Chris Suellentrop
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Senior editor, The Atlantic. Used to be on Friendster. Maybe Orkut, too. Google+ skeptic.
Lovely appreciation by Kevin Merida
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Day Jesse Jackson Made Me Cry
I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/jesse-jackson-legacy-passing/686048/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvn05sZ-mpoFw9-5ruXehf0tU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
3 days ago
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John Williams
9 days ago
If you're in D.C. a week from tomorrow, there's an event at Politics & Prose honoring the history of Book World. I think the tone will likely be less funerary than you might imagine. I know my comments will be.
politics-prose.com/tribute-book...
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A Tribute to Book World
- Jonathan Yardley — author, book critic, Book World, 1983-2015
https://politics-prose.com/tribute-book-world
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn
10 days ago
Michigan native
@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
explains the full history of the Detroit-Windsor bridge saga -- and how Trump's threat to block the bridge opening reflects his warped economic worldview
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-detroit-windsor-bridge/685967/
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Jonathan Chait
12 days ago
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Please, Not Another Kennedy
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/rfk-jack-schlossberg-pelosi-kennedy/685941/
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Baseball is turn-based for the batter but real-time for the runner (after reaching first)
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Bill Self should be national coach of the year
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Mr. Dan Zak
13 days ago
Tina Brown rightly puts Fred Ryan's name in the mix of what went wrong; the N.Y. Times has omitted him in recent coverage.
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Bafflement with Bezos
The whole debacle of the Washington Post brand hara-kiri last week dispatched the myth that a tech billionaire could save serious journalism.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tinabrown/p/bafflement-with-bezos?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Peggy Noonan: “if you know you’ve got this fabulous island of broken toys, professional journalists working for a reputable news organization, you’ve got a real chance of learning what’s true”
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
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Opinion | A Lament for the Washington Post
The most powerful capital in the world has no major fully functioning newspaper. That’s a huge absence.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-lament-for-the-washington-post-a5509d63?st=DWpcYH&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Sarah Weinman
16 days ago
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
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So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/books/mass-market-paperback-books.html
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Petri:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/bezos-washington-post-layoffs-yacht/685902/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvn-7zcMPdzCDaH45znNbhGYY
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John Williams
18 days ago
Definitely worth noting since it wasn't announced in that way.
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The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/washington-post-layoffs-bezos/685872/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvn1dmhD_BtvEJzrmwCTb-4e4
18 days ago
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Brandy Jensen
18 days ago
The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak
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Elle Reeve
20 days ago
I'm going to frame this
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Kathryn VanArendonk
23 days ago
i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents. and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
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23 days ago
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Kristen Radtke
26 days ago
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being.
@theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868567/alex-pretti-minneapolis-childhood-friend?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IktWYlQ1a1F1ZUUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84Njg1NjcvYWxleC1wcmV0dGktbWlubmVhcG9saXMtY2hpbGRob29kLWZyaWVuZCIsImV4cCI6MTc2OTk2NDA1NSwiaWF0IjoxNzY5NTMyMDU1fQ.FrZ0NlULSpVamKAg761dJTzxcH4-LkVYlrvVVZb2ZFc&utm_medium=gift-link
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Jonathan Chait
26 days ago
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Trump Blinks
The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-retreats-minneapolis-natcons/685776/
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“Limited Edition”
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27 days ago
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Robert F. Worth on what he saw at the Arab Spring, and what he saw in Minnesota (gift link):
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvnwH4E_pqKde_5MIhhZXzH0k
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Incredible lede
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue
His administration is trying to distort the reality of Alex Pretti’s killing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/maga-second-amendment-minneapolis/685752/
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F1 receiving a Best Picture nomination over Weapons is one of the more egregious Academy Award errors
about 1 month ago
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Really liked this
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How to Tell If Your President Is a Dictator
A year into Donald Trump’s second term, labeling his governing style remains an elusive goal.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-trump-authoritarianism-kleptocracy/685697/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvn7iTVX_n818hUaViSlBu6RU
about 1 month ago
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Matthew Hay Brown
about 1 month ago
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the U.S. military services, says Trump’s threat to seize Greenland by force “tarnishes the image of the United States”; troops can refuse “immoral” orders. The former USCCB president is seen as a church conservative (Gift link)
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‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says
Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Archdiocese for the U.S. Military Services, expressed concern at President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland by force.
https://wapo.st/45kMRJz
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Tim Carvell
about 1 month ago
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
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Groff’s Farm. I am sad just thinking about not being able to go there
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about 1 month ago
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That was one of my best plays in Tecmo Bowl
about 1 month ago
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Supper Mario Broth
about 1 month ago
Using a combination of glitches in Super Mario World, Yoshi can be taken into the final battle, where he can eat Peach upon Bowser's defeat. With Peach gone, the ending will not play, and Mario and Yoshi will simply stare at each other forever.
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Good Roger Lowenstein piece
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Jerome Powell’s Thankless Rescue of Trump
The Fed chair has saved Trump from his worst instincts but failed to do so for Biden.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/jerome-powell-fed-trump-thankless/685653/
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Sam Adams
about 1 month ago
It’s disgusting that Tony Kushner had to stand up to a man who was saying Renee Good got what was coming to her. But without that happening we might never have known that he needlepoints pillows with scenes from The Shining
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Plato wouldn't have been surprised that he was canceled (nice Adam Kirsch piece)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Texas Sends Plato Back to His Cave
Since philosophy was invented, people have worried about its subversive effect on tender minds.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/texas-censorship-plato-philosophy-sexuality/685597/?gift=XtVrtN0db9zYx-yFwRLvn8ItSX3SEwjwAYwSzwJK_xo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 month ago
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This might be the best thing that happened during my first week at the office
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about 1 month ago
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Ashley Parker
about 2 months ago
Our profile on The Wrath of Stephen Miller—the man who is the pulsing human id of a president who is already almost pure id. W the great(s)
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The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/stephen-miller-trump-white-house/685516/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY8Vxr3HiAQHm1pbM0mPCx0k&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Jacob Oller
about 2 months ago
Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming
www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...
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I am willing to live with merely average sweatpants
about 2 months ago
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Keith Taylor
2 months ago
It's actually called a Laser Susan, and traditionally it was the most terrifying part of the dining experience. They had to change it because of woke.
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I really liked the first two Avatars. This one almost works. Still, very watchable and totally insane in the best way.
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A ★★½ review of Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Huge swaths of this feel like an avant-garde effort to push the limits of montage, to see whether a 3 1/2 hour film can move at the pace of a trailer, or a “previously on Avatar” clip. That, or whethe...
https://boxd.it/cc4IGR
2 months ago
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Vince was a great guy to interview — good-natured, direct, knew exactly what kinds of games he made and why they were so much better than almost everyone else’s. RIP
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Chet Faliszek
2 months ago
This sucks. Vince was always so helpful and welcoming to me. When we talked, he would often open up and go into great detail on very personal/private things he/they did to try and what they found didn't work. Ignoring his amazing contributions to the industry, I'm just gonna miss the guy...
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The Atlantic Communications
2 months ago
We’re excited to share news about several journalists joining The Atlantic in January:
@henrygrabar.bsky.social
and Judith Shulevitz as staff writers;
@suellentrop.bsky.social
as a senior editor; and Uzodinma Iweala as a contributing writer. More here:
www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
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The Atlantic Announces Henry Grabar and Judith Shulevitz as Staff Writers and Chris Suellentrop as Senior Editor; Uzodinma Iweala Joins as Contributing Writer
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https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/2025/12/atlantic-announces-new-writers-and-senior-editor/685391/
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I have to admit that the funniest possible answer to Chiefs fatigue is a Patriots Super Bowl title
2 months ago
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Paul Kirkley
2 months ago
My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
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2 months ago
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Daniel Radosh
2 months ago
Still reading the VF piece now and will have some more thoughts as it relates to the rest of this thread but in the meantime, unless I missed this earlier it seems to break a bit of news that George W. Bush called Marco Rubio privately in a failed attempt to save pepfar
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This thread has the (crab) juice
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3 months ago
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This is incredible
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3 months ago
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The Chiefs dynasty may be ending tonight but my posting dynasty continues
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Josh Dubow
3 months ago
Patrick Mahomes is 20-19 (playoffs included) in games Chiefs trailed by 10+ points. Only other QBs with a .400 win % or better since 1950 (10+ opps): Tim Tebow 5-6, .455 Otto Graham 7-10-1, .417
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This “name a movie you’ve seen more than six times” game is a sign that most of you are too young to have grown up watching cable
3 months ago
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The problem with college football is that it is like figure skating, where a committee of aesthetes gets to decide who is best. Duke won the ACC! Let them play, regardless of the Russian judge’s preference for Miami.
3 months ago
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