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Danielle Kurtzleben

@titonka.bsky.social

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NPR White House correspondent. Former Vox, US News and World Report. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Girlboss. Pianist, writer, real piece of work. daniellekurtzleben.substack.com

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Sep 10

The oyster-shucking, baseball-playing, hands-working-with men have arrived on the 2026 political scene, and I have thoughts.

daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...

When "authenticity" means "dudes"

As 2026 approaches, can we political reporters please not forget every damn thing we learned just last year for the love of God

daniellekurtzleben.substack.com

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 13h

this is A+ posting

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 16h

Ok I deleted my snarky post about that Atlantic coffee article because I dunno. I like to save my being-a-dick-about-another-journalist’s-work for stuff that really deserves it.

Because, like, karma. And I curl into a ball when people are mean about my stories. (Unless they’re clearly wrong.)

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 18h

Ok so there’s a wide open space in the DMV market for a new newspaper. Curious if anyone tries to fill it. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 19h

I'm so proud to have colleagues like Tom Bowman -- who in this opinion piece lays out why the new Pentagon press restrictions are so dangerous. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 20h

God it’s like heroin. Get in, get out. I could worship here.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 20h

Farm folks like to think they’ve got the market cornered on work ethic. And they’d find kindred spirits in the straight up attitude of “I really want you to get your sandwich and I want zero other bullshit have a nice day.”

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 20h

But also the workers at NYC bagel shops should run the world because the EFFICIENCY. My GOD.

Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 20h

New York City is amazing because you’ll be sitting there going “God what a great place full of all kinds of humanity!” and then the guy next to you at the train station has his bare foot up on the bench doing intensive wound care on his toes and you go “ah right.”

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

Also heels. Fuck heels.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

No sin sweeter, no joy more profound…than getting out of your dress and spanx

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

FYI: If you know of intersections of religion and pushback to ICE/DHS in general, but especially Chicago, feel free to drop me a line.

You can reach me via Signal at: jackmjenkins.60

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been writing for decades and this might be my best short story ever.

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

(Sorry if you were making a joke and I didn’t get it I just assume men don’t need to deal with/know about the PAIN of BEAUTY)

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

My friend have you ever heard of Spanx

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

Someday I’ll tell my granddaughters about the sausage casing I used to wear under a dress to formal events and they’ll go “wow that’s dumb” and then they’ll say “wait what is sausage” because by then we will mostly eat Walmart coupons and then I’ll show a pic and they’ll say “wow you were snatched”