Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
Co-host: @Morning_Joe, @MSNBC Writer: @TheAtlantic Author: "The Big Lie." Ex-@AP, @Politico. Dad, Mr @carriemelago, Red Sox [email protected]
To fend off illiberalism from the White House, Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, must also confront illiberalism on campus, @FranklinFoer writes. Foer spoke with Garber about the university’s moment of peril. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Trump has raged against MAGA influencers who, in his estimation, have profited and grown famous off their association with him and his political movement Trump said the “disloyal” influencers “have forgotten whose name is above the door” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…
“A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump” nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
“And although the country does sometimes accept politicians who campaign in poetry and govern in prose, it is less willing to countenance those who campaign in conspiracy theory and then govern in a nothing-to-see-here-folks reality” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Vance Boelter’s Life Before the Minnesota Shootings Periods of religious zealotry and an unsettled professional career were intertwined for years before he was accused of murder. nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…
Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death: An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…
“Months later, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest” nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/…
“This, perhaps, has been the most confusing and upsetting part of the Epstein saga for Trump: his inability to manage his uber-loyalists and regular allies” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
The White House mulled ways to quell the Epstein furor: Appoint a special counsel. Unseal court documents. Have Bondi address the press. Could Trump hold *daily* news conferences à la his COVID briefings? Then the birthday card story exploded: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador mega-prison freed in prisoner swap nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work. theatln.tc/edmT5Vcu
More than 20 people have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in Los Angeles overnight. cnn.com/2025/07/19/us/…
As the Jeffrey Epstein story persists despite his efforts, Trump has felt deeply betrayed by his base and raged against MAGA influencers whom he believes have grown famous off their association with him, @AshleyRParker and @JonLemire report. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Neri Alvarado's sister confirmed to me that he is now back in Venezuela. Neri's wrongful imprisonment attracted international attention. He is the 25-year-old with an autism awareness ribbon tattooed on his leg. This is him leaving the plane.
“After three terrible waves of sectarian bloodletting, many in Syria’s minority communities have started to conclude that the state Sharaa envisions will—despite his regular protestations about pluralism and tolerance—be a place where they are not welcome” theatlantic.com/international/…
The news that CBS had canceled “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” prompted plenty of speculation about the network’s motivations. But “the underlying point is clear”: late-night TV has lost its value, David Sims argues: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
In particular, Trump has raged against MAGA influencers who, in his estimation, have profited and grown famous off their association with him and his political movement Trump said the “disloyal” influencers “have forgotten whose name is above the door” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
The Environmental Protection Agency said it was dismantling the Office of Research and Development, cutting nearly a quarter of its staff and expanding the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the agency. wapo.st/4m1oc2i