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
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This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
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Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
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The Department of Justice is unlikely to receive much benefit of the doubt from the public in its fumbling of the Epstein files, @dgraham.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he points out the department’s series of compounding failures:
The Perils of a Politicized Justice Department
The DOJ is unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt for its handling of the recent Epstein-files release.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Department of Justice is unlikely to receive much benefit of the doubt from the public in its fumbling of the Epstein files, @dgraham.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he points out the department’s series of compounding failures:
DOJ could really use the benefit of the doubt in the Epstein files. Too bad they've badly squandered it: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The DOJ Is Losing Public Trust
The department is unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt for its handling of the recent Epstein-files release.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
DOJ could really use the benefit of the doubt in the Epstein files. Too bad they've badly squandered it: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Department of Justice is unlikely to receive much benefit of the doubt from the public in its fumbling of the Epstein files, @dgraham.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he points out the department’s series of compounding failures:
The Perils of a Politicized Justice Department
The DOJ is unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt for its handling of the recent Epstein-files release.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Department of Justice is unlikely to receive much benefit of the doubt from the public in its fumbling of the Epstein files, @dgraham.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he points out the department’s series of compounding failures:
I'm at the Kennedy Center. I'm at the Trump Center. I'm at the combination The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm at the Kennedy Center. I'm at the Trump Center. I'm at the combination The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
I'm very honored to see THE PROJECT on the longlist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm very honored to see THE PROJECT on the longlist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction pen.org/announcing-t...
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Frosty the Snowman was alive as he could be, suggesting inherent limits on his capacity to BE alive.
A hell of which we can only begin to conceive.
A hell of which we can only begin to conceive.
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Frosty the Snowman was alive as he could be, suggesting inherent limits on his capacity to BE alive.
A hell of which we can only begin to conceive.
A hell of which we can only begin to conceive.
Former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt has died. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt, a longtime, dominant figure in state politics, has died
Jim Hunt was elected to an unprecedented four terms as governor.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt has died. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The Trump administration is robbing Peter to give a bonus to, uh, Peter www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Trump administration is robbing Peter to give a bonus to, uh, Peter www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I genuinely can't even get into Trump's mindset here. "I honored myself. That means I'm special."
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I genuinely can't even get into Trump's mindset here. "I honored myself. That means I'm special."
The team that extracted Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela worried that the self-proclaimed "peace president" might inadvertently kill the actual Nobel Peace laureate www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump’s ‘Peace President’ Claim Isn’t Holding Up
He wants to be known as a peacemaker, but some of the many conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The team that extracted Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela worried that the self-proclaimed "peace president" might inadvertently kill the actual Nobel Peace laureate www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Political journos: I strongly encourage you to submit your best work for the year to the Toner Prizes: portal.newhouseawards.com/2026-toner-p...
Newhouse Awards Platform
Submission and judging portal prototype for the Newhouse School awards programs.
portal.newhouseawards.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Political journos: I strongly encourage you to submit your best work for the year to the Toner Prizes: portal.newhouseawards.com/2026-toner-p...
My “I have not lost control of the House” soundbite is raising many questions already answered by the soundbite
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My “I have not lost control of the House” soundbite is raising many questions already answered by the soundbite
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Donald Trump—who has deemed himself the “peace president”—has escalated the administration’s position against Venezuela, and many of the conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
Trump’s ‘Peace President’ Claim Isn’t Holding Up
He wants to be known as a peacemaker, but some of the many conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Donald Trump—who has deemed himself the “peace president”—has escalated the administration’s position against Venezuela, and many of the conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
Government policy works www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Continues to Drop
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December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Government policy works www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
.@dpkane.bsky.social is such a good reporter he can even make Cary interesting www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
Cary cooperating with State Auditor’s ‘exploration’ of concerns, mayor says
“We are fully supporting their exploration of these concerns, which mirror our own,” said Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
.@dpkane.bsky.social is such a good reporter he can even make Cary interesting www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...
Counterpoint: I am no Jane Austen, and neither are you
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Counterpoint: I am no Jane Austen, and neither are you
Big-government conservatism www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term
One-third of Trump’s executive orders have been explicitly challenged in court, a Post analysis of data from nonprofits CourtListener and JustSecurity found.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Big-government conservatism www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Is Markwayne Mullin dumb or does he think everyone else is? www.notus.org/newsletters/...
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Is Markwayne Mullin dumb or does he think everyone else is? www.notus.org/newsletters/...
when you're definitely being transparent and accountable www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
when you're definitely being transparent and accountable www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
What ever happened to the plan to recommission Alcatraz?
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
What ever happened to the plan to recommission Alcatraz?