Evan McMurry
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Porting over my pinned tweet: I write short stories! Some of which get published, a few of which win awards. (Don't worry, plenty get rejected, too.) "Nothing Kinky":
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"Nixon in Heaven":
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"After the Water":
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"The Fall of Rabbi Gold":
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Nothing Kinky | Evan McMurry
A soldier hellbent on getting himself honorably discharged, and the waitress who changed everything when he saw the way the sun itself tried to reach her with its gaze. Nothing kinky here⌠juâŚ
https://bit.ly/2IFUYsY
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Caity Weaver embarked on the greatest quest since The Odyssey, all to find the best free restaurant bread in America. She traversed 13,000 miles, had rolls thrown at her, got a rec from Stephen King, and more. Go get it:
about 17 hours ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
1 day ago
See supporters of Hungaryâs Tisza party and its lead candidate, PĂŠter Magyar, celebrating in the streets of Budapest after soundly defeating Prime Minister Viktor OrbĂĄnâs Fidesz party in a general election. See more images at the link:
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@dgraham.bsky.social
: âThe posts illustrate that Trump views religion much the way he views everything else: as something that can serve him but does not create any obligations on him.â
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The President vs. the Pope
The presidentâs criticism of Pope Leo XIV shows his view of religion as an instrument of power but not a prescription for morality.
http://theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/trump-vs-pope-contradictory-message/686784/
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@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
: âTrump has a way of distancing himself from people who disappoint him ... But having tied himself so tightly to OrbĂĄn, he may find it unusually difficult to dissociate himself from the prime ministerâs downfall.â
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Viktor OrbĂĄnâs Loss Was Also a Defeat for MAGA
Trump and Vance chose to make the Hungarian election about themselves.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/viktor-orbans-loss-was-also-a-defeat-for-maga/686781/
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@qjurecic.bsky.social
: âPushing out the divisionâs career staff allowed Dhillon to move forward with reshaping the Civil Rights Division...But this loss of horsepower and expertise has come at the cost of her own effectiveness in the roleâif, that is, effectiveness is really the goal to begin with.â
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Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time
She arrived at the Department of Justice with radical changes in mind. One year later, she has completely reshaped the Civil Rights Division.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/harmeet-dhillon-doj-civil-rights/686758/
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âMuch as Iranâs forces exceeded expectations against the worldâs most powerful military, Iranâs social-media posters have held their own against, or even upstaged, the worldâs loudest voice online.â
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Donald Trump Is No Longer a Chad
The Iran war sparked an epic social-media trolling contest.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/donald-trump-no-longer-chad/686764/
4 days ago
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âA group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers.â
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Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of...
https://apnews.com/article/polymarket-iran-trump-ceasefire-prediction-markets-350d9fe5ffefa74080ff5dd973aef48b?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69d6de075268920001414e58&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
6 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
6 days ago
The war in Iran has showed that âthe United States is, in effect, moving toward a world in which it faces more connected opponents with a less cohesive coalition of its own,â Thomas Wright argues:
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A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here
Americaâs adversaries are uniting as its own coalition falls apart.
https://bit.ly/4bZqHAf
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The Atlantic
6 days ago
Trump said he went to war to end Iranâs nuclear ambitionsâbut Tehran showed that it has a non-nuclear way to deter future attacks,
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social
reports.
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âDespite those significant complications, the White House seemed determined to plow ahead with a diplomatic process it was already describing as nothing short of total victory.â
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Iran War Live Updates: Cease-Fire Tested by Strikes on Lebanon and Confusion Over Strait
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/08/world/iran-war-trump-news
6 days ago
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âSome companies may start to pare back products theyâve made âsmartâ to justify markups ... âDo we stop getting smart refrigerators? I donât think thatâs a net bad,â Laine Nooney, a technology historian at NYU, told me.â
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If You Need a Laptop, Buy It Now
Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax/686628/
7 days ago
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@dgraham.bsky.social
: âTrumpâs message this morning is also notable for the autocratic view that underpins it.â
7 days ago
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social
: If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-truthsocial-destruction-iran/686716/
7 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
7 days ago
Donald Trumpâs threatening message to the Iranians shows that he believes he is completely unconstrained by American law, international law, Congress, or public opinion,
@dgraham.bsky.social
argues:
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Trump Threatens to Destroy an Entire Nation
Trumpâs position is that if he wants to wipe out a "whole civilization," then that is his decision to make.
https://bit.ly/3O96Zss
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The Atlantic
8 days ago
Yesterday, four astronauts swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, taking some spectacular photographs along the way.
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âThe carrots that America offers the nation are sticks to the men who rule it. And the sticks that America wields against the regimeâisolation, conflict, and chaosâare carrots to men whose power depends on all three.â
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Trumpâs Fundamental Misunderstanding in Iran
What makes the nation suffer helps the regime thrive.
http://theatlantic.com/international/2026/04/iran-trump-misunderstanding/686704/
8 days ago
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Per WSJ: An Iranian drone attack last month on the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia did more extensive damage than previously disclosed, current and former American officials said, showing Iranâs ability to hit Washingtonâs assets in the kingdom.
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Exclusive | Iranian Strike on U.S. Embassy Caused More Damage Than Disclosed
Two drones hit the compound in Saudi Arabia, sparking a fire that raged for hours.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-us-embassy-iran-strike-damage-b924d29c?st=nxQveR&reflink=article_copyURL_share
9 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
12 days ago
Just over a month into the war in Iran, Pete Hegseth has purged the Armyâs top officerâand the Army secretaryâs job is also in jeopardy, Missy Ryan, Nancy A. Youssef, and Sarah Fitzpatrick report:
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An Army Shake-Up in the Middle of a War
A general is ousted and the Army secretary is in jeopardy, sources say.
https://bit.ly/3PJPMXe
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After Pam Bondiâs ouster, other top administration officials could be in jeopardy.
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Trumpâs Purge May Be Just Beginning
After Pam Bondiâs ouster, other top administration officials could be in jeopardy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general/686673/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvZhyVXE5kM1H5PVxu9mkPRc
12 days ago
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This is awful.
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Ex-Turnstile guitarist accused of attempted murder, targeting singerâs dad
Ebert, 33, of Silver Spring, is charged with attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault.
https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/brady-ebert-turnstile-attempted-murder-LFZOQ62YHVD4DCI4WCJL35V4RU/
13 days ago
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New: Military officials are planning for two potential high-risk ground assaults in Iranâall they need now is Trumpâs go-ahead, three people familiar with the matter tell Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan Lemire:
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The Most Important Decision of Trumpâs Presidency
The military is waiting for his go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/trump-iran-war-ground-troops/686640/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvauAphz3c74pXqAwC9tvP_M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
14 days ago
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âEven before Donald Trump lifted oil sanctions on Russia, oil prices were skyrocketingâand filling Vladimir Putinâs war chest with billions of dollars, just as Russiaâs wartime deficits were starting to cause significant pain.â
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America Is Now a Rogue Superpower
Washingtonâs conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening Americaâs dangerous isolation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/trump-us-power-iran/686567/
14 days ago
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The war in Iran could raise global food prices as the conflict disrupts fertilizer shipments through one of the worldâs most critical trade routes:
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Food prices could rise as Iran conflict disrupts fertilizer supply chain
The Iran conflict is disrupting fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, raising supply concerns and potentially increasing global food inflation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/iran-news-food-prices-could-rise-due-to-fertilizer-shortages.html
16 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The New York Times
16 days ago
Breaking News: The U.S. will allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, letting critical fuel in after months of what amounted to a blockade.
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U.S. to Allow Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Breaking Blockade
The tanker full of crude oil could reach its expected destination by Tuesday, providing a lifeline to the island amid intense U.S. pressure.
https://nyti.ms/4di7T01
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Damon Beres
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This is a GREAT read if you want to have a major coronary event
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The AI Boom Wasnât Built for the Polycrisis
âThere are too many ways for it to fail for it not to fail.â
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/ai-boom-polycrisis/686559/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGTQ9PZ5CCguOMRQ6NzgCEfU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Evan McMurry
Yair Rosenberg
18 days ago
"Intelligent political agency is impossible without a foundation of fact. Yet the rise of unrestrained AI, combined with the incentives and biases that drive social media, has served to supplant facts with consequential delusions, and helped mass-market them to those most inclined to believe them."
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The Worst-Case Scenario for AI and the News Is Already Here
Audiovisual evidence is no match for a viral conspiracy theory that Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/netanyahu-not-dead-israel-ai/686593/?gift=Y5UOGK3oJJO3esRHvDP7oWngrisHMoFePai5XB2ngrI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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This is a remarkable synthesis of our current cultural moment:
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The Surprising Reason for the New Homophobia
Americans are burned-out, frustrated, and hunting for scapegoats.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/modern-homophobia/686547/
19 days ago
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@elcush.bsky.social
: âHundreds of airports in this otherwise great nation do not have even one single solitary Chiliâs Too.â
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The Worst Airport in America
Traveling by plane anywhere is bad right now, but in some places, itâs worse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/worst-airport-wait-times-reason/686542/
20 days ago
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@tombartlett.bsky.social
: âEach of these events individually is bad news for Kennedyâs agenda; together, they suggest that his grip on power is waning.â
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20 days ago
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@galbeckerman.bsky.social
: âAuthoritarian leaders want their face in your face. Their ubiquitous images personalize the state, making it synonymous with one manâs power. And they turn the citizenâs relationship with that leader into an emotional one.â
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The Meaning of Trumpâs Ubiquitous Face
The festooning of the presidentâs name and likeness across Washington, D.C., is consistent with authoritarian tendencies.
http://theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/trump-face-all-over-washington-dc/686467/
23 days ago
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âThe Trump administration is also discussing which wealthy Republican donors with Cuban ancestry could be considered for future transition or leadership roles in Havana.â
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Trumpâs Eye Is Already on Cuba
âRegime change is lined up,â awaiting the presidentâs signal, according to one administration official.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/trump-plan-cuba/686497/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvVxr2xmw1GU1AqJhWjcU-7o
23 days ago
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@nickmiroff.bsky.social
: âWhen Trump first proposed the wall, in 2015, it was a blunt solution to a complex crisis at the border ... Now back in office and freed of his first-term limits, he has turned its completionâeven through remote areasâinto a vanity project.â
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The âBig Black Scarâ
Trump is blowing up national-park land in Arizona to wall off one of the borderâs last wild places.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/trump-border-wall-construction/686403/
28 days ago
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A sanctioned Russian tanker loaded with liquid natural gas is drifting out of control in the Mediterranean with no crew on board and a gaping hole in one side, prompting warnings of a "serious risk of a major ecological disaster".
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Italy warns Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz could explode in Mediterranean
Italy is one of nine EU countries urging the European Commission to act over the Arctic Metagaz, drifting out of control in the Mediterranean Sea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9e9dxw3e1o
28 days ago
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Evan McMurry
Yair Rosenberg
28 days ago
I wrote about the cautionary tale of Joe Kent, a conspiratorial activist who enabled a president who then launched a war that he ardently opposed, because he completely misunderstood the man and movement he backed. Gift link:
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The Dangerous Logic of the Joe Kent Letter
The conspiracist anti-war activist completely misunderstood the movement and the president he served.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/joe-kent-resignation-iran-trump/686434/?gift=Y5UOGK3oJJO3esRHvDP7oaP9UFouHg4br47Q-1pIXlw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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The disaster in the Strait of Hormuz is proof that treating allies poorly has consequences,
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
reports:
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Trump Reaps What He Sowed in Europe
The disaster in the Strait of Hormuz is proof that treating allies poorly has consequences.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/trump-nato-allies-strait-of-hormuz-assistance/686408/
29 days ago
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New: Under Kristi Noem, ICE purchased 11 large warehouses around the country that it plans to convert into megajails,
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
reportsâbut senior DHS officials tell him they expect that effort to slow down and perhaps even pause:
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What Happens Now to Kristi Noemâs Warehouse Jails?
DHSâs next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/ice-dhs-noem-warehouse-jails/686401/
30 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
about 1 month ago
When
@mckaycoppins.bsky.social
set out to report on the explosive growth of the sports-betting industry, his editors thought he should experience the phenomenon firsthand. Coppins reports on his year as a gamblerâand what the industry is doing to America:
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New: President Trumpâs personal phone number is Washingtonâs hottest commodityâand some are willing to barter or pay to get it,
@michaelscherer.bsky.social
and
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
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Whatâs Trumpâs Phone Number Worth?
Everyone wants it, and some are willing to barter or pay to get it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/trump-phone-number/686370/
about 1 month ago
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âThe aggressive pace that won the administration so many early victories eventually proved to be its great weakness. The government could move so quickly only by skipping almost all of the procedural steps required by federal law.â
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Trumpâs Assault on Higher Education Has Hit a Snag
Universities and their allies have been able to block many, if not most, of the White Houseâs moves in court.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-universities-lawsuits/686319/
about 1 month ago
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@dgraham.bsky.social
: âThe Trump administration canât say why the United States went to war with Iran, and it canât say what the goal of the war is. Now it canât even decide whether the war is still going on.â
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Trump Canât Decide Whether the Iran War Is Still Going On
The president seems to be at odds with both himself and his secretary of defense about the status of the conflict.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/trump-iran-war-confusion-mixed-messages/686320/
about 1 month ago
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@adamserwer.bsky.social
: âWe have a data economy that thrives on selling products we donât need for problems we donât have, and a public that falls for these ploysâeven as we think ourselves much too clever to be fooled.â
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Gullible, Cynical America
The trouble with believing anything and nothing at the same time
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/cynical-gullible-american-man/686079/
about 1 month ago
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Exclusive: HSI, a branch of DHS that usually investigates drug cartels and human-trafficking networks, is probing the 2020 election results in Arizona:
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Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations
Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/arizona-election-investigations/686310/
about 1 month ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
about 1 month ago
The Trump administration has both invoked and avoided the word âwarâ in ways that seek glory and evade responsibility,
@galbeckerman.bsky.social
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Just Donât Say the W-Word
Trumpâs administration has both used and avoided the word war in ways that seek glory and evade responsibility.
https://bit.ly/4stHLUm
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@saahildesai.bsky.social
: âThe U.S. caught a break: The Venezuela and Iran strikes were not thwarted by insider traders whose bets could have prompted swift retaliation. The next time, we may not be so lucky.â
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Insider Trading Is Going to Get People Killed
War markets are a national-security threat.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/polymarket-insider-trading-going-get-people-killed/686283/
about 1 month ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
about 1 month ago
Nearly a year after the national-security scandal that came to be known as Signalgate, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences, Jeffrey Goldberg writes.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Signalgate
Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.
https://bit.ly/3Prlyry
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The Atlantic
about 1 month ago
âAyatollah Ali Khamenei was not, itâs safe to assume, a devoted Polymarket user. If he had been, the Iranian leader might still be alive,â
@saahildesai.bsky.social
argues. He examines how insider trading on Polymarket risks creating a new national-security threat:
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Insider Trading Is Going to Get People Killed
War markets are a national-security threat.
https://bit.ly/3Np1w0k
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social
: The president is pointing to the American militaryâs excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
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An Epidemic of âVictory Diseaseâ
The president is pointing to the American militaryâs excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/iran-strategy-victory-disease/686275/
about 1 month ago
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Good piece detailing the Gulf states' vulnerabilities as they're caught in a war they can't control https://www.theatlantic.:
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The Gulf Countries Canât Take Much More
Iran is exposing their vulnerabilities.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/gulf-countries-iran-us-war/686272/
about 1 month ago
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Trump and Netanyahu seem to have very different ideas about how the war should end:
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Americaâs and Israelâs Goals Are Already Colliding
Trump and Netanyahu seem to have very different ideas about how the war should end.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/trump-netanyahu-iran-war/686267/
about 1 month ago
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âTo the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran.â
about 1 month ago
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