Thank you!
have spent years being irritated that the Alabama state legislature's never let me put down 25 bucks on the couple of lines a month I stumble across that look out of whack
have reached the conclusion I should probably send them a thank-you note
(anyway, take a few minutes and read this)
This is absolutely the best article I've seen about the dangers of sports betting, even as more of a libertarian on the issue
As someone who believes sports betting is quietly destroying hundreds of thousands of Americans’ lives (and as a tennis fan horrified by the number of death threats players are currently getting from sports bettors), glad @mckaycoppins.bsky.social wrote this. FanDuel and DraftKings are destroying us
Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving.
My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
New: I've obtained portions of a forthcoming book about the dysfunction inside the Department of Homeland Security. It contains damning details about the relationship between Secretary Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski—and how it's warping the agency. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
I had a great conversation with Jeff Flake about America’s evolving (eroding?) global reputation. At the end of the episode, we also get into a little debate about what will happen to the GOP after Trump. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/jeff-flake...
Where did Stephen Miller's politics develop?
"The thing that most struck me in talking to him years ago when I was profiling him was how much of his political worldview was forged in opposition to his upbringing," said @mckaycoppins.bsky.social.
For this week's Deseret Voices podcast, I talked to my brilliant Atlantic colleague Caitlin Dickerson about Minneapolis, the flood of Trump-era recruits to ICE, and what it's like to be an immigrant in America right now. Highlights in my newsletter: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trumps-new...
Reading the new biography of Harry Reid, I found a lot to admire about the late senator’s relentlessness. But the same thought kept occurring to me: Do we really want more of this in politics?
My conversation with author Jon Ralston on Deseret Voices: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/do-we-real...
Boots on the ground in Caracas? Regime-change operations in Cuba or Colombia? An invasion of Greenland?
For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to Richard Fontaine about the fall of Maduro, the future of Venezuela, and what Trump might do next. open.substack.com/pub/mckaycop...
From April 2017
If you’re looking for last-minute Christmas presents, I wrote in my newsletter about my favorite books that I read in 2025. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trump-feed...
Had a great time talking to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social for this week’s episode of Deseret Voices—what worries her about America’s future, what gives her hope, and what we get wrong about Trump voters. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trump-feed...
For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I had a great, delightfully weird conversation with Ross Douthat about flying saints, atheism's failures, and why he thinks "God is up to something interesting with the LDS story."
More in my newsletter: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/the-ration...
For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox about how he's been "radicalized" against social media companies, his own Twitter addiction, and the startling things he’s learned from Utah’s legal fight with big tech. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/how-spence...
I assume you’ve read the seminal @mckaycoppins.bsky.social work from 2013: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mcka...
The president continues to behave in ways that not a single parent I know would tolerate from their elementary-school-aged kids.
I also wrote a bit in my newsletter (subscribe below!) about why I wanted to talk to Sen. Kelly and what I found most notable from our conversation. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/the-violen...
🎁 Forty-one days until Christmas. A perfect day to buy someone a gift subscription to The Atlantic: accounts.theatlantic.com/products/gif...
For my first episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to @SenMarkKelly about the plague of political violence, how to stop it, and why he thinks ICE agents should stop following unlawful orders from the Trump Administration.
youtu.be/ExpTt31hfTI?...
Flying down to Austin this morning for the Texas Tribune Festival, where I’ll be interviewing former Sen. Joe Manchin and appearing onstage with several of my esteemed Atlantic colleagues. BBQ and taco recs welcome. Come say hi if you’re in town! festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
Grateful to the Deseret News for this profile, which covers my greatest professional achievement: my stewardship of the student newspaper at my kids' elementary school, The Sunshine Times.
(There's some other stuff in the story, too.)
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Excited to share that I’ll be co-hosting a new interview podcast, Deseret Voices. I wrote on Substack about why I’m taking this on, and my goals for the show.
We’ve got some great guests lined up, but also taking suggestions—who should I interview?
mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/some-excit...
I’ll have something cool to share soon. If you haven’t already, subscribe to my newsletter to get the announcement: mckaycoppins.substack.com/about
On the death of a prophet, a church shooting in Michigan, and what I learned from President Russell M. Nelson. This was a difficult piece to write. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I don’t even know which side you’re insisting with such certainty doesn’t participate in political violence. But whatever you’re arguing, just the last few years would strongly suggest you’re wrong.
I spoke with Utah's grieving governor about his state, America's dangerous spiral, and what social media is doing to us. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Shortly after Utah Governor Spencer Cox's news conference yesterday, he got a call from the president. "You know, the type of person who would do something like that to Charlie Kirk would love to do it to us," Cox says Trump told him. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Today is a good day to read @mckaycoppins.bsky.social on the mind games, sibling rivalry, and war for power that culminated in Lachlan Murdoch winning his family’s succession fight:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
