Adrienne LaFrance
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Rewatched âIndependence Dayâ last night. Can confirm it remains awesome.
www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen...
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The 'Independence Day' of 1996: An Ode to What Was
Roland Emmerichâs alien invasion fantasy was supremely sillyâand one of the last of the truly escapist summer blockbusters.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/the-independence-day-of-1996-peak-everything/488231/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR-uheuyol4YG6HuxVWSxWD8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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This is a really lovely essay by
@eliotacohen.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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What I Learned From ROTC
Military experience is, sooner or later, humbling.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/army-military-service-training-lessons/687589/
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Important story about the many, many people working on keeping D.C. (and other major cities) safe this weekend:
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Washington Is Turning Into a Fortress For the Fourth
Trumpâs Independence Day blowout will bring a security blitz.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/07/washington-security-america-250-trump-fireworks/687780/
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This is a remarkable story, very much worth your time:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Fourth of July That Saved My Family
My parentsâ rescue at Entebbe taught me that freedom survives only because people choose to defend it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/independence-day-hostage-crisis-1976/687755/
2 days ago
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Putin is "obsessed with his war in Ukraine, but doesnât seem to comprehend how badly itâs going,"
@shustry.bsky.social
reports:
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Putin Is Slipping Into Delusion
The Russian dictator remains obsessed with his war in Ukraine, but doesnât seem to comprehend how badly itâs going.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/07/putin-russia-ukraine-war/687753/
4 days ago
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Some odd developments over at the Kennedy Center... Great reporting from
@janaykingsberry.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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The Kennedy Centerâs Latest Defense Raises a New Mystery
What is the Trump Kennedy Center Foundation? And why is it being mentioned only now?
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/the-trump-kennedy-center-foundation-is-the-arts-complexs-latest-mystery/687752/
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"The intended message to the Russian public is that the drone campaign, which Ukraine coyly describes as 'long-range sanctions' against the country that invaded its territory, is nowhere near plateauing."
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Ukraineâs Plan to Unnerve Putin
Recent drone attacks in the Moscow area reveal a multifaceted strategy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/moscow-ukraine-drone-attacks/687745/
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This is an exceptionally moving account of the disaster in Venezuela, with great reporting from
@partlowj.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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A Search Through the Rubble of Two Towers in Venezuela
In the first, crucial days after Venezuelaâs earthquake, the people closest to the disaster were on their own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/06/venezuela-earthquake-towers/687747/
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A charming and revealing window into what it's like to be a young founder (or founder wannabe) in the Bay Area these days, by the great
@matteowong.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The New (And Slightly Smelly) Center of the AI Boom
San Franciscoâs brightest minds are stuffing themselves into hacker houses.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/hacker-houses-ai-boom-san-francisco/687737/
5 days ago
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Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks! I wrote about the GOAT:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Thank God for Mel Brooks
Happy 100th birthday to the funniest man who ever lived.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/long-live-mel-brooks/687730/
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Funny
@petridishes.bsky.social
on how the Reflecting Pool madness portends the death of the metaphor:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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One Metaphor to End Them All
The Reflecting Pool is an image so perfect, it feels as though symbolism as a whole gave up and decided to sign off.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/donald-trump-reflecting-pool-metaphor/687706/
9 days ago
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GREAT SCOOP from
@michaelscherer.bsky.social
: National Park Service projects are now being defunded to cover President Trumpâs Washington renovation spree.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A White House Makeover, Brought to You by Struggling National Parks
Park projects are being defunded to cover President Trumpâs Washington renovation spree.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/06/national-parks-trump-white-house-renovations/687700/
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Good reporting from
@partlowj.bsky.social
about the horrifying heat situation in France, etc.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Perhaps France Should Reconsider AC
Europe cannot cope with this heat.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/06/europe-heat/687692/
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The Reflecting Pool saga is not Trump's first paint-job drama. A reminder from
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
about the last time this happened:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Trumpâs Other Paint Job
Before he botched the Reflecting Pool, the president wanted the border wall black.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/06/trump-reflecting-pool-paint-wall/687685/
10 days ago
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!! Megan Garber has written about Dog Train. I repeat Megan Garber has written about Dog Train.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Pant-Pant, Choo-Choo
Train Dog is the meme of the summer.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/train-dog-meme/687695/
10 days ago
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In which
@saahildesai.bsky.social
obtains his very own Palantir chore coat:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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My New Life With the Palantir Chore Coat
I bought the most confusing jacket in America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/palantir-chore-coat/687686/
10 days ago
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Really interesting essay from
@annielowrey.bsky.social
about how unlikely we are to see another Greenspan-like figure again anytime soon:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Alan Greenspan Was âNot Quite Godâ
He built an independent central bank that withstood many crises. That independence may not last forever.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alan-greenspan-fed-independence/687687/
10 days ago
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Okay you really have to read this:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Vanilla Ice Knows When America Was Great
To celebrate the countryâs 250th birthday, the rapper wants to transport us to another decade.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/vanilla-ice-america-250/687661/
11 days ago
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Next month's cover is one of my all-time favorites in the 169-year history of The Atlantic. Just look at it! I love it so much. Needless to say, Julia Ward Howe really knew what she was doing with "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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"Ranch dressing has become, deservedly or not, a face of the nation during the World Cup."
@elcush.bsky.social
's latest:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Americaâs Greatest Food Export
Ranch dressing has become, deservedly or not, a face of the nation during the World Cup.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/ranch-dressing-america-world-cup/687671/
11 days ago
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Excellent reporting from
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social
, just published... The inside story of Trump's attempts to take control of the Smithsonian:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Inside Trumpâs Plan to Seize the Smithsonian
How long can the museum systemâs leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/trump-bunch-smithsonian/687660/
13 days ago
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reposted by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Atlantic Communications
18 days ago
Please be aware that emails from
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are fraudulent. Any real emails from The Atlantic will come from an
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account. Learn more here:
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Oh look, itâs Steve Martin in The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Disneyland With No People
My encounter with a giant of American photography
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/steve-martin-diane-arbus-disneyland/687319/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR1QtWdUStxBniiD9l34wCjI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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JUST PUBLISHED Janay Kingsberry obtained a Kennedy Center memo that shows lawyers are ordering staff to remove âTrumpâ from email signatures, letterhead, webpages, brochures,signs, &c. Clearest sign yet that the president may be giving up the fight on this one.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Trumpâs Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center
Lawyers are ordering staff to remove âTrumpâ from email signatures, letterhead, website, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, and more.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/no-more-trump-kennedy-center/687432/
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Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusionâreally a must-read, right down to the last word:
www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurdâand damning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR7CsNA92bD_yo6VqlH7-uco&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Just a gorgeous essay from the brilliant Alan Lightman, very much worth your time:
www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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The Ordinary Miracle of Existing
Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience.
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/the-ordinary-miracle-of-existing/687351/
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I wrote about freedom, which I love.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Use It or Lose It
Freedom of speech, and of the press, can be guaranteed only if Americans exercise their rights.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/free-press-first-amendment-rights/687317/
about 1 month ago
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Why yes I am interested in MOSQUITO LASERS
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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America Is Missing Out on the Ultimate Mosquito Weapon
Bring on the lasers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/mosquito-lasers-china/687330/
about 1 month ago
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Today is a good day to read George Packerâs excellent profile of David Sacks
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Venture-Capital Populist
How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/
about 1 month ago
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Really fascinating to watch artistic institutions try to thread this needle... An important piece by
@kelseyables.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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A Cautious New Approach to Trumpâs Impeachments at the Smithsonian
The National Portrait Gallery reopened its presidents exhibitâbut kept some details low-key.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/smithsonian-trump-portrait-impeachment/687180/
about 2 months ago
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Oh look, it's new fiction from
@stephenking.bsky.social
in The Atlantic:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Dinahâs Hat
A short story
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/stephen-king-dinahs-hat/686930/
about 2 months ago
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Smart, from Vivian Salama and
@jonlemire.bsky.social
, about the president's big China trip:
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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A Summit About Business, but Maybe Also the Fate of the World
Trump is in Beijing with Americaâs top CEOs for a reason.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/05/china-trump-summit-xi/687166/
about 2 months ago
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Brilliant and essential. Everyone should read
@helenlewis.bsky.social
's new cover story, out today:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/conservative-masculinism-misogyny/686939/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRwHKBGquDk5KukaWjIHgkJw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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This essay is extraordinary. By a 93-year-old who remembers what life was like before modern vaccines.
about 2 months ago
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Excellent reporting from
@sfifz787.bsky.social
. A must-read:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Directorâs Unusual Calling Card
âKa$h Patelâ bourbon is his newest innovation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/
about 2 months ago
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From The Atlantic's editor in chief
@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
: "We will not be intimidated by illegitimate investigations ... we will continue to cover the FBI professionally, fairly, and thoroughly; and we will continue to practice journalism in the public interest."
2 months ago
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I love journalists.
2 months ago
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Scammers are going to have a field day...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account
OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/chatgpt-images-deepfakes-fraud/687023/
2 months ago
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This is very smart, by Rogé Karma:
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
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So, About That AI Bubble
Thanks to the rise of Claude Code and other AI agents, revenues are finally catching up to the hype.
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/05/ai-bubble-revenue-anthropic/687022/
2 months ago
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Vance Denies and Confirms Atlantic Reporting in One Breath
The vice presidentâs comments on Fox News are the latest instance of his tortured attempts to navigate a path through Donald Trumpâs war in Iran.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/vance-denies-and-confirms-atlantic-reporting-iran/687017/
2 months ago
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reposted by
Adrienne LaFrance
Adam Serwer
2 months ago
The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisianaâand any other state for that matterâdiscriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link)
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I wrote for The Atlantic about political violence and the rise of what Iâm calling Blood Populism. Americans need to look beyond reflexive partisanship to understand the scope and scale of this problem.
2 months ago
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This really is amazing:
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Is It the Shoes?
The marathonâs impossible barrier was broken.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/04/marathon-2-hours-sabastian-sawe-running-london/686974/
2 months ago
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This is completely fascinating. An important story from
@matteowong.bsky.social
and
@lilashroff.bsky.social
about all of the Defense Production Act chatter in Washingtonâand how Silicon Valley is lawyering up:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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What Happens if America Nationalizes AI?
The Trump administration could exert much greater control over the AI industry.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/ai-nationalization-trump-hegseth-anthropic-openai/686943/
2 months ago
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"They could not look or sound more unoppressed if they tried."
@gcaw.bsky.social
's latest:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Fake Radicals Stealing Lemons
A New York Times podcast hosted Hasan Piker and a New Yorker staff writer for a discussion of lawbreaking, which they both endorsed as resistance to tyranny.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hasan-piker-stealing-podcast/686917/
2 months ago
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In which
@dgraham.bsky.social
does not mince words:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Seriously, Tucker Carlson? Come On.
Media figures who have turned against Trump only in recent weeks have forfeited the right to be taken seriously in the future.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/tucker-carlson-maga-pundits-trump/686921/
2 months ago
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reposted by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Atlantic
2 months ago
The Atlanticâs Sarah Fitzpatrick speaks with Hanna Rosin about her reporting on FBI Director Kash Patel: âThe thing that stood out the most to me was the incredibly high levels of alarm that I would describe as bordering on panic for these sources.â
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đ» NEW from Radio Atlantic đ» A conversation between
@sfifz787.bsky.social
and
@hannarosin.bsky.social
about Sarah's extraordinary reporting on Kash Patelâplus
@qjurecic.bsky.social
on the SPLC lawsuit:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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The Kash Patel Fallout
An interview with the Atlantic staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick about her reporting
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/04/kash-patel-fallout/686907/
2 months ago
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Well when you put it that way, yikes...
@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
on the desperation of a president who can't stop posting:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Posting Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Trumpâs Iran messaging seems desperate.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/trump-iran-posts/686909/
2 months ago
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This is worth reading.
@engber.bsky.social
on the birth of a new conspiracy theory:
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Single Dumbest Conspiracy Theory of 2026
The âdisappearing scientistsâ story is, in its way, a remarkable achievement.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/04/missing-scientists/686885/
2 months ago
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