Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.
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I can’t believe I’m holding this! It’s the completion of a six-year project that really spans my adult life — and 80 years of Chinese history, from Mao to Xi. I tell the story of modern China through a dramatic family saga and contemporary reporting. Learn more and order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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I was at a dinner in DC last week where the Blob came up many times. Appropriate for Halloween.
The week in the Blob
—@dandrezner says it no longer exists
—Henry Farrell counters that it exists because everyone in Washington believes it does
—@realvanjackson calls it the ruling class, and as a former card-carrying member he would know
—@tcambanis forecasts the end of its monopoly after the war on Iran
—My @nybooks essay: it survives by absorbing whatever it needs, Trump's people included
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OFFICIAL NEW YORK TIMES LIST OF THE BIGGEST MIDTERMS DONORS:
1. Elon Musk, $446 million
2. Dick + Liz Uihlein, $150 million
3. One Nation, $138 million
4. Marc Andreessen + Ben Horowitz, $116 million
5. Jeff Yass, $110 million
6. Majority Forward, $104 million
7. George + Alex Soros, $103 million
8. House Majority Forward, $97 million
9. Mike Bloomberg, $85 million
10. Ripple Labs + Chris Larsen, $73 million
11. Miriam Adelson, $68 million
12. American Action Network, $64 million
13. Coinbase, $55 million
14. Paul Singer, $54 million
15. Cameron + Tyler Winklevoss, $53 million
16. Greg + Anna Brockman, $50 million
17. American Prosperity Alliance, $48 million
18. Koch Inc., $47 million
19. Reid Hoffman, $42 million
20. Economic Opportunity Fund, $42 million
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Friends have been asking me all weekend what I think will happen on Tuesday. I’ve told them I have no special insight into America’s many discrete electorates. Now I’ll point them to this, with the usual caveats about polls these days.
NEWS: The last Senate polls of 2026 from NYT/Siena:
From me and @RuthIgielnik
nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/po…
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The weave has gotten weavier. Our review found that Trump at 80 is more long-winded, more profane, more absolutist and more rambling than when he ran a decade ago. And even for a norm-breaker, he seems more willing to say things no other president would. @dylfreed nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/po…
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Spotted on Halloween in Mt. Pleasant, DC — Ghost Messi. He wasn’t that scary in the World Cup final.
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Guys, this is how D.C. does carved pumpkins. Amazing, 10/10, no notes.
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From a foreign policy analyst who reported on the Iraq War as a journalist on the ground
The Iran war disaster might finally be enough to push voters to dissolve the foreign policy blob and elect US lawmakers who won't fall for forever war.
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It’ll be interesting to see what happens with this after the midterm elections next week.
The American people deserve answers about why the Trump Administration is harboring an election denier and fraudster.
@RepDinaTitus and I are leading a probe into how the State Department helped Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil and why he was granted a U.S. visa.
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Delcy Rodríguez and María Corina Machado laid out competing visions for Venezuela today, sounding the opening gun of a power struggle between the White House-backed leader and the country’s most popular political figure.
(They even matched)
wsj.com/world/americas/macha…
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NEW from @nytimes: Trump gave orders that led to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family entering the US on parole status. They will likely get permanent residency later, as his younger brother Eduardo did in July. A White House official arranged a private jet to help them flee Brazil.
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Gift link to our @nytimes story, which confirms some details reported earlier by @WSJ: nytimes.com/2026/10/29/world…
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New big turn in our Singapore chip-smuggling investigations: U.S. officials believe the mysterious business woman seen with Jensen Huang in Taiwan in recent years is a Chinese intelligence asset. Pres. Trump was briefed but took no action. nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/po…
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Breaking from @nytimes: Flávio Bolsonaro has landed in Miami after fleeing Brazil. He has been under investigation for criminal activities. Brazilian officials canceled his passports on Monday as part of a money-laundering case. We'll update our story at the gift link below.
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Gift link to our @nytimes story: nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world…
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Trump has normalized extrajudicial killings at sea. It happened again today and there’s barely any coverage of it.
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When AI comes for Lao Gan Ma, you know Skynet is right around the corner
Rumors that chili maker Lao Gan Ma laid off 500+ workers due to AI have gone viral in China.
Beneath Beijing’s positive messaging, many ordinary Chinese people are worried about AI and jobs.
Lao Gan Ma recently touted a new AI-powered chili inspection system that uses high-speed industrial cameras that significantly outperform manual inspection.
A stat about the company using this AI system to reduce human inspectors from 600 to 48 went viral on Chinese social media. The iconic, family-run company pushed back.
But if you look at the data, the company has reduced headcount from 2,912 to 740 in the past few years while earning record revenues.
Original story: m.jiemian.com/article/152425…
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UPDATE: The State Department plans to issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family to allow them entry into the United States, a senior State Department official said.
NEW from @nytimes: Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the US, one day after Brazilian authorities asked him to hand over his passports, US officials say. He lost the election to Lula and is being investigated over ties to a lawyer accused of laundering more than $1 billion.
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