Peter Spiegel
@spiegelpeter.bsky.social
Managing Editor of The Washington Post. Long-suffering Orioles fan.
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The @washingtonpost.com won a Loeb Award for best international reporting last night for "The Money War," our 2024 series on unintended consequences of the massive rise in U.S. financial sanctions — great to celebrate with @jeffstein.bsky.social, @foianate.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The @washingtonpost.com won a Loeb Award for best international reporting last night for "The Money War," our 2024 series on unintended consequences of the massive rise in U.S. financial sanctions — great to celebrate with @jeffstein.bsky.social, @foianate.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social
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Ramón Urías strikes out looking as the #Orioles leave the bases .loaded for the 3rd time in 4 innings.
The O's have 10 hits. The Nats have 1 hit. Yet, the Orioles' lead is only 2-1 heading to the 5th.
The O's have 10 hits. The Nats have 1 hit. Yet, the Orioles' lead is only 2-1 heading to the 5th.
#Orioles have loaded the bases once again as Ryan O'Hearn draws a 2-out walk in the 4th.
That'll do it for Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore, who gave up a career-high 10 hits.
O's lead 2-1. RHP Cole Henry coming in for Nats to face Ramón Urías.
That'll do it for Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore, who gave up a career-high 10 hits.
O's lead 2-1. RHP Cole Henry coming in for Nats to face Ramón Urías.
May 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ramón Urías strikes out looking as the #Orioles leave the bases .loaded for the 3rd time in 4 innings.
The O's have 10 hits. The Nats have 1 hit. Yet, the Orioles' lead is only 2-1 heading to the 5th.
The O's have 10 hits. The Nats have 1 hit. Yet, the Orioles' lead is only 2-1 heading to the 5th.
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Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.
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Goodbye to Gwen Robinson, Asia correspondent extraordinaire, doyenne of FT oped editors, a one-person nuclear power plant, and a true & beloved friend to so many people all over the world. FT's obituary free to read here. enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/3de26...
Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025
[FREE TO READ] The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos
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March 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Goodbye to Gwen Robinson, Asia correspondent extraordinaire, doyenne of FT oped editors, a one-person nuclear power plant, and a true & beloved friend to so many people all over the world. FT's obituary free to read here. enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/3de26...
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First pitch from Albert Suárez at 1:06 p.m. is a ball. Second pitch is a groundout to shortstop Gunnar Henderson, who throws out Nick Gonzales for the out.
The #Orioles have taken the field at Ed Smith Stadium. Albert Suárez on the mound. Spring Training baseball is almost underway.
February 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
First pitch from Albert Suárez at 1:06 p.m. is a ball. Second pitch is a groundout to shortstop Gunnar Henderson, who throws out Nick Gonzales for the out.
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The Washington Post obituary of my dear friend Tim Curran, who has left us much too soon
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Timothy Curran, Washington Post editor, dies at 57
He was top editor at Roll Call, a Capitol Hill publication, before holding high-level editing jobs at The Post.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Washington Post obituary of my dear friend Tim Curran, who has left us much too soon
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'A confident Democratic Party would ask, “Who elected Elon Musk?” It seems an act of will not to make that a rallying cry. When life gives you a Bond villain, make Bond-villain lemonade.' My column. on.ft.com/3WK5gLe
While Democrats sleep
[FREE TO READ] As Donald Trump tears up America’s rule book, the minority party can’t work out how to respond
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February 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'A confident Democratic Party would ask, “Who elected Elon Musk?” It seems an act of will not to make that a rallying cry. When life gives you a Bond villain, make Bond-villain lemonade.' My column. on.ft.com/3WK5gLe
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Another WaPo scoop: The highest-ranking career official at Treasury will exit after a rift with Musk allies over access to a sensitive payment system used to disburse trillions of dollars every year.
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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another WaPo scoop: The highest-ranking career official at Treasury will exit after a rift with Musk allies over access to a sensitive payment system used to disburse trillions of dollars every year.
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FT: Satellite images examined by U.S. intelligence show a 1,500-acre construction site southwest of Beijing with deep holes that military experts assess will house hardened bunkers to protect military leaders during conflict—including nuclear war.
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China builds huge wartime military command centre in Beijing
Complex will be bigger than Pentagon and include bombproof bunkers for leaders, say US officials
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January 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
FT: Satellite images examined by U.S. intelligence show a 1,500-acre construction site southwest of Beijing with deep holes that military experts assess will house hardened bunkers to protect military leaders during conflict—including nuclear war.
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No more college football on TV…but I’ve got an idea on what to watch instead: ME! On @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big #MSNBC show in about 45 minutes. Tune in! 👇
TONIGHT: GOP floats Medicaid cuts to pay for Trump's agenda—Trump's birthright citizenship order blocked for now—& the Trump family crypto
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January 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
No more college football on TV…but I’ve got an idea on what to watch instead: ME! On @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big #MSNBC show in about 45 minutes. Tune in! 👇
Ohio State may have won the national championship, but good to see @umichfball.bsky.social is still living rent-free in Ryan Day’s head. From @theathletic.bsky.social:
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ohio State may have won the national championship, but good to see @umichfball.bsky.social is still living rent-free in Ryan Day’s head. From @theathletic.bsky.social:
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All I can say about this Peter Thiel op-ed in the Financial Times is that it reads like something he actually wrote. No comms team or AI chatbot is capable of producing this strange paranoid string of sentences www.ft.com/content/a46c...
A time for truth and reconciliation
Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets
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January 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
All I can say about this Peter Thiel op-ed in the Financial Times is that it reads like something he actually wrote. No comms team or AI chatbot is capable of producing this strange paranoid string of sentences www.ft.com/content/a46c...
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Barolo, Barbaresco, and the Langhe region evokes timeless Italian wine-making traditions. In reality, Langhe wineries rely on an army of undocumented migrant workers toiling in poor conditions to produce their prized wines, as I learned. via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4fUUetB
Luxury wineries in Italy grapple with reliance on illegal migrant workers
[FREE TO READ] Barolo, Barbaresco and other high-end wines made in Langhe region hire undocumented labourers
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January 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Barolo, Barbaresco, and the Langhe region evokes timeless Italian wine-making traditions. In reality, Langhe wineries rely on an army of undocumented migrant workers toiling in poor conditions to produce their prized wines, as I learned. via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4fUUetB
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The Orioles issued the following statement on the death of former pitcher Brian Matusz
January 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Orioles issued the following statement on the death of former pitcher Brian Matusz
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My colleague @spiegelpeter.bsky.social and I discuss McConnell,military capacity and Trump in Swamp
notes; Are ‘national security Republicans’ prepping for a Trump-sized fight? on.ft.com/3P4lZ7U
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Are ‘national security Republicans’ prepping for a Trump-sized fight?
[FREE TO READ] Mitch McConnell has broken cover. Will others soon follow?
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December 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
My colleague @spiegelpeter.bsky.social and I discuss McConnell,military capacity and Trump in Swamp
notes; Are ‘national security Republicans’ prepping for a Trump-sized fight? on.ft.com/3P4lZ7U
notes; Are ‘national security Republicans’ prepping for a Trump-sized fight? on.ft.com/3P4lZ7U
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JUST IN (#Syria) via @financialtimes.com's Felicia Schwartz:
"#Biden is sending top diplomats to #Damascus to meet Abu Mohammed al- #Jolani, the leader of the Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al- #Assad but are designated a terrorist group by the US."
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"#Biden is sending top diplomats to #Damascus to meet Abu Mohammed al- #Jolani, the leader of the Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al- #Assad but are designated a terrorist group by the US."
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US diplomats prepare to meet Syrian rebel leader in Damascus
Al-Jolani, who remains under western sanctions, will host state department’s top Middle East official
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December 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
JUST IN (#Syria) via @financialtimes.com's Felicia Schwartz:
"#Biden is sending top diplomats to #Damascus to meet Abu Mohammed al- #Jolani, the leader of the Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al- #Assad but are designated a terrorist group by the US."
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"#Biden is sending top diplomats to #Damascus to meet Abu Mohammed al- #Jolani, the leader of the Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al- #Assad but are designated a terrorist group by the US."
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Scoop: New records obtained by The Washington Post show how US taxpayers have spent $30 million maintaining a Russian oligarch’s yacht
Expenditures include: flights, groceries, toilet brushes, docking fees and more
Effort has yielded just $6M for Ukraine
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Expenditures include: flights, groceries, toilet brushes, docking fees and more
Effort has yielded just $6M for Ukraine
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December 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Scoop: New records obtained by The Washington Post show how US taxpayers have spent $30 million maintaining a Russian oligarch’s yacht
Expenditures include: flights, groceries, toilet brushes, docking fees and more
Effort has yielded just $6M for Ukraine
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Expenditures include: flights, groceries, toilet brushes, docking fees and more
Effort has yielded just $6M for Ukraine
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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NEW amazing visual reconstruction of what happened in Amsterdam between Israeli soccer fans, locals and police.
"How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam" -- by The @washingtonpost.com
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"How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam" -- by The @washingtonpost.com
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How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam
To reconstruct the events, The Post reviewed more than 100 videos, interviewed more than 30 witnesses and examined WhatsApp and Telegram messages.
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December 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
NEW amazing visual reconstruction of what happened in Amsterdam between Israeli soccer fans, locals and police.
"How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam" -- by The @washingtonpost.com
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"How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam" -- by The @washingtonpost.com
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The LA Times is reporting that LA's Deputy Mayor for Public Safety was caught calling in a bomb threat against city hall.
WTF?
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WTF?
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FBI agents search home of L.A. deputy mayor over City Hall bomb threat
The FBI searched the home of Deputy Mayor Brian Williams while looking into a bomb threat he 'allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year,' said a Bass spokesperson.
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December 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The LA Times is reporting that LA's Deputy Mayor for Public Safety was caught calling in a bomb threat against city hall.
WTF?
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WTF?
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"For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for #Canada." Youch. Quite the resignation letter.
BREAKING: Chrystia Freeland has tossed a political hand grenade, resigning from cabinet with a well-written giant middle finger to the Prime Minister.
December 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
"For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for #Canada." Youch. Quite the resignation letter.
For those who don't follow East Asian geopolitics, this is a black eye for Biden as he departs. Korean-Japanese detente has been one of Biden's signature foreign policy accomplishments, and Yoon stuck his neck out to join hands with Tokyo despite domestic resistance. Now he goes and does this...
Martial Law declared by South Korean president, news breaking
South Korean president declares martial law
Yoon Suk Yeol accuses opposition party of North Korean sympathies
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December 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
For those who don't follow East Asian geopolitics, this is a black eye for Biden as he departs. Korean-Japanese detente has been one of Biden's signature foreign policy accomplishments, and Yoon stuck his neck out to join hands with Tokyo despite domestic resistance. Now he goes and does this...
Why watch a low-scoring #Broncos-#Browns game when you can hear me and @petersgoodman.bsky.social duke it out over Trump’s economic “diplomacy”? Coming up in a couple hours on @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big show on #MSNBC.
TONIGHT: Trump loyalist Kash Patel is the president-elect's choice to lead the FBI— & Backlash on both sides after Biden pardons son Hunter
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December 3, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Why watch a low-scoring #Broncos-#Browns game when you can hear me and @petersgoodman.bsky.social duke it out over Trump’s economic “diplomacy”? Coming up in a couple hours on @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big show on #MSNBC.
A tip of the hat to whoever gave 7-5 #Michigan a single vote in the new AP poll. Dare I suggest a secret #GoBlue Head amongst the voters? Not that I'm complaining... #OhioStateFootball
December 2, 2024 at 8:16 PM
A tip of the hat to whoever gave 7-5 #Michigan a single vote in the new AP poll. Dare I suggest a secret #GoBlue Head amongst the voters? Not that I'm complaining... #OhioStateFootball
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The only previous time an unranked Michigan team beat an AP-ranked Ohio State team in Columbus was in 1950 (Ohio State was No. 8, lost 9-3), per ESPN Research. Wow.
November 30, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The only previous time an unranked Michigan team beat an AP-ranked Ohio State team in Columbus was in 1950 (Ohio State was No. 8, lost 9-3), per ESPN Research. Wow.
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Ryan Day vs. Michigan: 1-4
Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1
Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1
November 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Ryan Day vs. Michigan: 1-4
Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1
Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1