Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

Capital City columnizer, @POLITICOmag. Co-host, @citycast_dc. Formerly: Editor of @washingtonian & @wcp. D.C. Native. Admirer of schemes. politico.com/staff/michael-… Washington D.C. Joined March 2009

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

4 weeks ago

Maybe there was a typo in the memo where it said they wanted more cops on the street? It's spelled with a p, not a ck.

Alex Koma @AlexKomaDC

4 weeks ago

Maybe there was a typo in the memo where it said they wanted more cops on the street? It's spelled with a p, not a ck.

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

4 weeks ago

This week, alas, this is the DC Anthem youtube.com/watch?v=yfgV3v…

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Elissa Silverman @tweetelissa

4 weeks ago

A candid conversation with @MayorBowser on her strategy, and another D.C. resident has some thoughts too.

Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

4 weeks ago

A candid conversation with @MayorBowser on her strategy, and another D.C. resident has some thoughts too.

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

4 weeks ago

DC's mayor has given everything a blue-city pol could realistically give a MAGA president. Trump kicked her in the teeth anyway. But even the outrage of having her government usurped hasn't changed the dynamic. Is it time for a change in tactics? politi.co/45r0xTP

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Patrick Caldwell @patcaldwell

4 weeks ago

New from @michaelschaffer: He talked to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser about why she's been so measured in her response to Trump's takeover politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Mediagazer @mediagazer

2 months ago

Sources: all but one person on WaPo's obit desk has taken the paper's buyout offer; the lone holdout is too junior to qualify for the buyout deal (@michaelschaffer / Politico) politico.com/news/magazine/… mediagazer.com/250725/p9#a250…

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Mark Leibovich @MarkLeibovich

2 months ago

Long live this piece -- and this kicker – and @michaelschaffer “Readers of the Post, though, may not notice immediately: I’m told that there are still roughly 900 pre-written obits in the can, waiting for God to decide on when to lift the embargo.” politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Eric Fingerhut @ericfingerhut

2 months ago

@michaelschaffer Great piece. It was really disappointing when the Post cut back on local obits a few years back. The idea that they will barely have an obit staff now is sad.

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

Wild times politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

I wrote about obituary writers leaving the Washington Post & why it matters even in a news cycle full of Post-exodus coverage. politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

Just about the only group I could find who are happy about Trump's demand to bring back "Redskins": The activists who want to nix the plan to build them a stadium. politi.co/46WdW7g

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

New DC sales pitch as Trump era dissuades visitors: We're nice and welcoming! Really! politi.co/453YSTG

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Praying Medic @prayingmedic

2 months ago

It appears President Trump may be using an obscure entity known as the Capital Planning Commission to investigate malfeasance by Jerome Powell at the FED in order to pressure him to step down. politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

What does the wonky panel that oversees Washington's urban planning have to do with Trump's fight against Jerome Powell? It's a wild story. politi.co/3GujqeN

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Paul Demko @pauldemko

2 months ago

"The Hill is like living in a small town,” Wilson said. “And you know all these people, and you’re around them all the time. Are you going to be that person in that small town that you’re in?” politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Annie Karni @anniekarni

2 months ago

Glad @michaelschaffer wrote this. An Elderly Lawmaker’s Staff Keeps Walking Back Things She Tells Reporters. Should They Keep Quoting Her? politi.co/4eHIHPq via @politico

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Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer

2 months ago

I wrote about a very 2025 DC dillemma: An Elderly Lawmaker’s Staff Keeps Walking Back Things She Tells Reporters. Should They Keep Quoting Her? politi.co/4eHIHPq

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Alex Burns @alexanderburns

3 months ago

My riff tonight: America's mighty political dynasties are crumbling in the age of political disruption Clinton, Bush, Cheney, Kennedy, Daley, Casey, Murphy, Pryor, Laxalt, Landrieu, Graham, Carter, Pryor and more And now Cuomo politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

3 months ago

A sad day for @washingtonpost readers as the standalone Metro section in print is eliminated and folded behind Style. As a lifelong Washingtonian and veteran of the Metro staff, I always admired the Post's commitment to covering Washington as a community not just a capital.