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Some of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings broadly affirm the president’s executive power, while others seem to rebuff Trump’s agenda. In The Atlantic Daily, Will Gottsegen and Quinta Jurecic break down the decisions: https://t.co/GYmQbLhhVu

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NPR’s erroneous report that Justice Samuel Alito had retired “is, by journalistic standards, a massive blunder,” Charlie Warzel argues: “A valid question though is how many people still care about those standards.” https://t.co/LktFGme1vw

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A charming and revealing window into what it's like to be a young founder (or founder wannabe) in the Bay Area these days, by the great @matteo_wong: https://t.co/0ZkjglsgPc

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I talked with David Blight, biographer of Frederick Douglass, about birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment on the David Frum Show 2 weeks ago https://t.co/OsvyOruIme

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This is an exceptionally moving account of the disaster in Venezuela, with great reporting from @partlowj: https://t.co/BGMNZNNOfx

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"The intended message to the Russian public is that the drone campaign, which Ukraine coyly describes as 'long-range sanctions' against the country that invaded its territory, is nowhere near plateauing."

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Even if Ukraine’s recent drone strikes in the Moscow area do not immediately end Vladimir Putin’s rule, they have dispelled the idea that Putin can defend the Russian capital, protect the economy, and look after the military, @PhillipsPOBrien argues. https://t.co/7Cy8UWoceF

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In the days after the earthquake in Venezuela, the people closest to the disaster felt acutely the absence of any assistance from the outside world, Joshua Partlow reports. “It was just us, the relatives, the neighbors,” one woman told him: https://t.co/V6gzLKv3yp

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Newly released chat records reveal an even broader use of Signal by top Trump-administration officials than previously known, @michaelscherer, @missy_ryan, @nancyayoussef, and @shaneharris report. https://t.co/WCPrGArYRx

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To Abraham Lincoln, the American Revolution was “a living legacy to which we are bound,” one that Lincoln used to build a popular antislavery politics, our staff writer Jake Lundberg said last year.

As part of our special issue marking 250 years since the nation’s founding, Lundberg explored why Lincoln “might be the figure best suited to teach us how to tell the story of the Revolution and live the story of the Revolution.” https://t.co/mACDHX83Za

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The Roberts Court likes to think of itself as originalist—but its recent overturning of a 90-year-old decision shows “a distinctly modern and stilted understanding of the separation of powers,” George Thomas argues: https://t.co/x36U1SZdHz

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A radical legal theory emerged half a century ago—and a new Supreme Court decision just made it American law, @petermshane argues: https://t.co/25w7YaKkfa

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J. D. Vance recently said that Watergate would be “a 12-hour news story” today. @GrahamDavidA argues that the vice president is probably right—but he’s taking the wrong lesson from America’s tolerance of political scandals: https://t.co/IbOgUW7KIJ

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“More than a decade ago, the economist Erik Brynjolfsson made a prediction: AI would change everything,” Annie Lowrey writes. She spoke with him about how he came to the prediction and where he thinks society is headed: https://t.co/5uVf6Pl79k

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The Supreme Court has upheld two state laws that bar transgender female athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports teams. In January, Sally Jenkins wrote about oral arguments for the case—and the big question that went unanswered: https://t.co/Mgm6uDgPfN

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Using social media to figure out what’s happening can feel productive—but being informed only goes so far, the writer John Paul Brammer tells @cwarzel: “It can start to make you feel like the world is this terrible place.”

Watch Galaxy Brain: https://t.co/TeJ0A2EEIs

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Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst believe the future of AI art doesn’t have to belong to slop, @skornhaber writes. He met the artists working to prove that the technology can inspire something much weirder—and potentially great. https://t.co/rTIv86sq7y

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“Being able to hold your tongue rather than say something nasty or spiteful will do much more for your relationship than a good word or deed,” Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney wrote in 2020: https://t.co/pdkd6K8fSD

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Trump's attempts to change Washington, D.C., without seeking permission or funding grate on many people, David A. Graham argues. “But the other problem is he does it poorly,” he tells Adam Harris. https://t.co/3SFiVrzEsM

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Rumors are flying about a possible Taylor Swift–Travis Kelce wedding this week—and fans are doing exactly the kind of sleuthing that the pop star has always encouraged, @julieebeck writes. https://t.co/bWMHnSMQot