Anne Applebaum

Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"The Cuban regime has stifled any viable domestic opposition. But the withering of the state—a process that has been under way for decades—has accelerated, and is shocking to see up close" From Robert Worth, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Great reporting at the crossroads of fossil fuels and political corruption. Words by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu, photos by @lynseyaddario.bsky.social

He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?

I have read dozens of outraged posts because the US special envoy Witkoff called Putin a "humanist." But no one is writing about the fact that the American negotiators are simply not doing their job. Let me explain.

President Trump temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton explains how corporate interests took power inside the EPA. Read more: nyti.ms/4il3336

The Trump administration and the Venezuelan government have struck a deal to exploit Venezuela’s oil—but their partnership is good for the rich and no one else, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports. theatln.tc/PANSlDZN

“People thought that things would change, but in reality nothing changed.” José, another fisherman who used to work for PDVSA, had a darker view: “The gringos came to rob everything—the oil, the minerals. We are rich in everything, but here, we don’t have anything.” Bu @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

The question is: Why did Trump derail peace talks?

Great piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on what's happened to Venezuela since Trump kidnapped Maduro (and the two major earthquakes)

The Trump administration and the Venezuelan government have struck a deal to exploit Venezuela’s oil—but their partnership is good for the rich and no one else, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports. theatln.tc/PANSlDZN

Venezuela will need billions of dollars to recover from what its authoritarian regime did to its oil industry—but the Trump administration’s intervention may be scaring away the investment the country needs, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports.

The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

Venezuela will need billions of dollars to recover from what its authoritarian regime did to its oil industry—but the Trump administration’s intervention may be scaring away the investment the country needs, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports.

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

What happens after the midterms? In the new season of “Autocracy in America,” @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu talks with the political, cultural, and economic leaders working to reverse the slide toward autocracy. Sign up now—the first episode airs November 10:

Terrific reporting by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu here on what’s happening in Venezuela. This description, which seems accurate, makes me so sad: a coalition of two kleptocracies. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Trump administration is extracting oil and money from a struggling Venezuela—at its people’s expense, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports.

This seems bad: "The internet could be on the verge of a total meltdown" writes Matteo Wong www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

"Realism" is an empty doctrine - and "realists" are just mimicking Moscow talking points, says @EdwardGLuce giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

A new season of my podcast, Autocracy in America! coming after the midterms... www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

What happens after the midterms? In the new season of “Autocracy in America,” @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu talks with the political, cultural, and economic leaders working to reverse the slide toward autocracy. Sign up now—the first episode airs November 10:

"With a seeming flick of a switch, Musk has the power to alter the course of a deadly conflict. " Nobody should have that kind of power www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Ted Cruz's former intern and organizer for the largest conservative youth summit in Texas has just confirmed he voted for James Talarico.

JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of. 1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.

Despite the Trump administration's best efforts, Alberta votes not to break up Canada

NEW: Ukrainian officials continue to report disruptions to US assistance to Ukraine. Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar101926 (1/5)

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

Georgia: 40% increase in first-day turnout compared with the 2022 midterms, and more than double the first-day participation seen during the 2018 midterms. "Early ballots in North Carolina and Maine are up 38% from the last midterms, while Iowa has seen a 61% increase" www.kark.com/news/early-v...

Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...