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Trump hates vote-by-mail. Why some Democrats hate it too?
“Remember When We Used to Take World War III Seriously?”
My @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest on the plotless farce of the Iran war
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“The Iran War’s Biggest Loser? Definitely Netanyahu”
My @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest
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Don't read Nicholas Lemann's "Returning" as a Jewish book, @mattizcoop.bsky.social writes, but as an American one: how, in a free country, we choose to wear our identities, and how the majority culture pushes back. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/11/t...
For two decades, Iranian and Venezuelan exiles were Washington's most convincing salespeople for pressure campaigns against their homelands. Now they've been cast aside.
A proposed OMB rule would require every grant to "advance the President's policy priorities." James D. Zirin explains why researchers are at DEFCON-1.
Trump's deal-making reputation is in tatters after the Iran War. But the biggest loser, @billscher.bsky.social argues, is Netanyahu—whose every gamble backfired, strengthening Iran and weakening Israel's American alliance.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing: Rhoda Feng (@newrepublic.com) and Dan Piepenbring (@harpers.bsky.social).
On the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Roberts Court has found a way to commemorate it: by gutting the Voting Rights Act. @jrakove.bsky.social, a historian of the founding era, on what's really being nullified.
Less local news doesn't just mean more corruption. New research finds it also means more loneliness, writes @stevenwaldman.bsky.social.
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In the 1980s, serious people feared World War III. Today, our slouch toward World War III is being orchestrated by egotistical sociopaths.
