Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center

The storied Washington National Opera decides to leave the Kennedy Center where it has played since 1971, perhaps the most significant artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the facility in his image and attach his name to it. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS

How Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five who was referred to in the society pages as Mrs. Paul Pelosi, embraced a fight against a deadly virus afflicting gay men and intravenous drug users. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. Few local policies are outside the reach of Donald J. Trump’s federal government.

New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. While Republicans once championed state and local control, few local policies are outside the reach of Trump's federal government. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

The Latest Trend Among the L.A. Elite: Launching Your Own Rebuilding Initiative Power brokers in Los Angeles believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on which one.

The first skirmishes, featuring some of the most powerful and wealthy people in LA, in what is shaping up as a long battle in which billions of dollars, and the future of the city itself, is at stake. With @shawnhubler. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

The L.A. Fires Expose a Web of Governments, Weak by Design Who’s in charge? The muddled jurisdiction of Los Angeles leaves a critical question in doubt.

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The L.A. Fires Expose a Web of Governments, Weak by Design nyti.ms/40iOmEC @adamnagourney.bsky.social

The L.A. Fires Expose a Web of Governments, Weak by Design Who’s in charge? The muddled jurisdiction of Los Angeles leaves a critical question in doubt.

When two hijacked jetliners struck the World Trade Center, Rudolph Giuliani became the face of a city struggling with tragedy. No one has stepped into that role during the LA fires. Given the way things are set up here, no on really could. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

L.A. Wildfires Ramp Up Difficulty of Hosting 2028 Olympics Rebuilding areas ravaged by wildfires will present a daunting challenge, but the flip side could be the “compelling image of a city emerging from the ashes.”

Staging the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 - for all its promise to bring LA international attention -- was always going to be hard. But the fires are what one city leader called the "nightmare scenario" as preparations begin. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/u...

‘It Was Biblical’: Ash and Flame Upend Life in Southern California Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not physically, into a kind of mega-catastrophe.

If you read one story about what the fires meant for Los Angeles, make it this one by @shawnhubler www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

A Legacy From Carter That Democrats Would Prefer to Escape For decades, Republicans have reveled in invoking Jimmy Carter’s name to deride Democrats as weak — mockery that has influenced the way Democrats present themselves to voters.

For all his accomplishments, Jimmy Carter also had a political legacy that his Democratic successors have tried to escape for 50 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

Now sea air.

San Vicente Santa Monica: Jeff Klein’s Latest Multimillion-Dollar Private Club Project Jeff Klein, the hotelier who turned Tower Bar into a Los Angeles institution, has opened a $40 million private club at the beach.

A classically great read about the latest Jeff Klein (Sunset Tower, San Vincente Bungalows) club in LA. From Brooks Barnes.

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The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”

James Carville predicted that Trump would, if elected, claim mandate —this great @peterbakernyt.bsky.social story examines and debunks the claim - during a pre election Q&A w me in LA. He said Harris should use that in closing argument to energize voters .
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Anthony Weiner’s Latest Redemption Tour Starts With a Haircut The disgraced New York politician is considering a run for City Council. But even in an era of political comebacks, this might be pushing it.

There are a lot of nuggets in this Ben Oreskes story on Anthony Weiner, from him getting blamed for Trump to Bill de Blasio talking about why he dyes his hair. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/n...

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil are appearing on Day 2 of Coachella. Did not see that coming.

Very deliberately did not say landslide because it was nothing close to that. But losing all seven swing states, even by small margins, and the popular vote, is decisive. There is no ambivalence to that. That is why the reaction from Dems this time is so different from 2016, IMO