Christopher Orr
@orrchris
Editor, writer, film/TV critic. Atlantic, NYT, TNR, WaPo, etc. If you are anonymous, I'll likely ignore you. Experimenting with @orrchris.bsky.social
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http://www.theatlantic.com/christopher-orr/ 21-01-2011 21:33:56
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NEWS: The DOJ lawyer who tried--and failed--to indict 6 Dem lawmakers over military video runs an active dance photography studio & worked for US Atty Pirro decades ago. Both prosecutors on case had no prior federal backgrounds as experts were walled off. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pi…
Scathing Andy McCarthy piece here: "More even than capricious tariffs, the president’s signature policy is bullying lawfare — the tin-pot dictator-style exploitation of law-enforcement power to punish political enemies and scapegoats and to settle old scores."
"In 2023, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs. This is a story about an economy getting throttled by one man's capricious, destructive governance." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…
I just exercised my right as a Member of Congress to conduct an unannounced oversight visit of the ICE field facility in Baltimore. The staff I met with respected my right to visit, but what I saw was disgraceful. Kristi Noem has a budget of $75 billion she could use to ensure
David French Scott Gottlieb wrote about how his infection with Epstein-Barr led to cancer. We, as a country, are thumbing our noses at a science that could *prevent* cancer. And because we are such a large country, we’re dooming the rest of the world along with us.
New data shows US is the only major destination in the world to see a decline in international travellers in 2025. So far 2026 getting worse. Foreign airlines cutting the number of US-bound flights. Disney warning of “international visitation headwinds” nytimes.com/2026/02/20/tra…