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Scoop from my colleagues @vmsalama and @AshleyRParker: in private conversations, Donald Trump Jr. has repeatedly voiced his opposition to his father’s war with Iran @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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“Politics is dominated more by avatars and projections than by authentic actors. You empathize with Fielder’s agony: a maddening drive to get to the truth, a shared skepticism that he will ever get there, the sneaking suspicion that people might not care even if he did.” @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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I can’t stop thinking about this story by @NickMiroff @nancyayoussef : “There’s no bigger betrayal to our soldiers than to use their trust in a program, set out by our government to protect their families, and ultimately use it to destroy their families while they’re serving our country and putting their lives on the line,” Martinez told us. “You’re stabbing your own soldiers in the back.” theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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One FBI agent told me he contemplates Election Day and thinks: “I’m either gonna be sick that day or they are going to have to fire me.”
The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
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A former senior FBI official told me he had received calls from dozens of his former colleagues looking for counsel and describing “a real effort to bend people to the narrative” of the president’s election-conspiracy theories.
The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
Watch more on Radio Atlantic: piped.video/ZtgfUiNXQrs
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Radio Atlantic, now on video!
The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
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The episode ‘Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a The Crackcident’ remains one of my all-time favorites to this day - so perfectly capturing the hilarity and absurdity and heartbreak of being young in NYC at that moment in time. @lenadunham
Guess who’s back, back again…
#GIRLS, created by and starring Lena Dunham, will return to HBO Max for five new episodes.
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Radio Atlantic, now on video!
The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
Watch more on Radio Atlantic: piped.video/ZtgfUiNXQrs
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My @TheAtlantic report from within the FBI “Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?” about what the bureau is - and isn’t! - doing to prepare for the midterm elections:
“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.” theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
Watch more on Radio Atlantic: piped.video/ZtgfUiNXQrs
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Always read @JonLemire in @TheAtlantic :
“Some of Trump’s closest advisers have privately wondered what Putin has done to so thoroughly enthrall the president; Trump’s respect for the Russian leader appears undiminished despite the humiliating struggles Putin has faced during the Ukraine war” theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Officials told me they found the timing of the planned Patel trip to Russia bizarre - coming just weeks before the midterms- given the pressure that FBI leadership is putting on agents to substantiate election conspiracy theories at home that Russian intelligence services continuously amplify.
Exclusive: A pair of senior House Democrats are taking the unusual step of asking FBI Director Kash Patel to scrap his reported visit to Russia, citing national-security concerns, @S_Fitzpatrick reports. theatln.tc/Uypr2AVE
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Exclusive: A pair of senior House Democrats are taking the unusual step of asking FBI Director Kash Patel to scrap his reported visit to Russia, citing national-security concerns, @S_Fitzpatrick reports. theatln.tc/Uypr2AVE
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17 current and former FBI and DOJ officials, intelligence officials and others familiar with the situation told me they were deeply worried by a variety of decisions that suggest ever-closer ties between the Trump administration and Putin’s regime. @TheAtlantic
Exclusive: A pair of senior House Democrats are taking the unusual step of asking FBI Director Kash Patel to scrap his reported visit to Russia, citing national-security concerns, @S_Fitzpatrick reports. theatln.tc/Uypr2AVE
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Earlier this year, a gold-framed photo of Trump with Putin went up in the Palm Room at the White House. Shortly after we published this story, Trump announced that he and Putin had a deal for the U.S. to import Russian diesel fuel, an agreement that directly undercuts American sanctions. @TheAtlantic
Exclusive: A pair of senior House Democrats are urging FBI Director Kash Patel to call off a reported planned trip to Russia, according to a letter @S_Fitzpatrick obtained. “In the interest of national security, we ask you to reconsider,” they wrote. theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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Why is Kash Patel reportedly planning a Moscow trip just weeks before the midterms? Lots of people who should probably know the answer are apparently asking the same thing. From @S_Fitzpatrick. theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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Exclusive: A pair of senior House Democrats are urging FBI Director Kash Patel to call off a reported planned trip to Russia, according to a letter @S_Fitzpatrick obtained. “In the interest of national security, we ask you to reconsider,” they wrote. theatln.tc/khLt9WuJ
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