This is just the wildest headline in a world of wild headlines.

On this day in 1929 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were married, this is the only surviving photograph

A great story idea by Catherine Kim that also points to the fact that the pro-Palestine encampments aren’t just happening at Columbia and UCLA politico.com/news/magazine/…

wkcr reporters entering the annals of history

Great kicker on this one from Maura Judkis Kara Voght Ben Terris Jesús Rodríguez: washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

“When we die, however much or little we are, we just sort of go back into the soup.” porterhousereview.org/articles/sunit…

plus ça change, etc. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

“Tony P!” Doug Emhoff says. “Finally.”

Tony P is astounded. The second gentleman not only knows Tony P’s name, but has dispatched a staffer to follow up.

via Maura Judkis Kara Voght Jesús Rodríguez Ben Terris washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

For a story for Them I'd love to speak to college organizers who have set up notable queer contingents at campus encampments. The more geographic diversity, the better. My email is in my bio / my DMs are open if you want to message me for my Signal. Please RT!

Three up-and-coming Washington players make their way through the professional and existential obstacle course of the White House correspondents’ weekend. wapo.st/3JAxkKl

Enjoyed running into ⁦Jesús Rodríguez⁩ this weekend as he did his part for this story:

A journalist, an influencer and a consultant walk into D.C.’s biggest party ... washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

FINALLY someone wrote a piece about the infamous DC Stare––when the DC's set of politicos stare you up and down trying to decipher if you're worth their time for this-and-that connection:

washingtonpost.com/style/2024/04/…

via Jesús Rodríguez The Washington Post #nerdprom #whcd

every time I go to the pentagon city mall it’s like a twilight zone because what do you MEAN this is where the FBI SEIZED MONICA LEWINSKY

When I first moved to DC in 2012 this was introduced to me as “shoulder surfing”.

The Stare.

It isn't particular to DC, but it *is* particularly vulgar here.

Come for Jesús Rodríguez's sharp observations. Stay for the Sally Quinn kicker:
washingtonpost.com/style/2024/04/…

I wrote about THE STARE — that tic at parties (in D.C. and beyond) where people glance over your shoulder to find someone more important than you.

“And then we ended the conversation, she walked away, and I turned around. It was a mirror.”
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Thrilled to announce the release of my book, 'The Latino Century,' on June 18, 2024! If you haven’t already you can pre-order a copy now. Tinyurl.com/latinocentury

In today’s The Washington Post: how Venezuelan immigrants are transforming the capital’s food delivery scene — one moped at a time. These are their stories, from surviving a treacherous journey to the U.S. to pushing through rain or shine, language barriers and everything in between.