McKay Coppins
@mckaycoppins
Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. NYT bestselling author of ROMNEY: A RECKONING http://www.mckayaldencoppins.com/contact
Thrilled to share that my book ROMNEY: A RECKONING will debut at No. 3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list! Can't tell you how grateful I am for everyone who's bought the book, read it, shared it, and engaged with it. This entire experience has been surreal.
"The network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt. CBS’s owners have made a series of decisions capitulating to President Donald Trump..." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Congratulations to @SusanPage on this sweeping and very newsy rendering of Queen Elizabeth II as you’ve never seen her before. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👑 Preorder your copy now. axios.com/newsletters/ax…
I can’t stop watching this. I can’t remember last time Fenway was jumping like this.
"Officers and agents described a workforce on edge, vilified by broad swaths of the public and bullied by Trump officials demanding more and more." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Prediction: This will make little difference in American politics, but it will be terrible for churches.
NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…
"By the fall of 1851 the paper shortage was so acute that...people could get a paid subscription in exchange for the worn top from the covered wagon that brought them across the plains." Fascinating history here, as the @Deseret News turns 175: deseret.com/special-series…
Stranger than that: He suggested that tougher restrictions on immigrants could make many “self-deport” and this was seen as a costly gaffe. Even stranger: Guess who said Romney lost votes bc of that policy. politico.com/story/2012/11/…
in retrospect it's genuinely insane mitt romney won the republican primary in 2012
Incredible. "Paramount said its payment includes Mr. Trump’s legal fees and costs and that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Mr. Trump’s future presidential library."
Breaking News: Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. nyti.ms/3IouV7T
Idaho Attorney General: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools because they are “part of an ideological/social movement.” idahoednews.org/top-news/attor…
"Humans will need luck to survive this period," @JeffreyGoldberg writes in the new issue of @TheAtlantic. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Substance aside, props to whoever taught the NATO secretary general how to speak Trump. A language that anyone in his position needs to be fluent in.
Trump posts what appears to be a fawning message from NATO chief Mark Rutte praising his ‘decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do’ Also says on defence spending: ‘Europe is going to pay in a big way and it will be your win’
Deseret News on Mike Lee: “The tweets were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate. It revealed a lack of compassion for both victims and their loved ones and cast a poor light on Utah.” Editorial calls on Lee to apologize deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…
Ah, memories…
Trump announced his run for the presidency on this day ten years ago. And no one was more wrong on this front than @mckaycoppins - who insisted for years in print and on CNN's late media show that he would never run and certainly would never win. buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/3…