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After ICE arrested a conservative blogger, MAGA believers have found it difficult to ignore the fissures in their coalition, @conor64 argues: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist for his Cheesecake Factory comment—except one, @jonathanchait argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Start today’s Rabbithole with this question from Yuval Levin’s article arguing for a larger House of Representatives. theatln.tc/1PNifT5F
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The Israeli election results are less conclusive than everyone hoped, and each potential outcome to form a government will require a party to give up something it previously described as nonnegotiable, @gcaw reports from Tel Aviv: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Bernie Sanders has been in demand for several candidates this midterm election, @russellberman reports. He spoke with the 85-year-old senator about how this cycle, the Democratic Party appears to be shifting toward his policies.
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Russia is giving Trump-friendly media figures a tour of Oleshky, Ukraine, the site of a cease-fire reportedly brokered by Melania Trump—but what they’ll see almost certainly won’t be the truth, @ZarinaZabrisky reports. theatlantic.com/internationa…
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After she became a mother, Lily Meyer went on a hunt for comfortable, stylish pants—and, she writes, stumbled on a uniform for today’s cool mom. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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A new opera based on George Saunders’s novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” makes some fantastically shocking choices—and suggests that the medium might do book adaptation best, @TalyaZax writes. theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
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American Girl dolls telegraphed a spirit of optimism about girlhood, Hillary Kelly argues. She examines what the brand means today, 40 years later: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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After decades of the party avoiding explicit morality, Democratic midterm candidates are speaking of good and evil, @GalBeckerman argues. He examines a new book by Susan Neiman, “Call It Evil,” and the potential for a moral realignment: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
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The peptide BPC-157 has been hyped as a miracle drug by Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman, @tebartl reports. But where does it actually come from? He spoke with the scientist behind the wellness movement’s latest obsession: theatln.tc/uVNPs7BI
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A24 is driving a cultural rethinking of the meaning of “cinematic”—and not just in film, writes @skornhaber: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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The search for love—along with the desire to understand why it can hurt so bad—has animated fiction for centuries. The Atlantic has chosen 50 titles, including "Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters, that stand out in the canon. See the full list here: theatln.tc/oFLUMfzb
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The chaos of drop-off has made schools less welcoming and less accessible—but there are ways to fill the transportation gap, Kendra Hurley wrote in 2024: theatln.tc/eDwXDZif
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The government is giving away money to U.S. babies through the Trump Accounts program—but its association with the president is enough for some parents to say no, @ToluseO reports. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Trump's anti-Muslim remarks about Abdul El-Sayed at a recent rally in Michigan are astonishing—even by recent standards, @GrahamDavidA argues. In The Atlantic Daily, he explores the damage of the president's bigotry: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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The sugar-hyperactivity myth just won’t go away, @OlgaKhazan writes. She explains why there’s no reason to wage a battle with your kids over sweets: theatlantic.com/family/2026/…
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A24 is driving a cultural rethinking of the meaning of “cinematic”—and not just in film, writes @skornhaber: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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The Classic Learning Test is trying to replace the SAT and ACT, @rosehorowitch writes. She reports on why red states are adopting the CLT at an astonishing rate—and why the test may be lowering standards for students: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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After ICE arrested a conservative blogger, MAGA believers have found it difficult to ignore the fissures in their coalition, @conor64 argues: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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