McKay Coppins
Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Author of THE WILDERNESS. “Sort of handsome” - Donald J. Trump.
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2020 Election Forecast
Latest forecast of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
McKay Coppins
"Remember, Trump has a meaningful chance of winning the election, per our forecast—a little worse than the chances of rolling a 1 on a six-sided die and a little better than the chances that it’s raining in downtown Los Angeles."
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Black lives matter, LDS leader Dallin Oaks tells BYU audience, and is a cause all should support
For the first time, Dallin H. Oaks, next in line for the presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called Black lives matter an “eternal truth all reasonable people should support.”
The Internet Speaks American
Sharing the internet with America is like sharing your living room with a rhinoceros. It’s huge, it’s right there, and whatever it’s doing now, you sure as hell know about it.
McKay Coppins
After reading this @helenlewis piece, I feel like we owe an apology to the British
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Win or Lose, It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party
The G.O.P.’s politicians, activists and voters are still figuring out what that means.
McKay Coppins
From @elainaplott's new story :(
nytimes.com/2020/10/27/mag… pic.twitter.com/jq5xlDXCZU
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The 2020 Publishing Hot List: Rising To Covid's Challenges
Recognizing stellar work in trying times by The Atlantic, The Washington Post and many others
Trump administration sets refugee cap at 15,000, a new historic low
The Trump administration has informed Congress it intends to accept only 15,000 refugees this fiscal year, a new historic low for the US.
McKay Coppins
It is kind of amazing how little time we've spent in 2020 talking about immigration and refugees, given how central those issues were in 2016—not to mention stuff like this
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Utah heart attack victim competes for medical care amid surge in Covid-19 cases
In the predawn hours of a recent Tuesday morning in a suburban Salt Lake City hospital, Laurie Terry's doctor made a disturbing discovery: Utah's record setting Covid-19 outbreak had become more dangerous than many knew.
The Resistance Is Just Warming Up
How anti-Trump women in America’s suburbs are ushering in a new era of political activism
Lawyers: We can't find parents of 545 kids separated by Trump admin
About two-thirds of the 1,000 plus parents separated from their kids under a 2017 pilot program were deported before a federal judge ordered they be found.
How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire. Trump bought a...
Truth, Lies & Propaganda: How Disinformation Is Infecting the 2020 Elections | Hammer Museum
Campaigns are using familiar and emerging technologies to polarize voters, spread false narratives, sow confusion, and drown out the truth. An expert panel discusses the impact of information warfare.
How Mormons Fed Up With Trump Could Help Lift Biden in Arizona
Loyalty to the Republican Party is ingrained in the Latter-day Saints religion. But in Arizona, some find the president’s behavior at odds with their values and are shifting to Joe Biden.
Evangelicals Made a Bad Bargain With Trump
People of faith should embody moral and intellectual integrity.
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McKay Coppins
"The problem goes far beyond an inconsistent application of a biblical ethic. What the Trump years have exposed is...that many evangelical Christians have not brought anything distinctively Christian to politics," @Peter_Wehner writes
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This essay ends with an admirable note of humility from @Peter_Wehner: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… pic.twitter.com/Z09ElIfjg9
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Have media trust issues?
Websites featuring local news could be efforts to sway elections, media analysts say. But one publisher says he’s filling a void left by the closure of community newspapers
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Brian Timpone, who oversees the effort, told @grahamtoday last month that he "plans to establish another 15,000 websites within the next year."
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As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms.
McKay Coppins
As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place:
"The network...is built not on traditional journalism but on propaganda ordered up by dozens of conservative think tanks, political operatives, corporate executives and [PR] professionals"
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Romney: Trump’s refusal to disavow QAnon is part of "alarming pattern" in politics
He criticized people across the spectrum for their failure "to forcefully and convincingly repudiate" divisive and conspiratorial groups.
YouTube bans QAnon, other conspiracy content that targets individuals
YouTube said it would be enforcing the updated policy immediately, and plans to “ramp up in the weeks to come.”
The Neglect of Latino Voters
The stakes have never been higher for millions of Latinos devastated by the pandemic and the economic crisis. That doesn’t mean they’ll vote.