Dana Milbank
@danamilbank.bsky.social
Political writer. Author. Country Mouse. Former Washington Post columnist now part of the @notus.com expansion. For launch information: signupforthenews.com/dana-milbank
After El-Sayed's win, some Republicans immediately descended into bigotry, portraying him as a terrorist installed by the Muslim Brotherhood. Ted Cruz even made el-Sayed the focus of a Senate hearing -- but no other senator showed up. My latest column. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Ted Cruz Threw an Islamophobic Party — And Nobody Showed Up
After Abdul El-Sayed’s win, Republicans got real ugly, real fast.
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If Abdul El-Sayed wins on Tuesday, it will be seen as a triumph of insurgents over the establishment, of the Democratic Socialists of America-inspired far left over the moderates. But the truth is far more complicated. My latest column, from Michigan. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: I Was Prepared to Dislike Abdul El-Sayed. Then I Came to Michigan and Spoke to Him.
He isn’t as scary as the party establishment thinks.
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Was a national civics competition for high-school kids ... Rigged? Biased? Botched? I followed one family through Trump's patriotic contest and found a remarkable story about our age of suspicion. For @notus.com: www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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Maybe Pete Hegseth is the one with a testosterone problem. My latest on column, on how the Defense Secretary's poor form goes well beyond his bench press. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Maybe Pete Hegseth Is the One With a Testosterone Problem
Hegseth's poor form isn't limited to his bench press.
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Noise pollution is pushing into rural areas, threatening human and animal health. On my farm, I took a loud stand for quiet. My latest @notus.com column: www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Noise Pollution Threatens the Countryside. I Fought Back — Loudly
I hope to be considered for the Pulitzer in Self-Interested Reporting.
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Trump's Great American State Fair is using our taxpayer dollars, our National Mall and our nation's 250th birthday to promote conspiracy theorists, Christian nationalists, Chinese technology -- and, mostly, Donald Trump. My latest column: www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Trump’s Nutty State Fair Hijacked the Fourth of July. And My Pen.
I went through the magnetometer to enter the National Mall for President Trump’s Great American State Fair this week, putting my pens, notebook, phone and wallet on the table for inspection. “You have...
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My latest column: Israel will be holding elections no later than Oct. 27, and it’s time for American Jews to tell Israelis: We’re sick of Netanyahu. His regime has done more damage to the Jewish State than Hamas or Hezbollah could ever hope to do. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Israelis Need to Understand that America Is About to File for Divorce
We know from the new Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan book that President Trump threatened Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu last year with “divorce.” “Everybody’s sick of you, Bibi,” Trump told the Israel...
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My latest column looks at how progressives and Democrats are drafting plans to to use the all-powerful, unitary executive that Trump has established (and the Roberts Court has blessed) to launch a new Progressive Era-- no legislation required. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Democrats Are Drafting Plans to Govern Like Trump in 2029
He may have inadvertently sown the seeds of a new progressive age.
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Who are the SICK, DERANGED PEOPLE vandalizing our nation's capital? I think I found them. My latest column: www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Who Are the ‘SICK, DERANGED PEOPLE’ Vandalizing D.C.? I Think I Figured It Out!
President Trump is very concerned about vandalism in our nation’s capital, and I am here to help him. The president got increasingly agitated as his beloved Reflecting Pool, within days of reopening, ...
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On Capitol Hill, Republicans establish that Joe Biden caused the screwworm outbreak and that Democrats like to cut off penises. My latest: www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Who Caused the Screwworm Outbreak? Joe Biden, Of Course.
The screwworm has turned. Days after the Trump administration took office in 2025, it reopened livestock trade across the southern border, reversing a ban the Biden administration had put in place to ...
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War? Inflation? Relax. Trump did you a 'favor.' My column on Trump's Sulky Stage, in which he thanks himself because nobody else will. www.notus.org/perspectives...
War and Inflation? Relax. Trump Did You a ‘Favor.’
They booed President Donald Trump’s motorcade as it made its way to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. They raised their middle fingers and lowered their thumbs. They ...
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The Star launches in two weeks. In the meantime, here’s an update from the farm, where I’ve lately made friends with a blue grosbeak, become landlord to a tree swallow and watched some spring treetop flashers put on a dazzling pyrotechnic display. www.notus.org/perspectives...
Disease, Drought, Climate Change — And the Joy of Fighting Back
On my Virginia farm, I have a front-row seat to the grim consequences of a warming planet. But I’m not surrendering.
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My column in The Star begins in June, but in this @notus.com essay I look back on my 10-month exile from politics and ask: What did I miss? Donald Trump still governs with the same signature blend of bluster, grift and bumbling. But the country has changed. www.notus.org/perspectives...
I Mostly Ignored Politics for 10 Months. What Did I Miss?
Trump hasn’t changed. But we have.
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“The newsroom, which had about 45 people at the beginning of the year, will probably more than double to 95 journalists by the end of the year.” I’m happy to be one of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...
Politics News Site NOTUS to Become ‘The Star’
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As JD Vance arrives in Pakistan to take ownership of the Iran war, a refresher on what brought him to this place. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
Opinion | How Much Humiliation Can Vance Take?
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As JD Vance debases himself -- yet again -- by campaigning in Hungary today for its white-nationalist, authoritarian ruler, I have a cameo in @nytopinion.nytimes.com noting that Vance's many deals with the devil aren't paying off. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
Opinion | How Much Humiliation Can JD Vance Take?
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In my final column for the Post, an interfaith movement to celebrate America's "sacred texts" shows that our 250th birthday doesn't have to be an Ultimate Fighting match. Gift link: wapo.st/40EBHwr
Column | We came from different parties and faiths. We left as compatriots.
On America’s 250th birthday, how discussions of the Declaration of Independence and other documents are bridging religious and political divisions.
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I am leaving the Washington Post to join a new journalistic venture backed by Politico founder Robert Allbritton that will be both the hometown publication the D.C. region sorely needs and a scrappy and fearless national news organization. I hope you'll join us.
The Earth has been talking to us for millions of years. For the first time, we can hear it. This week's column: A multimedia collaboration with audio of sounds made by everything from glaciers to jumping spiders. Gift link: wapo.st/3PkLsgJ
Column | For eons, the earth has been talking to us. New technology allows us to listen.
New technology enables us to perceive sounds beyond human hearing range, allowing a new perspective on our place on the planet.
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The Earth has been talking to us for millions of years. For the first time, we can hear it. This week's column: A multimedia collaboration with audio of sounds made by everything from glaciers to jumping spiders. Gift link: wapo.st/3PkLsgJ
Column | For eons, the earth has been talking to us. New technology allows us to listen.
New technology enables us to perceive sounds beyond human hearing range, allowing a new perspective on our place on the planet.
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Goodnight, stars. My latest column, on plans to put a million data centers into orbit and use satellites to turn night into day -- and what this means for us as humans. Gift link. wapo.st/4cdyP0s
Column | We’re about to turn night into day. Is that a good idea?
Proposals before the FCC involve mirrors that could bathe entire cities in sunlight and, from SpaceX, a million satellites to serve as data centers.
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I asked readers to share winter photos that stir their emotions. Here are the scenes that give them hope. wapo.st/4s8Fg9N
Column | These winter images gave readers hope
From the mountains of New England to the redwoods of California, these scenes have the power to inspire and console.
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One path to a happier life: thinking about death. My latest column, on a group of women who learned that talking about their mortality has improved their remaining days. Gift link: wapo.st/472Eh2H
Column | One path to a happier life: Thinking more about death
When we learn to talk about our mortality, our remaining years of life can become more meaningful.
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I went into phone-free silence. What happened was disturbing. My latest column, on our addiction to distraction. Gift link. wapo.st/40aadyg
Column | I went into phone-free silence. Something disturbing happened.
Suddenly shutting off external signals and focusing inward can demand a startling amount of energy.
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Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones. My latest column, on how our well-intended plans to heal nature sometimes go awry. Gift link: wapo.st/3ZhkdWf
Column | Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones.
Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.
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For this week's column, I hung out with members of the rescue squad and other retired super-volunteers. Turns out they are not only enhancing their wellbeing -- they are extending their lives by slowing aging. Gift link. wapo.st/4t9F8rK
Column | Here’s a proven way to slow aging. Any volunteers?
New research shows that you can lengthen your own life by improving someone else’s.
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Neuroscience is finding that even the smallest amount of time noticing nature -- 10 observations over 14 days -- significantly improves our sense of hope. In this dark winter for our nation and for our planet, we need that. Gift link to my latest column. wapo.st/3NsnT4T
Column | Try this 14-day exercise to strengthen hope, even in darkest winter
This intervention is straightforward, but its results might surprise you.
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What does not kill us really does make us stronger. My latest @washingtonpost.com column, about how I set my farm on fire and did other questionable things. Now with $4 day pass for non-subscribers. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | I just set my farm on fire. It was thrilling.
This has been my winter of living dangerously, and my experiences have boosted my sense of well-being.
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Humans since Socrates have been asking how to live the good life. Now AI is trying to answer the question. My latest column, on a startup by chastened founders of Twitter and Pinterest. Gift link. wapo.st/3Yw7yyk
Column | A new approach to living a good life comes from a most unlikely place
A group of unexpected guides is asking whether digital life has pulled us off course—and whether there’s a way back
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