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- Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss annexation threats, the unraveling of U.S.-Canada relations, and how Donald Trump is forcing allies to rethink democracy, defense, and immigration. Watch the episode:
- Abolishing ICE is unlikely—but there are ways the U.S. could transform it into an agency that respects the Constitution, Paul Rosenzweig argues:
- Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis “are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special,” Ashley Parker writes. theatln.tc/UIN69Qt0
- In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/LxUqVgcw
- In October, @dgraham.bsky.social explored how the president could interfere—and already was interfering—with the midterm elections. Since then, the reasons for worry have become more urgent, he writes in The Atlantic Daily:
- With the last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty about to expire, "the world is about to get a little more dangerous this week," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/azdk6Duu
- Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, @dgraham.bsky.social argues. (From November)
- “At some point over the past 15 years, kids stopped reading”—but that’s because not enough teachers are asking them to, Walt Hunter writes:
- "Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse."
- AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
