For once, Trump doesn't want more attention on himself—perhaps because many of his signature initiatives aren't going so well, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

I can’t believe people forced Trump to run for office (three times) and then forced him to launch this war of choice, without a stated objective or a plan

[email protected] on Project 2029's "puzzling lack of ambition" www.ms.now/opinion/proj...

"Gentlemen, you can't write in here. This is the press office."

Sorry, from which office is that? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Using this as the headline on every piece I file from now on

Did the NYT never run an obituary for James Gadson? If so, wtf?

But sadly not by the alt-rock band Stickfigure, fronted by 1993 Cy Young winner Jack McDowell www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

IIRC @adamserwer.bsky.social had a good description for this kind of policy that's vicious but ineffective www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/w...

Sonny Rollins, who died earlier this week, was the “embodiment of jazz itself,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes. He reflects on Rollins’s legacy:

Fwiw I think there are lots of conservative Springsteen fans who have always known. I saw him on the MoveOn-sponsored “Vote for Change” tour in Cleveland in 2004 and there were proud and loud Bush voters there because they loved the Boss so much

The Justice Department’s reported pursuit of a criminal investigation against E. Jean Carroll demonstrates that Donald Trump has no issue with politicized justice—as long as it’s on his side, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:

Who knew that Milli Vanilli and Young MC would show more courage in standing up to the Trump administration than most of our leading institutions and political leaders?* *What a bizarre timeline. 1990s me is extremely confused.

BOUTROS? BOUTROS, GOLLY!

Maybe they can just get someone else to pretend to sing Milli Vanilli's parts apnews.com/article/free...

It's time we thank Scott Bessent for his service and welcome his replacement,

This here www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QaB...

Me, doing Sir Topham Hatt's performance review

<Leonard Cohen voice>

I occasionally use it as a search engine, and that's only because Google has broken its own search so badly. That's it.

Does Poltico know what “prevaricating” means?

Does Poltico know what “prevaricating” means?

Talking Trump's artlessness of the deal with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social www.backgroundbriefing.org/2026/05/27/b...

You hear some pastors say the damnedest things these days (pun very much intended) www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

I imagine there's deep ambivalence at the Allen Building as Duke administrators weigh whether they're more upset about the lost funds; pleased to lumped with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale; or just want to know how Stanford is faring so they can try to emulate that

Both are also likely to end poorly and expensively

Sonny Rollins, who died earlier this week, was the “embodiment of jazz itself,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes. He reflects on Rollins’s legacy:

Forget man-bites-dog. Here's a dog-shoots-woman story www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New(k) from me: An obituary for the great Sonny Rollins www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

MILLI VANILLI?!?!

Bored of Peace politicalwire.com/2026/05/27/t...

I’m just surprised Delaware hasn’t had this idea already news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...

Donald Trump’s attempts to end the Iran war show that he never possessed the skill he built his brand upon, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.

An inspiring role model for washed millennials everywhere www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Hmm, well, it does help to know history

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

It's scientifically impossible to be cooler than 102-year-old Marshall Allen smoking a Black and Mild in a Members Only jacket

I’ll take “rejected ‘Atlantic City’ lyrics” for $600, Alex

At the beach this weekend, so I’m day-drinking in honor of the Apostles. Not speaking in tongues… yet

Two more weeks

"We can't afford to reset the tower clocks" is a bizarre argument against the time change.

When I saw this post I assumed it was hyperbole or at least inference. But nah.

The conclusion of “The Late Show” marks an end to Stephen Colbert’s brand of late-night TV—“a calming counterbalance” to his sillier and snarkier peers, David Sims wrote last week, reflecting on the talk-show host’s legacy:

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GOAT www.npr.org/2026/05/22/g...

Good place for u kno what (losing a runoff)

If only McConnell could have done something to avoid this situation!

Wasteful and illegal, yes, but at least it also looks dumb as hell

DUGGOUT www.wxyz.com/news/former-...