Alexandra Petri

Great American State Fair officially downgraded to Fair American State Poor

Freedom 250 sounds fun www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

please stop booing I have a lot of speech to go

Greetings, Class of 2026! Have You Heard About AI? Wait, Why Are You Booing?

I thought this pro-AI speech was bound to be a hit.

our pool is bigger than skyscrapers
bigger than cars
bigger than the moon!
you can tell, at night! the moon falls all the way in
you can see it at the bottom
our scientists are working on a way to extract the moon from the pool and unlock its resources
(cheese, footprints, discarded flags)

listen up graduates

My Mention of AI in This Commencement Speech Is Bound to Be a Hit

Why are you booing?

in case you were wondering how my son’s first eighteen months have been going here is a cabinet meeting exploring that concept www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The First 18 Months

A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration

yes everyone is doing the lord’s work

most important, the district should be red all over. That’s the color a map turns when it’s healthy

The Only Way to Be Absolutely Sure You Are Drawing a Fair Congressional Map

A helpful guide from the Supreme Court majority

this deal keeps getting worse all the time

the only depths to which they will not sink are the ones that would give us useful data www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

all we can know about the president medically is that on the day of his examination he failed to eat 22 apples www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents

Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.

oh! well in that case

there’s something that feels almost wrong about getting Dunkin’ on the way to Boston, like buying a little coal in an airport kiosk to carry on your flight to Newcastle

still haunted by this filmgoing experience www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Animal Farm Is Not for Kids but They Made It a Kids’ Movie Anyway

There are many more animated children’s films to be made based on dystopian source material.

“Hello! You’ve probably been seeing all our wafer-thin shadow-docket rulings with long dissents attached and saying, Well, after reading this, I know why these rulings are wrong, but why are they right?”

The Only Way to Be Absolutely Sure You Are Drawing a Fair Congressional Map

A helpful guide from the Supreme Court majority

Reply to @petridishes.bsky.social

a piece inspired by this concept www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Are You Enjoying Your Girl Rights Yet?

They’re like regular rights, just skimpier.

in case you missed this one www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Does Donald Trump Know Men Are Also Allowed to Leave His Cabinet?

I’m one of the last women standing, and I have some questions.

Mrs Dalloway said that she would Instacart the flowers herself www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...

Why Is TikTok in This Book From 2006?

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Reply to @petridishes.bsky.social

a piece exploring this concept www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th

Who needed music anyway?

Come for the art, stay for the column! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The First 18 Months

A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration

HUSH NAYSAYERS THE BALLROOM WOULD HAVE FIXED EVERYTHING

A Ballroom Would Have Solved This

Many historical disasters would have been prevented if we had one of these in the White House.

how to tell your district is fair www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Only Way to Be Absolutely Sure You Are Drawing a Fair Congressional Map

A helpful guide from the Supreme Court majority

while we’re on the subject of those Florsheims www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Why Is Trump Giving Everyone the Wrong Shoes?

The new outfit staple in the White House is ill-fitting footwear.