So the two DOGE staffers who used ChatGPT to cut all those grants and programs and who struggled to define DEI in that viral deposition footage have a new startup: DOGE for the public sector. I wrote about them and the myth of the “builder” as a disguise for something more insidious
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They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
Two former staffers have created a new, perplexing company.
Just tuned into the NCPC hearing (about the Trump arch) and the chair is asking members of the public not to heckle the commissioners ....
Freedom 250 sounds fun www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A fascinating piece on the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum, and how it was saved after the WH tried to defund it (ahem: it was Eleanor Holmes Norton's office) www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
NEWS: The Kennedy Center told staff to remove Trump’s name from signage and a whole lot more. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
"It’s our 250th birthday, and no one seems to know what we’re celebrating." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
How Trump's Kennedy Center takeover failed in court -- and what it would take to revive the center once he's no longer in charge www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The case against the arch — from the great Sebastian Smee, now an @theatlantic.com staff writer. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...