The Big Balls Administration

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 1:59pm

MAGA is taking trolling to a whole new level

What Could DOGE Do With Federal Data

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 12:44pm

Potentially anything

A Movie That Has Fun With the Inevitability of Death

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 12:23pm

The Monkey pairs its macabre sense of humor with an unsettling takeaway

Thinking About Divorce in a New Way

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 11:15am

Haley Mloteks new memoir finds a fresh way to talk about the dissolution of a marriage

Germanys Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 9:10am

The far-right AfD seems destined for a strong showing in Sundays federal parliamentary election

Photos of the Week Goat Grabbing Flying Fox Elephant Orphanage

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 8:00am

Widespread flooding in Kentucky a Russian drone attack at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant a mask festival in Latvia Carnival costumes in V...

A Novel That Boldly Rethinks the Border

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 7:56am

Fernando A Floress fantasia depicts the US-Mexico border of the near future as a site of both exploitation and near-limitless possibilities

Why Is Everyone Talking About Getting Oneshotted

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/21/25 at 6:00am

A slang for the extremely online also serves as a weird mirror of the internet experience

The Free-Speech Phonies

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 4:59pm

Donald Trump and Elon Musk never believed in anyones free speech except their own

The Axe Hanging Over Americas Disease Detectives

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 1:00pm

The countrys first line of defense against public-health threats has been spared by DOGEfor now

The Big Ideas That Can Banish Trolls

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 11:00am

Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse

The Dream of a Dating App That Doesn't Want Your Money

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 10:42am

Imagine if digital matchmakers had no financial incentives

The End of the Imaginary Trump

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 10:06am

The real Trump cant sustain the fantasies projected onto him

Watching Opera on a Jumbotron

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 10:00am

And why I wouldnt recommend it

What If College Got Cheaper and No One Noticed

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 7:00am

Despite ever-higher sticker prices the actual cost of getting a degree has declined over the past decade

Americans Are Stuck Whos to Blame

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 6:30am

Yoni Appelbaum on his new book Stuck How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity

The End of the Postwar World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 6:15am

Trumps cruelty and lies about Ukraine send a dark message to Americas other allies

The Era of Might Makes Right

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/20/25 at 6:00am

In the MAGA vision of the national interest America will be more like Russia China and Iran

This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 8:47pm

Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musks people have seized control fear and uncertainty reign

A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 6:15pm

Trump switches sides in the war for freedom

A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 3:22pm

The fate of Lori Chavez-DeRemer could show whether Trump will soften the partys long-standing opposition to labor unions

DOGE Has God Mode Access to Government Data

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 2:59pm

The presidents special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies

The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 12:51pm

NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly

A Cautionary Tale for Trump Appointees

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 12:16pm

The evidence of the past few days suggests they are all deluding themselves

The Most Sacred of Freedoms

The Atlantic [Feed] on 2/19/25 at 11:13am

Trump is punishing Americans who dont say the words he likes best Thats not how it works in America

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