Michael Scherer

GREG IP: “.. Trump called ‘tariff’ the most beautiful word in the dictionary. He somehow made it the most hated word in politics.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Trump on Roy Cooper: "He's going to become your senator and it's crazy" RIP Michael Whatley

"sit down"

Here's is Judge Reyes' ruling last night denying the govt motion to have her recuse herself. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... /4

NEW: The big tech midterm realignment could have huge implications in 2028. Trump has made his party the defenders of Silicon Valley execs. Democrats see a populist windfall. The proof is in the ad spending data. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Me a few days ago: I guess the true TV golden age of the 21st century was like a decade ago, the medium and the discourse around it was so vital and spirited Monkey's paw: *curls finger* variety.com/2026/tv/news...

John Fetterman has been working with GOP fundraising consultants—and paying a hefty commission, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @mviser.bsky.social report.

I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.

NEW: NEW: John Fetterman's fundraising firm, MissionWired, quit working for him in June. So he started offering right-wing groups like RedMajorities and TrumpTruth a hefty commission to raise him money. Even Sen. Mike Lee has joined the rush for cash. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

NEW: NEW: John Fetterman's fundraising firm, MissionWired, quit working for him in June. So he started offering right-wing groups like RedMajorities and TrumpTruth a hefty commission to raise him money. Even Sen. Mike Lee has joined the rush for cash. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

NEW: A republican fundraising consultant alerted her colleagues this month in a private message about a hot new business opportunity from an unlikely source: Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a Democrat. Gift Link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Quite a story from @mviser.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Exclusive: John Fetterman has been working with GOP fundraising consultants—and paying a hefty commission, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @mviser.bsky.social report. 📸: Andrew Harnik / Getty

Dammit. I am so mad I posted that. The Post pushed that, but doesn't say until the sixth paragraph that The Atlantic actually broke the news (and they don't link to the story when they finally acknowledged it). Here's a gift link to Nick Miroff's report: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Reported here first. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Using AI in many cases means sending your most sensitive and intimate thoughts to a server where they can be exploited as training data, sold to ad brokers, or even handed to law enforcement. So I assembled this guide to using AI with your privacy intact. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

This is a bad tweet. Poll did not ask approve or disapprove of $5000 check. Asked whether the quid pro quo of the proposal was appropriate. Totally separate issue. Like asking if Barry Bonds should have cheated vs was a great player.

The Trump administration staged an unofficial Cabinet-travel competition in which secretaries competed to see who could visit the most swing states and districts, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social report. See who logged the most trips: theatln.tc/dqg5nYPm

Cabinet members competed to visit the most swing areas—a dinner with President Trump was rumored as a prize, and at least one secretary feared being docked points for going to a blue state, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social report. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

President Trump is facing his last great electoral test with the midterms—and he is trying to defy the odds again, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social write.

Trump is facing his last great electoral test with the midterms—and at his midterm convention in Dallas this week, he’s trying to defy the odds yet again, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social write. theatln.tc/6GiOIf8L 📸: Joseph Rushmore

Thanks so much!

“I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. Just one more time.” An illuminating dispatch from Dallas, by @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

NEW: President Trump began his midterm-convention address last night by casting his spell on the crowd in Dallas. “This place is packed,” he announced, pointing to the back where everyone could see empty seats. w/ @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

NEW: Hours after Iran issued a $10 million bounty on Donald Trump’s son, the State Department reissued a $10 million bounty on “information” about four Iranian officials. One of them had already been killed. How the Iran War is a war of assassination: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

NEW: Hours after Iran issued a $10 million bounty on Donald Trump’s son, the State Department reissued a $10 million bounty on “information” about four Iranian officials. One of them had already been killed. How the Iran War is a war of assassination: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

@ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social discuss their reporting that Trump is pushing for Republicans to run on his record. Watch the full episode of Radio Atlantic:

The only story you will read today about taking federal frog scientists hostage and Zephyr’s papaya on Gumboot Lake. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

I embedded at an adult summer camp of women in their 20s through their 80s hoping to make new friends. The 60-something women of Cabin 3 and I danced, swam, went down the water slide, discussed mortality, then raged to Smash Mouth. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

In addition to the lifetime ban, "Kalshi said its compliance department had imposed a penalty of $71,356." www.wsj.com/politics/ex-...

Donald Trump has ordered an ad blitz ahead of the midterms that could backfire for Republicans, @yvonnewingett.bsky.social, @michaelscherer.bsky.social, and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report:

Reporting matters: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Exclusive: Donald Trump has ordered an ad blitz ahead of the midterms that could backfire for Republicans, @yvonnewingett.bsky.social, @michaelscherer.bsky.social, and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report:

NEW: Trump told MAGA Inc in Oval Office meeting to make ads about his own record for midterms. Spots will run alongside campaign-specific ads. “We are going to unload the guns on both chambers real soon." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

SCOOP: Republican House candidate Ralph Alvarado is pivoting his message, editing his website to remove Trump mentions and delete a photo of them together. From “America First Fighter” to “Independent Leadership.” Trump won KY06 by 15 pts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... BEFORE/AFTER

Bill Pulte’s purge of senior executives at Fannie Mae fit a pattern of how he has positioned himself in Donald Trump’s senior team, @michaelscherer.bsky.social reports:

oh and this from www.texastribune.org/2026/08/20/t...

Heidi Overton, who is reportedly poised to be nominated for FDA commissioner, is one of the most powerful public-health officials in Donald Trump’s orbit—but she’s also recently been at odds with MAHA activists, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @tombartlett.bsky.social report.

> @daveweigel.bsky.social

NEW: The National Park Service has created a "White House priorities" list internally to fast-track Trump's desires. They include more than $12 million for Flock cameras and new US Park Police equipment in DC area. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Sex and gender have been different concepts throughout history. Then language got in the way. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Any young people who can explain the eyebrows?

Here's a new kind of virus that scientists have generated with AI. And here's my story about what it means for us to have gotten to this remarkable moment: nyti.ms/4bBhoWB (Gift link) 🧪

Smoke. Filled. Rooms. Bring them back. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Montana’s Democratic Senate nominee said that only God could get her off the ballot—but her party is exploring its legal options in case she does drop out, @michaelscherer.bsky.social reports: