Janet Reitman
@janetreitman.bsky.social
Author & Contributing Writer @NYTmag covering extremism/nastsec/military
Writer of very long stories
New book coming 2026
My dog’s name is Moby
Writer of very long stories
New book coming 2026
My dog’s name is Moby
On the eve of a new potential conflict, I wrote a little post about how some war on terror tactics have been recycled and repurposed open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
Trump’s ‘Extrajudicial’ Killings Aren’t New
Former Top Pentagon Lawyer Jeh Johnson thinks targeted killings were fine before Trump came along
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December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On the eve of a new potential conflict, I wrote a little post about how some war on terror tactics have been recycled and repurposed open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
I had such a great time talking with Matt Shaer on his new pod, Origin Stories about the tortured process of writing and reporting and what it takes to do long stories.. tip one: don't send 2 page pitch letters!!
Terrific conversation from Matthew Shaer and @janetreitman.bsky.social, one of the best in the business, about the craft of long-form journalism, why reporters are often introverts, the pain of editors cutting your scenic lede, + great advice for new reporters.
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Janet Reitman on A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making
Podcast Episode · Origin Stories · 12/17/2025 · 33m
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December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I had such a great time talking with Matt Shaer on his new pod, Origin Stories about the tortured process of writing and reporting and what it takes to do long stories.. tip one: don't send 2 page pitch letters!!
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Jennifer Szalai reviews Furious Minds for the New York Times. What a thrill, I love this review so much.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jennifer Szalai reviews Furious Minds for the New York Times. What a thrill, I love this review so much.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
slippery slope, or put another way: "The Bush Administration tortured detainees to protect American lives' - this administration just digs it..."
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Opinion | Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
slippery slope, or put another way: "The Bush Administration tortured detainees to protect American lives' - this administration just digs it..."
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Important story about the lie that is now shaping US immigration policy. On These South African Farms, Black and White Neighbors Fight Crime Together www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
On These South African Farms, Black and White Neighbors Fight Crime Together
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Important story about the lie that is now shaping US immigration policy. On These South African Farms, Black and White Neighbors Fight Crime Together www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...
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Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
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Vermont still has robust local and state news coverage which makes a real difference when scandals like this break: vtdigger.org/2025/10/17/o...
Orleans County senator resigns following leaked racist group chat - VTDigger
Sen. Sam Douglass apologized for the offense his comments caused and described hateful comments he’d received since news first broke. He released a long statement late Friday afternoon.
vtdigger.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Vermont still has robust local and state news coverage which makes a real difference when scandals like this break: vtdigger.org/2025/10/17/o...
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Americans believe that Trump is using the pretext of criminal justice to silence and disappear his political enemies, in he classic style of authoritarian dictatorship
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Americans believe that Trump is using the pretext of criminal justice to silence and disappear his political enemies, in he classic style of authoritarian dictatorship
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The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...
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This is nearly a weekly occurrence
DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators
DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators
The agency denied making
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is nearly a weekly occurrence
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@mikeajensen.bsky.social and I were perturbed at how a recent report on left wing terrorism and political violence is predictably being weaponized. So we dug into the analysis for @justsecurity.org
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
Correctly Assessing Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States
A recent report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), “Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States,” risks feeding false narratives about politica...
www.justsecurity.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@mikeajensen.bsky.social and I were perturbed at how a recent report on left wing terrorism and political violence is predictably being weaponized. So we dug into the analysis for @justsecurity.org
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
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Barbara Starr, who covered the Pentagon for decades, says the announcement is "beyond odd" and that the preexisting press corps "still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be"
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Barbara Starr, who covered the Pentagon for decades, says the announcement is "beyond odd" and that the preexisting press corps "still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be"
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Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
newrepublic.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
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Jamie Raskin tells me he'll formally demand any and all communications between the White House and DOJ about these $230 million claims. He's set to push it at the next Judiciary Committee meeting, challenging Republicans.
Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Jamie Raskin tells me he'll formally demand any and all communications between the White House and DOJ about these $230 million claims. He's set to push it at the next Judiciary Committee meeting, challenging Republicans.
Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
October 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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It's been a week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily.
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It's been a week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily.
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
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It is a measure of the fascism of the moment that I’m reposting a Cato Institute dude. Solidarity, friend, against armed men who’d call other human beings animals.
Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
September 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It is a measure of the fascism of the moment that I’m reposting a Cato Institute dude. Solidarity, friend, against armed men who’d call other human beings animals.
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1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Back in 2016 or 2017, in an interview, Richard Spencer outlined his support of this idea to me. In case you're wondering what kind of people have been pushing Trumpland for it for a long time.
May 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Back in 2016 or 2017, in an interview, Richard Spencer outlined his support of this idea to me. In case you're wondering what kind of people have been pushing Trumpland for it for a long time.
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Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
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Pope Francis to JD Vance: No Good Friday agreement for you, heretic!
April 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pope Francis to JD Vance: No Good Friday agreement for you, heretic!