oh, so we have to keep doing this forever wapo.st/4fkUVgo

Trump’s cabinet is a dream wapo.st/3O6sab1

hiss wapo.st/3Z6fMhu

When Jeff Goldblum is in things he should simply be addressed as Jeff Goldblum bc it's more believable that Jeff Goldblum is the Wizard of Oz than Jeff Goldblum is not Jeff Goldbum

or perhaps we could NOT annex Canada wapo.st/4f0SjmD

Billionaires, ‘Christmas Carol’-proof your home with our security system, Alexandra Petri writes. wapo.st/3D8gXVb

I read Kash Patel’s children’s book series where he is a wizard and Donald Trump is king and… here is how that went. wapo.st/49u7nYV

Do I look like someone who wants to shut the government down before Christmas over my principled objections about the debt ceiling? wapo.st/3DAlwYt

ai yi yi wapo.st/41T9gfP

Talked about Roman emperors at Kennedy Center last night with Alexandra Petri Eg about how ancient autocracy depended on collaboration more than bloodshed, & gave a shout out to the Roman sarcophagus in which one US president refused to be buried. Watch here: tinyurl.com/4m9vkuwv

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some personal news! theatlantic.com/press-releases…

I am back, for a certain value of back! theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

My Super-Special 79th Was Not Super Special theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

"Maybe, if you were a better press corps, the mission would have gone better. Have you ever considered that? Not that it didn’t go perfectly! But hypothetically." Alexandra Petri with Pete Hegseth's guide to war: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

"My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" Alexandra Petri writes: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

"Before arriving at her shared work location, the worker enters a crowded underground car to engage in a Tiny Detox ... Many bosses frown on this trend." Alexandra Petri imagines a day in the life of the Gen Z worker: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

How do you distinguish between Marco Rubio and his AI impostor? Alexandra Petri offers 11 signs: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

“Except for the tiny, tiny, minuscule (I hate to even mention it) quibble that we have no evidence they’ve done any crimes, these people deserve to be locked up.” Alexandra Petri imagines a likely guide for how the DHS decides who is a criminal. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

"We’re in a golden age of comedy now where everyone can say exactly what they want, free of the fear of censorship, except by the government," Alexandra Petri writes: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…