Contributing writer, New Yorker. Ex Washington Post. Author Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover.
Joined February 2009
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30 Jan 2025
I'm moving to the other place: ruthmarcus.bsky.social
Please follow me there.
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Opinion | Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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22 Jun 2024
Reporters are "scheming"? No.
It's called reporting.
Proud of the @washingtonpost for doing its job and our reporters for being the objective pros they are on all stories, no matter how sensitive or complex.
22 Jun 2024
SCOOP: In early June, days after Will Lewis announced plan to replace Sally Buzbee with Rob Winnett, Post journalists on the foreign desk began scheming a plan to dig up dirt on their publisher and his new top editor. ...
Inside the Post Coup @PuckNews: puck.news/inside-the-coup-at…
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29 Dec 2023
Got it. You and Tom favor lynching her but can't explain why. I'll keep that in mind.
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8 Jun 2023
seems like a good day to resurface this, about Merrick "No Cowboy" Garland. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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6 Jun 2023
This is the most personal piece I have ever written, about my struggles with weight, a new class of medications and our attitude toward obesity and overweight. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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6 Jun 2023
The notion that I would be sharing with the world the true numbers about my weight—this was a need-to-know state secret kept even from my husband—is astonishing to me. But so is the fact that I now weigh less than I did when I graduated from high school.
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5 May 2023
"Another 25K" for Ginni Thomas?
@RuthMarcus has questions: wapo.st/3nyokxU
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4 May 2023
Federal judges won’t let me buy them lunch. Clarence Thomas was happy to have a GOP donor pick up the tuition bill for the grand -nephew he was “raising as a son” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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4 May 2023
With the latest revelations of the benefits he received from Harlan Crow, Justice Thomas enters the Fortas zone. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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2 May 2023
The door was open so as not to block dog and make him bark during the hit!
2 May 2023
Nice depth. Love the light fixture/its shade. Close the door so as not to block art. 9/10 @RuthMarcus
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2 May 2023
And here is Augie, who thinks the Supreme Court should get its ethics act together so we can go for a walk.
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17 Apr 2023
CNN reporting Justice Thomas will amend financial disclosure to reflect real estate deal.
1) this is not enough; he should show Crow and other private plane travel
2) excuse--he lost $ and didn't think that needed reporting--not credible.
3) he's a recidivist non-discloser
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15 Apr 2023
Transparency is not Judge Kacdmaryk’s first instinct washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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12 Apr 2023
I haven’t tweeted for months now, but this brilliant takedown of Judge Kacsmaryk’s opinion by @AdamUnikowsky is worth breaking my silence. adamunikowsky.substack.com/p…
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4 Dec 2022
A former—and God forbid would-be future president—wants to “terminate” co stititoon guarantees trust would stop him from seizing g power. We need to pay attention. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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1 Dec 2022
Everything you always wanted to know—really, you do!—about originalism. My new essay. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Opinion | The Supreme Court takes a pass on its growing ethical issues - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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19 Nov 2022
Jack Smith has an aggressive streak and a fast prosecutorial metabolism. Trump has (even more) reason to worry. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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