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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 2h

Stop everything and read Caity Weaver www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I Fought the Battle of Bunker Hill

What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 15h

Must-read @radiofreetom.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 3d

You can read the whole thing here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

My Life in Ambigrammia

The esoteric art form that revealed a new kind of beauty to me

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 3d

A delightful glimpse into one of the world's great minds. Douglas Hofstadter wrote for The Atlantic about how he became obsessed with ambigrams.

This one is my favorite:

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 5d

“It Only Tuesday” is still my favorite Onion article but this is a pretty close second:

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 5d

Some of the details in @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social’s dispatch from Portland are truly 👀
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Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online

There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 5d

“Disturbing” doesn’t even begin to describe it… 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.”

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

To understand “why Portland,” and how we got here, I hope you’ll read my 2023 story. Free with this gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... (4/4)

The New Anarchy

America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

Most Portlanders are just trying to live their lives and stayed away from all of this. But extremists there got locked in an escalatory cycle that Trump saw as a political opportunity. (3/4)

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

Years before that, Trump supporters had identified Portland as an ideal place to provoke the left. As I’ve written before, right-wing extremists knew that Portland’s reaction to a trolling campaign would be swift, and would guarantee the celebrity that comes with virality. (2/4)

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

There’s a reason I focused on Portland when I reported a big story on political violence two years ago. (1/4)

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

This is very important, by @nancyayoussef.bsky.social.

Free to read with this link: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?

Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Friday! Here's an extremely cool thing:

The Atlantic is offering public high schools in the United States free access to our journalism.

Learn more here: theatlantic.com/hsaccess

The Atlantic

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 12d

Read the whole thing here: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Some Clues That a Recession Is Coming

Cardboard-box demand can be a legitimate indicator. Hemline length? Not so much.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 12d

What to know if a recession is coming? @elcush.bsky.social on what to watch (and what to ignore):

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 14d

I hope everyone reads George Packer's latest. He has thought deeply about these issues for a long, long time. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

American Tyranny

Free-speech hypocrisy is a symptom of the democratic decay that leads to authoritarianism.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 19d

🚨New @petridishes.bsky.social 🚨

Trust me when I say you should read the whole thing:

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A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing

That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 19d

This is very much beside the point but I enjoyed how hard Letterman laughed when @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social said "shit."

"He said 'shit!' ... The Atlantic Monthly guy said 'shit.' Yes! There's your First Amendment, ladies and gentlemen."

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19d

David Letterman to Jeffrey Goldberg: “Does authoritarianism breed dictators? Is 'dictator' a special category? Where are we on that progress? Because I think we’re inexorably headed in that direction.”

Watch more from The Atlantic Festival: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 19d

Just now at The Atlantic Festival in New York, David Letterman to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: “You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.”

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19d

“Trump’s White House is a government by the podcasters, for the podcasters,” Helen Lewis argues. “The right might say that it’s winning in the marketplace of ideas, but that rings hollow when it’s also trying to buy the market”:

A Government of All the Podcasters

The right-wing podcast-industrial complex is establishing new norms and taboos—and expanding the White House’s power.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 19d

As I’ve written before, capitulation is contagious.

When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.

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Capitulation Is Contagious

When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 19d

Really worth reading Adam Serwer’s latest.

He makes the point that whether companies like Nexstar/ABC/Disney are “capitulating because of fear or because they see a financial interest in aligning with the administration is ultimately irrelevant.”

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The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmel’s Mistake

Free speech is under assault.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 20d

From @davidlsims.bsky.social:

“What’s happened to Kimmel is an escalation in every way.”

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An Escalation in Every Way

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late-night is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 20d

The Atlantic's @alibreland.bsky.social talked to Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys.

Tarrio told him that cancel culture “sucked for us. I always said I wouldn’t do it back to anybody... I’m in a different mindset right now. An eye for an eye right now.”

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Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio: MAGA Has Figured Out How to ‘Play Dirty’

Inside the far-right network that is working to get people fired for what they say about Charlie Kirk

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 22d

I hope you like it. Free to read with this gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... (4/4)

The Invention of Judd Apatow

How a kid from Long Island willed his way to the top of American comedy

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