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Mr. Dan Zak
@mrdanzak.com
Senior editor at The Atlantic.
Bio & work: www.mrdanzak.com
Author of ALMIGHTY, a book on the bomb: http://amzn.to/35PAusZ
"It was one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen."

"If you’re going to take one of us, take all four of us."

"They took him. They took him. They took him."

The photos & quotes here, including that of an "extremely volatile" ICE officer enjoying her lollipop... nymag.com/intelligence...
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump said he was going to make the Kennedy Center “hot."

Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years.

Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“…a furloughed Labor Department employee in Texas said she had been going from room to room inside her home in a San Antonio suburb to see what she could sell to help make ends meet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u... This is the facade of the Labor Department headquarters in D.C.:
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An evisceration of Karine Jean-Pierre’s new book, by Becca Rothfeld. wapo.st/477lK5X
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CHICAGO — “We’re being invaded by our own military.” abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This happened in Southern California over the summer. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
September 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Don’t worry. The ducks are under control. (Seven guardsmen on the perimeter of this small pond in Southwest D.C.)
September 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
July 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Ten years ago: June 26, 2015. Quite a day in America. www.mrdanzak.com/june262015
June 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
American Horror Story: America

Measles is tearing through whole families (unvaccinated) in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
June 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Top Gun: Maverick” (2022)
June 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Wrote about Ted Cruz in 2021. wapo.st/4n8NdtI
June 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wrote this in 2019, for Trump’s previous display of military might on the Mall. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
June 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
May 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Caitlin Cross-Barnet, public servant:
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wrote this five years ago today. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
March 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
February 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Another sweet moment from the goodnights. Ellen Cleghorne, the first Black female cast member to last more than one season (1991-1995), takes the hand of Garrett Morris.
February 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
February 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
February 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Elon Musk’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. government: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
February 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Photo from Jan. 6, 2021, on left by Mostafa Bassim (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). On right, same location four years later, photo by Chip Somodevilla (Getty).
January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM