Julie Zebrak

The One Place Trump’s Power Remains Constrained In the criminal-justice system, when the president’s bluster collides with facts and evidence, he keeps losing.

New from me in @theatlantic.com : Trump is learning that although it's easy to convict someone in a social media rant, when you get into the courtroom things are a bit more complicated.

The criminal justice system is standing up to Trump.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis

Tensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

This is very insightful and also gross

"Enlisted personnel obey lawful orders; officers ensure the orders that reach them are lawful. The real constitutional failsafe...is the officer corps, obligated to the Constitution alone."

@markhertling.bsky.social on the military and illegal orders: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...

This is very insightful and also gross

X Just Accidentally Exposed A Vast Covert Influence Network Targeting Americans How a new X feature led to the most sweeping public exposure of covert foreign activity on a major platform since 2016.

X rolled out a new feature that accidentally exposed a massive covert foreign influence operation — more than one, actually — that is currently live on the platform. It’s a huge story and I wrote about it — and what it means for America — here:

open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...

MAHA

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.

This one is for the “I don’t like/follow politics” crowd or the “Politics doesn’t affect me” crowd. Your GOP government endorses more chemicals on your produce now. Congratulations PFAS!! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis

Tensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.

This one is for the “I don’t like/follow politics” crowd or the “Politics doesn’t affect me” crowd. Your GOP government endorses more chemicals on your produce now. Congratulations PFAS!! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

#TN07 Republicans are sweating a deep-red Tennessee special election — and they should be. The ground is shifting, and Aftyn Behn is the reason why. Let’s push this all the way over the line, y’all.
Join the fight: AftynForCongress.com
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The ultra-hawkish right and anti-Zionist left have drowned the American Jewish majority Every U.S. Political Pathology – on the Left and Right – Is Reproduced in American Jewish Politics, Effectively Rendering Invisible the Plurality of U.S. Jews. That's Bad for U.S. Jews, for a Democrat...

“The ‘conflictedly connected’ American Jews ought to have far greater political representation than they currently do. Drowned out by bellicosity on the right and ostracized by some would-be allies among progressives, a large plurality of American Jews have effectively been rendered invisible.”

Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize

Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...

Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’ President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war.

Trump said today that "Zelenskyy could fight his little heart out" about Trump's Ukraine surrender plan, and just a few hours later Rubio is saying it's not a U.S. plan at all. Clownish does not even begin to describe this regime. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Remote Phone Bank with Team Aftyn! · Aftyn for Congress Hey Tennessee! Ready to make an impact? Join Team Aftyn online as we reach out to voters across the district through our remote phonebook! We'll kick things off with a short training, provide sample ...

Want to volunteer to help flip a red seat blue? Join our REMOTE PHONEBANK with Team Aftyn.
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Unprecedented nepotism & corruption at the highest levels of American government

GOTV ZOOM Rally · Aftyn for Congress Join us for our GOTV Zoom Rally with Rep. Aftyn Behn — your last chance to hear from Aftyn before Election Day! 📅 Monday, December 1 ⏰ 7:00 PM CT 📍 [Register Here](https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/reg...

The special election for TN-07 is on December 2nd.
Want to join me for a special GOTV Zoom Rally with Aftyn Behn and the campaign team?
Sun., December 1st. | Virtual Event

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Let's help Aftyn flip this seat blue!

White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.

detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.

"From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, Democrat-backed candidates ran successful campaigns in some of the nation’s largest school systems. The trend was enabled by voters’ increasing weariness with the culture wars that helped MAGA..."

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LOL Trump ❤️ Mamdani

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VOTE EARLY, VOTE AFTYN

Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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