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Donald Trump’s Pattern of Deference to the Kremlin Is Clear
David A. Graham - The Atlantic 4h 1 tweets
Now it’s on the president to explain his posture.
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The Atlantic Donald Trump's pattern of deference to the Kremlin Is clear, and now it's on the president to explain his posture, writes 4h
The Sad News About CBD Cupcakes
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Cannabidiol-infused foods won’t get you high, probably won’t cure your anxiety, and are very likely illegal. On the plus side, they still taste good.
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The Atlantic From lollipops to empanadas, CBD-infused foods have popped up in restaurants across America in the past year. But questions about their effectiveness and legality persist, writes 4h
Community-College Students Succeed at Elite Schools—When They’re Admitted
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A new report finds that these students graduate from selective colleges at higher rates than first-time freshmen.
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The Atlantic Students who transfer from community colleges to selective schools graduate at higher rates than first-time freshman, reports 6h
The Truth About the Gig Economy
Annie Lowrey - The Atlantic 32h 2 tweets
Uber and similar companies aren’t driving huge changes in the way that Americans make a living.
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The Atlantic "The gig economy might be new and big and radical and transformative ... But Uber and similar companies were not and are not driving tidal changes in the way that Americans make a living," argues 23h
Subpoena the Interpreter
David Frum - The Atlantic 34h 6 tweets
There are real costs to such a move—but the public needs to know what was said between Trump and Putin.
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The Atlantic "Trump’s determination to defy normal presidential operating procedures to keep secret his private conversations with Putin only lends credibility to the worst suspicions." Subpoena the interpreter, argues 24h
A Northwestern Student Took Her Own Life. Is a Sorority to Blame?
The Atlantic 25h 1 tweets
The death of Jordan Hankins is an unusual case of potential campus hazing, but the fallout is following a familiar pattern.
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The Atlantic A new lawsuit alleges that sorority hazing played a role in the suicide of Northwestern student Jordan Hankins—which would make it an unusual case in the long history of campus hazing deaths, writes 25h
Al Sharpton’s Bid to Be a 2020 Kingmaker
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The civil rights leader says he’s open to eventually backing Michael Bloomberg or Joe Biden but won’t make a formal endorsement for more than a year.
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The Atlantic Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden and Kirsten Gillibrand are among the 2020 candidates making moves to court Al Sharpton, reports 27h
Bill de Blasio and Gavin Newsom May Give Restrictionism New Life
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The two Democratic politicians are trying to extend the safety net to include unauthorized immigrants—a move that may ultimately backfire on them.
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The Atlantic "Once the polarizing Donald Trump leaves the scene, the bracing honesty of Newsom and De Blasio could give restrictionism new life," argues 32h
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The Atlantic "Once the polarizing Donald Trump leaves the scene, the bracing honesty of Newsom and De Blasio could give restrictionism new life," argues 20h
What Is Ivanka Trump’s Role in the White House?
Caitlin Flanagan - The Atlantic 42h 4 tweets
The motivations and aspirations of the self-proclaimed “first daughter” remain a mystery.
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The Atlantic 23/ Ivanka Trump is many things. Among them, according to : “less powerful than she seemed … but still firmly wedged in there at the very center of whatever is going on in our strange, unpredictable, and increasingly dangerous White House.” 34h
Trump Versus the Judiciary
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The rare rebuke that John Roberts made in November is evidence that he fears for the viability of our political system.
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The Atlantic 33/ That Chief Justice Roberts “felt compelled to take the step of publicly correcting the president suggests he believes Trump’s behavior threatens not just the authority of the Supreme Court but the viability of our political system,” writes . 35h
It’s Not Just the Longest Shutdown Ever
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Donald Trump is also the first president to weaponize a government closure in an attempt to strong-arm policy concessions from his opponents.
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The Atlantic 34/ The United States is in the midst of No. 34 on our list: the longest government shutdown in history. Funding for the food-stamp program, on which more than 38 million Americans rely, will soon run out, reports . 35h
The Mystery of the Disappearing Security Clearance
David Frum - The Atlantic 35h 1 tweets
President Trump tried to unilaterally strip a CIA director’s security clearance, but it’s still unclear whether he actually did.
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The Atlantic 36/ reminds us that in August 2018, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that the administration would be withdrawing former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance—motivated explicitly by the president’s personal animus. 35h
In Trump’s World, Reality Is Negotiable
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The president’s resistance to learning will long outlive his administration.
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The Atlantic 39/ Trump and his enablers, warns , “inoculated a huge swath of the American public against ever being informed about anything” by attacking countless authoritative sources. The president’s legacy will be a resistance to learning. 35h
The First Lie of the Trump Presidency
Megan Garber - The Atlantic 35h 2 tweets
In his inaugural appearance as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer set the tone for the next two years.
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The Atlantic 47/ Sean Spicer’s inauguration-crowd-size claim quickly became an internet phenomenon—triggering fact-checks and viral side-by-side photos—but it was also oddly, absurdly prescient, writes . 35h
50 Moments That Define the Trump Presidency
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“Unthinkable” is a special project from The Atlantic, cataloging the 50 most norm-shattering moments of the Trump administration.
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The Atlantic (Thread) Two years into the Trump presidency, the velocity of the news coming out of the White House has been chaotic—with hundreds of norm-shattering moments that would have been unimaginable under most previous presidents, Republican or Democratic. 35h
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The Atlantic It's been almost two years since Donald Trump was inaugurated as president. To mark this occasion, we ranked the fifty most unthinkable moments from his presidency. #TrumpUnthinkable 37h
The Fellowship of the Ring Finders
The Atlantic 45h 1 tweets
A website connects people who have misplaced their rings with metal detectorists who know where to look.
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The Atlantic Losing a wedding ring can be painful and expensive for couples. But for metal-detector owners who specialize in finding them, it can present a major opportunity to intervene and be the hero, writes 45h
When America Stared into the Abyss
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The untold story of how America’s political leaders crossed the aisle to stave off financial collapse in 2008
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The Atlantic . reveals the untold story of how America’s political leaders crossed the aisle to stave off financial collapse in 2008 46h
The Ripple Effects of the Shutdown Reach the GPS System (and Beyond)
James Fallows - The Atlantic 50h 3 tweets
Readers tell James Fallows about the effects they're seeing from the closure of the government—and where responsibility lies.
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The Atlantic More readers write in to about effects of the shutdown: "Morale was already shot as [our branch of the State Department] had been hollowed out as a cost-saving measure, but this is just brutal. Sooner or later, something's got to give." 50h
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The Atlantic "This strikes me as yet another way in which the shutdown hurts our core economic competitiveness." The government closure is degrading the GPS system, a reader tells 49h
Trump's Syria Pullout—After Resignations and Uproar—Is On
Kathy Gilsinan - The Atlantic 4d 2 tweets
America’s retreat from Syria began Friday despite bipartisan opposition and conflicting goalposts from top officials.
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The Atlantic When Trump announced last month that American troops would leave Syria, bipartisan opposition—and the resignation of several top foreign-policy officials—followed. That didn't stop the pullout, which began Friday, writes 51h
Why 1984 Isn't Banned in China
The Atlantic 57h 1 tweets
Censorship in the country is more complicated than many Westerners imagine.
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The Atlantic "The authorities are aware that a touch of liberty is often better than a boot in the face to keep people in line." and on the complicated reality of censorship in China 57h