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The Atlantic
World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
The Atlantic
5 min read · May 11th · The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 85, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Anne Applebaum
The Economist
What Australia’s new government will do
The Economist
3 min read · May 22nd · How Anthony Albanese, the new prime minister, will shape policy at home and abroad
Foreign Affairs
A Real Foreign Policy for the Middle Class
Foreign Affairs
~16 min read · Apr 25th · The Biden administration can both help American workers and project U.S. power.
Reader View · Shared by 71
The Cut
Which Women Do We Choose to Believe?
The Cut
7 min read · May 12th · Amber Heard claims an extremely famous man abused her for years. Why do so many people hate her for it?
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 97, including Leslie slow slow fast Bradshaw 🐢, Kate Manne, Klaus Eck
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE CIA chief told Bolsonaro government not to mess with Brazil election, sources say
Reuters
May 26th · The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director last year told senior Brazilian officials that President Jair Bolsonaro should stop casting doubt on his country's voting system ahead of the October election, sources told Reuters.
The Economist
Because of Ukraine, America’s arsenal of democracy is depleting
The Economist
5 min read · May 6th · The war raises worries about America’s ability to arm its friends
Shared by 82, including Steve Hanke
CNN
Biden says US willing to respond 'militarily' in event of Chinese attack on Taiwan
CNN
4 min read · May 23rd · President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity…
The New York Times
Opinion | Overturning Roe Will Not Make America More Democratic
The New York Times
6 min read · May 13th
Vox
After Roe: 9 legal experts on what rights the Supreme Court might target next
Vox
9 min read · May 5th · Does Justice Alito’s draft opinion hint at future rollbacks on marriage equality, birth control, and other issues?
The Washington Post
From Sandy Hook to Buffalo and Uvalde: Ten years of failure on gun control
The Washington Post
May 26th · President Biden has played a central role in the unsuccessful efforts to enact significant gun control legislation amid thousands of mass shootings.
The Economist
What is America’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” over Taiwan?
The Economist
3 min read · May 23rd · Joe Biden’s aides rush to clarify his apparent disavowals
FiveThirtyEight
We Asked 2,000 Americans About Their Biggest Concern. The Resounding Answer: Inflation.
FiveThirtyEight
6 min read · May 17th · Inflation is top of mind for Americans. We asked them why they're so worried about it.
HuffPost
Living With The Far-Right Insurgency In Idaho
HuffPost
20+ min read · May 17th · A radical GOP faction, in open alliance with extremists, is seizing power and targeting its opponents with cruelty. Some wonder: Is it time to leave?
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 107, including Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Dan Gillmor, Anne Applebaum, Brendan Nyhan
Forbes
The Russians Lost Nearly An Entire Battalion Trying To Cross A River In Eastern Ukraine
Forbes
2 min read · May 11th · The better part of a Russian army battalion—50 or so vehicles and up to a thousand troops—in recent days tried to cross a pontoon bridge spanning the Siverskyi Donets River, running west to east…
Reader View · Shared by 80
Foreign Policy
The World Ignored Russia’s Delusions. It Shouldn’t Make the Same Mistake With India.
Foreign Policy
~11 min read · May 9th · Hindu nationalist ideologues in New Delhi are flirting with a dangerous revisionist history of South Asia.
Texas Tribune
Analysis: Grief. Horror. Inaction. Texas mass shootings follow a numbing script
Texas Tribune
4 min read · May 25th · We know what comes next. Another scar hardens on the state’s collective psyche, but little is done to prevent the next one.
Reader View · Shared by 69
Foreign Affairs
Turkey’s Lethal Weapon
Foreign Affairs
10 min read · Apr 27th · From Ukraine to Syria, Drones Are Reshaping Erdogan’s Foreign Policy
Reader View · Shared by 71
War on the Rocks
Ukraine's Military Advantage and Russia's Stark Choices
War on the Rocks
1 min read · Apr 27th · Our friend Michael Kofman popped in for another conversation with Ryan about where things stand in the Russo-Ukrainian War. He gives a wide-ranging
Shared by 74, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
Foreign Policy
Putin Wants to Keep Fighting. Who Will Fill the Ranks?
Foreign Policy
5 min read · May 21st · Moscow has to figure out how to replenish unprecedented losses in just under three months of fighting.
The Drive
Massive Drone Swarm Over Strait Decisive In Taiwan Conflict Wargames
The Drive
~12 min read · May 20th · Air Force and independent think tank simulations show giant drone swarms are key to defeating China's invasion of Taiwan.
Reader View · Shared by 71
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POLITICO
Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
POLITICO
~11 min read · May 3rd
Reader View · Shared by 486, including Dr. Syra Madad, Steve Silberman, Matthew Herper, Museum Nerd (desde 2008), Katie Benner, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Mathew Ingram, jason@calacanis.com, William Gibson, Brad DeLong 🖖, ₿ully, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Prof Michael E. Mann, Larry Sabato, Arlan 👊🏾, reshmasaujani, Ben White, Jerry Saltz, Carl Zimmer, Taylor Lorenz
Vox
The case against the Supreme Court of the United States
Vox
~13 min read · May 4th · The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters, and the dead hand of the Confederacy, and is now one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decline.
Guardian US
‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion
Guardian US
2 min read · May 7th · The US supreme court draft ruling on abortion is an assault on fundamental individual freedoms. The Handmaid’s Tale author reflects on the issues at stake
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Nieman Lab
The Conversation
War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century
The Conversation
5 min read · Apr 27th · Grain and fertilizer shortages, higher shipping costs and a strong dollar are all pushing food prices up and increasing hunger in dozens of vulnerable countries.
The Atlantic
I Thought I Was Writing Fiction
The Atlantic
4 min read · May 13th · The theocratic dystopia I invented for "The Handmaid’s Tale" is taking on a hideous reality with the leaked Alito opinion.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 157, including Liv 😷, Olivia Kühni, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Michael Shermer, Marie-José Kolly, Niall Ferguson, Olga Khazan, Courtney Smith Kramer – Marketer, Author 🇺🇦🌻
The Economist
The Putin Show
The Economist
~11 min read · May 17th · How the war in Ukraine appears to Russians
Shared by 145, including Nick Lüthi, Richard Baxter, Tactical Tech, Lasse Lambrechts, Alex Selby-Boothroyd
The New York Times
Haiti’s Lost Billions
The New York Times
1 min read · May 20th · The staggering sum Haiti paid for its independence cemented its path to poverty.
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Scott Galloway
Facebook v. Roe v. Wade
Scott Galloway
4 min read · May 4th · Roe v. Wade is not only the right thing, but the smart thing in a capitalist society.
Reader View · Shared by 136
The New Yorker
Scooping the Supreme Court
The New Yorker
4 min read · May 6th · The first Roe v. Wade leaks happened fifty years ago.
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The Atlantic
The Election That Could Break America
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 2020-09-23 · If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?
Reader View · Shared by 638, including Prof Michael E. Mann, Ed Yong, Jane IMAGINABLE McGonigal ❤️, anildash, Brian Stelter, Kevin M. Kruse, Carolyn Porco, Alfie Kohn, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Scott Stratten, James Fallows, Richard Dawkins, Scott Santens, David Weigel, Steve Silberman, Jay Rosen, Mathieu von Rohr, Mathew Ingram, Margaret Sullivan, Anne Applebaum
The New York Times
The American Abyss
The New York Times
~19 min read · 2021-01-09 · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next
Reader View · Shared by 625, including Jeff Zeleny, Jay Rosen, Kevin M. Kruse, Matt Goodwin, Charles Arthur, Jason Stanley, Nigel Warburton 🧡 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦, John Battelle, Ida Bae Wells, emily bell, Barry Ritholtz, Sam Harris, Rob Wijnberg, Nouriel Roubini, Wolfgang Blau, Taylor Lorenz, Niall Ferguson, Brian Stelter, Felix Salmon, Alfie Kohn
medium.com
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
medium.com
5 min read · 2020-06-01 · As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the…
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The Atlantic
January 6 Was Practice
The Atlantic
2021-12-06 · Donald Trump is better positioned to subvert an election now than he was in 2020.
Reader View · Shared by 531, including Carl Zimmer, Augie Ray, John Battelle, Pippa Malmgren, anildash, Scott Santens, William Gibson, Anne Applebaum, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Ben White, Jay Rosen, Steve Silberman, David Frum, Brent Toderian, Ida Bae Wells, Brian Stelter, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Wolfgang Blau, Scott McLeod, Alfie Kohn
The Associated Press
We witnessed Mariupol's agony and fled a Russian hit list
The Associated Press
10 min read · Mar 21st · MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in. We had been documenting the siege of the Ukrainian city by Russian…
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 517, including Ole Begemann, Chaotic Goode, Jason Stanley, David Wessel, Jon Cohen, David Smith, Taylor Lorenz, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Jay Rosen, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Hunter Walker, Christopher Mims 🤌, Akshat Rathi, Danielle 👩🏻💻, Joshua Benton, Murad Ahmed, Mathew Ingram, Paul Graham, Constantin Gurdgiev, Prof Hugo Spiers
The New York Times
Opinion | I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2018 · I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
Reader View · Shared by 490, including Nick Lüthi, Stefan T, AntonioMaestre, John Battelle, Lessig 🇺🇦, Claudia Sommer, Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷, Denny Burk, David Bauer, George Conway🇺🇦, Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Mark Little, Nicolas Granatino 🌻, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID, ❤️ Umair, Annie Lowrey, Gerd Leonhard, Brad Brooks, Nathan Baschez, Joan Lockwood
POLITICO
Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
POLITICO
~11 min read · May 3rd
Reader View · Shared by 486, including Dr. Syra Madad, Steve Silberman, Matthew Herper, Museum Nerd (desde 2008), Katie Benner, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Mathew Ingram, jason@calacanis.com, William Gibson, Brad DeLong 🖖, ₿ully, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Prof Michael E. Mann, Larry Sabato, Arlan 👊🏾, reshmasaujani, Ben White, Jerry Saltz, Carl Zimmer, Taylor Lorenz
The New York Times
How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations
The New York Times
20+ min read · 2021-04-03 · Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling…
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The Atlantic
History Will Judge the Complicit
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 2020-06-02 · Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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