B. Discriminatory Treatment (Counts I and III)Whether he ultimately relies on direct or circumstantial evidence of discrimination, at the pleading stage "a plaintiff must allege an adverse employment action to make out a discrimination claim" under Title VII or the ADEA. Cooper v. Nielsen, 298 F. Supp. 3d 197, 203 (D.D.C. 2018) (citing Baloch, 550 F.3d at 1196). "[N]ot everything that makes an employee unhappy is an actionable adverse action," however.