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Is Trump Using an Obscure Architecture Board to Fire Jerome Powell? politico.com/news/magazine/… Great story by Michael Schaffer, who was the lone reporter at this largely unknown urban planning board that now features the deputy WH chief of staff

“They basically said they’re no longer considering Washington, D.C., or no longer considering the United States.” tinyurl.com/m3yv4kzd

"More and more, children are being picked up on family vacations, at traffic stops, and at worksites, and winding up in detention." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

And read Adam's stellar profile of Talarico from two years ago politico.com/news/magazine/…

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Who’s Happy About Trump’s Call to Restore 'Redskins'? Lefties Who Want to Squash the Stadium Deal. politi.co/46WdW7g Michael Schaffer checks in on the local side after Trump tried to muck up the city's NFL deal

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James Talarico is everywhere right now. Spend some time with my 2023 POLITICO Magazine profile for his origin story. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Michael R. Strain Constance L Hunter Read the story I wanted to title, “What’s the Matter With Nantucket?” washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

"It’s a terrifying atmosphere in which vigilantes and masked villains, eager to exploit the ambiguity around who is in charge, are able to more efficiently take advantage of the public." nymag.com/intelligencer/…

"The lock screen on her phone is a headshot of herself." Great profile by Elaine Godfrey theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I wrote about "heritage America," a concept that captures so many of the intellectual currents swirling around MAGA right now:

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"More than 900 were killed before their first birthday." washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Rewriting history: The Smithsonian removes Trump, the only president impeached twice, from its exhibit about impeachment. "Only three presidents have seriously faced removal," the exhibit now says, referring to Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. Janay Kingsberry washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

A must-read from the talented Will McCarthy: Meet the Fraudster Who Wants to Make California Its Own Country politi.co/3IUchoU via POLITICO

"We have no idea what we’re missing." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Always read alex sammon, one of the most consistently entertaining and insightful feature writers out there right now slate.com/technology/202…

“The bulk of the blame can be placed on Instagram’s “Link in bio,” which, to my mind, has done more damage to literacy and the media ecosystem than any other innovation of the past 15 years.” heavies.substack.com/p/link-in-bio-…

New from me: Big Law is fearful of representing anyone Trump sees as his enemies, and it's thwarting challenges to his agenda.  “There are cases that aren’t being brought at a time when civil rights abuses are maybe at the highest they’ve been.” propublica.org/article/trump-…