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Political Theater, Episode 397

Marissa Lang, an enterprise reporter who was laid off by The Washington Post, hugs a supporter during the Save the Post rally outside the newspaper’s offices on Thursday after about 300 newsroom employees were fired the day before.
Marissa Lang, an enterprise reporter who was laid off by The Washington Post, hugs a supporter during the Save the Post rally outside the newspaper’s offices on Thursday after about 300 newsroom employees were fired the day before. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 6, 2026 at 11:54am

Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman digest their experience at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner, which came at a time of trauma for journalists on the day of mass layoffs at The Washington Post and otherwise frayed nerves in the nation’s capital. 

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