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Molly Ball

@mollyesque

Political reporter working on a book about the realignment. Former @wsj, @time, @theatlantic. I'm not going to argue with you on X. [email protected]

Washington, D.C. Katılım Nisan 2010
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Molly Ball
Molly Ball@mollyesque·
MOLLY NEWS: I'm leaving the WSJ to work on a book about the realignment! Here's the announcement:
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John Bresnahan
John Bresnahan@bresreports·
You would call Barney Frank’s office & they would just put you on the phone with him. “Hold on for Barney.” No one else did this, it was extraordinary in the pre-cell phone days. Then he’d yell at you, curse, lie, butter you up, spin you, tell you the truth. He was unique
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Romy
Romy@Romy_Holland·
the vast majority of babies ever born were raised by parents who would consider live video monitoring of a sleeping baby so excessive they’d be confused by the concept. having a baby is hard in a bunch of ways, but a whole lot of parents are making it much harder than it needs to be. they’re doing their best to shame everyone else into having a harder time than necessary too.
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parents: imagine you’re good friends with the neighbors 2 doors down. would you put your baby down for the night and go neighbor’s house for a drink if you brought the baby monitor?

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◥◤Kriston Capps@kristoncapps·
DC, Maryland, Virginia
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David Weigel
David Weigel@daveweigel·
Dems had been trying to reason with Scott for years — he was old, fading and unable to do the job like he used to. But he filed to run again and now Dems have their fourth death-caused vacancy of this Congress. politico.com/news/2022/01/1…
Nicholas Wu@nicholaswu12

'Georgia Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, the first Black man to chair the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, has died after nearly 50 years of elected office. He was 80 years old.' @TIAreports ajc.com/politics/2026/…

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Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson@katie_robertson·
NEW: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will continue publishing! It has been acquired by the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute, which runs the Baltimore Banner. My story here: nytimes.com/2026/04/14/bus…
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Steven Dennis
Steven Dennis@StevenTDennis·
Amazing bit of reporting by Cokie Roberts that has stuck with me: Her discovery of a letter from Louisa Adams detailing how members of Congress left behind *40 pregnant mistresses* after the extra-long session of 1820, necessitating more orphanage space--> archives.gov/files/about/ar…
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Nick Minock
Nick Minock@NickMinock·
‘Open the school!’ Hundreds of parents are demanding Fairfax County to add more 5-day school weeks. Right now, fewer than half of the school weeks have five days of instruction time in Fairfax County Public Schools. wjla.com/news/local/hun…
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Leigh Ann Caldwell
Leigh Ann Caldwell@LACaldwellDC·
“They’ve taken a lot of steps on who they’ll allow to give them political advice,” one Democratic strategist told me, adding that the industry is suddenly much more willing to talk to Democrats. “They realized you can’t pass legislation in a close Congress and target only one party.”
Puck@PuckNews

Two years after Fairshake spent $40M to beat Sherrod Brown, crypto is sitting on a $200M midterm war chest—and some in the industry are suddenly more open to Democrats. @LACaldwellDC reports: puck.news/the-crypto-lob…

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Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
A 2024 story about the guy who will now be the GOP nominee in Tony Gonzales's district.
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Kamran Javadizadeh
Kamran Javadizadeh@kjavadizadeh·
James Merrill, poet I love, born 100 years ago today.
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Ken Dilanian
Ken Dilanian@KDilanianMSNOW·
“Last May, Mr. Patel attended a secret national security conference at an exclusive resort outside London, and invited Ms. Wilkins to join him at a group dinner with King Charles III at Windsor Castle. The Royalty and Specialist Protection service balked at fetching her from the airport, so the F.B.I. scrambled tactical agents and an embassy vehicle, according to a person with knowledge of the plan.” Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/…
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Meryl Kornfield
Meryl Kornfield@MerylKornfield·
Btw I highly recommend you read @hannah_natanson insightful personal essay about what her year was like. At a time of distrust in media and a decline in media literacy, Hannah's essay pulls back the curtain and captures what it takes to do journalism. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Meryl Kornfield@MerylKornfield

It was an honor to work with @hannah_natanson, a kickass reporter and caring human being, last year covering the devastated federal workforce. No one did it better and is more deserving of every accolade. newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/the-washi…

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Acyn
Acyn@Acyn·
Trump claims a tough policeman told him his sex life is better and his wife no longer treats him like a dog thanks to the stock market under President Trump.
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Acyn@Acyn·
Reporter: Did you decide on who to endorse in the primary? Trump: Pretty much Reporter: Can you tell us? Trump: No
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Ivo Delingpole
Ivo Delingpole@ivodelingpole·
Had no idea how prolific a shagger John Maynard Keynes was
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Max Tani
Max Tani@maxwelltani·
One of several responses I got from Crockett’s spokesperson on Tuesday denying the incident took place, joking “Is Elaine in the room with us now?” We reported on this anyway later that day. And the Atlantic just published audio of the incident… theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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Shawna Mizelle@shawnamizelle

Crockett told me today in Houston that there is “no evidence” that a journalist was kicked out of her campaign event. She says it’s “silly season” and alleges the reporter in question has previously been sued for defamation. @CBSNews Full response:

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Andrew Kaczynski
Andrew Kaczynski@KFILE·
Every time I see this photo on TV from the house oversight files it’s hilarious how the fact that Jimmy Buffett is in the photo just goes totally unmentioned
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Howard Mortman
Howard Mortman@HowardMortman·
"The Post is severely diminished without Book World because the two have always enhanced each other. That makes this decision, this move of ending Book World not just tragic but bizarre to me. Book World was never ancillary to the mission of the Washington Post." -- @CarlosNYT
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Molly Ball@mollyesque·
@_rotimia You cannot look me in the eye and tell me your need for rice is not at least 2x your need for computer
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Rotimi Adeoye
Rotimi Adeoye@_rotimia·
Tfw your immigrant mother just sends you a bag of rice unprompted double the size of your computer
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