paul schwartzman
@paulschwartzman
WaPo reporter specializing in profiles & narratives about life, death & everything in between (politics, too). A New Yorker, for better or worse
SCOOP: Defense Secretary Hegseth’s use of polygraph tests to hunt for people leaking info to the news media was stopped at the direction of the White House after a senior adviser to Hegseth raised alarm to senior WH officials, people familiar w/ the matter say.
Dewey Butts III, after appearing in WaPo’s story about a nudist resort, gets a shout out on @NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
Game 7 ECF in Boston. One of the greatest Knick victories.
Yes. Dean’s decisive defense on JoJo White in clincher!!
When I hear friends say in fits of righteousness that they have canceled subscriptions to the @washingtonpost, I look to send them stories like this. A toddler is dead, there were failures; Journalism that matters. @paulschwartzman: wapo.st/4lJgDhd
In D.C., a toddler died of hunger and thirst. Why didn’t anybody save her? So much neglect, by the parent but also by the social welfare agency charged with caring for our most vulnerable. Heart-rending work by @paulschwartzman: wapo.st/4lJgDhd
The District’s child welfare agency was aware of Ebony Washington’s troubled history as a parent. And for months, relatives feared her daughter Kemy was in peril. Then tragedy struck. wapo.st/4kNWPaX
Ebony and Kemy Washington were found dead in a DC apartment in January. The mother died from a drug overdose, the child from starvation. This is their story. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
You’re telling me the Washington Post showed up to West Virginia to write about a nudist resort and found someone named Dewey Butts washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
At the Avalon Resort, a self-styled “clothing-optional” retreat two hours west of D.C., the dress code requires no type of dress (or shirt or pants) at all. wapo.st/4lPBbo0
Public sex is a no-no, as is the taking of photos in common areas. In the event anyone becomes, say, a little too happy to be there, Avalon’s website recommends rolling over on one’s stomach or covering up with a towel “until the ‘situation’ subsides.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
Grin and ‘Bare’ it: At this nudist resort, everyone has skin in the game washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
If pennants and stats are the measure, Cleon Jones did more for the Mets than either.
#’s The Mets Should Retire Next: Gary Carter (No. 8) Carlos Beltrán (No. 15)
Harthorne Wingo, ‘73 title hardware, discovered on the Rucker Park blacktop by Dave Stallworth, who recommended Red Holzman take a look…
The only thing dumber than the slam dunk contest is the home run derby #AllStarGame #LGM
Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of…
Mets exec David Stearns spotted in sporting goods section at Target this morning. Said he was looking for “starting pitching.” #LGM
.340 in ‘69, third highest in NL. Mets don’t win that year or ‘73 pennant without him. Citifield doesn’t even sell his t-shirt.
Can’t let the day end without wishing a Happy 83rd birthday to #Mets legend Cleon Jones, a hero of mine since I was cherishing his baseball cards as a kid in Washingtonville, NY. Cleon and my 3rd grade teacher (Miss Elisa Cooper) helped change/shape my education and life. Not…
NYC voters to NYT editorial page: Drop Dead #NYCMayor
Among the biggest losers in New York tonight is the NYT editorial page, which urged voters to not even rank Mamdani #NYCPrimary