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A federal wage garnishment notice and paystub lying on a kitchen table beside reading glasses and an unopened Treasury envelope.
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On Wage Garnishment, and the Dinner Party Where Everyone Suddenly Had a Niece in Default

Margaret Thorne -
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A crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican looking toward the basilica.
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The Vatican Picked an American and We Treated It Like a Cabinet Appointment

Margaret Thorne -
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A cheap polyester American flag partially unwrapped from cellophane, lying on a wooden workbench in a dim garage with afternoon light filtering in.
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I Bought a $4 American Flag at Lowe’s for Memorial Day and the Smell Coming Off It in My Garage Is Personally Insulting to My Grandfather

Brooke Ellery -
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A dense crowd of May Day marchers fills a downtown American street, holding handmade signs about workers' rights.
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A Thousand Cities Marched for Labor on Thursday. Washington Decided It Was a Commute Issue.

Margaret Thorne -
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A farmhouse kitchen table with tax forms, a hemp-paper envelope, a lit beeswax candle, a bowl of salt, and a sourdough starter jar in warm afternoon light.
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My Sister-in-Law Who Does Reception at H&R Block Told Me to Never File Before 4:11 PM on Tax Day and the Reason Is Honestly Beautiful

Brooke Ellery -
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The Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, with news cameras and a small crowd gathered outside on the day of the ruling.
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South Korea Removed a President This Morning. We Can’t Even Remove a Library Book.

Margaret Thorne -
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An empty Pentagon-style briefing lectern at night with a phone resting on it, a social media post glowing on the screen.
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We Started Bombing Yemen Again on a Saturday, Which Is When You Schedule the Things You’d Rather Nobody Notice

Margaret Thorne -
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A military cargo aircraft on a tarmac with pallets of supplies, the kind of shipment now suspended under the administration's pause on aid to Ukraine.
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We Paused the War on a Monday, and the People Who Used to Call This Appeasement Were Suddenly Very Quiet

Margaret Thorne -
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An empty conference ballroom stage set for a political keynote, with flags, a lectern, and rows of folding chairs under theatrical lighting.
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CPAC Used to Be Where the Fringe Auditioned. Now It’s Where the Cabinet Reports Back.

Margaret Thorne -
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A candlelit Georgetown dinner table mid-meal with a half-eaten plate of halibut, wine glasses, and empty chairs pushed back.
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On Firing the Joint Chiefs Chairman, and the Dinner Party Where Everyone Complimented the Halibut

Margaret Thorne -
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