James Hohmann
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Deputy Opinion Editor, The Washington Post || Husband of @AnnieLinskey || [email protected]
Joined March 2009
“In 2022, St. Paul ushered in one of the strictest controls in the country… In St. Paul, housebuilding permits plummeted by 79% in the first year. In Minneapolis, they increased nearly four times. Rents went up in St. Paul more than twice as much as Minneapolis.”
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"Trump’s penchant for hyperbole is expected, but voters aren’t buying the White House spin. The president needs a better argument than denying economic reality or simply blaming his predecessor." @PostOpinions
https://t.co/b56TEp2G3J
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Hyperbole is not a plan.
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Wes Moore is right about reparations @PostOpinions
https://t.co/k4NrEYYOLT
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Maryland’s legislature just overrode the governor’s veto of a foolish idea.
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Mehmet Oz and Stephanie Carlton op-ed: No more public funds for sex-rejecting treatment for kids
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Trump administration says it will prioritize evidence over risky experiments in gender care.
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SCOOP: Prosecutors proposed 3rd felony charge against NY AG Letitia James & dropped rent allegations in indictment federal grand jury in Alexandria, VA voted down last week. DOJ asked magistrate judge to seal it, but he declined. w/@hassankanu
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A judge refused the Justice Department’s bid to keep the failed indictment under wraps.
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Wes Moore is right about reparations
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Maryland’s legislature just overrode the governor’s veto of a foolish idea.
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Trump’s blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers requires patience
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Enforcing sanctions comes with risks, but it’s the president’s most promising idea to weaken Maduro.
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This @PostOpinions editorial is exactly 420 words: https://t.co/2oLnpd6QLZ
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Get the federal government away from marijuana, and let the states sort it out.
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Our 420 word editorial on marijuana.
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Get the federal government away from marijuana, and let the states sort it out.
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"a challenging feat, especially with the uncertainty of a mayoral race next year that could saddle the city with a democratic socialist [@Janeese4DC] who has championed defunding the police." 🚨🚨🚨
D.C. needs a new police chief who cares about more than numbers
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“Commanders told investigators that, ‘on numerous occasions, they were not only pressured, but also instructed, to lower crime classifications to lesser intermediate offenses.’”
D.C. needs a new police chief who cares about more than numbers
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D.C. needs a new police chief who cares about more than numbers
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Two investigations suggest crime statistics were manipulated to make them look better.
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Reminder that the elevator union's contract explicitly prohibits preassembly and prefabrication in factories:
One of the reasons why specific things are scarce or expensive in the US (why are there so few elevators, why are after-school activities so costly) is because of highly sophisticated rent-seeking that seems weirdly socially acceptable in America.
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"Running balanced budgets with low spending and low taxes is a great way to run government. Florida is passing with flying colors. Why mess with it?" @PostOpinions on the errors of property tax abolition: https://t.co/RPTdtZeyl2
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The Sunshine State would be foolish to mess up its tax mix.
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"Capping prices is a textbook policy failure that leaves renters in every community which tries it worse off...Fresh examples aren’t needed, yet cities and states keep repeating the experiment." @PostOpinions on rent control: https://t.co/S6G67xBuLL
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Capping prices means fewer units and less maintenance. Fresh examples of failure aren’t necessary.
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Rent controls didn’t work in St. Paul, and they won’t work in L.A.
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Capping prices means fewer units and less maintenance. Fresh examples of failure aren’t necessary.
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For Florida, a lesson on taxes
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The Sunshine State would be foolish to mess up its tax mix.
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Read our editorial here:
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The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
WATCH: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a Washington Post editorial today that criticized his head tax proposal. “Their information is wrong. But it wouldn’t be the first time a publication got something that I’ve done wrong.”
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