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“There’s no political advantage to what he’s doing,” @michaelscherer says about Donald Trump potentially escalating the war with Iran. He and @AshleyRParker speak with @AdamHSays on Radio Atlantic about how the war is influencing voters ahead of the midterms. youtu.be/Zu4oDEi3fzw
“You Can See Everything” is a Trump era parable—and shows that the president and Elizabeth Holmes have something in common, @MarkLeibovich argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
A big night for the Democrats in the midterm elections could stymie any of Trump's efforts to interfere with the results, Quinta Jurecic argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
In an attempt to explore the "bewilderment" brought on by a recent anecdote about a tech executive using AI for parenting, @petridishes created a quiz: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
An estimated 67,000 Israelis traveled thousands of miles to cast their votes in what many feel is a pivotal election—and the photographer Dana Golan accompanied a group of these expats on their journey home: theatlantic.com/internationa…
Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else—yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about America’s international mediocrity in education, Amanda Ripley wrote in 2013. theatln.tc/ZEt9lbyj
A24 is driving a cultural rethinking of the meaning of “cinematic”—and not just in film, writes @skornhaber: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist—except one. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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I love this. Wolf Dawg 4ever. Such a charming piece by @ssdai: theatlantic.com/family/2026/…
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very wild ride through Zagreb with @tebartl
"I didn’t remember seeing that study in any of his papers, but that’s because Sikirić says he never published it and doesn’t intend to ('Some things you have to keep for yourself,' he said)."
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Sanders clearly relishes his revival in relevance. Candidates across the Democratic spectrum are campaigning as populists. Medicare for All is polling better than ever. “Maybe,” Sanders told me, “Bernie Sanders has not been all that crazy over the years.” theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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"In interviews over the past few weeks, candidates, strategists, and voters across the political spectrum attributed Sanders’s sudden October relevance to the mainstreaming of ideas that he has championed for years"
@russellberman on how Bernie is peaking at 85 theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Bernie Sanders is in huge demand on the campaign trail, @russellberman reports. He spoke with the 85-year-old senator about how the Democratic Party has shifted toward his policies. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Play today’s Rabbithole, which starts with a question inspired by Sarah Hepola’s article on the limiting convenience of self-pleasure. theatln.tc/gAtJLsA4
The Classic Learning Test is trying to replace the SAT and ACT, @rosehorowitch writes. She reports on why red states are adopting the CLT at an astonishing rate—and why the test may be lowering standards for students: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
See some of the top images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, selected from more than 26,000 entries from 46 countries: theatlantic.com/photography/…
What would a Christian political agenda look like if it were measured by the lives that could be saved, sheltered, and healed? @Peter_Wehner asks: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Trump's anti-Muslim remarks about Abdul El-Sayed at a recent rally in Michigan are astonishing—even by recent standards, @GrahamDavidA argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he explores the damage of the president's bigotry: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist for his Cheesecake Factory comment—except one, @jonathanchait argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…