Ashley Parker

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome Americans can’t seem to keep up.

"Among the greatest tricks Donald Trump ever pulled is convincing significant portions of the population that the slow erosion of their rights is not, actually, that big of a deal." My latest—> www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome Americans can’t seem to keep up.

"Because he can." My latest, on an emboldened and unfettered Trump. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome Americans can’t seem to keep up.

Trump is testing out the Boiling Frog theory of governance, with the U.S. populace as the slowly boiled frog. My latest, on the one-year mark of Trump's second term: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome Americans can’t seem to keep up.

“Fuck the Overton window,” Bannon told me. “You move it, and you do it, and no one complains—or MSNBC and The Atlantic complain and nobody gives a fuck—and then you do it again, and push it again.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

TFW you’re 107 steps into a Hogwarts LEGO train, and you realize a mistake has been made…circa step 13… 🤯

The Wrath of Stephen Miller The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy

Stephen Miller's persona of the gleeful contrarian persona has now become more true character than occasional outlandish caricature. My latest, w @michaelscherer.bsky.social + @nickmiroff.bsky.social, on Donald Trump's accelerant. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

"Stephen," Trump said, during a contentious debate about immigration, "if you had it your way, everyone would look exactly like you."

“That’s correct,” Miller said, before turning back to continue sparring.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Wrath of Stephen Miller The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy

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) @michaelscherer.bsky.social + @nickmiroff.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

2-year-old: “Whatcha doing?”

Me: “Blowing my nose.”

2-year-old: “But… you can just use your finger?”

The Fuck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency Truman, Reagan, and Monroe wouldn’t approve of the language, but a doctrine is a doctrine, even if it’s only five words long.

The Fuck Around and Find Out Doctrine now enters the pantheon of the greats (Monroe...Truman...Reagan).

My latest, w Missy Ryan, on Trump, Venezuela—and the Americas as the president's personal sandbox: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Fuck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency Truman, Reagan, and Monroe wouldn’t approve of the language, but a doctrine is a doctrine, even if it’s only five words long.

Trump, it turns out, seems to believe that a little foreign adventurism is just fine, as long as he’s the one doing the adventuring. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with @michaelscherer.bsky.social, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The 7-year-old, after watching me (unsuccessfully) negotiate w the 2-year-old for several minutes: “It’s tough having a baby like that.”

🎅🏻 Christmas morning scenes 🎅🏻

Me: Wow! Santa came! Do you want to look in your stocking?

2-year-old: DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars. An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

This is a perfect, and amazing, story, from
@joannastern.bsky.social. Stop everything and read: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

$1,776 Checks for the Military The president is considering bonuses for many service members.

AND YOU GET A CHECK! AND YOU GET A CHECK!

NEW from me + @nancyayoussef.bsky.social: Trump is considering announcing $1,776 checks (get it?!) for members of the military, in his address to the nation tonight. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right? How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science

Perhaps the only RFK Jr. story this week that doesn't have you Googling a sexual term you've never heard of. And we have @michaelscherer to thank for this legitimately great read... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right? How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science

Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he's right? @michaelscherer spent hours debating with him to find out... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

My v self-aware 7-year-old: "I am FULL of CRAZY ideas — and some even turn out to be good ones!"

Opinion | The Epstein files will come out. No one is looking good. Conspiracy theories are unlikely to be put to rest with looming disclosures.

Profile in personal liberties and free markets and courage... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

White House Sweats, and He’s the Cause (Published 2011)

Would like to do my part to contribute to the Larry Summer's discourse, so sharing this old NYT story I did, which happens to have a scene of Summers working out, shirtless, in the EEOB. www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/u...

(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun What does it mean to be female and conservative in 2025?

Come for the Make America Hot Again conservatives having sex in the bathroom lede... Stay for the fascinating exploration of “city Republicans” v “tradwives.” From @elainejgodfrey, natch. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The 2025 Atlantic Gift Guide None

Be sure to check out @TheAtlantic Holiday Gift Guide. Because after you've gotten everyone in your life a subscription to...The Atlantic...you still might want some other options: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Trump’s Eye-Popping Postelection Windfall Even though his campaign ended a year ago, the president hasn’t stopped fundraising.

💰💰Money money money. 💰💰Trump’s fundraising haul is approaching $2 billion, sources tell me and
@michaelscherer.bsky.social—> www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Trump’s Nearly $2 Billion Postelection Windfall Even though his campaign ended a year ago, the president hasn’t stopped fundraising.

NEW: On the morning after he won a second term as president, Donald Trump placed an unexpected call to his top fundraiser: "I want you to keep going." A year later, his fundraising tally is approaching $2 billion. w/ @ashleyrparker.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love

I just googled “wforgith” — curious to learn a wild new word — but I believe it’s just a… typo?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...

Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?

If you fear your country is slipping toward authoritarianism, isn’t sacrificing your late-night Subway snack the least you should do? www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?

At one point, sandwiches were served for lunch, an irony not lost on a jury spending hours contemplating the many possible uses of the breaded form (nutrition, satiety, projectile). “Then we had lots and lots of jokes about the condiments,” the juror told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?

“I did it. I threw a sandwich,” Dunn confessed to law enforcement upon being apprehended—a sort of modern Williams Carlos Williams (“I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox …”) for the more carnivorous, angrier set. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?

I talked to a Sandwich Guy juror. Inside the Dadaist deliberations on the case that captivated the nation's capital: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...