservative influencer’s arrest made its way to the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland
After conservative influencer Nick Sortor was arrested outside an ICE facility in Portland, Donald Trump latched on to justify a federal crackdown.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘We’re live, right?’: How a conservative influencer’s arrest made its way to the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland
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Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland
After conservative influencer Nick Sortor was arrested outside an ICE facility in Portland, Donald Trump latched on to justify a federal crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Inside the online battles streaming from a single block in Portland
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Bit of personal news: Later this month I'll be joining @washingtonpost.com as senior editor for political investigations www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/09/0...
Patrick Caldwell joins as Senior Editor for Political Investigations
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September 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bit of personal news: Later this month I'll be joining @washingtonpost.com as senior editor for political investigations www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/09/0...
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I spent the past few months diving deep into Germany's military ramp-up. I spoke to high-serving generals about their spending plans, new recruits inspired to enlist since the war on Ukraine, and anti-war activists troubled by the links to the country's dark past.
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Germans Spent 80 Years Reluctant to Build a Military. Trump and Putin Are Changing That.
Germany is mounting a historic peacetime military buildup. But will they convince recruits to enlist?
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I spent the past few months diving deep into Germany's military ramp-up. I spoke to high-serving generals about their spending plans, new recruits inspired to enlist since the war on Ukraine, and anti-war activists troubled by the links to the country's dark past.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...
"We have no idea what we’re missing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Love Letter to Music Listings
Publications like Time Out New York were my bible and my road map.
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August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"We have no idea what we’re missing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon:
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
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An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
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July 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon:
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
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Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Good 2014 @patcaldwell.bsky.social story on a previous version of this, focused on future Trump Labor sec Eugene Scalia. Private sector has endless resources to challenge the rules in court and find judges who'll strike 'em down.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Good 2014 @patcaldwell.bsky.social story on a previous version of this, focused on future Trump Labor sec Eugene Scalia. Private sector has endless resources to challenge the rules in court and find judges who'll strike 'em down.
www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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"More and more, children are being picked up on family vacations, at traffic stops, and at worksites, and winding up in detention." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’
More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"More and more, children are being picked up on family vacations, at traffic stops, and at worksites, and winding up in detention." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell? Wild one by @schaffermichael.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell?
The White House's pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve has taken a bizarre turn.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell? Wild one by @schaffermichael.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...
"The choice to rebel has become so familiar that it can be hard to see how extraordinary it was" www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What Ken Burns Won’t Say About the American Revolution
On the road with America’s foremost history documentarian in a fractured country.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"The choice to rebel has become so familiar that it can be hard to see how extraordinary it was" www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback? politico.com/news/magazin... Great feature by @lizskalka.bsky.social on Amy Acton, the politician whose campaign is inherently forcing voters to remember life during the early days of the pandemic
Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback?
Amy Acton oversaw public health for Ohio during Covid. Can she become governor?
politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback? politico.com/news/magazin... Great feature by @lizskalka.bsky.social on Amy Acton, the politician whose campaign is inherently forcing voters to remember life during the early days of the pandemic
Take some time to read this masterful profile of Jim Obergefell, the man whose name cemented marriage equality 10 years ago today at the Supreme Court www.politico.com/news/magazin...
He Made Gay Marriage the Law of the Land. Now He’s Fighting a Larger War.
Can the lead plaintiff in the gay marriage case move on from his grief — and can America move on from homophobia?
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June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Take some time to read this masterful profile of Jim Obergefell, the man whose name cemented marriage equality 10 years ago today at the Supreme Court www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the MAGA plan to rebuild Penn Station, by @ianwardreports.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The MAGA-Backed Plan to Make Penn Station Beautiful Again
A group of Trump-loving devotees of classical architecture are making headway on rebuilding New York’s central train station.
www.politico.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Inside the MAGA plan to rebuild Penn Station, by @ianwardreports.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...
America Actually Does Do Military Parades. But Not Like This One. politi.co/43ZYmEq Great piece by @schaffermichael.bsky.social looking at just what's so off about Trump's birthday bash this weekend
America Actually Does Do Military Parades. But Not Like This One.
Military parades of yore celebrated a win. That’s why this one is so unusual and risky for Trump.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
America Actually Does Do Military Parades. But Not Like This One. politi.co/43ZYmEq Great piece by @schaffermichael.bsky.social looking at just what's so off about Trump's birthday bash this weekend
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NEW: With Trump heading to Alberta on Sunday for the G7, here's a dispatch from a Minnesota outpost that's at risk of becoming collateral damage from an escalation in the U.S.-Canada trade war. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
This Tiny MAGA Town Borders Canada. They’re Ready to Say Good Riddance.
‘Tariffs temporarily are going to hurt us. But in the long run, will it wake some people up?’
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June 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW: With Trump heading to Alberta on Sunday for the G7, here's a dispatch from a Minnesota outpost that's at risk of becoming collateral damage from an escalation in the U.S.-Canada trade war. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘It Could Get Ugly’: Life in the Part of Minnesota That’s Entirely Surrounded By Canada politico.com/news/magazin... Really great piece on the 150-resident Northwest Angle by
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
This Tiny MAGA Town Borders Canada. They’re Ready to Say Good Riddance.
‘Tariffs temporarily are going to hurt us. But in the long run, will it wake some people up?’
politico.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
‘It Could Get Ugly’: Life in the Part of Minnesota That’s Entirely Surrounded By Canada politico.com/news/magazin... Really great piece on the 150-resident Northwest Angle by
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
@corbinhiar.bsky.social
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
For Decades, Dupont Circle Has Been Home to DC Pride. Now Thanks to Trump It’s Fenced Off. politico.com/news/magazin... @schaffermichael.bsky.social on the latest incursion of the Trump admin into local DC
The Trump Administration Is Shutting Down a Gay Landmark Ahead of WorldPride
Thanks to a quirk of local rules that puts the federal government in charge of city parks, Dupont Circle has been fenced off just as people around the world come to DC for pride.
politico.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For Decades, Dupont Circle Has Been Home to DC Pride. Now Thanks to Trump It’s Fenced Off. politico.com/news/magazin... @schaffermichael.bsky.social on the latest incursion of the Trump admin into local DC
The manly men of Trump's Washington have a secret hidden on their faces www.politico.com/news/magazin... Super fun piece by @joannaweiss.bsky.social
The Plastic Surgery Procedure Booming Among Washington Men
Chiseled jawlines are in everywhere, but in Washington, D.C., people have even more reasons to go under the knife (or at least the needle).
www.politico.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The manly men of Trump's Washington have a secret hidden on their faces www.politico.com/news/magazin... Super fun piece by @joannaweiss.bsky.social
Trump Signed an Executive Order Accusing Him of Treason. Now Miles Taylor Is Fighting Back. politico.com/news/magazin... Interesting Q&A by @ianwardreports.bsky.social
Trump Signed an Executive Order Accusing Him of Treason. Now Miles Taylor Is Fighting Back.
After penning the 2018 ‘Anonymous’ New York Times op-ed, Taylor has found himself on Trump’s enemies list.
politico.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Trump Signed an Executive Order Accusing Him of Treason. Now Miles Taylor Is Fighting Back. politico.com/news/magazin... Interesting Q&A by @ianwardreports.bsky.social
Congrats to @jessicabateman.bsky.social for winning The Distinguished Reporting Award at the European Press Prize yesterday! www.europeanpressprize.com/winners-of-t...
Winners of the European Press Prize 2025 – Bravery and resilience in a tumultuous year for independent media
The six Winners of the European Press Prize 2025 showcase the finest journalism in Europe as the industry continues to navigate crisis.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congrats to @jessicabateman.bsky.social for winning The Distinguished Reporting Award at the European Press Prize yesterday! www.europeanpressprize.com/winners-of-t...
“The Trumps…have done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House. The scale and the scope of the presidential mercantilism has been breathtaking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests
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May 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“The Trumps…have done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House. The scale and the scope of the presidential mercantilism has been breathtaking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...