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David A. Graham
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Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. [email protected]

NYT bestseller THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Atlantic has been writing about abundance since 1937
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Where would he have gotten such an idea?! www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Finally, a new revenue model for media www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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BACKBEATS is out today!

Come see me & @andreapitzer.bsky.social at Kramers in DC tonight at 7: kramers.com/events/36367...

DM me a receipt if you’d like a signed book plate in the mail.

And read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"If you owe the bank a hundred dollars, that's your problem. If you owe the bank a hundred million dollars, that's the bank's problem" but give it force of law
Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Pianists and piano trios: I mostly them boring. Kris Davis and this band with Robert Hurst and Johnathan Blake: Fire.

Try to see them in person, but failing that, watch this: www.npr.org/2025/11/11/g...
Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert
Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
'Tis the season
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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To understand the future of the Donald Trump opposition, look to the Democrats’ decision to reopen the government, not to last week’s elections, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
The Shutdown Vote Was the Real Test for Democrats
The decision to reopen the government revealed how the party plans to contend with the challenges posed by Trump.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"A boat ran into it"
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This seems OK if your entire wedding playlist is "Rumpshaker" and "Baker Street" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Saxophones Are Taking Over Weddings (and Dividing Guests)
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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We’re joined by @dgraham.bsky.social discussing his article at The Atlantic “Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms is Already Under Way” and Trump’s call to kill the filibuster announcing, “If we do it, we will.. never lose a general election.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Trump's Announces That
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
soundcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I initially read this as “Led Zeppelin,” and I suppose “darkest Mordor” is kind of the vibe here
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
[email protected] speaks the truth: Seven Reasons Listicles Didn’t Suck, Actually (And One Of Them May Surprise You) talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/seven...
Seven Reasons Listicles Didn’t Suck, Actually (And One Of Them May Surprise You)
“The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Would be truly remarkable if any of them were still around
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Post 👏 your 👏 album 👏 credits 👏 and 👏 personnel 👏 on 👏 Bandcamp 👏

(I mean you, Anti-, though not only you)
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The drop in gun violence in DC following the Federal deployment starting in mid-August has more or less completely subsided.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Unprecedented corruption - not just monetizing the presidency by selling branded products, but selling those products directly to government employees and having the Department of Homeland Security promote them to the media
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've seen the Democratic and Republican parties both declared dead more than once, and I'm still not *that* old
"claims of a fundamental realignment of American politics have been highly exaggerated"

this happens ***every single time*** someone proclaims a realignment
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I had to make a foray into fashion writing because I could not stop thinking about the fashion diapers all the celebs are wearing!!!
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
The Pantsless Trend Reaches Its Logical Conclusion
Celebrities have embraced a new sort of garment: the fashion diaper.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM