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Freedom and democracy have endured a long winter of setbacks. Spring will bring its own challenges both overseas and in the United States.
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With Trump’s SCOTUS appeal, justice delayed is justice denied.
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Donald Trump unleashed a flood of delusions and fascistic threats at CPAC this weekend in a speech to an audience that included actual neo-Nazis, a story overshadowed by the South Carolina GOP primary and his completely predictable defeat of the state’s former governor, Nikki Haley.
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A brief hubbub erupted in Washington this week over an unspecified “national security threat” that some sources now believe is related to a Russian plan to use nuclear weapons in space. The prospect is cause for concern but not panic.
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The presumptive Republican nominee showed yet again this weekend how little he thinks of America’s men and women in uniform.
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States and the presumptive Republican nominee, said earlier today that he would side with Russia against NATO and encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to brutalize our allies. Not so long ago, many Americans—and especially most Republicans—would have considered anyone supporting such a view to be little more than a deranged and hateful anti-American fanatic.
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Ukrainian defenses are in danger of being destroyed and overrun because House Republicans refuse to provide ammunition and aid. If Russia wins this war, the consequences could be catastrophic.
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We are heading into a rematch that promises to be weirder than any presidential election we’ve ever experienced. Let’s review where things stand.
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What Joni Mitchell proved at the Grammys
Silicon Valley’s new start-ups are city-states.
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Republicans need to recover their senses about the dire moral and strategic tests Ukraine and the West face in Europe.
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The nonsensical impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
“What I found in San Francisco”
Chicken Littles are ruining America.
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The elected officials who quietly defend Donald Trump’s immorality even though they know better are just as bad as the comically devoted Trump courtiers.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign. His loss was inevitable, because Republican voters want Donald Trump.
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Pour one out for Ron DeSantis.
Why rich people don’t cover their windows
Gummy vitamins are just candy.
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The GOP has collapsed as a party, but voters in general don’t seem to care about what parties once represented.
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Bill Ackman is a brilliant fictional character.
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Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee, and he has vowed revenge on his political enemies. His voters want revenge as well—on their fellow citizens.
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The ruin that a Trump presidency would mean
You should go to a Trump rally.
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Some of President Joe Biden’s critics argue that he did not have the authority to launch yesterday’s strikes in Yemen, but America’s presidents have significant constitutional powers regarding the use of military force.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized this week, and apparently, the president of the United States didn’t know about it—for days.Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Hospital following complications from an “elective procedure” on New Year’s Day, according to a statement from the Pentagon.
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Hamas doesn’t want a cease-fire, Graeme Wood argues.
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Future-proofing your town sounds great, until you try it.
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A very, very expensive emoji
Future-proofing your town sounds great, until you try it.
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.In the January/February issue of The Atlantic, 24 writers explain how Donald Trump could destroy America’s civic and democratic institutions, including its courts, national political culture, and military, if he succeeds in returning to the Oval Office.
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Joe Biden is both old and boring. The American voter has come to expect celebrity and excitement from the White House, and they pay little attention to policy.
But first: Last year, Jake Tapper wrote about C. J.
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There is no good way to travel anywhere in America.
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The U.S.
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Trump isn’t merely unhinged.
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