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staff writer @TheAtlantic | author of "American Carnage" (2019) and "The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory" (2023) | perplexed, but not in despair

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1Nov 2, '24NEW — and several months in the making — my final look beneath the hood of Trump 2024. Pour a cup of coffee and find a comfy chair. “Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Tru40.7×6.4M9.9k2.5k4.7k
2Nov 5, '24Re: my comments on CNN and MSNBC this evening... yes, there are Trump staffers who no longer much care whether he wins or loses. Not exactly breaking news. Hard to overstate how te32.5×5.1M34k5.2k1.6k
3Jul 22, '24Most striking thing I heard from Trump allies yesterday was the second-guessing of JD Vance—a selection, they acknowledged, that was borne of cockiness, meant to run up margins wit20.7×3.3M10k2k1.2k
4Jan 10, '21The stuff I've heard in the last 72 hours—from members of Congress, law enforcement friends, gun shop owners, MAGA devotees—is absolutely chilling. We need to brace for a wave of v9.3×046k11k791
5Nov 6, '24for posterity:8.3×1.3M7.4k1.5k559
6Jun 2, '20BEN SASSE statement: “There is no right to riot... But there is a fundamental—a Constitutional—right to protest, and I’m against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that7.2×040k7.5k153
7May 10, '24A man just collapsed at the ATL airport. Unresponsive. Not breathing. Turning blue. All in an instant, strangers raced to his aid—some administering CPR, others grabbing the defibr6.8×1.1M25k2.6k344
8Sep 10, '24The most striking thing about Mike Lee, after studying him and talking with dozens of longtime acquaintances, is his lifelong search for identity. He dreamed of being a legal giant6.3×991k6.7k1.7k422
9Jul 19, '24I’m standing 10 feet from the stage, in a sea of diehards, and some are getting restless. Checking phones, stealing glances at the teleprompter, whispering about when it will be ov5.9×922k9.1k2k321
10Nov 9, '22This is not a red tsunami. In fact, it might be shaping up as the best midterm cycle for an incumbent president's party since the rally-around-the-flag election of 2002.5.7×037k3.7k550
11Jul 17, '24Nikki Haley to me, days after January 6: “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ev5.4×853k6.5k2.4k326
12Jan 7, '21121 House Republicans -- all of whom identify as "conservatives" -- just voted to throw out a state's election result because the president threw a temper tantrum.5.4×033k4.6k124
13Jan 31, '20To summarize: There are multiple jurors who believe the defendant is guilty as charged but disapprove of the sentence that awaits him so they’re voting to acquit the defendant who 5.3×028k6.7k172
14Oct 2, '20We should also say a prayer for the thousands of families who watched their loved one depart for the local hospital in a sedan or a pickup truck and never saw them again.5.2×031k5.4k48
15Feb 4, '20Iowa is charming and everything but let’s all admit that if we saw this sloppy, chaotic, slap-dash voting system employed in another country we’d call for UN election monitoring.5.2×032k4.6k116
16Jul 22, '24Among other annoyances to Team Trump… they’ll need to redecorate campaign headquarters5.1×808k4.9k652124
17Nov 10, '20I've seen cowardice in politics. Two U.S. senators calling on their state's top election official to resign—for no cause, citing no specific offense, just throwing him under the bu5.1×032k4.5k149
18Feb 25, '18Poor kid from Flint passes on millions in NBA lottery to come back for soph year and win a title. Mom (allegedly) takes $400 from agent. And the rich kids in Madison call him “chea5.0×025k7.8k4
19Jan 13, '21Crow is right. Numerous House Rs have received death threats in the past week, and I know for a fact several members *want* to impeach but fear casting that vote could get them or 4.2×013k4.7k458
20Sep 11, '24One way to look at it: ABC moderators fact-checked Trump 2-3 times and Harris zero times Another way to look at it: ABC moderators fact-checked Trump 2-3 times instead of 500 times4.2×658k12k1.7k325
21Dec 12, '20The president in manic denial. 100+ federal officials placating him w/ a publicity stunt. The national party churning out lies and propaganda. One state party calling for secession4.1×026k2.9k178
22Jul 31, '20I would trade a month’s salary to hear Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz react to Barack Obama suggesting we postpone the election because he’s losing. Not enough popcorn in the world.4.0×026k2.8k67
23Sep 30, '20President Trump was just offered up, on a silver platter, the chance to emphatically denounce white supremacists in front of tens of millions of voters. All he could manage to must4.0×020k5.5k117
24Jan 6, '21Turns out there is a downside to "humoring him."3.9×026k3k57
25Oct 4, '20Sanjay Gupta says doctors at Walter Reed are throwing "the kitchen sink" at Trump, feeding him 3 different "serious" medications, one of which is experimental in nature. He suggest3.8×020k4.7k110
26Dec 4, '209 of 10 Trump voters I’ve talked to believe mass voter fraud occurred. 8 of those 9 cite the protracted counting and Biden’s “comeback” after Trump led Tues night. Again: Legislatu3.3×019k2.2k183
27Jun 3, '20Folks. The blocks around 1600 Penn Ave are the most monitored in the world. On top of that, a thousand iPhones are rolling. Don’t you think if rioters were throwing bricks—if the c3.1×018k3.8k75
28Oct 4, '19Barack Obama stands in front of the White House. With the entire world watching, he declares, “China should start an investigation into the Romneys.” Republicans wouldn’t just call3.0×016k3.5k60
29Nov 4, '20To recap: The president wants the rest of the votes counted in Arizona, because he's losing, but says he's "won" Pennsylvania and Michigan, where there are hundreds of thousands of2.9×016k3.7k109
30Nov 20, '20Just FYI, after 48 hours of high-level conversations with Michigan Rs & Ds, it's clear the results will stand. Joe Biden will receive the state's 16 electoral votes. There is n2.9×018k2.5k99
31Aug 20, '20This isn't just the sharpest criticism Obama has made of Trump. This is the sharpest criticism a former president has *ever made* of a sitting president.2.9×018k2.2k97
32Jan 7, '21I found myself anxious this evening, wondering if in the absence of John McCain any Republican senator would truly rise to meet this moment and say the things that needed to be sai2.9×020k1.5k82
33Nov 15, '24So to recap... rule-of-law voters get an alleged sex trafficker junkie as the country's top cop pro-life voters get an abortion enthusiast leading HHS America-First voters get a Kr2.9×448k6.3k1.3k504
34Jun 7, '20The mistreatment of this man, the demonization of him on a personal level by opponents in both parties, will be studied for decades to come.2.8×016k1.7k131
35Nov 23, '20End of weekend update: -Sidney Powell is out -Tony Blinken is in -Ted Cruz is still Ted Cruz -Joe Biden still won Michigan2.8×020k1.3k33
36Sep 30, '20in Frank Luntz's focus group, Ruthie from PA (upper right corner) said she was undecided coming into tonight..... but now likes Biden b/c Trump was behaving like a "crackhead" and 2.6×012k3.5k205
37Nov 23, '20Republican canvasser AARON VAN LANGEVELDE announces he will vote to certify Michigan's election results. It's over, folks. Joe Biden officially wins Michigan.2.4×016k1.3k46
38Jan 9, '21I can’t understand for the life of me why Lin Wood isn’t being arrested for conspiring to assassinate the Vice President. 1A should not apply here. Having cultivated a massive sect2.3×011k3.3k179
39Jun 5, '20To all the special-needs parents who have gone nearly 3 months without school, without therapy, without routine or structure or any kind of break.... you are the chosen ones. God b2.3×015k1.8k37
41Jul 14, '20No one tweet can capture the intellectual decline of the American right, but this one comes close.2.2×015k1.6k100
42May 1, '20I know lots of Trumpers in Michigan. I know lots of gun owners in Michigan. I know lots of people upset w/ the govt in Michigan. Not one would bring a gun to the statehouse. GOP le2.2×013k2.1k55
43Dec 3, '20The Republican Party is carrying out a mass propaganda campaign aimed at deceiving the public and undermining confidence in the legitimacy of our democracy. If you can't bring your2.2×013k2.2k109
44Feb 8, '18"At my breaking point," one House GOP chief texts me. "Our party is worthless."2.1×09.8k2.9k1
45Nov 23, '20There's a nauseating amount of this "too many Americans have doubts about the integrity of our elections" shtick coming from the very Republicans who've been actively sowing doubts2.1×014k1.5k54
46Nov 6, '20Not sure how anyone can crack jokes right now. We cannot begin to fathom how much damage that speech will do to the long-term health and stability of our country.2.1×012k1.7k91
47Oct 5, '20That's right, America. You too can be medivacked to one the nation's premier hospitals, evaluated & monitored around the clock by a team of elite doctors, treated with an exclu2.0×011k2.7k61
48Jan 31, '20A thought on Lamar Alexander: His retirement is less relevant than you might think. Trump’s grip on the GOP has implications far beyond elected office. Lamar is looking forward to 2.0×09k2.1k163
49Sep 17, '20"If you take the blue states out" will be remembered as one of the most callous sentiments ever uttered by an American president.... if it's remembered at all.2.0×09.7k2.5k130
50Nov 9, '22Folks, if you're wondering how Speaker Kevin McCarthy would handle a 6- or 7-seat majority, it's worth considering there may never be a Speaker Kevin McCarthy at all1.9×014k82454
51Nov 7, '20Let's be clear about something. We don't yet have any evidence proving voter fraud was committed in this election. We do have evidence that Republicans—from the president to congre1.9×09.7k2.2k257
52Nov 8, '20The Four Seasons episode would be perfectly hilarious under any circumstance. (An adjacent porno shop? C’mon!) What makes this so special is the underlying implication that these s1.9×011k1.5k178
53Nov 7, '20This is Betsy DeVos's former chief of staff. He spent years running the Michigan GOP's election day operations. He knows the Detroit election heads personally, has intimate knowled1.8×08.7k2.5k335
54Oct 7, '20I can’t overstate the significance of this. Two red-state Rs, on consecutive days, telling me they’re seeing poll numbers they never thought were possible. Their shared conclusion:1.8×08k2.2k171
55Nov 25, '20Your grandkids are going to read about the last 20 days in Michigan -- the lies, the abuses of trust, the brazen attempt to undermine democracy. Based on two dozen+ interviews, wit1.8×07.8k2.1k756
56Nov 23, '20Good morning. A reminder that regardless of what Michigan's board of state canvassers does this afternoon, Joe Biden won the state, he will receive the state's 16 electoral votes, 1.8×012k1.3k28
57Feb 24, '18Mona Charen, who stunned #CPAC by rebuking conservatives for excusing the behavior of Donald Trump and Roy Moore, was just escorted outside by 3 security guards after her speech. M1.7×06.3k3k2
58Oct 23, '20Biden's comment about transitioning from oil isn't the game-changer some of you believe it is. We've been transitioning from oil for 50 years. Voters see that in their everyday liv1.6×08.6k1.6k65
59Jan 6, '21This coup at the U.S. Capitol has been unfolding in slow motion for 9 weeks. If you couldn't see this coming, you're blind. If you participated in this charade, or enabled it in an1.6×08.8k1.9k63
60Jan 11, '21We should stop tip-toeing around the obvious. Kevin McCarthy is not fit to lead anyone or anything. This has been apparent for years—to his own friends and staffers. McConnell work1.5×08.9k1.6k60
61Jul 30, '19My dad died yesterday. Two weeks ago he was in DC to celebrate my book release. Today he is gone. I'm devastated. And yet, I'm so thankful for the life he lived and the lessons he 1.5×09.9k35955
62Jan 7, '21With this speech, Mitt Romney cements his legacy as a towering figure in modern American history.1.5×09.4k69470
63Jan 11, '21Wow... Chad Sweet, key member of Ted Cruz's inner circle, chaired his 2016 campaign, was at the table for every major decision... announces he's cut ties w/ the Texas senator. Lots1.5×07.9k1.8k113
64Jan 7, '21I once waged a successful editorial fight to keep my description of Matt Gaetz as "cartoonish" intact. In retrospect, it was insulting to a great many cartoon characters.1.5×011k64229
65Oct 9, '19I can think of one.1.5×09.6k1k21
66Sep 23, '20If I'm a Dem elected official, after everything I've seen/read in past 48 hours, I'm begging all my constituents to vote in-person if able (early or Election Day), and urging every1.4×07.4k1.9k45
67Jan 6, '21My goodness. Kevin Williamson this morning. Read every word. "No one who has participated in this poisonous buffoonery should ever hold office again."1.4×07.2k1.6k336
68Nov 4, '20Pennsylvania note: Lackawanna County (Scranton), an ancestral Dem stronghold, swung hard toward Trump in 2016. Clinton carried by just 3 points. This year, w/ 99% reporting, Biden 1.4×09.4k80237
69May 20, '20This is one of those lies that'll be lost in the history books b/c there aren't enough pages. But it's menacing in this moment. The president is spreading egregiously false informa1.4×07k2.1k102
70Nov 4, '20Folks, it's not just Detroit. There are tons of mail votes about to be counted in Grand Rapids, Lansing and the Oakland County burbs. Trump's lead in Michigan is going to vanish.1.4×08.3k1.1k66
71Apr 20, '20MICHIGAN -- approve of #COVIDー19 handling: Whitmer 57/37 Trump 44/501.4×07.2k1.8k32
72Mar 11, '20how are people saying "the Biden coalition is beginning to resemble the Obama coalition" with a straight face when Biden is losing young voters by 60 points?1.4×08.3k1.2k54
73Mar 8, '19Exhibit A of how politicians use the media as a straw man to avoid owning what they said. Your tape...supports what I wrote 100%. So does my longer tape. It's beyond dispute. Next 1.4×06.9k1.7k83
74Jan 4, '21Words matter. It's past time we reformed our political terminology. We should not—for the rest of their careers—refer to any of these Republican E.C. objectors as "conservatives." 1.3×06.9k1.5k73
75Jan 12, '21I fear we've grown numb to runs on firearms and don't appreciate what's going on right now. The post-08 gun rush was b/c conservatives thought Obama was going to ban certain models1.3×07.4k1.3k108
76Feb 5, '20Donald Trump is a master of forcing opponents to play the game by his rules. Tearing up paper? Staging walkouts? This stuff 👏does 👏not 👏 work. Just ask Rubio, Cruz, Hillary... T1.3×07k94079
78Nov 2, '20The Republican Party of 2020: Suppressing the vote, jailing the opposition, firing the scientists, intimidating the dissidents, and making America great again.1.2×06.2k1.4k61
79Aug 13, '20Did the president just admit to sabotaging the post office for the purpose of supressing voter participation?1.2×05.6k1.7k40
80Nov 7, '20Wow -- highly respected Republican clerk in Michigan (sits on national election board) tees off on Ronna Romney McDaniel.1.2×06.3k1.4k185
81Nov 30, '21The most chilling part of this video is the composure of the kids. God help us.1.2×06.5k1.1k289
82Nov 4, '20What I'd give to witness the right's reaction to Barack Obama holding a campaign rally inside the WH at 2:30am on Election Night 2012, with nail-biter races unfolding in key states1.2×07.6k92271
83Nov 4, '20Trump's lead is now down to 70,000 votes statewide. And Wayne County has only reported 53%. Biden is about to stack up a couple hundred thousand votes there alone.1.2×06.4k1.1k68
84Oct 2, '20“I can’t be that single-issue Republican anymore.” Here are two Oakland County women explaining why — despite being pro-life — they cannot vote for Trump again. I've now heard some1.2×05.3k1.5k265
85Feb 19, '20One reporter's opinion.... it's malpractice that Bernie Sanders isn't pressed daily about his age, physical fitness, heart health, medical records, etc. Name another big executive 1.2×05.9k1.4k23
86Nov 23, '20THERE IT IS: Aaron Van Langevelde, the mystery GOP canvasser, says the board has a "duty" to certify the results today, but asks to hear public comments before doing so. There's so1.2×07.5k78628
87Mar 19, '20I can’t stop thinking about how Detroit circa 1940 converted virtually overnight into the world’s greatest manufacturer of war machines but the U.S. circa 2020 can’t produce ventil1.1×05.9k1.5k31
88Nov 4, '20Yes. Shout this from the rooftops. If you've got a beef w/ slow counts, take it up w/ Republican lawmakers in these states. We easily could've had full results by now.1.1×05.8k1.6k65
89Nov 6, '20Pat Toomey, on Fox News, makes clear that it's ridiculous Pennsylvania (and other states) didn't start processing these mail ballots until Election Day. This is not a close call. I1.1×06.9k72152
90Aug 23, '20I'm reminded of how, at this time 4 years ago, Meadows was telling friends he wasn't sure he'd go to Cleveland for the GOP convention. He worried that casting his delegate vote for1.1×05.5k1.4k49
91Nov 5, '20President Trump has harsher words for Quinnipiac's "election interference" than he's ever had for Vladimir Putin's election interference1.1×06.6k1.1k35
92Aug 21, '20for once i'm struggling to locate the appropriate sports metaphor.... but we're watching an old ballplayer whose skills have diminished turn in a career-best performance in the big1.1×05.7k56745
93Feb 11, '21I've never been surprised by the deceptions, by the instinct toward self-preservation, by the bottomless justifications for what they knew was wrong. The one thing that continues t1.0×06.1k91936
94Nov 4, '20Facts on Michigan. Biden has pulled ahead, and he's going to stay ahead. The reason? Wayne County has a couple hundred thousand votes left to count. Because they're Detroit *and* a1.0×06.3k93340
95Jan 21, '21No matter who occupies the White House, this man will earn a fortune by making people angry and afraid. Time to crack a beer and watch some hoops.1.0×06.4k62448
96Nov 5, '17“If I did a tenth of what she did, I would be in jail today.” - Flynn, GOP convention speech, in what we writers call foreshadowing.1.0×05k1.5k0
97Jun 1, '20What a role reversal. After spending two months in the basement while Trump dominated Covid-19 coverage.... Biden takes center stage amid race protests while POTUS reliqunshes the 1.0×05.9k92525
99Nov 4, '20This is pretty straightforward. Looking at MI & WI right now, based on huge # of outstanding mail ballots in urban cores, you'd much rather be Joe Biden than Donald Trump.0.9×05.9k75843
100Oct 2, '20We are less than 36 hours into October. This is gonna be the longest month of our lives.0.8×05.2k64713

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