Lew Olowski, the Monster energy drink-swilling, Jesus-and-dolphin speech-giving, head of State Dept HR is out after an epic office meltdown. My latest. puck.news/lew-olowski-...

Lew Olowski, the Monster energy drink-swilling, Jesus-and-dolphin speech-giving, head of State Dept HR is out after an epic office meltdown. My latest. puck.news/lew-olowski-...

This book is vital modern history from @juliaioffe.bsky.social Read it, especially the unbearable parts. Learn from history- how misogyny is inherent to authoritarianism, and the total oblivion of the human spirit for *all* people at the end of patriarchy's dark corridor. This is the human struggle.

Went on The Late Show with my beloved Stephen Colbert last night to talk about Venezuela and MOTHERLAND! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJWW...

Going on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social tonight! Tune in!!!

Jared Kushner's back and, this time around, everyone thinks he's absolutely brilliant. My latest. puck.news/jared-kushne...

It's wild to see someone you've known for decades as a slacker par excellence now publicly blame his lack of professional success on the elevation of women and minorities.

Loved this book by @juliaioffe.bsky.social, which offers such a smart and thought-provoking take on many events and characters I thought I knew well. It’s also an accessible and thrilling guide to Russian history for readers coming to it fresh. The widespread praise is well-deserved.

Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia" by @juliaioffe.bsky.social is FANTASTIC. Best book on gender for 2025. Some gender books on Russia have been ideologically narrow, but this is superbly researched and extremely readable. Bravo!

What is a commander to do with an order that may be illegal? Said one retired judge advocate, "That requires a set of balls, because the next thing that might happen is you’re fired. And if you don’t like that risk, don’t take the job, Admiral.” My latest. puck.news/boat-strike-...

How does the Kremlin see Steve Witkoff? “Witkoff sometimes works like a broken telephone,” the source close to the Kremlin said. “He doesn’t like being precise. He gets upset when people try to write down what he says.” My latest. puck.news/jared-kushne...

How does the Kremlin see Steve Witkoff? “Witkoff sometimes works like a broken telephone,” the source close to the Kremlin said. “He doesn’t like being precise. He gets upset when people try to write down what he says.” My latest. puck.news/jared-kushne...

All of a sudden, Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Army and friend of JD Vance, is in the news. Who is he? (It won't surprise you to know that we at Puck wrote about him first.) puck.news/meet-the-one...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the degree to which the Ukraine peace deal is the Kremlin's wish list and the day's other stuff, plus @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her excellent new book "Motherland". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Saturday evening on the sofa with Bruce and the newest book in my house (cc @juliaioffe.bsky.social)

Congratulations to @juliaioffe.bsky.social ("Motherland") and Rick Atkinson ("The Fate of the Day") whose new volumes were named among the five best non-fiction books of the year by the @washingtonpost.com! Both of these are absolute must-reads. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Recently had the pleasure of editing this gorgeous review of @juliaioffe.bsky.social's new book, Motherland, in @foreignpolicy.com:

Putin's first public response to Washington's 28-point peace plan is characteristically noncommittal. He seems to confirm suspicions that it was drawn up on the back of a napkin, so to speak, but he ain't ruling nothing out. meduza.io/en/news/2025...

Is Trump going for regime change in Venezuela? “I tried to get him to do it a lot, but he didn’t want to do it,” Trump’s erstwhile national security advisor John Bolton told me. “But once he’s in it, it becomes about, what does he think he can get credit for?” My latest. puck.news/will-trump-a...

MOTHERLAND is one of Washington Post's top 10 books of the year! www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Meet the one man Pete Hegseth can't fire. My latest. puck.news/meet-the-one...

This is one of those books that changed how I see and understand culture and history. I learned a huge amount from @juliaioffe.bsky.social's telling of these stories, and I greatly appreciated her writing voice which is both rigorous and imbued with distinctive and compelling energy.

"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read." www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...

Glenn Kessler just made my day.

San Francisco, COME THROUGH!

Of all the interviews I've done about MOTHERLAND, this one was my favorite. Thank you, @kevinrothrock.me !

Journalist @juliaioffe.bsky.social comes to @cwclub.bsky.social in San Francisco Nov. 5 for a talk with @crooked.com's @janecoaston.bsky.social about "Motherland"—her feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy. Details & tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...

“[Trump] is starting to realize Putin is playing him...if you’re Donald Trump and you think you’re the one who plays everyone, that’s got to suck.”” @juliaioffe.bsky.social on Trump ruling out the idea of a meeting with Putin after hitting Russia with sanctions.

"Motherland is deeply informative, assiduously researched and beautifully written—an exhilarating read." www.bookpage.com/reviews/moth...

I just started reading my advance copy last night and it is BRILLIANT. Impeccably researched, written with such verve. Bonus: Julia Ioffe is a wonderful human and friend, on top of being an amazing journalist and historian. Buy this book!: bookshop.org/p/books/moth...

"Russia through the history of its women." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @juliaioffe.bsky.social & @eccobooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Thank you, Glenn! Can't wait to hear what you think of it!

"The result is an enthralling narrative that is both sweeping and intimate." The New York Times loves MOTHERLAND! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...

MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award. Get your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/moth...

Congrats to @juliaioffe.bsky.social on today’s publication of ‘Motherland’! It’s a terrific book that helps explain why Russia is the way it is today, and you should read it and see why it’s already a finalist for the National Book Award…

My book MOTHERLAND is finally out today! To celebrate, we at @puck.news are running an excerpt. It's one of my very favorite chapters: the story of how Putin met and married his first wife—and what a shitty husband he was. puck.news/from-julia-i...

MOTHERLAND, says the @washingtonpost.com, is "riveting." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Excited for the world to get its hands on this book tomorrow. Finished it this weekend, and @juliaioffe.bsky.social has written a real tour de force - incredible stories, amazing research, beautiful writing

DC folks! Come to my book launch tomorrow night with the legendary Sabrina Tavernise, at Politics & Prose! politics-prose.com/julia-ioffe

Twenty years ago, I started my first job out of college: fact-checking at @NewYorker. Today, the magazine is running an excerpt of my first book, MOTHERLAND. Totally and wonderfully surreal. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

A "monumental history": In her new book "Motherland," out this week, @juliaioffe.bsky.social brings to life the story of women in Russia in a powerful way that no one else has before. A great review from @caseyschwartz.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Twenty years ago, I started my first job out of college: fact-checking at @NewYorker. Today, the magazine is running an excerpt of my first book, MOTHERLAND. Totally and wonderfully surreal. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

David Remnick and I. 92nd St Y. October 23. Come. www.92ny.org/event/julia-...

Hey, New York people! I'm coming to the 92nd St Y to talk to David Remnick about my book, MOTHERLAND, now a finalist for the National Book Award. Get your tickets today! www.92ny.org/event/julia-...

Hey, New York people! I'm coming to the 92nd St Y to talk to David Remnick about my book, MOTHERLAND, now a finalist for the National Book Award. Get your tickets today! www.92ny.org/event/julia-...

“That’s not what you train for,” one retired Marine officer told me. (“I’m not a liberal,” he made clear.) “You’re hearing, ‘Blood makes the grass grow! Kill, kill, kill!’ in bayonet training, and then you send them to a U.S. city?” My latest. puck.news/what-the-tro...

Congratulations to Princeton professors @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social and @appletwigli.bsky.social and alumna @juliaioffe.bsky.social '05 who were named finalists for National Book Awards this week.

Congratulations to the amazing @juliaioffe.bsky.social whose upcoming "MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy" was just named a National Book Award finalist. It's a gripping read, pre-order today. www.nationalbook.org/books/mother...

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, thousands of Russian soldiers have fled the army. Here’s why so many contract soldiers and mobilized men are deserting — and when it leads to criminal prosecution. meduza.io/en/feature/2...