“Democrats are pushing their own model of masculinity: the dude who is relaxed and secure enough to take pride in his wife’s achievements,” Helen Lewis writes. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I was so intrigued by Trump and the cocaine owl that I watched his whole interview with Theo Von — and discovered it says something important about the Republican election strategy theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Scenes from RFK Jr.'s long, strange goodbye party -- featuring the Gateway Pundit, the guy from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Adriana from Sopranos, and more! theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

“Buttigieg ducked through an open door, and I was directed to follow. Suddenly it was just the two of us in an oversize closet of chairs and empty soda cans. I was sweating and out of breath. Buttigieg is not a sweating-and-out-of-breath kind of person.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France, prompting outrage from Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk etc on free speech grounds. But Qs about Durov’s connections to Russia make the situation more complicated. Here’s the doc I made in March bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Tim Walz has the potential to be the Adrian Chiles of America.

Went to Slave Play last night (provocative, enjoyable) & it was a clear example of how West End ticket prices are choking theatre. The royal circle and balcony were FULL but the stalls were patchy. This play attracts a young, excited audience but they can’t afford £100 a ticket

Since we’re talking about Robin DiAngelo, you might enjoy my Tempo & Talker BBC podcast “White Women’s Tears” from 2022, on the phenomenon of corporate diversity gurus bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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In a moral sense, culpability for Hersh Goldberg-Polin's murder rests entirely with Hersh’s depraved executioners, Franklin Foer writes. “But Netanyahu behaved grotesquely when presented with opportunities to secure his release.” theatlantic.com/international/…

This awful case is a good reminder of why feminists have always urged police to take “minor” sex crimes like voyeurism and upskirting seriously. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Truly, this is the product placement election.

Among the many, many reasons schools are clearly not providing sex-change operations is that teachers still have to buy their own crayons. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Make time for Tom Nichols’s insightful conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg about his new book, ON HEROISM (then buy the book!) theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

And they say that no one invests in journalism any more.

Instead of submitting Harris to adversarial interviews, her team is wildly outspending the Trump campaign on digital ads, taking the Democrats’ message directly to voters. The Republicans have a cheaper, punkier strategy: hang out with all the boys. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

One of my favourite things is when people have to defend themselves from serious criminal charges by instead claiming they are simply stupid. You know it has to hurt.

When Annie Lowrey said she was going to write about the horrors of pig-butchering, this is not what I expected. Completely fascinating: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'But the arc of podcasting is long, and it bends toward interviewing tech CEOs about their morning routine' So good from Helen Lewis theatlantic.com/politics/archi…