John Mecklin

The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” What did Trump mean by resuming nuclear testing? And what are the implications, in the worst-case scenario?

President Trump's recent comments about nuclear testing are clueless, ambiguous, and dangerous. thebulletin.org/2025/10/the-...

I have no idea whether this woman would make a good member of Congress. But I appreciate what she's doing as she runs for office. Other Democrats could learn a few things from her approach.

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

This what John Roberts and his allied Supremes wrought with their legally insupportable presidential immunity decision. Shame. The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Garland, Wray Signed Off on FBI’s Sweeping Anti-Trump Investigation | National Review As part of the investigation, the FBI targeted the phone records and communications of eight GOP senators and a Republican congressman.

The irrationality of this article would be funny if it weren't so divorced from reality. Yes, Justice Department officials OKed an investigation that led to ... the very, very deserved indictment of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn a valid election. www.nationalreview.com/news/garland...

A metaphor for the Trump administration's overall method.

A conversation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'A House of Dynamite,' and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim A conversation among Kathryn Bigelow, director of the film "A House of Dynamite," Noah Oppenheim, who wrote the script for the movie, and Bulletin editor in chief John Mecklin. The film, which deals w...

I enjoyed talking to Bigelow and Oppenheim. Hope you enjoy the conversation. thebulletin.org/2025/10/a-co...

I’ve known people to talk out their asses. Didn’t know about the breathing in…

A conversation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'A House of Dynamite,' and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim A conversation among Kathryn Bigelow, director of the film "A House of Dynamite," Noah Oppenheim, who wrote the script for the movie, and Bulletin editor in chief John Mecklin. The film, which deals w...

🚨 JUST IN: Bulletin editor in chief @meckdevil.bsky.social in conversation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of the film "A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE," and Noah Oppenheim, who wrote the script for the movie.

The film, which deals with a nuclear attack on Chicago, debuts on @netflix.com Friday, October 24.

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It's simpler than Obama is making it. Want to stop the slide to autocracy and dictatorship, fellow Californians? Vote for Prop 50.

No, stupid. Why would any school, law firm, or company think the asks from a wannabe dictator would be stopped by acquiesence? They will not.

This is a very good piece. And Chicago is a very good city.

I worked with Andy during my years of teaching at Harvard Extension (where he was a TA and sometimes lecturer in my nukes class) and now he's doing great work here:

I wonder if the people in the current Justice Department understand that bar associations can end their careers. For lawyers, lying to federal judges, in easy documentable ways, is tantamount to committing professional suicide. Pam Bondi, meet Rudy Giuliani.

Good to see Tom Tomorrow still kicking ass and taking names, after all these years.

And the rational explanation for firing live artillery shells over an incredibly busy interstate freeway is what, exactly? And I mean exactly. And who thought up such a dangerous and pointless exercise? And why isn’t that person or persons fired already?

I don’t actually care that much about the world on this score. I want Americans to reject autocracy. Harshly.

Nothing like this could happen now. We have AI.

Me, too.

This is a genuinely important story and yet another large-scale anti-scientific assault on public health by the Trump administration. @belfercenter.bsky.social @stanfordcisac.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Important story that needs much wider attention.

A shameful shill for the coal industry that IMO dives way beneath even the degraded standards of today’s WaPo opinion section. Climate change is a real planetary danger, and this pro-fossil fuel bilge is what we get: Down in a Pennsylvania mine, I saw coal’s future

Methinks you aren’t thinking enough about nonpublic communication. I would guess that there’s a lot of “want a promotion? Want to keep that cushy job in Honolulu? Tell me who the rats are” happening on the sidelines. This wasn’t come listen to a speech. This was: the hunger games begin today.

Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.

YouTube video by James Talarico I’m running for the U.S. Senate

This is someone to watch. He's a comer. youtube.com/shorts/IpO0S...

My daughter is on a Report for America fellowship at the Uvalde Leader-News, covering the school district. The bad faith and governance are astonishing. Want to help? Subscribe to the paper, which has been doing a good job but could always use more support. www.uvaldeleadernews.com/subscribe/

Everything alive is a computer—because the processes that enable life, at its core, are computational. This was a central point in my presentation and conversation with Benjamin Bratton at @longnow.org, where we challenged conventional notions about biological and artificial systems.

I laughed. Maybe you will, too.

It is a good read. I'm tired of having a SCOTUS that discriminates, unconstitutionally, against me, just because I don't believe in ancient fairy tales.

As I remember, however, it did birth some incredibly boring Sunday morning TV shows. At least, that's where the equal-time trash showed up when I was young.