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Jonathan Lemire
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Co-host: @Morning_Joe, @MSNOWnews; Staff Writer: @TheAtlantic; Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-@AP, @Politico. Dad, Mr @carriemelago, Red Sox [email protected]
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Oct 31, 2025
    “America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world. “A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots”
    Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 9, 2025
    The Epstein Letter Is Real, and It’s Bad
    The Epstein Letter Is Real, and It’s Bad
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 12, 2025
    “Patel’s handling of the Kirk investigation is a reminder that the skill set required to succeed as an influencer is not the same as what is required to effectively run the FBI. It’s not just amateur hour at the FBI, but influencer hour”
    The Influencer FBI
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Oct 29, 2025
    NEW: The government is closed. The President is MIA Believing Democrats would splinter, Trump deliberately ignored the shutdown. But his polls have tumbled. And more Americans will hurt in the days ahead Now even some in GOP think Trump needs to act
    The Missing President
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 6, 2025
    “The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the case of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to deny a request from NBC News to unseal the names of two associates who received large payments from him in 2018”
    DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100K and $250K should stay secret
    From nbcnews.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Oct 30, 2025
    “Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest”
    Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 21, 2025
    “Trump’s unabashedly public and explicit orders to Bondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the Watergate scandal”
    President Trump’s campaign against U.S. attorneys is an extension, even an escalation, of the early purge that his top political appointees carried out at the Justice Department.
    Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes
    From nytimes.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 7, 2025
    Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects. Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage
    A sign bearing President Trump’s name is posted at a bridge project in Maryland made possible by an infrastructure law he strenuously opposed.
    ​​Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
    From nytimes.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 6, 2025
    Evidence suggested that the North Korean crew had been civilians diving for shellfish. All were dead, including the man in the water. The SEALs pulled the bodies into the water and punctured their lungs with knives to make sure their bodies would sink
    President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
    How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
    From nytimes.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Oct 28, 2025
    “In less than a year, Trump has drained many of the most important sources of American power. He is unwinding the country’s alliances, degrading its principles, walling off its economy, and subverting international institutions that serve its interests”
    Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 10, 2025
    “None of this is really about immigration. It is about the administration’s attempt to inflame racial tensions and divide Americans, and to acclimate them to the militarization of their streets and the stripping away of their constitutional protections”
    The Government Wants to See Your Papers
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Nov 8, 2025
    “If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted”
    The Mafia Presidency
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Oct 1, 2025
    The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
    The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
    From theatlantic.com
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    Jonathan Lemire
    @JonLemire
    Sep 8, 2025
    “This is not just how authoritarianism happens. This is authoritarianism happening”
    Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
    From nytimes.com
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