Month: January 2025

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Under the new Trump administration, those who oppose his actions “do not have an incompetent opponent,” writes Paul Rosenzweig. “Trump’s team is savvy and has been planning for this for years. They came ready.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trump-administration-strategy/681497/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYd-2OrTVjqM6z1PfQsND8A8&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Elon Musk and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere, @anneapplebaum writes. Can Europe stop their meddling?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/musk-tech-oligarch-european-election-influence/681453/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYZq-pqPhM0iW-kR2Toillmg&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Listening is a sign of strength, not weakness. @radiofreetom’s advice for the incoming secretary of defense:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/america-is-counting-on-you-pete-hegseth/681469/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYTlaVTdPVwg8y8NSEqyyx30&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

How to Drink from a Firehose

https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/how-to-drink-from-a-firehose?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

“The challenge will be to overcome Russia’s tried-and-tested method of cynically exploiting negotiations to gain military advantage,” write @nfergus and @WarIntellectual:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/trump-russia-ukraine-talks/680934/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYe7DhKUzfv9hzZruvj6HGlY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness. Sycophancy has momentum, @AdrienneLaF writes, but so does courage.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/washington-post-bezos-trump-cartoon-ann-telnaes/681406/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSC8Fici_nFSsnJor_Bj1Ig&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social