Nick Baumann
@nickbaumann.bsky.social
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Politics Editor at The Washington Post | Pats fan. Eagle Scout. Beer pong aficionado. | 202.630.2380 | Signal: nickbaumann.97 | Usual disclaimers
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adios-democracy.bsky.social
In a shocking turn of events, MJ took it personally.
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eggmansasshole.bsky.social
I'm dying to know how he responded to that
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mr-sshhhhh.bsky.social
I had a friend that went up to Michael Jordan in a bar and asked him if he was "that guy that used to play basketball with Tony Kukoc" and it was my favorite normal person interaction with a celebrity until just now.
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razzball.bsky.social
Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
nickbaumann.bsky.social
He died doing what he loved: Logging into Okta.
nickbaumann.bsky.social
This one is really worth your time.
nickbaumann.bsky.social
"Twelve months after landing in Algeria to work on a book about the Ebossé case and another story about the player’s team for So Foot, Gleizes is an inmate in the Prison de Tizi Ouzou, ringed by high white walls." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
How a soccer story landed French journalist in prison
Christophe Gleizes was investigating the death of a star in Algeria’s premier league and the connections between soccer and politics when he was arrested.
www.washingtonpost.com
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.
nickbaumann.bsky.social
"Twelve months after landing in Algeria to work on a book about the Ebossé case and another story about the player’s team for So Foot, Gleizes is an inmate in the Prison de Tizi Ouzou, ringed by high white walls." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
How a soccer story landed French journalist in prison
Christophe Gleizes was investigating the death of a star in Algeria’s premier league and the connections between soccer and politics when he was arrested.
www.washingtonpost.com
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amandalitman.bsky.social
This is the whole ballgame: “A candidate in today’s day and age needs to be able to explain ideas in a 30-second vertical social media video, a three-minute television hit and a three-hour long-form podcast.”

Can’t do all 3? Can’t hang in 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
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qjurecic.bsky.social
Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother
mthrjo.bsky.social
Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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frizfrizzle.bsky.social
STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]
nickbaumann.bsky.social
Isn't this, like, basic politics? NYC mayoral races are so weird. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...
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timothypmurphy.bsky.social
the buildup to this Jeffries bit in the piece is really well done, and manages to impart real depth to a standard no-comment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...
"I never did get to talk with Jeffries about Mamdani. Several phone calls to his team soon turned to voice mail messages that went unanswered. In October I told Jeffries’s staff that I would have to write that he avoided talking about Mamdani for months. There was still no response. Schumer and Gillibrand each declined an interview request."
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luriethereal.bsky.social
Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?
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swolecialism.bsky.social
Its honestly really weird to me that people will get mad at the simple statement of fact "the FAA will send you to big kid jail for shining lasers at airplanes"
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"When you meet someone possessed of such belief, it can change your perception of what is possible and what is true. Pat Jordan did that for me, and still does."

RIP to a man who truly lived his faith: www.commonwealmagazine.org/paul-baumann...
A Great Soul
"I worked with Patrick Jordan at Commonweal for more than twenty years. Pat was one of the most decent people I have ever known."
www.commonwealmagazine.org