Man, the Phillies just feel like they’re in free fall right now — ugh
Anthony J. Rivera
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Husband/father 👨👩👧👦 Boricua 🇵🇷 Philly fan 🦅 former staffer at The Washington Post
[Peeks head through door] LeJawn James [Closes door]
On the Hill in 2014-2015, I probably interviewed Sen. Graham in the hallways more than any other member. I’ll never forget in 2015 when he said that he was running for president, leaving reporters stunned. It just so happened that year also changed U.S. history. Wild to think about looking back.
🚨 New York Post | Jeff Bezos told Trump the Washington Post was his worst investment before slashing staff: ‘People there are terrible’
Janeese Lewis George won the DC primary. I interviewed her for a story about ICE resistance signs popping up in the city. I saw her at opening day for little league in March. She told me the incident on her street, which I wrote about, helped inspire her to run. Read here (🎁 link): wapo.st/4ePlGeI
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
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I haven't filed a story from the Capitol since Jan 6 - forget rioters, I'm scared of the TV Networks Full video here: www.askapolpolitics.com/p/i-havent-f...
Out here at the Kennedy Center and it’s past the deadline and President Donald Trump’s name is still on the building.
🚨 🚨 🚨 At last: The Eagles are trading star WR AJ Brown to the Patriots, per The Insiders. It’s a 2028 first-round draft pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick going to Philly, as Brown reunites with coach Mike Vrabel. One of the NFL’s longest-running sagas ends with a splash.
The Phillies have fired manager Rob Thomson, sources told The Athletic. Don Mattingly will be interim manager.
Rubbing elbows — y repartiendo abrazos apretados — at Brown and Boogie 2026. Muchas gracias, de verdad Solidarity Strategies for another fun event.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaking at a presser earlier today to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act.
Celebrating tonight because PR put BELT TO 🍑!!! in this first round of the WBC. WEPA! WEPA! WEPA!
“‘You had our contact information, you had our address,’ Shah, the family friend, said Thursday after Shah Alam’s burial. ‘Why not drop him at the address that’s on file for him?’” www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...
Retracing the final year of Burmese refugee who died in Buffalo.
Retracing the final year of the Burmese refugee who died in Buffalo after being abandoned by Border Patrol agents.
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Since there’s a lot of interest in Puerto Rico right now thanks to Bad Bunny and some of you may want to visit this year, check out my guide to the most delicious lechoneras on the island (🎁 link). Spanish version is available. wapo.st/4qlvz6v
Advice | On Puerto Rico’s ‘pork highway,’ 4 stops for spit-roasted bliss
Puerto Rico Highway 184 is lined with lechoneras serving spit-roasted pork, pasteles and other criollo comfort foods.
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A bit late for this news today, but here we go:
"My ancestors were brave enough to run from tyranny and these guys can't be brave enough to oppose an order to take down some plaques." (🎁 link) share.inquirer.com/jsevv8
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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An “adult living in the home who was outside at the time, ‘begged the agents’ to leave the child with them, the school district said. ICE agents refused.” (🎁 link) wapo.st/4tahkV1
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old
Columbia Heights Public Schools district officials accused ICE officers of using the 5-year-old “as bait.” A 10-year-old and her mother were also detained.
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The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
Breaking news: The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
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This dad has spent years putting up the neighborhood’s most dazzling Christmas decorations. Now with a terminal illness, he expects this year to be his last doing it. wapo.st/4qlsjbR
At home known for holiday lights, a dad decorates for possibly the last time
Scott Long, who has an aggressive cancer, was determined to make his house shine with Christmas joy one more time for his Northern Virginia neighborhood.
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Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act. (🎁link below) wapo.st/4nJqjZQ
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
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She’s the founder of a personal care brand who’s trying to give overlooked entrepreneurs a seat at the table in her industry. But the trade war is now getting in the way. (🎁 link) wapo.st/3W4fu8A
A small business owner just broke new ground. Tariffs are threatening to drag her brand.
Entrepreneur Rahama Wright celebrated the grand opening of her manufacturing facility for her shea butter company in D.C.. But tariffs and a slowing economy are starting to bite.
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The 13-year-old boxer I wrote about last month had her second bout and won! Congrats Andrea! Read about this impressive teen right here (🎁 link): wapo.st/3VrGnmF
Today I saw the ribbon cutting of Yeleen Beauty Makerspace. It’s a manufacturing facility in Ward 7 from the mind of Rahama Wright, founder of Shea Yeleen. She sources shea butter from Ghana and I’ve been following her for a story about how this DC business is affected by tariffs. Stay tuned.
Attn D.C. residents: Have you seen signs or memorials like this anywhere around the city? Please DM me. I’m trying to locate as many of these as I can.
What’s it take to become a boxer? This 13-year-old girl showed a crowd in a middle-school gym. (🎁 link) wapo.st/3UNDPz3
She’s the first female boxer in her club. She’s also in middle school.
Thirteen-year-old Andrea Girón is one of the few girls who train at a boxing club in Seven Corners, Virginia. She competed in her first official bout, becoming the first female to fight for the club.
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