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@mattashburn @joe5f6 @bigbearcafe That is NOT the solution here.

@joe5f6 @bigbearcafe Yet another reason why ANCs should be abolished.

I was shocked today at an oversight hearing when an ANC 5E commissioner said she did not like @bigbearcafe and urged that the ABCA Board take action against them. If she succeeds in driving you out of Bloomingdale, @bigbearcafe , we would love to have you in Eckington!

Thanks to Green Line winter repairs, trains run 8% faster between Columbia Heights and U Street! 🚇🟢

How can anyone not find this energy positive and infectious? 🇵🇷🎶❤️

"This is the Red Barron from Redskins Park for Eyewitness Sports.” From the @wusa9 archives...Sportscaster Glenn Brenner pokes fun at Sonny Jurgensen's hat after his practice report

developing strong opinions about random DC homeowners and businesses based on how much they’ve shoveled their sidewalk 12 days after a snowstorm

I often refrain from saying anything here that I’ve already seen posted or reposted by someone else. So while I was tempted yesterday to say it was the worst day of my nearly 18 years at The Post, it had already been said - and said well by many others. But today, for the record, since there is not one mention of it in the print edition delivered to my home in the nation’s capital: leaders at The Washington Post yesterday laid off 300 journalists. They closed bureaus around the globe, leaving fewer eyes on vital power centers and hostile regimes. They vastly shrunk our ability to cover the District of Columbia and the surrounding area. They abandoned the coverage of sports teams central to the region’s identity and at a time when upheaval and online sports gambling has become pervasive. They fired a stunning number of talented colleagues who make sense of the world around us in technology, business, education, climate, health and more. They fired journalists who take and select photos, edit video, produce audio, sketch graphics and who conceive and create other forms of digital story telling. They fired Pulitzer winning investigative reporters who spent the last year writing about the growing political influence of billionaires and dedicated editors and unsung heroes who every day save our copy from errors. It was, by any metric, a Washington Post-worthy news story, a story of gross corporate fiscal mismanagement, of a loss of independent media - of the buckling, critics would say; “restructuring,”  Post leaders would say - of an American institution. In the newsroom, there are goodbyes to come for so many journalists I’ve been proud to call colleagues. Sadly, it was not a one-day story, readers will soon see.

Democracy dies in darkness

@LevineJonathan How confidently people opine on things they clearly know nothing about. WaPo had an award-winning sports section, even if it faded a bit under Bezos. Arrogance + ignorance — sort of defines our times. [WaPo sports] "gold standard, all the way to the end" therepublic.com/2026/02/04/the…

I'm sorry but if you told me you read Washington Post for its sports coverage I would assume you were an alien from outer space

Commenting on Jeff Bezos, @RealMikeWilbon didn’t hold back on @JunksRadio: “Most of us thought he’d infuse the place with money and energy. I didn’t know [Jeff Bezos] is such a lightweight…He’s a billionaire, but he’s a lightweight. A stiff wind comes, and blows him away.”

@IllMakeUMad @andypollin1 The endless supply — especially on this platform — of people defending billionaires' rights to extract societal resources as income inequality heads to the stratosphere (while they don't even pay a fair share of taxes) is truly remarkable. Trump and his oligarchs thank you.

@UStreetBuzz @andypollin1 Cry cry cry. He has all this money and he won't give us any! Fucking losers.

Sorry to leave, but sickened by what’s happened. An important part of my life for nearly 60 years. Very sad

May the ghost of Katharine Graham haunt Jeff Bezos for the rest of his life. She had the backbone & balls @JeffBezos will never have.

@joe7966 @andypollin1 Hello MAGA bot.

@UStreetBuzz @andypollin1 Fuck you. How dare you spend another person's money. Why don't you buy the post and lose 100 million a year.

@peterbakernyt So if Bezos is worth $249 billion, and The Post (reportedly) loses about $100 million a year, he could fund it for 2490 years. The gutting of this institution is a choice, not a necessity. The losses, by the way, ballooned as subscribers fled after Bezos intervened editorially.

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5 @JeffBezos

@SenSanders Jeff Bezos is worth $239 billion. The Washington Post reportedly loses about $100 million a year.* He could fund it for 2390 years. The gutting of this institution is a choice, not a necessity. *The losses ballooned as subscribers fled after Bezos intervened editorially.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

@JeffBezos is worth $239 billion. The @WashingtonPost reportedly loses about $100 million a year.* He could fund it for 2,390 years. The gutting of this institution is a choice, not a necessity. *The losses ballooned as subscribers fled after Bezos intervened editorially.

The answer is an obvious NO, it's not OK — even though I get the instinct of thinking you earned it after the hard work of digging it out. There is no scenario where you get to reserve a public parking spot for yourself (except for a handicapped spot in front of your house).

@PatrickRuffini The Mall itself, which fits between Constitution & Independence Avenues, IS parallel to the street grid. Some elements within it — minor roads, sidewalks, and the Reflecting Pool — are off by a few degrees.

I was today years old when I learned that the National Mall does not run parallel to DC’s street grid

"Maximalism, Instagram-ready cocktails, and all things 'vibe' have defined the dining scene over the last few years. Eebee’s feels like the antidote to all that gimmickry." Corner of Florida Ave & 6th (formerly Quattro Osteria and Bistro Bohem) dub.sh/EebeesDC

Seen in DC... #CyberStuck