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.Joe Biden took a risk in making the midterms about democracy. I cheered that decision, because I thought it was the right issue—in fact, the only issue. But even I started to lose confidence as the election approached.
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Emily Oster: Let’s declare a pandemic amnesty.
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Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET on October 22, 2022This 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.The Russians have accused the Ukrainians of preparing to use a “dirty bomb,” because they want to rattle the West and keep the use of Russian nuclear weapons on the table.But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
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The inevitable indictment of Donald Trump
Medium COVID could be the most dangerous COVID.
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Three conversations with Donald Trump
Italians didn’t exactly vote for fascism.
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Nice democracy you’ve got here.
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