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Wednesday
Of course Jasmine Crockett should run for president
She has risen through the ranks as a trash-talking champion of the Democratic base
We don’t live in an age of reason
Never has our understanding of the world been weaker
Tuesday
Mike Waltz claims he has ‘never met’ Atlantic editor
But Jeffrey Goldberg says in his write-up that he has met the National Security Advisor
Signal and the narcissism of connectivity
The app is clearly not a safe place to be discussing military operations, yet nor are its rivals
The Goldberg groupchat ‘glitch’ is a crisis of competence
It was only a matter of time before this White House, moving as fast as they have been, would make a glaring mistake
The real problem with the Trump portrait
It’s not malicious. It’s just bad
Why Harry and Meghan should leave America
They thrived in Biden’s America, mixing it up with liberals who nodded at every platitude
Monday
Ex-Media Matters influencer runs for Congress
Kat Abughazaleh is challenging 80-year-old incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky
The ‘government by groupchat’ scandal should cost Mike Waltz his job
The National Security Advisor accidentally added the editor of the Atlantic to a message thread in which Houthi air strikes were planned
Is Trump’s tariff zeal beginning to wane?
His plans consist of some old tactics and some new ones
Is the Trump Slump over?
There was always an element of wishful thinking behind the narrative
Does Tim Walz think we still want to hear from him?
A disastrous campaign doesn’t seem to have sparked any reflection
Sunday
We are living through the Second American Revolution
The American people are once again asserting their right to self-governance
Thursday
The JFK files will infuriate conspiracy theorists
This batch of redacted documents is more likely to fuel accusations of a deep-state conspiracy rather than solve mysteries
Did Joe Biden’s presidency really happen?
The 46th presidency only ended eight weeks ago and already Biden is a ghost
Wednesday
Trump is working overtime to restore the rule of law
In the long term, his masculine policies will function less as a punitive expedient
Chuck Schumer imperiled from the left and the donor class
Calls for the Senate Minority Leader to step down have already begun
How politics tainted the delayed homecoming of stranded astronauts
The blame game is overshadowing what should be a national celebration
Donald Trump, Putin and the Concert of Arabia
The subject of Iran appears to have been just as important as Ukraine
China’s BYD could kill Tesla
The evidence is mounting that China’s EVs aren’t just more affordable; they’re also superior in performance
Tuesday
The New York Times finally comes clean about Covid
It only took the newspaper five years to acknowledge what people had said since the beginning
Monday
French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty
Trump’s White House says, ‘non monsieur’
Recession? What recession?
No one knows how President Trump’s efforts to use American tariffs to force our trading partners to lower theirs will turn out
The case against admitting Canada to the US
From the bordering northern United States
How Republicans should capitalize on Chuck Schumer’s weakness
They’re going to need to resist the temptation to slow down
Why air strikes on the Houthis will fail
All other attempts to stop the Houthis haven’t worked. Why should Trump’s be any different?
Sunday
Trump has elevated the Houthis as an opponent
The cold, hard truth is that air strikes have seldom proven lethal enough to decapitate rebel movements and regimes in the Middle East
Saturday
Will Trump’s spending bill luck run out?
It’s to Trump’s benefit that the shutdown was avoided, but it can be chalked up as a win for the Democrats, too
Can Chuck Schumer hang on?
The Senate Minority Leader’s decision to prevent a government shutdown has earned him a telling off
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t unprincipled
The President is driven by a deep fear of communist China
The problem with putting US nukes in Poland
Allowing Poland to host US tactical nuclear weapons would violate the NATO-Russia Founding Act
Trump’s war on Europe should not surprise anyone
There’s not a new sheriff in town, but an old one with scores to settle
Friday
Why Greenland’s election might not have been so bad for Trump
‘The night’s big loser was the status quo,’ says Tom Dans
