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Politics

Politics

The Entire Presidency Is a Superspreading Event

Inside an infected White House.

Olivia Nuzzi New York Oct 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

How Wisconsin Became a Bastion of White Supremacy

The Badger State is designed to keep Republicans in power, at the expense of the minority vote.

Emma Roller The New Republic Oct 2020 15min Permalink

Politics

A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans

Right-wing militias brace for civil conflict.

Mike Giglio The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Business Politics

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.

Ten years ago, the tax agency formed a special team to unravel the complex tax-lowering strategies of the nation’s wealthiest people. It never had a chance.

Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel ProPublica Apr 2019 20min Permalink

Best Article Politics

The President's Taxes

“Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.”

Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, Mike McIntire New York Times Sep 2020 40min Permalink

Business Politics

The Democracy Factory

For decades, the vote-by-mail business was a sleepy industry that stayed out of the spotlight. Then came 2020.

Jesse Barron California Sunday Sep 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

How QAnon Conspiracy Theories Spread In My Colorado Hometown

During the pandemic, people from the author’s hometown got sucked into QAnon and the Q-adjacent “Save the Children” movement.

Aída Chávez The Intercept Sep 2020 15min Permalink

Business Politics Tech Media

Mark in the Middle

For years, Mark Zuckerberg has faced criticism that Facebook is bad for democracy. A cache of leaked audio reveals the story of how much ultimately comes down to his judgment—and the forces freezing him in place.

Casey Newton The Verge Sep 2020 25min Permalink

Politics

The Election That Could Break America

If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?

Barton Gellman The Atlantic Sep 2020 35min Permalink

Politics

Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream

On hope, violence, and being Black in the outdoors.

Latria Graham Outside Sep 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

The Glorious RBG

An obituary for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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“I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth.”

Irin Carmon New York Sep 2020 10min Permalink

Politics

Behind Every Republican Man

Joni Ernst’s reelection campaign may be an object lesson in what it takes for a woman to win in today’s GOP.

Kerry Howley The New Republic Sep 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

Interview: Alexandre Vindman

The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.

Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic Sep 2020 Permalink

Politics World

The True Story of Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore

The Western student of international politics knows to nod approvingly when Lee’s name is mentioned. Frustrated by the sludge of partisan politics in his own country, he sees in Lee’s legacy a kind of exotic escape. If asked, he remarks sagely: Singapore is proof of what enlightened authoritarianism can achieve.

Haonan Li, Victor Yaw Palladium Aug 2020 15min Permalink

Politics

Peter Thiel Met With The Racist Fringe As He Went All In On Trump

The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?

Rosie Gray, Ryan Mac Buzzfeed Sep 2020 Permalink

History Politics

The New Reconstruction

“The conditions in America today do not much resemble those of 1968. In fact, the best analogue to the current moment is the first and most consequential such awakening—in 1868.”

Adam Serwer The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

David Shor’s Unified Theory of American Politics

An interview with “one of the most influential data gurus” in electoral politics.

Eric Levitz New York Aug 2020 Permalink

Politics

Can Biden's Center Hold?

A profile of the candidate 100 days from the election.

Evan Osnos New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink

Politics

The Most Tremendous Reelection Campaign in American History Ever

Inside the Trump 2020 campaign.

Olivia Nuzzi New York Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Politics Health

The Militias Against Masks

Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.

Luke Mogelson New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink

Politics Tech

The 3D-Printed Gun Isn’t Coming. It’s Already Here.

All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.

Kim Kelly Gen Aug 2020 20min Permalink

Business Politics

Do We Really Want to Live Without the Post Office?

How the USPS works.

Jesse Lichtenstein Esquire Feb 2013 40min Permalink

Crime Politics

Inside the Mind of the MAGA Bomber

Cesar Sayoc turned his loyalty toward Donald Trump into a literal assault on the President’s Democratic enemies in 2018.

Luke Mullins Washingtonian Aug 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

The Good Son

On Jared Kushner and his relationship with his father-in-law.

Franklin Foer The Atlantic Aug 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump’s Fate

As rural Wisconsin’s fortunes have declined, its political importance has grown.

Dan Kaufman New Yorker Aug 2020 25min Permalink

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