Date: 10-23-2025

Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Shield MAGA From the Shutdown

Summary: The administration has tried to hurt only “Democrat things.” It’s not that easy.

Author: Toluse Olorunnipa

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Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Summary: Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

Author: Tom Nichols

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Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: The MAGA Media Takeover

Summary: Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.

Author: David Karpf

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Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t

Summary: Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

Author: Gisela Salim-Peyer

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Date: 8/16/2025 Magazine: The Atlantic Article: Trump Has No Cards Summary: Why would Putin need to make a deal with him? Author: Anne Applebaum

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Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: To See How America Unraveled, Go Back Five Years

Summary: What the summer of 2020 wrought

Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams

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Date: 7.18.2025

Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?

Summary: CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Author: David A. Graham

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Magazine: The Atlantic

Article: Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.

Summary: A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.

Author: Nick Miroff

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