Columnist for The Washington Post, off-balance mother of two, forever searching for comfortable heels and really good tomato soup.
Washington, DC
Joined May 2008
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In 1958, the government bulldozed the entire town of Willard – a thriving, predominantly Black town built over generations by the descendants of enslaved Americans — to erect a second major airport for the nation’s capital. @petulad
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In 1965, the government tried replacing migrant workers with high-schoolers. It was a disaster, by @petulad washingtonpost.com/history/2…
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1960's unsuccessful experiment to replace migrant farmworkers with high school athletes, described by @petulad in @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/history/2…
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Truck Co. 10 at our L’Enfant firehouse staffed today by an all female crew of #DCsBravest
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Exciting night at the American News Women's Club’s 2025 “Excellence in Journalism” Awards honoring Petula Dvorak, Washington Post Columnist. Her rousing message “We’re still here!” gave the audience the best night ever!! @petulad
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As a former professional hockey player @NHL and multiple representative at the Olympic Games @iocmedia and as a citizen of the Czech Republic, which is part of the EU, I would like to say this on the eve of the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Russian imperialist war against the free democratic country of Ukraine. I would like to thank President Zelensky and, above all, all the Ukrainian people who defend (and daily put their lives on the line and lose their lives) both their country and the whole of Europe from the Russian imperialist enemy led by the greatest criminal of our time, Putin. Thanks to you, my country and my fellow citizens can now live in peace on our territory. You deserve the greatest recognition and maximum support from us, which cannot be expressed by money alone. Dominik Hasek (Please share with all fans, friends and everyone who is not indifferent to democracy and who cares about the future of future generations)
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Emails sent to 2.3-million federal employees Saturday afternoon asked them to justify their existence, by listing 5 things they accomplished last week.
@elonmusk said they must - or resign. Some emails also went to members of the very separate judicial branch.
via tireless @hannah_natanson @Faizsays @elaserdavies @hsu_spencer washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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American veteran, fired from FEMA, to WTOP:
“I voted for Donald Trump. But this is not what I was expecting. We didn’t think they were going to take a chainsaw to a silk rug.”
Before you react, a few points. 1/
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Imagine having 20 years of admirable service under your belt and a 19-year-old with no government experience decides your position is "wasteful." And now you, at age 50 with two kids who are still in high school, are out of a job despite being a top performer and doing everything right.
I gotta think even Trump supporters are feeling some kind of way about this.
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1/ One of President Trump’s first acts was to pardon those convicted in connection with January 6th.
Here are some of the convicted felons he set free:
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Omg they did a male version of the ‘secret vote’ ad and it’s even better than the female version.
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Here's how Jeff Bezos can be a hero: donate
@washingtonpost to a charitable trust. We've seen this work in Salt Lake City, Philly, Tampa. Here's how it would work>> cjr.org/opinion/waldman-bezo……
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