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2 days ago | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
Deadline Poet / May 13, 2025 Flattery Will Get You Everywhere Ad Policy Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.(Mandel Ngan / Getty)“Would it be possible to have a cabinet meeting without the Kim Jong Il–style tributes?”—Ann Coulter,regarding Donald Trump’s cabinet meetings A Trumpworld figure isn’t judgedOn how he carries out some duty. It’s more about the kisses heCan plant on Donald Trump’s patootie.
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1 month ago | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
Deadline Poet / April 8, 2025 Paul, Weiss Caves In Under Trump Pressure Ad Policy (Michael M. Santiago / Getty) This article appears in the May 2025 issue.
For decades Paul, Weiss was a model for allIn taking on tough litigation. So how many hours did they bill themselvesFor trashing their own reputation?
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1 month ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Calvin Trillin
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2 months ago | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Calvin Trillin
4 minCalvin Trillin is a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker. As Wayne Gretzky prepares to take office on Monday as the first Canadian-born president of the United States since the 2026 annexation and statehood of Canada, Washington observers assume he will reverse his predecessor's executive order mandating that the term "the Great One," employed for years to refer to Gretzky as perhaps the greatest hockey player of all time, be used only to refer to Donald J. Trump.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
Deadline Poet / February 11, 2025 Presidential Leadership Ad Policy (Sgt. John Jackson, CC BY 2.0) This article appears in the March 2025 issue.
A horrible crash lit up the sky. Trump’s job was then to unify. That calls for grace he can’t supply. He cast the blame on DEIAnd presidents of days gone by. For four years more we’ll have this guy. Sigh.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
Deadline Poet / January 14, 2025 Terrorist Attack in New Orleans Ad Policy Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans after the terrorist attack.(Matthew Hinton / Getty) This article appears in the February 2025 issue. Trump ties the attack to undocumented immigrants and JoeBiden’s “open border” policy.—News reportsJabbar was from Houston—that’s Texas, in fact. He crossed in his truck a state line, not a border. And Beaumont, in Texas, was where he was born.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Calvin Trillin
Deadline Poet / Ad Policy “Applicants for all kinds of government posts have been asked about their thoughts on January 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election.”—The New York Times This article appears in the January 2025 issue. A hint to all those people who aspireTo be a Trump administration hire:The status of your application’s direUnless you echo Trump, the noted liar.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
orlandosentinel.com | Calvin Trillin
Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 340th day of 2024. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history:On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president, died at age 95. Also on this date:In 1848, in an address to Congress, President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
vancouverisawesome.com | Calvin Trillin
Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 5:Author Calvin Trillin is 89. Actor Jeroen Krabbe ("The Fugitive") is 80. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 78. Singer-songwriter Andy Kim (born Andrew Youakim, also known as Baron Longfellow) is 78. Singer Jim Messina (Loggins and Messina, Poco) is 77. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Lanny Wadkins is 75. Actress Morgan Brittany ("Dallas") is 73. Actor Brian Backer ("Fast Times at Ridgemont High") is 68. Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Art Monk is 67.
