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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 6d

Trump’s shutdown power play…

My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

The President learned in 2019 how to undercut Congress in a funding fight, and he’s been making the same move ever since.

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 6d

Trump’s shutdown power play…

My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Donald Trump’s Shutdown Power Play

The President learned in 2019 how to undercut Congress in a funding fight, and he’s been making the same move ever since.

www.newyorker.com

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Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 11d

The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure

Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 11d

When you give yourself a Department of War, soon enough you are going to find a war to fight.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12d

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13d

Over a few days, Trump "offered two of the clearest statements imaginable about his top domestic- and foreign-policy priorities: vengeance against his political enemies at home and an upending of the globalized world order internationally," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Donald Trump Keeps Finding New Ways to Shock the World

Two speeches—one endorsing hate and another warning foreign nations “you will fail”—encapsulate a Presidential agenda that is like no other.

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 13d

My new column:

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13d

“When Trump speaks like a mob boss and threatens his enemies—at a funeral or anywhere else—you should believe him.” @sbg1.bsky.social writes about Trump’s remarks at the U.N. and Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

Donald Trump Keeps Finding New Ways to Shock the World

Two speeches—one endorsing hate and another warning foreign nations “you will fail”—encapsulate a Presidential agenda that is like no other.

www.newyorker.com

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 13d

“Two speeches—one endorsing hate and another warning foreign nations “you will fail”—encapsulate a Presidential agenda that is like no other.”

Nailed by @sbg1.bsky.social in @newyorker.com

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Donald Trump Keeps Finding New Ways to Shock the World

Two speeches—one endorsing hate and another warning foreign nations “you will fail”—encapsulate a Presidential agenda that is like no other.

www.newyorker.com

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 18d

Our podcast with a very 🔥🔥🔥 @hillaryclinton.bsky.social is out. Hope you can take a listen here:

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19d

On a new episode of the #PoliticalScene, Hillary Clinton discusses the Trump Administration’s free-speech crackdown in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, and ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air.

Listen here:
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 19d

Update — it’s live now here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 19d

www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 19d

Just taped new episode of @newyorker pod with @hillaryclinton.bsky.social and she was 🔥🔥🔥on everything from Jimmy Kimmel to Trump’s ‘medieval court’ to how Putin owned him in Alaska… w/great pals @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social

Posting later today: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the...

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Renew Democracy Initiative @renewdemocracy.bsky.social · 20d

RDI Chairman @garrykasparov.bsky.social: "Last night, apropos of nothing at all, I was thinking about how in Russia, you can’t go on television and make fun of the president or his favorites."

I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom

Censorship is central to the story of Russia’s descent into KGB dictatorship.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21d

I’m old enough to remember when Bob Iger, whose company recently paid $16 million to settle a meritless Trump lawsuit, and who just indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration, was a chair for the **Committee to Protect Journalists** dinner.

New York, November 22, 2006-The Committee to Protect Journalists marked its 25th anniversary
by honoring four journalists with its 2006 International Press Freedom Awards in a
ceremony Tuesday night which highlighted record-setting attacks on the press in Iraq.
More than 850 people attended the benefit dinner which raised $1.3 million. It was co-chaired by Robert A. Iger, president and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, and John S.
Carroll, the Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and CPJ board member, hosted the dinner.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 24d

Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 26d

No better podcast for understanding this deeply disturbing time in US politics
@sbg1.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social

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Charlie Kirk and the Long Shadow of Political Violence

Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 13/09/2025 · 37m

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 27d

Trump, after Kirk’s awful murder, calls not for reconciliation, but for vengeance…

My column:https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/did-trump-just-declare-war-on-the-american-left

Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?

After Charlie Kirk’s tragic killing, the President speaks not of ending political violence but of seeking political vengeance.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27d

"While others were praying for a sane conversation" about how to end political violence across the spectrum, Trump and his allies "defined the crisis differently: it was about the American right under siege—and what Trump was going to do about it." @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?

After Charlie Kirk’s tragic killing, the President speaks not of ending political violence but of seeking political vengeance.

www.newyorker.com

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 27d

Trump, after Kirk’s awful murder, calls not for reconciliation, but for vengeance…

My column:https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/did-trump-just-declare-war-on-the-american-left

Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?

After Charlie Kirk’s tragic killing, the President speaks not of ending political violence but of seeking political vengeance.

www.newyorker.com

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trump’s losing-est week?

My new column on federal judges pushing back, from tariffs to immigration to Harvard and the National Guard: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

How Many Court Cases Can Trump Lose in a Single Week?

From tariffs and immigration to the National Guard, federal judges are rejecting Trump’s ridiculous cover stories.

www.newyorker.com

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trump’s losing-est week?

My new column on federal judges pushing back, from tariffs to immigration to Harvard and the National Guard: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

How Many Court Cases Can Trump Lose in a Single Week?

From tariffs and immigration to the National Guard, federal judges are rejecting Trump’s ridiculous cover stories.

www.newyorker.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 30

Anyone who has covered the White House, worked in or around it, or covered Washington in the last generation knows that Mark Knoller was the very very best of DC. I honestly can’t imagine a presidency without him.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 30

A true legend is gone.

#RIP
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