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Jonathan Lemire
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Co-host: Morning Joe, MSNBC Contributing Writer: The Atlantic Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-AP, Politico, NY Daily News. Dad, Mr. Carrie Melago, Red Sox fan
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight

The party has found its footing and succeeded in elevating the issue of health care

Cracks are starting to show in the Republican front - with polls showing the GOP taking more of the blame www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Why Democrats Think They’re Winning the Shutdown Fight
They’ve clearly succeeded in elevating the issue of health care.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign near Venezuela as an anti-drug mission

The evidence suggests it's about a lot more www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning
What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 1d
First James Comey. Now Letitia James.

Trump’s retribution is here www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 2d
“It bears pausing on the starkness of these facts: The president of the United States demanded the jailing of two elected officials who belong to the opposing political party” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Retribution is here

President Trump today called for the arrests of Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor

And he has an AG who has proven pliant - as evidenced by the Comey arraignment minutes later

Inside Trump’s escalating campaign of payback: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 8d
NEW: A government shutdown, weaponized

Projects slashed. Layoffs threatened. Russ Vought looming

It took President Trump fewer than 24 hours to turn a shutdown into a weapon wielded against the civil servants and opposing party he has long derided www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A Government Shutdown, Weaponized
The president is boasting about doing things to Democrats that are “bad for them and irreversible by them.”
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 11d
NEW: The federal government seems to be hurtling toward a shutdown

If that happens, the Trump administration might use it to finish the job that DOGE started

Inside the White House’s shutdown plan - which may include permanent mass firings www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Grand Plan for a Government Shutdown
The Trump administration might use a shutdown to finish the job that DOGE started.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 17d
“He mocked alliances and the UN itself, outlining something of a Trump Doctrine that prioritizes individual nations’ sovereignty and a transactional approach that rewards only those nations that can do something for the United States—or him personally” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now
The president made clear that he’s done “standing up for the world.”
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 17d
NEW: Seven years ago, the world laughed at Donald Trump

But his return to the UN underscores how dramatically his relationship with the world has changed - and how he has led a campaign to upend the global order that the U.S. built following World War II www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now
The president made clear that he’s done “standing up for the world.”
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 23d
NEW: Kamala Harris’ “first choice” for running mate in 2024 was Pete Buttigieg

But Harris believed “we were asking too much of America” to accept a ticket with “a Black woman married to a Jewish man” with a gay man

It was “too big of a risk,” she wrote www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Running Mate Kamala Harris Didn’t Dare Choose
“I love Pete,” she writes in her new book. But picking a gay man would have been too risky.
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Sep 8
“The West Wing is aware of these weak job numbers, and is warily watching inflation and looking for ways to juice the economy. Officials are discussing a sweeping deregulation effort due this fall that is meant to spark business growth” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Sep 8
Trump remembers how Democrats wielded the majority after capturing the House in 2018

If that happens again next year, it would end whatever was left of Trump’s agenda

And it would also consume his White House in investigations - and possibly impeachment www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Sep 8
NEW: Redistricting. Seizing the Fed. National Guard in U.S. cities

President Trump’s extreme moves are in part fueled by fear of losing the midterms

Because if Democrats win the House, Trump will be plagued again by investigations - and maybe impeachment www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Sep 4
The boat was chosen as the first target based on actionable intelligence, and followed the development of a policy and the completion of a legal review

Plans to strike were in place by last week, but the U.S. waited until it was in international waters www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Is Crossing a Line That Dates Back to the Revolution
A missile strike in the Caribbean and National Guard deployments are pushing the armed forces beyond their traditional mission.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Sep 4
NEW: The military wasn’t built to fight crime

A missile strike in the Caribbean and National Guard deployments in U.S. cities are pushing the armed forces beyond their traditional mission

And President Trump is planning for an expansion on both fronts www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Is Crossing a Line That Dates Back to the Revolution
A missile strike in the Caribbean and National Guard deployments are pushing the armed forces beyond their traditional mission.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 16
Anchorage wasn’t Helsinki. For that, Europe can be grateful. Trump didn’t give away Ukrainian land to Russia or demand that Zelensky take a bad deal, at least immediately

But Putin got a high-profile summit and, most of all, more time to continue his war www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Well, What Did You Think Would Happen?
Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin but failed to make a deal.
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 16
Putin sported the better body language: He almost glowed as he spoke to the press, And, oddly, he got to speak first, even though Trump was host

Trump, in contrast, seemed subdued, only perking up when Putin suggested that their next summit be in Moscow www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Well, What Did You Think Would Happen?
Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin but failed to make a deal.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 16
NEW: So what was that all for?

Trump emerged from his summit with Putin without a deal and without much to say

Stunningly, for a president who loves a press conference, he took no questions. Instead, he left Alaska empty-handed www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Well, What Did You Think Would Happen?
Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin but failed to make a deal.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 16
The White House announced the two men would not have a one-on-one meeting

But here, in the backseat of the Beast, Putin had his time alone with Trump

As the limousine drove off the tarmac to the summit site, Putin could be seen in a rear window laughing www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Leaves Alaska Empty-Handed
The president rolled out the red carpet for Putin but didn’t make a deal.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 16
NEW: So what was that all for?

Trump emerged from his summit with Putin without a deal and without much to say.

Stunningly, for a president who loves a press conference, he took no questions. Instead, he left Alaska empty-handed www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Leaves Alaska Empty-Handed
The president rolled out the red carpet for Putin but didn’t make a deal.
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 12
Trump has made clear that he wants peace. He also wants a Nobel Peace Prize.

The situation in Gaza is deteriorating and Trump has not stood up to Netanyahu. So, he sees an opportunity with Ukraine www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap
Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 12
“Putin has already won. He is the leader of a rogue state, and he’ll get a picture on U.S. soil with the president of the United States”

“Trump wants a deal. And if he can’t get one now, he may walk away from it entirely” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap
Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 12
NEW: Vladimir Putin may be laying a trap

Trump is confident going into the Alaska summit. But Europe is worried that Putin is playing him - and will only offer a deal that Ukraine will reject

And would that then turn Trump against Zelensky again? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap
Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?
www.theatlantic.com
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 11
“But five days is also a long time in Trump’s America, and these fragile efforts to get Trump and Putin in the same Alaskan meeting room could easily hit barriers before the delegations board their flights” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Invites Putin to Step Foot in America
The Art of the Deal president hopes he can broker peace.
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · Aug 10
NEW: Vladimir Putin is coming to America

Trump, frustrated with Putin but drawn to spectacle, believes his dealmaking can end the war. But Ukraine worries he may hand Moscow a win

Inside the backchannel talks and Moscow trip that led to Alaska invite: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Making of a Trump-Putin Summit
Back-channel intel. A Moscow trip. And an invitation to Alaska.
www.theatlantic.com
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