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Alexandra Petri

@petridishes.bsky.social
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I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandr… and loves puns

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
everyone knows the most important thing about a military officer is if he has a beard which is why Grant so famously was a worse general than McClellan
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
thank goodness someone with this absurd set of priorities isn’t in charge of anything important
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Danger! Danger!! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*SIgh*
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
absolutely gutting
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most frightening building in America www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Danger! Danger!! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The bride will wear white, the groom will wear white, and the Russian oligarch nobody knows will wear camouflage in case someone tries to take a picture of him and ProPublica finds out. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pay No Attention to the Russian Oligarch at My Wedding Weekend
He’s just a dear friend we know nothing about!
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These are the little details that make every wedding: the bridesmaids, getting their hair and makeup done; the best man, rushing to finish his toast; and the oligarch, handing over fistfuls of unmarked bills to all of the entertainers. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
Pay No Attention to the Russian Oligarch at My Wedding Weekend
He’s just a dear friend we know nothing about!
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(lack of) shot: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h... chaser: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
just that classic thing that’s at every wedding www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pay No Attention to the Russian Oligarch at My Wedding Weekend
He’s just a dear friend we know nothing about!
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
proud to report that the years have been unable to quench the little voice inside me that says “going on a three-day trip where you’ll be working the whole time? you’d better bring a print copy of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant in case you have time for a little light reading!!”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EPA is launching a drinking water study that will test, for the first time, for traces of the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol — advancing a major goal of anti-abortion activists who have spent years trying to use environmental regulations to curb access to the drugs
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POLITICO Pro: Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pills
The new study will test for trace amounts of chemicals, pesticides and drugs — including ones used to induce abortions — in drinking water in multiple cities.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At one point during this ramble, after making everyone raise one hand and swear to bring their family to the polls (and cheat, if necessary), the president told everyone that if they did not vote, they would go to hell. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A Recap of a Surreal Midterm Convention
It isn’t over until the president’s tenor sings.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
in case you missed why I was on tv talking about the president’s nestlings
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An Alien Scholar’s Notes on Trump’s Washington
Why did he hate one pool so much?
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i watched the midterm convention so you didn’t have to! or maybe you also watched it and want corroboration of what you saw! I don’t know your life! anyway hope your saturday is going well www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
A Recap of a Surreal Midterm Convention
It isn’t over until the president’s tenor sings.
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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"No, I am not making this up. It’s 2026. No one makes anything up anymore, except the AI you are asking for urgent medical advice."
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The message of the midterm convention? If only Donald Trump were president! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
A Recap of a Surreal Midterm Convention
It isn’t over until the president’s tenor sings.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Midterm Convention Will Continue Until Morale Improves www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
A Recap of a Surreal Midterm Convention
It isn’t over until the president’s tenor sings.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
here we are at our republican midterm convention in Dallas where the president is making us listen to his personal tenor sing “All I Ask Of You” at 10:44 pm just your classic normal things that happen
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
something evocative and surreal about all the balloons falling as the “Presidential Tenor” belts out Nessun Dorma
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I WANT A LITTLE MUSIC IF YOU DON’T MIND. ENOUGH WITH THE POLITICS” but first a discussion of whether Pavarotti was a diva
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m picturing the tenor standing there in the wings getting sadder and sadder
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“you know what happens if you don’t vote. You go to hell” (I am not making this quote up; we are fully in the This Might As Well Happen stage of the evening)
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
am I groundhog daying
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
does he remember that he gave this speech yesterday
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
is this a speech? much depends on your definition of speech
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
we love our adults
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
the president has just announced that we will be ending the convention by having his favorite tenor come out and sing All I Ask Of You from Phantom of the Opera while he stands and listens
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
remember when we didn’t all know the word “cyclosporiasis”? anyway before the official end is declared here is this www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Recalled-Food Show With RFK Jr.
If you share my attitude toward adventure, you’ll love these recipes!
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
President Trump really missed his calling as a filibusterer
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“presidential tenor”?
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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Trump Posts Map Suggesting New Mexico Be Renamed as ‘New America’
The suggestion, posted on social media, appeared to be the latest in the president’s efforts to alter geographic names.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
we may never fully understand www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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An Alien Scholar’s Notes on Trump’s Washington
Why did he hate one pool so much?
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
we may never fully understand www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
An Alien Scholar’s Notes on Trump’s Washington
Why did he hate one pool so much?
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i’m very tempted by this jumpsuit but I know how Joyce Carol Oates would feel about it
screenshot of a ModCloth email with a picture of a jumpsuit with skulls on it with “mushroom about town jumpsuit - peachy skulls edition” written beneath
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the geography is getting worse all the time www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The White House just posted this map showing the Strait of Hormuz renamed as "Trump Strait" to X.
The Strait of Hormuz renamed as Trump Strait on a map
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
AAAAA
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
uh www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
AAAAA
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
now your salad can bring you the same raw thrills that my roadside hunts bring me
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The Recalled-Food Show With RFK Jr.
If you share my attitude toward adventure, you’ll love these recipes!
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
welcome to Recall Cooking with your host RFK Jr www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Recalled-Food Show With RFK Jr.
If you share my attitude toward risk, you’ll love these recipes!
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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Before this summer’s developments with lettuce, I would never touch salad. I don’t eat anything that isn’t capable of killing me; it doesn’t feel sporting. But now I eat it all the time! Finally, a worthy opponent."
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
America? America
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is so damn good.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
welcome to Recall Cooking with your host RFK Jr www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
The Recalled-Food Show With RFK Jr.
If you share my attitude toward risk, you’ll love these recipes!
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