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Scott Stossel
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National Editor, The Atlantic. Author of My Age of Anxiety and Sarge. Retweets mean "this is interesting," not necessarily "I agree with it."
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    Scott Stossel
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    Feb 1, 2021
    I love @TheAtlantic's copydesk. "Obscenities, profanities, and vulgarities: Don’t use them gratuitously, but when they’re called for, spell them out instead of abbreviating with a dash or asterisks or obliquely referring to them. We’re not the fucking New York Times."
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jul 27, 2018
    Going to have to watch her show now
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    Scott Stossel
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    Oct 3, 2020
    The implications of what Dr Conley said, and didn’t say, are: 1. Trump received supplemental oxygen at the White House 2. He had a preliminary positive test before going to Bedminster. 3. He got monoclonal antibody treatment on Thursday night
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jun 22, 2020
    "I Believe Trump Is a Racist" Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, publicly calls out the president for bigotry.
    The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jun 22, 2020
    "If Donald Trump commanded any brigade or division in the U.S. Army, he would have been relieved years ago for creating a toxic command climate.”
    The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot
    From theatlantic.com
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    Scott Stossel
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    Feb 1, 2025
    "Trump is single-handedly reneging on 80 years of American work to persuade others to trust and rely on the United States. He is remodeling the international image of the U.S. after himself: impulsive, self-seeking, short-sighted, and untrustworthy."
    The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs
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    Scott Stossel
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    Oct 28, 2020
    "Trump is getting away with more, and receiving less scrutiny, than Biden is. If it is true that he’s getting that pass because the media presume he is an underdog, they are playing a risky game."
    The Press Is Giving Trump a Free Pass, Again
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jan 25, 2020
    Pompeo's "presumption of secrecy, and of his ability to upbraid a reporter without her telling the world about his indiscretion, is yet another instance of incompetence and arrogance, mixed together."
    Why Journalists Believe Mary Louise Kelly
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    Scott Stossel
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    Sep 18, 2024
    "Rarely, if ever, has a presidential campaign collapsed from seeming assurance into utter chaos as Trump-Vance has. The campaign seems to have stumbled into a strange unintended message:'Let’s go to war with Taylor Swift to stop Haitians from eating dogs'"
    This Is What a Losing Campaign Looks Like
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    Scott Stossel
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    May 25, 2023
    "There are two kinds of people in politics: those who think DeSantis is a viable national candidate, and those who have met Ron DeSantis.” -From @davidfrum's piece on a "man radically and pathetically unready for national leadership."
    DeSantis’s Launch Was Not the Only Thing That Crashed
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    Scott Stossel
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    May 20, 2020
    "May’s declining cases are the result of April’s physical distancing, and the consequences of May’s reopenings won’t be felt until June at the earliest. This long gap between actions and their consequences makes it easy to learn the wrong lessons."
    America’s Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further
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    Scott Stossel
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    Nov 7, 2020
    Never forget
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jul 14, 2024
    "We abhor, reject, repudiate, and punish all political violence, even as we maintain that Trump remains himself a promoter of such violence, a subverter of American institutions, and the very opposite of everything decent and patriotic in American life."
    The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator
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    Scott Stossel
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    Jul 8, 2022
    Trump "is, quite possibly, the biggest crybaby ever to toddle across history’s stage, from his inaugural-crowd hemorrhage on day one right down to his bitter, ketchup-flinging end. Seriously, what public figure in the history of the world comes close?" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…