Jonathan L. Fischer

The footnotes in the latest opinion in the East Potomac Park golf course ruling are so good.

Hush! I must hear! It’s an election year, I am a voter, and I need to know the president’s answers to the most pressing questions facing America today: How upholstered are the chairs in the Rose Garden?

It is quite striking what a priority the golf course is to a president two weeks before the midterms. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

A beautiful @philipkennicott.bsky.social tribute to the great Ann Hornaday — plus the best tribute to her talents, her words. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/1...

Crushing. A brilliant and generous colleague: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I have done a deep (very deep) dive on post-Beatles solo recordings and can report this is the best Ringo.

Our report on the East Potomac Park that people use — and yes, the new plan does appear to eliminate Ohio Drive, the mini-golf course, the picnic area, and more: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Did you know that in East Potomac Park—where Trump wants to make a PGA-worthy golf course, where hundreds of trees were ripped out last weekend—there's a mini-golf course? @kelseyables.bsky.social played it. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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Love this Smee essay on Krasner and Pollock and the nature of an artistic marriage www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

New: The White House is conditioning $190 million for the Smithsonian on compliance with its executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" through legally-binding footnotes in recent OMB apportionments. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

News: The White House has revived one of its pressure tactics against the Smithsonian www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Kennedy Center Honors and Trump are stuck with each other: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Caught this tour in D.C. on Monday and it’s a special one

The Atlantic just announced new roles in the newsroom: @zachfb.bsky.social, Sophie Haigney, Jebediah Reed, @kevinroose.com, Lindsey Sitz, Alexander Stockton, and Robert F. Worth. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

Loved this idiosyncratic and ear-opening list from James Parker www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Exciting @theatlantic.com job: LA-based entertainment editor: atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

Good reporting from @janaykingsberry.bsky.social about what went down at the Kennedy Center, which is now Trump's hostage www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

NEWS: @kelseyables.bsky.social learned details about the Trump administration's plans to add signs in front of a Smithsonian museum. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

If you're following Kennedy Center news today, this is an enlightening @janaykingsberry.bsky.social piece on the conundrum of a board that places the demands of the president over the needs of the institution: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

From @radiofreetom.bsky.social: The Kennedy Center board should say no to Trump's shakedown. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Why does the president hate this sculpture? www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

So you know The Atlantic has a feature series where writers get to follow in the footsteps of their literary heroes? Well, I got to do mine and it was the most fun thing I've ever done or will ever do again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Lonnie Bunch has been thinking about his exit for a long time. What he told @clintsmithiii.bsky.social earlier this year: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

A lovely essay, from Tom Healy, about "Blue." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

NEWS: Lonnie Bunch will announce he is retiring from the Smithsonian. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Brilliant Sebastian Smee essay on our understanding — and misunderstanding — of Norman Rockwell www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

From the weekend, @janaykingsberry.bsky.social on the rush-job presidency: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

He is everywhere. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

RABBITHOLE (perfect score here)

Heroic. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

There's a FELT* reunion tomorrow???? * sort of

Made the time-destroying mistake of starting a reread of Hickman's X-Men run...

The president has a new plan for keeping his name on the Kennedy Center. Great reporting from Janay Kingsberry—one Kennedy Center trustee told her that he would support Trump’s name being included “everywhere that it could be possible.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

I believe this is called a premature evacuation.

Do not paint granite! www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...