Amanda Katz

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Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.

Conversation summary Automatically generated from recent comments The comments reflect a predominantly negative view of Lindsey Graham, focusing on his perceived loss of integrity and alignment with Donald Trump. Many commenters express disdain for his political actions and legacy, suggesting he compromised his principles for political gain. A few comments offer condolences or acknowledge his past achievements, but the overall sentiment is critical, with some expressing relief or indifference to his passing. Show less
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A collection of toy tractors in a window with construction outside
Two kids watching an antique tractor driven by another kid at a Fourth of July tractor parade, with an American flag and blue sky in the background
Puerto Ricans in NYC area
NYC as beautiful immigrant mosaic
A young woman named Becky Pepper-Jackson speaking at an awards ceremony, with a nice black dress and flowing Rapunzel hair (photo by Amanda Katz)
Timeline having a World Cup freakout
Extremely tiny bunny between two parked cars
A child in a rainbow skirt imitating street art of another child in an American flag dress, both with their heads bowed as if ashamed
A child apparently looking down through a stairwell but seeing two people suspended there horizontally and looking back
WaPo graph showing cottage cheese consumption going TO THE MOON
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50 Astor Place in 2009
Brilliant double rainbow over a house in DC
"It's an unbelievable, beautiful, 1,400-hectare private island in the middle of the Mediterranean," she said on David Senra's podcast, describing how she and Kushner became aware of the area. "We were on a friend's boat, and we stopped for a swim. Effectively, that's how we found it. We swam to the island, we went on a hike - barefoot all the way, up to the top. And we were just captivated. And it stayed with us ever since."
A whole bunch of dudes seen from the back, gathered around a bar in Penn Ststion that is showing the Knicks-Spurs game 2, with a big sign that says Cocktails
Bari Weiss' new "60 Minutes" boss Nick Bilton is making $2.5 million to lead the program—$1 million more than ousted EP Tanya Simon was paid for the same job, Peter Kiefer and Tatiana Siegel reported. [Page Six]
Deb Haaland looking majestic in the desert with turquoise jewelry
Guardian story: Dolly Parton tops list of global figures in US favorability poll The 11-time Grammy winner had a net favorability of 65%, Obama came second with 14%, while Zelenskyy had 12% Ramon Antonio Vargas Tue 14 Apr 2026 06.00 EDT
Merriam-Webster definition for “claque” 1 : a group hired to applaud at a performance 2 : a group of sycophants
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Kyiv’s Obolonskyi Bridge, which opened in 2024
Cute but very stupid chipmunk hiding under a piece of office furniture and refusing to go outside
Dark red serviceberries on a turquoise dishtowel
The perfect phone (lime green and purple Swatch twin phone from the 1990s)
Two foxgloves looking purty as heck
Net worth of Donald Trump is doing VERY well
A kid on a dock silhouetted against a beautiful sunset over a marina
The white guys at the baseball game meme
See how your spirit here walks on eggs, how you twist and turn, how you talk as if you had mush in your mouth and mumble like a half-dead, despairing person. From Against the Heavenly Prophets, pg. 209 of Luther's Works, Vol. 40 Insult me again* *Enter/Return
Ginger and Matt Gaetz grinning in pink at the Barbie premiere before trashing the film publicly
Deep heliotrope azaleas
Kenyan cherry blossoms being gorgeous
• Be Best Military Card Writing Station, encouraging children to send messages of gratitude to American Troops • Be Best Ring Toss, for the most-energetic, young guests • EGG-spedition, an educational US State and Territory matching game, courtesy of the American Egg Board • Lunar Exploration Experience, courtesy of NASA • Hen to Home Activity, courtesy of the American Egg Board, featuring live chicks • Liberty Cafe for egg inspired bites, courtesy of the American Egg Board • Reading Nook, featuring Senior Administration Officials and Cabinet members reading stories in the Rose Garden
The eye pyramid
Sciatica Is Not from a Slipped Disc. Meet the Real Enemy of Sciatica (Stop Doing... With a photo of a round glowing buttock
A table of “Passover desserts” at the grocery store that somehow include a frosted cake with a menorah on it
2:29 Trump Administration Updates LIVE War in the Middle East In mid-March, five Republicans on the House Oversight Committee blindsided their own leadership - and Ms. Bondi - by joining Democrats to vote to subpoena her to testify under oath behind closed doors about the Epstein case. The committee's Republican chairman, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, scheduled a deposition for April 14. Ms. Bondi has said she would comply with the law, but she and Mr. Comer have been quietly working together to avoid the deposition, even though it is unclear if it is legally possible to withdraw a subpoena, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
Tortie cat looking vigilantly through an open window at night
Very improvised Seder plate on a turquoise oilcloth
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A golden toilet on the National Mall to honor Donald Trump
Turkeys being extremely menacing in the snow
The penguins from Madagascar
The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: District of Columbia, DC; Anne Arundel; Baltimore; Calvert; Charles; 1/2
Some ICE officials call Sheahan "Fish Cop" behind her back because of her previous stint running the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in Louisiana. Sheahan knows there are people who think that, without any law-enforcement background, she isn't qualified for a job usually occupied by veteran ICE officials. "I absolutely think I'm qualified for the job," she told me. "Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?"
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CBS News has obtained a text exchange from May 2024 in which Gonzales sent explicit messages to former staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, asking her to send a "sexy pic." At one point, Gonzales responds: "This is going too far boss." CBS News has also obtained a message in which Santos-Aviles told a colleague: "I had affair with our boss and I'm fine." Santos-Aviles died in September 2025 after setting herself on fire. Her death was ruled a suicide.
Festive but confusing post from NJ senator Andy Kim wishing people happy Purim with lots of symbols of Mardi Gras and a silhouette of the state of NJ
Other candidates who have emerged as finalists are Alireza Arafi, a cleric and jurist who is part of the three-person transition council of leadership named after Ayatollah Khamenei was killed, and Seyed Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the Islamic revolution's founding father, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
A 6yo’s drawings of Zoe, Rumi, and Mira
A beautiful snowy tree backlit by streetlights on a quiet residential corner