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Peer review for journal articles has always been a highly imperfect process—but AI is pushing this already-flawed system to its breaking point, Anna Wexler argues. She explores how this technology may be ruining academic publishing: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
Some books have twists and turns that compel readers to keep coming back, Kristen Martin writes. She recommends six titles that need to be read twice: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
South Carolina, where Donald Trump won by 18 points two years ago, just sent a Democrat to the Senate. @maddiecarlisle2 reports on the changes that led to Annie Andrews’s victory. theatln.tc/4ledxyw1
The 2026 midterm elections didn't just determine who controls Congress for the next two years—they also determine whether the United States, 250 years after its founding, remains a democracy, @anneapplebaum says. She explores what citizens and lawmakers can do next to strengthen the institutions and values that have been threatened in the Trump era.
The wellness industry loves a secret cure—and peptides are its latest obsession, @tebartl reports. He traveled to Croatia to meet the scientist behind “the soccer mom’s peptide,” BPC-157: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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“He unites in his character the seemingly opposite qualities of demagogue and autocrat, and converts the Presidential chair into a stump or a throne, according as the impulse seizes him to cajole or to command.”
Ripped from yesterday's headlines:
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"Stripped of the protective gloss he enjoyed from the healthy economy during his first term, Trump has no more political magic than Jimmy Carter." @jonathanchait
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If it looks like a lame duck, and quacks like a lame duck...
@JonLemire's latest:
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Donald Trump is bad at politics theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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.@JonLemire: "He asked voters to make these midterm elections a referendum on him, to imagine that his name was on the ballot. They listened—and then rejected him. It is a stunning, widespread rebuke."
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Read more about Rob Sand, who will be Iowa's first Democratic governor in 15 years
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Here's my take on how South Carolina just elected a Democrat to the Senate. I still cannot believe I just wrote that sentence.
My dispatch on the biggest stunner of them all:
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South Carolina, where Donald Trump won by 18 points two years ago, just sent a Democrat to the Senate. @maddiecarlisle2 reports on what changed that led to Annie Andrews’s victory in the state.
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The Atlantic retweeted
"No election season this century has closed quite like this."
@michaelscherer and @AshleyRParker on how it came to this:
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Donald Trump asked voters to pretend he was on the ballot. “They listened—and then rejected him,” @JonLemire writes. theatln.tc/xd1yZOMk
🎨: Cristiana Couceiro. Source: Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty.
Hakeem Jeffries helped Democrats to victories in the midterms by staying on message—but he didn’t do it alone, @michaelscherer and @AshleyRParker report. They examine the inner workings of Republican and Democratic campaigns: theatln.tc/fTFRBN6A
🎨: Pablo Delcan. Sources: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty; Aaron Schwartz / AFP / Getty.
A blue wave has crested deep into red territory, dooming many of President Trump’s allies and setting off wild celebrations among Democrats, @ToluseO reports: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
South Carolina, where Donald Trump won by 18 points two years ago, just sent a Democrat to the Senate. @maddiecarlisle2 reports on the changes that led to Annie Andrews’s victory. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa have won their Texas elections—but the question remains whether a generational political realignment is taking place in the state or whether Democrats just got lucky this time, @mviser and @NickMiroff report. theatln.tc/5qrTySaM
📸: Paola Chapdelaine for The Atlantic
Hakeem Jeffries helped Democrats to victories in the midterms by staying on message—but he didn’t do it alone, @michaelscherer and @AshleyRParker report. They examine the inner workings of Republican and Democratic campaigns: theatlantic.com/politics/202…