WSJ: Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East
"Only seven out of his 53 posts since Monday morning, or 13%, were about the war": Trump seems uninterested in discussing Iran even as it consumes his presidency. @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
“.. There’s no point in deceiving ourselves: Trump now sounds little different than Vladimir Putin in how he justifies the conflict—and in how much power he has claimed for himself to dictate America’s participation in it.”
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The war Trump doesn’t want to talk about it…
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"I don’t get bored,"Trump insisted. "Forty-six seconds later," @sbg1.bsky.social writes, "he began waxing about the 'very, very beautiful' new White House ballroom he’s building, which he thinks will be 'the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump claimed he would focus on his war with Iran for as long as it takes. Forty-six seconds later, he was waxing on about his ‘very, very beautiful’ new ballroom.
My new column on Washington at war: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump claimed he would focus on his war with Iran for as long as it takes. Forty-six seconds later, he was waxing on about his ‘very, very beautiful’ new ballroom.
My new column on Washington at war: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump 2.0 is doing all the things that critics feared he would do in Trump 1.0.
"Forget the predictions and all the pregame hype. There was no resetting of the narrative, no course correction or even a meaningful explanation of what the course is," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump's speech proved it's not possible to explain to America how he's going to get the country out of a mess he does not believe exists.
My column on the longest, wrongest State of the Union yet: www.newyorker.com/trumps-state...
Another excellent podcast from the Washington Roundtable with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the foremost authority on authoritarianism and where we are today.
A must listen.
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Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
@sbg1.bsky.social: Not even during the Civil War or the Red Scare crackdown of WWI or the worst excesses of McCarthyism did any President attempt what Trump has this week. He failed with one indictment and one grand jury, but he has three more years to go. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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On why we shouldn't move on too quickly from Trump's effort to imprison six members of Congress for making a video...
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Lost amid the noise is the fact that the president just tried to throw six members of Congress in prison because he didn't like what they said. Per @sbg1.bsky.social you have to go back to 1798 to find a congressman prosecuted for exercising his right to free speech www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
It is Donald Trump’s systematic campaign to stamp out dissent and punish those who disagree with him that will be remembered as among the most singularly un-American aspects of his disruptive tenure, @sbg1.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/6HGV6p
This is who he is, and who he always was.
Just a note to say how grateful we are for all the work of the Washington Post foreign staff bringing ground truth about the world to a hometown that desperately needs it.
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A masterclass by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
on how ICE/CBP became so specifically incompetent and violent. Unintelligent design--capped off by a fateful order from Stephen Miller. w @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Trump's awful post about Alex Pretti am confirms this point -- he's not sorry, he's not pivoting, and he'll use the same playbook as ever to survive yet another scandal that would have destroyed any other politician
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Here you have it—an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ #EmilyBazelon, @sbg1.bsky.social, & @ruthmarcus.bsky.social. We unpack the horrifying news from Minnesota, plus Trump’s escalating attacks on the FBI, DOJ, and rule of law. bit.ly/KiddingTF
Front page today.
It’s time to talk about Trump’s logorrhea…
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A federal judge expressed deep skepticism that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.
It’s time to talk about Trump’s logorrhea…
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Bone chilling, but important episode for all to listen… super important. Thank you for making my weekend, peppered with expertise, knowledge and most importantly, humor and the laughter, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social 🙏🙏
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“Trump has sent more federal agents to Minneapolis—several thousand of them—than there are police officers in the city. It’s a fight he wants, and it’s a fight he’s got.” In this week’s column, @sbg1.bsky.social writes about Trump’s escalations in Minnesota. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rr93ry
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