David A. Graham

Reminder that Mike Johnson first rose to prominence by attempting to bolster Trump's bogus claims of 2020 fraud

Adapting to what? Living in a steampunk novel?

Can't wait to see the @ncrabbithole.com angle on this

NOTUS is really good, isn't it

Time to address height gaps

One of the "overt acts" of the conspiracy was Don Lemon and Georgia Fort interviewing the pastor of the church:

It’s worse than an attack on journalism Lemon wasn't targeted for being a reporter. He was targeted for being an Enemy.

Some thoughts about the arrest of Don Lemon. www.pbump.net/o/its-worse-...

Nothing will prepare you for where the last sentence of this graf goes

An Early Test of America’s Control Over Venezuela The fate of Venezuela’s political prisoners could reveal how much power the Trump administration really has.

"70 percent of known political prisoners" are still locked up in Venezuela, "suggesting that either American officials don’t have as much control over the regime as they claim—or that they do and haven’t cared enough to use it." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...

Donald Trump, Demolition Man If his East Wing project stalls out, that will serve as a potent metaphor for his presidency.

The East Wing demolition is a metaphor for the entire Trump presidency www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social on the FBI search in Fulton County: electionlawblog.org?p=154020

I'm not sure this is the winning message they think it is, anyway

Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down

WOW www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...

This track, holy shit

Board of Peace Set to Hand Trump Sweeping Powers Over Gaza

This is just so totally wild www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...

Good, likely ephemeral Wiki work here. Probably doesn't need a citation though en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Mo...

430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found

Fantastic quote here for real, though

“I’ve never tried to cut up an elephant carcass, so I don’t know,” Dr. Havarti said. “I assume it’s not so easy, but I mean, I guess it’s possible.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/s...

Can we stop writing about the 2024 election already?

Nominative determinism www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...

Go do important work with @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, who is smart and cool and cares about great journalism.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to delete it

THE LYONS, THE SWITCH, AND THE WARD ROBLES

Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not."

Always read @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This @nytimes.com was even better when @alibreland.bsky.social wrote it in @theatlantic.com six days ago www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Turns out they were both playing the long game

If you're in the Research Triangle, I'll be talking with Jason about HATED BY ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE at Flyleaf Books next week, 2/5 at 5:30 p.m. Come by! flyleafbooks.com/event/zenger...

Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind

Next, HATED BY ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE, a biography of Tucker Carlson by Jason Zengerle, one of my favorite journalists. It's full of juicy reporting and also a good look at how American society got to where it is today: bookshop.org/p/books/hate...

Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling

Two books I'm excited about out today: One is EVERYBODY LOSES by @dannyfunt.bsky.social, which is a look at the horrible effects of widespread sports gambling bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

What the Administration Is Signaling to Federal Agents After Minnesota Trump officials’ combative defense of immigration operations has given rise to a culture of impunity.

Federal agents who have killed peacefully protesting citizens are acting “with the expectation of impunity, backed by top government officials who are brazenly lying about what happened,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.