The Atlanticflipped into All StoriesNowPurge the Public Servantsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Anne ApplebaumThe destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Kathleen Walters was only 23 days away from qualifying for early retirement at the IRS when she decided to quit, rather than acquiesce to a …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories11 hours agoTesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Centuryverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Patrick GeorgeThe Model S deserved better than this. Before Elon Musk, most electric vehicles seemed less like an alternative to gasoline than an argument in its favor. The sad state of affairs for EVs for many years was that they were slow, impractical, and largely enticing only if you lived with copious guilt …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories13 hours agoTrump Shrugs Off the Ilhan Omar Attackverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David A. GrahamHe baselessly claimed that the congresswoman “probably had herself sprayed.” The attack on Representative Ilhan Omar on Tuesday was horrifying but depressingly predictable. Not only has the country seen a recent spree of political violence, but Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, has also been a …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories15 hours agoAnother Way to Be an Americanverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Jake LundbergThe idea of a “trans-national America” argued against forcing immigrants into an Anglo-Saxon mold. In 1915, former President Theodore Roosevelt criss-crossed the country as a champion of what he called “Americanism.” The concept was becoming commonplace in American discourse, marking a stand against …
The Atlanticflipped into Ideas16 hours agoMAGA’s War on Empathyverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Hillary Rodham ClintonThis crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement. When I first saw the video of the killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, I immediately thought of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Federal agents shot Pretti after he tried to help a …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories18 hours agoThe Three Lessons of Minneapolisverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Peter WehnerWhat happened in the city is important, and won’t be forgotten. The events in Minneapolis, especially the horrifying killing of two Americans, reconfirmed one awful thing and taught us two encouraging things. What was reconfirmed was the sheer malevolence and cruelty of the Trump administration. It …
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