This week a bunch of us at AJC.com have been giving away fun things to Atlantans to celebrate the launch of our new website.

Yesterday it was my turn. At about 8 p.m. last night I got up in front the assembled diners at B0ccaLupo  to announce that dinner was on us. Here's how it went down:

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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