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John Hendrickson

John Hendrickson

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Biden Needs More Than Nostalgia

The president’s back-to-Scranton-basics approach seems to lack true vision. Interstate 81, southbound, you can’t miss it: Exit 185 PRESIDENT BIDEN...

17.04.2024 9

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The RFK Jr. Strategy Clicks Into Focus

As the race between Trump and Biden gets uglier, Kennedy is focusing on ballot access. What if everyone’s wrong? What if Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s...

15.04.2024 20

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The Next Stage of RFK Jr.’s Insurgency

The outsider candidate has money, a running mate, and a growing army of supporters determined to upend the election. Wasn’t Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

27.03.2024 4

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What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities

Trump fans don’t like how he demeans people. They’ll vote for him anyway. Last weekend, I stood among thousands of Donald Trump supporters in a...

20.03.2024 10

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Trump Finds Another Line to Cross

The former president used to exercise a modicum of restraint around Joe Biden’s stutter. No longer. Former President Donald Trump, perhaps...

10.03.2024 40

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How Do You Run an Election as a Trump Target?

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold believes the state’s elections are safe and secure under her watch—even if she, herself, is now at risk....

06.03.2024 7

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A Few Theories on Why Dean Phillips Is Still in the Race

At what point does a “long-shot candidacy” tip into a pure vanity spectacle? This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that...

29.02.2024 8

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The Dangerous Confusion of No Labels

Inside the most confounding third-party gambit of the 2024 election “We are in this to win it,” No Labels’ chief strategist, Ryan Clancy, told...

27.02.2024 40

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What I Found in San Francisco

The city wants to shake its reputation as a “zombie-apocalypse wasteland.” How it achieves that goal is another story. “People seem really...

31.01.2024 50

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She Didn’t Try to Cure Stuttering

Remembering Lee Caggiano, the woman who made me want to talk. My friend Lee Caggiano, who died several weeks ago, was not famous. But through her...

27.12.2023 10

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Trump Insists He Hasn’t Read Mein Kampf

The former president told a crowd he’s not quoting Hitler when he says that immigrants are “destroying the blood of our country.” A little more...

20.12.2023 10

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Who (Still) Loves Ron DeSantis?

On Saturday, the Republican primary challenger checked off the last of all 99 counties in Iowa. It seemed more dutiful than fun. On Saturday...

04.12.2023 10

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All Eyes on Nikki Haley

She’s squarely challenging Ron DeSantis for second place in the Republican primary, no matter how second that place may be. Does Nikki Haley really...

30.11.2023 10

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Trump’s Apocalyptic Party

The former president’s rally in Hialeah, Florida, showed yet again that no other Republican is quite like him. “Anybody ever hear of Hannibal...

09.11.2023 2

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Do You Know This Man?

Doug Burgum is running for president, whether people realize it or not. The phrase one percent could be used to describe Doug Burgum’s socioeconomic...

02.11.2023 10

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Could the Courts Actually Take Trump Off the Ballot?

A group of voters in Colorado are trying to use the Fourteenth Amendment to keep the former president’s name off the state’s 2024 ballot. This...

01.11.2023 50

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Promises to Spoil the Election

After several months campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy announced his “very painful” decision to leave the party’s...

10.10.2023 3

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The Least-Known Rock God

A new biography of the Velvet Underground founder Lou Reed considers the stark duality of the man and his music. Early in the movie Almost Famous, the...

08.10.2023 10

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When “Main Characters” Commandeer Congress

The defining personality trait of our time has entered the political mainstream. This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides...

05.10.2023 30

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A Food Fight at the Kids’ Table

The second GOP primary debate made Trump’s 2024 advantage clearer than ever. Suddenly, it just tumbled out: "Honestly, every time I hear you I feel...

28.09.2023 8

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