Here's what I think. 1. We are living in an incredibly dangerous world. A network of autocracies is now working actively to undermine the democratic world. I wrote about this in my book, Autocracy Inc. Will we fight back? penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302/a…

American democracy is already failing, in multiple ways. Autocratic tactics are already visible. peter pomerantsev and I described some of them in our podcast, Autocracy in America. theatlantic.com/podcasts/autoc…

NEW REPORT: "Spotlight on the Shadow War: Inside Russia’s Attacks on NATO Territory" Since February 2022, Russia's attacks on North American and Europe have escalated. Read more about Russia's accelerating shadow war on NATO from Commission staff here: csce.gov/publications/s…

The Mump Oligarchy – A Glossary 1/10. Mump regime. Musk plus Trump. Mu...mp. The real centibillionaire and the fake rich person in the proper order.

Forget the division of Left and Right. We are entering the age of the New Obscurantism: politics fused with magical solutions, superstition, an aura of spirituality and the cultivation of fear theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The professor who most influenced me echoing what I’ve been saying privately for months. Trump is America, especially in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the

Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on

Raskin: "We don't have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk!" What an embarrassment for the US that this has to be said. The US has long been a plutocracy. Now it has become a kleptocracy: A rogue billionaire seizes illegal control over the federal disbursements!

Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design. But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️

Let’s be clear: Trump and Elon are illegally seizing government resources, accessing your private medical and financial data, and firing – without cause – thousands of employees. They are not looking for waste or fraud, they are circumventing constitutional checks and balances

Trump starts his presidency with less public support than any of his modern predecessors just entering office other than Trump 1.0, per Pew Research Center which finds his approval rating at 47%. pewresearch.org/politics/2025/…

Please share this fact sheet about Ukraine with anyone who needs it

Now federal workers can reply by saying, "We wasted hours and hours of our time, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, just trying to figure out whether to answer this stupid email."

I had a productive meeting with the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy Giorgia Meloni to develop a joint action plan for ending the war with a just and lasting peace. No one other than Putin is interested in the continuation and quick return of the war. Therefore, it

The Trump administration has effected a revolution in foreign policy. Every country will consider how to wean itself off dependence on the United States. The Post-American World is now in plain sight. My take:

The tragic self-destruction of a great newspaper continues. I had the privilege of working with Ruth Marcus for years and she is the best of the best. Whether you agree with her or not, she is the model of journalistic excellence and integrity. apnews.com/article/washin…

For once, albeit accidentally, Putin has told the truth: long-term peace in Ukraine is only possible by “eliminating the root causes of this crisis.” The main “root cause” is an old deranged KGB officer in the Kremlin who views the collapse of the Soviet empire as “the greatest

I will be voting no on the Continuing Resolution tomorrow. My statement below ⬇️

The Financial Times, not mincing words on.ft.com/4j9VB9y