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Deputy editor of and editor of . Former editor. Want to write for the ? Email mike.madden@washpost.com.

Washington, D.C.
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Joined January 2008
Born 04 August
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  1. Retweeted
    Apr 16

    Delta sent an email saying to help the Ukrainian crisis by “donating your miles.” The miles aren’t real, guys. Your company could just help. What are you doing here

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    Apr 16

    Even those of us who’ve reported from Bucha find it hard to explain what happened there. But this, by and , brings us that much closer. A testament to careful, compassionate reporting.

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  3. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    New: Ukraine has run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russians in the 50 days since the war began, using the scans to find the soldiers' social media profiles - and send photos of their corpses to their families back home

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  4. 22 hours ago

    It’s early in the season but tonight’s D.C. United game is not making me think we’ll have to worry about playoffs here in the fall

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  5. 23 hours ago

    Ate way too much at seder and now I want my kids to clean the kitchen up and then put themselves to bed. Alas.

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  6. 23 hours ago

    … and that’s why you shouldn’t take your shirt off when you score a goal

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  7. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    On Monday, gave an interview in Moscow in which he criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A few hours later, he was picked up by police and summarily sentenced to 15 days in jail. Kara-Murza sent this column to us through his lawyer:

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  8. Apr 15

    Ugh, sameach v’kasher, not kosher. Whatever. Good luck not eating chametz!

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  9. Apr 15

    A zissen Pesach, Twitter — Shabbat Shalom, and chag sameach v’kosher to all who observe 🫓🍷🍷🍷🍷

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  10. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    In Russian this is even more dangerous than Julia's (correct) translation. Beyond the rhetoric the *feeling* this propaganda is meant to impart to viewers is that Russia is being attacked, Russia is under siege, Russia has no choice but to escalate.

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    Kyiv sank 'Moscow' and the Russians are furious. In response to the sinking of the warship 'Moskva,' state TV pundits and hosts propose bombing Kyiv, destroying Ukraine's railways and making it impossible for any world leaders to visit in the future.
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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    Quite the sequence of Telegram posts from Arizona lawmaker Wendy Rogers.

    Screenshot of two Telegram posts from Wendy Rogers. The first reads: "Freedom of Speech is a human right granted by God. Companies and governments who go against this are going against rights that make up the essence of humanity." It has been viewed 14,400 times and has 25 comments. The second post reads: "The nasty vile satanic demons who post wicked pictures and videos on my channel have a special place in hell for their evil. Get behind me Satan!" It has been viewed 12,400 times and has 16 comments.
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    Apr 14

    News —> Russia has sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. & NATO weapons shipments to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences.” Via ⁦⁩

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  13. Apr 14

    I did not pick the ideal time to turn this Caps game on

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    Apr 14

    My latest with : Here’s how the U.S. should respond to Russian cyberattacks

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    Apr 14

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in hostile takeover attempt, says it needs to be ‘transformed as a private company’

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    Apr 13

    "I'm sorry ma'am, but I was teaching about early Christianity, and I had to feed half the class to the lions or lose my job."

    Um
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    Apr 13

    Ukrainian officials claiming they have hit the Russian Naval cruiser, Moskva. The warship in the Black Sea was famously told to go f—k itself by the Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island.

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    Apr 11

    The only source reporting this so far is the Azov regiment. No independent/credible journalists are working in Mariupol now, so very difficult to verify. There were a lot of warnings earlier over Russia's potential use of chemical weapons in Ukraine

    Azov: Russian occupation forces used in Mariupol a poisonous substance of unknown origin, which was dropped from an enemy UAV on civilians and the Ukrainian military
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  19. Apr 13

    Probably overstating the actual number of exposures/certainly overstating the number of cases here, but it’s pretty clear that most people are working from home this week.

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