David A. Graham
@dgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com
NYT bestseller THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
NYT bestseller THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
Should I direct them to Telos Dot News
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Should I direct them to Telos Dot News
You folks wouldn't believe the shit that Jeff Goldberg flew with/without www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
You folks wouldn't believe the shit that Jeff Goldberg flew with/without www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Darkly funny. "This is a National Parks monument but ummmm we can't tell you why."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive
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February 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Darkly funny. "This is a National Parks monument but ummmm we can't tell you why."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Lotta Democratic politicians suddenly on a “Benito” basis with Bad Bunny
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Lotta Democratic politicians suddenly on a “Benito” basis with Bad Bunny
In the future?
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
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February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
In the future?
Ackshually the Bad Bunny halftime show was pro-natalism www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Ackshually the Bad Bunny halftime show was pro-natalism www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"To suggest that [Jack Schlossberg] has failed upward would give him too much credit because failing requires having been entrusted with some responsibility in the first place." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Please, Not Another Kennedy
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
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February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"To suggest that [Jack Schlossberg] has failed upward would give him too much credit because failing requires having been entrusted with some responsibility in the first place." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The administration is shooting people and then lying about them www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
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February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The administration is shooting people and then lying about them www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Turning Point USA staged its own halftime show to protest Bad Bunny’s performance—but the two shows had surprising overlap, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in the Atlantic Daily:
When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet
Turning Point USA’s halftime show had some surprising overlap with the performance it was meant to protest.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Turning Point USA staged its own halftime show to protest Bad Bunny’s performance—but the two shows had surprising overlap, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in the Atlantic Daily:
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It's sort of ironic how Rosa Parks boycotted the Montgomery Alabama bus service.
Montgomery wasn't exactly famous for its public transportation system.
Maybe she should have brought attention to injustice and discrimination instead.
Montgomery wasn't exactly famous for its public transportation system.
Maybe she should have brought attention to injustice and discrimination instead.
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
It's sort of ironic how Rosa Parks boycotted the Montgomery Alabama bus service.
Montgomery wasn't exactly famous for its public transportation system.
Maybe she should have brought attention to injustice and discrimination instead.
Montgomery wasn't exactly famous for its public transportation system.
Maybe she should have brought attention to injustice and discrimination instead.
I actually saw a lot in common between Bad Bunny and the Kid Rock/TPUSA halftimes shows!
Except for the music and the fun. That was pretty different www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Except for the music and the fun. That was pretty different www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet
Turning Point USA’s halftime show had some surprising overlap with the performance it was meant to protest.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I actually saw a lot in common between Bad Bunny and the Kid Rock/TPUSA halftimes shows!
Except for the music and the fun. That was pretty different www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Except for the music and the fun. That was pretty different www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
My don't panic memo is raising many questions already answered by the memo
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
My don't panic memo is raising many questions already answered by the memo
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Okay but on the other hand they should let Geese do the halftime show next year
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Okay but on the other hand they should let Geese do the halftime show next year
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
Yessss
February 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Yessss
Would you believe there was a time, in recent memory, when you could read Chris Richards, Ben Ratliff, Jon Pareles, and Nate Chinen regularly in daily newspapers?
If it clarifies what was lost this week:
Philip Kennicott and Monica Hesse remain as arts critics at The Washington Post
Eliminated:
art critic
arts editor
arts/film editor
classical critic
pop critic
television critic
theater critic
all editors/reporters in Book World including two book critics
Philip Kennicott and Monica Hesse remain as arts critics at The Washington Post
Eliminated:
art critic
arts editor
arts/film editor
classical critic
pop critic
television critic
theater critic
all editors/reporters in Book World including two book critics
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Would you believe there was a time, in recent memory, when you could read Chris Richards, Ben Ratliff, Jon Pareles, and Nate Chinen regularly in daily newspapers?
Unc Rock
He was born on this land.
Worked it with his bare hands. Spilled blood, sweat, and tears on it. And now America has forgotten about his contributions and left him behind… oh wait, I’m sorry. I’m being told this is Kid Rock.
Worked it with his bare hands. Spilled blood, sweat, and tears on it. And now America has forgotten about his contributions and left him behind… oh wait, I’m sorry. I’m being told this is Kid Rock.
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Unc Rock
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The CIA World Factbook was such an amazing revelation for geriatric Millennials like me. It's demise is part of the Trump administration's war on information—on assault not just on truth but on basic data www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The CIA World Factbook was such an amazing revelation for geriatric Millennials like me. It's demise is part of the Trump administration's war on information—on assault not just on truth but on basic data www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Dee Snider was unable to take it stereogum.com/2488241/twis...
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Dee Snider was unable to take it stereogum.com/2488241/twis...
King Charles: Well actually www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
King Charles: Well actually www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...