P.J. Joshi
@pjoshidc.bsky.social
@washingtonpost National Weekend Editor, Wife & Mom
The Trump administration asked SCOTUS to pause an order directing it to release SNAP benefits, escalating a legal battle, via Mark Berman:
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits
A federal judge had directed the administration to release full benefits for November. The administration is appealing the order.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Trump administration asked SCOTUS to pause an order directing it to release SNAP benefits, escalating a legal battle, via Mark Berman:
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Your chest will tighten when you get to the woman crying in her car after receiving only $34 of a monthly $300 she relies on for food assistance.
In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown By @CleveWootson + @SidhomLydia
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In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown By @CleveWootson + @SidhomLydia
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In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown
People who use SNAP in Mike Johnson’s congressional district wonder why his power hasn’t protected them, but many lay the blame on Washington’s dysfunction.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Your chest will tighten when you get to the woman crying in her car after receiving only $34 of a monthly $300 she relies on for food assistance.
In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown By @CleveWootson + @SidhomLydia
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In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown By @CleveWootson + @SidhomLydia
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Our Post poll finds 48% of American Jews rate Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership as "poor," up 20 points from a Pew survey in 2020. U.S. Jews also say Netanyahu deserves much more responsibility than Israel for the continuation of the Israel-Gaza war. Read more -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our Post poll finds 48% of American Jews rate Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership as "poor," up 20 points from a Pew survey in 2020. U.S. Jews also say Netanyahu deserves much more responsibility than Israel for the continuation of the Israel-Gaza war. Read more -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump. After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach, by @NaftaliBendavid @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump
After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump. After eight months of getting battered by Republicans, the party has largely abandoned efforts at conciliation or outreach, by @NaftaliBendavid @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn, by @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn
The group chat provides a place for members to share their grief as tragedy after tragedy unfolds in the tiny enclave.
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August 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the U.S. look for food for Gaza — and mourn, by @yabutaleb7 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration.
It's a model that could later be used in other major cities, via @danlamothe.bsky.social
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It's a model that could later be used in other major cities, via @danlamothe.bsky.social
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Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown
President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration.
It's a model that could later be used in other major cities, via @danlamothe.bsky.social
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It's a model that could later be used in other major cities, via @danlamothe.bsky.social
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@washingtonpost.com is collecting the videos and photos of the police encounters you’ve witnessed in D.C. since President Donald Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@washingtonpost.com is collecting the videos and photos of the police encounters you’ve witnessed in D.C. since President Donald Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city.
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Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign, via @amyBwang www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign
The 15-city book tour will be Harris’s first series of planned public appearances around the country since she lost the election in November.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign, via @amyBwang www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and the GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation. The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools,” while military incursions in D.C. and L.A. show growing anti-urban sentiment on the right, by @NaftaliBendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump, GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation
The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools.” His military incursions into D.C. and L.A. culminate growing anti-urban sentiment on the right.
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August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump and the GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation. The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools,” while military incursions in D.C. and L.A. show growing anti-urban sentiment on the right, by @NaftaliBendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
BIG SCOOP by @marianne_levine, @lizcgoodwin.bsky.social & @danlamothe.bsky.social:
Kristi Noem is living free in Coast Guard commandant’s home on a US military base. No DHS secretary has done this, even in the years after 9/11 when the US was at war.
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Kristi Noem is living free in Coast Guard commandant’s home on a US military base. No DHS secretary has done this, even in the years after 9/11 when the US was at war.
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Kristi Noem is living rent free in home used by Coast Guard commandant
A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”
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August 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BIG SCOOP by @marianne_levine, @lizcgoodwin.bsky.social & @danlamothe.bsky.social:
Kristi Noem is living free in Coast Guard commandant’s home on a US military base. No DHS secretary has done this, even in the years after 9/11 when the US was at war.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Kristi Noem is living free in Coast Guard commandant’s home on a US military base. No DHS secretary has done this, even in the years after 9/11 when the US was at war.
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WaPo asked me to pen an essay about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS and I wrote about why hybrid identities and respectful cultural crossovers fueled KPDH's explosive success—and are the superpower that made Hollywood the biggest force in global pop culture.
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Opinion | How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became a global phenomenon
The hit film shows how remixing South Korean culture with an American eye can have universal appeal.
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July 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
WaPo asked me to pen an essay about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS and I wrote about why hybrid identities and respectful cultural crossovers fueled KPDH's explosive success—and are the superpower that made Hollywood the biggest force in global pop culture.
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The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
Robert Klemko reports for @washingtonpost.com
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The online activists trying to stop ICE from making arrests
The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
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July 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
Robert Klemko reports for @washingtonpost.com
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Robert Klemko reports for @washingtonpost.com
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Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off? Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it, by @danbalz www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off?
Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it.
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July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off? Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it, by @danbalz www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The divide between Democratic voters and elected leaders over Israel isn’t just happening in New York.
@patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state
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@patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state
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Democratic fissure over Israel hits a moderate swing state
An anti-Israel resolution in North Carolina points to a growing rift between the party’s voters and its leaders.
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July 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The divide between Democratic voters and elected leaders over Israel isn’t just happening in New York.
@patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state
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@patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state
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Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
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-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
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July 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
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In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea
India’s recent deportation drive targeting its Muslim minority was marked by home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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He's used to trash talk but Grok's changes have made it way worse, like "we're on a roller coaster and he decided to take the seatbelts off."
"Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
"Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Grok’s Nazi tirade sparks debate: Who’s to blame when AI spews hate?
Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often face minimal consequences when their projects go rogue.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
He's used to trash talk but Grok's changes have made it way worse, like "we're on a roller coaster and he decided to take the seatbelts off."
"Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
"Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and U-Va. & others, via @emilydavies.bsky.social & @DanRosZiff
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The Trump staffers who set out to reshape their alma maters
Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.
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July 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and U-Va. & others, via @emilydavies.bsky.social & @DanRosZiff
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Miami postponed its 2025 elections.
The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social
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The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social
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July 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Miami postponed its 2025 elections.
The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social
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The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social
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Camp Mystic, which has been attended by the daughters of LBJ as well as former first lady Laura Bush, gave many girls space to forge an identity. That idyll was shattered this week, via @jjouvenal.bsky.social, @EvaRuth & @bradydennis.bsky.social
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The floods have devastated a touchstone of Texas culture: Summer camp
Summer camp in the flood-prone Hill Country has long been a rite of passage for young people from Texas and beyond.
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July 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Camp Mystic, which has been attended by the daughters of LBJ as well as former first lady Laura Bush, gave many girls space to forge an identity. That idyll was shattered this week, via @jjouvenal.bsky.social, @EvaRuth & @bradydennis.bsky.social
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For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump. By Toluse Olorunnipa www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump
Democratic officials are increasingly being detained, arrested or indicted, highlighting the president’s use of federal law enforcement and raising their profiles.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump. By Toluse Olorunnipa www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted, via @mviser @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted
The year-long effort will culminate next weekend with a few lingering uncertainties, including how many spectators will show up.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted, via @mviser @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Intel chief Tulsi Gabbard placed a top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, compromising the watchdog's integrity as it probes Signalgate, officials say, by @merylkornfield.bsky.social & @ellenwapo.bsky.social
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Gabbard placed top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the inspector general of the intelligence community, compromising the watchdog office’s integrity...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Intel chief Tulsi Gabbard placed a top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, compromising the watchdog's integrity as it probes Signalgate, officials say, by @merylkornfield.bsky.social & @ellenwapo.bsky.social
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The Justice Department is wielding a little law dating to WWII to criminally charge unauthorized immigrants who have failed to register their presence in the country, report @marianne_levine + @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
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Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government
Prosecutors are criminally charging unauthorized immigrants who have not signed up on a little-known government registry. Some judges rejected the charges.
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June 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Justice Department is wielding a little law dating to WWII to criminally charge unauthorized immigrants who have failed to register their presence in the country, report @marianne_levine + @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
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