“Everyone knows that 79 is the tank birthday. One is paper, 77 is emoluments, 78 you get to destroy one constitutional amendment of your choosing, 80 you get to become the state, but 79 is tanks, and I was so looking forward to my tank birthday.” Brilliant:
"What does a president have to do to get the right kind of birthday tank parade?" A diary entry from a disappointed Donald Trump, by Alexandra Petri:
My Super-Special 79th Was Not Super Special
A diary entry by a disappointed president
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June 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Everyone knows that 79 is the tank birthday. One is paper, 77 is emoluments, 78 you get to destroy one constitutional amendment of your choosing, 80 you get to become the state, but 79 is tanks, and I was so looking forward to my tank birthday.” Brilliant:
Meet your next word game obsession: Bracket City. In The Atlantic's new game, players solve nested layers of clues to uncover a fact about the given day in history. [Work performed in a theater] [not later]: www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
April 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Meet your next word game obsession: Bracket City. In The Atlantic's new game, players solve nested layers of clues to uncover a fact about the given day in history. [Work performed in a theater] [not later]: www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
As other parts of the government have restarted health research funding, officials at HHS have pressed staff at NIH to ignore court orders. With the message to hold off and maintain the pause on grants. Big story from @katherinejwu.com:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As other parts of the government have restarted health research funding, officials at HHS have pressed staff at NIH to ignore court orders. With the message to hold off and maintain the pause on grants. Big story from @katherinejwu.com:
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
"Trump has tried repeatedly to classify Americans who happen to work as journalists as 'enemies' of the people. But they are the people. And it’s none of the government’s business what any of its people choose to say."
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The Most Sacred of Freedoms
Trump is punishing Americans who don’t say the words he likes best. That’s not how it works in America.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Trump has tried repeatedly to classify Americans who happen to work as journalists as 'enemies' of the people. But they are the people. And it’s none of the government’s business what any of its people choose to say."
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