NEW: The Treasury Dept. will be going after leftie NGOs to make them disclose all the smaller NGOs they fiscally sponsor. “It will have an asymmetrical impact on the left, just because the right is organized differently,” a source familiar told me. My latest. puck.news/inside-trump...

Marco Rubio’s Enemies Within

The Trump administration is building a counterterrorism framework to target left-wing groups at home and abroad, raising concerns that it could be used against political opponents, nonprofits, activis...

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NEW: The Treasury Dept. will be going after leftie NGOs to make them disclose all the smaller NGOs they fiscally sponsor. “It will have an asymmetrical impact on the left, just because the right is organized differently,” a source familiar told me. My latest. puck.news/inside-trump...

Marco Rubio’s Enemies Within

The Trump administration is building a counterterrorism framework to target left-wing groups at home and abroad, raising concerns that it could be used against political opponents, nonprofits, activis...

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I cannot recommend @juliaioffe.bsky.social ‘s book Motherland strongly enough. The chapter “Gasoline” is harrowing and should serve as a warning for America. There’s a reason the right loves Russia so much. They love the paternalism, violence, and religiosity of Russia and want an American version.

I talked to Laura Loomer about her trip to Ukraine. Among other things, I asked her who paid for her trip. “Obviously, I have donors and whatnot,” she said. “The government of Ukraine did not pay for me to go, if that’s what you’re asking.” My latest. puck.news/laura-loomer...

The Miseducation of Laura Loomer

From a hotel in Ukraine, Loomer explains her startling embrace of Zelensky and a widening MAGA split over Russia, Israel, and the U.S.’s role in the world.

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"Do you really think anybody in the Kremlin ever cared about your comfort? Because all of this is material for Putin’s power. The only reason he may care about the gas lines is because there might be some sort of revolution about it." Nina Khrushcheva tells me from Moscow. puck.news/nina-khrusch...

Behind Russian Lines

In a conversation from Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev’s granddaughter describes a society adjusting to shortages, tighter government surveillance, blocked cellphone service, and the realization that Putin’...

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"Do you really think anybody in the Kremlin ever cared about your comfort? Because all of this is material for Putin’s power. The only reason he may care about the gas lines is because there might be some sort of revolution about it." Nina Khrushcheva tells me from Moscow. puck.news/nina-khrusch...

Behind Russian Lines

In a conversation from Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev’s granddaughter describes a society adjusting to shortages, tighter government surveillance, blocked cellphone service, and the realization that Putin’...

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I've read dozens of books about Russia. This is one of the rare books where the historic perspective can make you repeatedly rethink a subject you thought you knew well. My favorite kind of book. At times funny, terrifying, and hopeful. #booksky #bookreview ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

MOTHERLAND is finally out today! And she's a finalist for the National Book Award. Get your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/moth...

What is life like in wartime Moscow, especially now that Ukraine has finally brought the war home to Russians? I called my friend Nina Khrushcheva (Nikita's granddaughter) for a surreal report. My latest. puck.news/nina-khrusch...

Behind Russian Lines

In a conversation from Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev’s granddaughter describes a society adjusting to shortages, tighter government surveillance, blocked cellphone service, and the realization that Putin’...

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"It’s a very Western idea that if things are going horribly, you’re going to go and express your disillusionment publicly. Russians don’t protest this way. Russians protest with a middle finger hidden in their pocket." The great Nina Khrushcheva on life in Moscow. puck.news/nina-khrusch...

Behind Russian Lines

In a conversation from Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev’s granddaughter describes a society adjusting to shortages, tighter government surveillance, blocked cellphone service, and the realization that Putin’...

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NATO didn't always have an annual summit, not even during the Cold War. Now, in the age of Trump, NATO insiders are wondering if these annual summits are doing more harm than good—and if it's time to stop having them so often. My latest. puck.news/nato-summit-...

Is It Time to Cancel the Annual NATO Summit?

The alliance’s summer meeting, which became a yearly event after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has since devolved into an annual display of Trump-induced disunity. “It’s not productive. It risks being...

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Once again, Trump went to NATO and humiliated NATO allies. Which is why NATO insiders are asking, why do we keep doing this to ourselves? Is it time to cancel the annual summit? puck.news/nato-summit-...

Is It Time to Cancel the Annual NATO Summit?

The alliance’s summer meeting, which became a yearly event after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has since devolved into an annual display of Trump-induced disunity. “It’s not productive. It risks being...

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They found the voter fraud!

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w ago

NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org

The irony of Trump calling FIFA to overturn a red card for Balogun because he knows the U.S. can’t win without Balogun, who only qualifies for the U.S. team because of birthright citizenship, which Trump just tried to overturn.

NATO didn't always have an annual summit, not even during the Cold War. Now, in the age of Trump, NATO insiders are wondering if these annual summits are doing more harm than good—and if it's time to stop having them so often. My latest. puck.news/nato-summit-...

Is It Time to Cancel the Annual NATO Summit?

The alliance’s summer meeting, which became a yearly event after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has since devolved into an annual display of Trump-induced disunity. “It’s not productive. It risks being...

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Is it time to cancel the annual NATO summit? “Why would you torture yourself?” one former NATO ambassador wondered this week. “NATO didn’t always have an annual summit. Why are we putting ourselves through this?” My latest. puck.news/nato-summit-...

Is It Time to Cancel the Annual NATO Summit?

The alliance’s summer meeting, which became a yearly event after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has since devolved into an annual display of Trump-induced disunity. “It’s not productive. It risks being...

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“He sees the writing on the wall that an increasing fraction of America hates Israel,” one Trump administration official told me. “J.D. very clearly knows that being anti-Israel is the most politically profitable thing to be right now.” My latest. puck.news/how-jd-vance...

Vance’s New Promised Land

As the Republican base sours on the Iran war and Netanyahu’s adventurism in the Middle East, the vice president has changed his rhetoric on Israel—positioning himself as the voice of a new MAGA foreig...

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When I asked him if he speaks to JD Vance, Trita Parsi told me he didn’t want to get into all that, but did say that “we’ve been talking to the administration since they first came into office, on a variety of different issues, including this one.” puck.news/how-jd-vance...

Vance’s New Promised Land

As the Republican base sours on the Iran war and Netanyahu’s adventurism in the Middle East, the vice president has changed his rhetoric on Israel—positioning himself as the voice of a new MAGA foreig...

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“He sees the writing on the wall that an increasing fraction of America hates Israel,” one Trump administration official told me. “J.D. very clearly knows that being anti-Israel is the most politically profitable thing to be right now.” My latest. puck.news/how-jd-vance...

Vance’s New Promised Land

As the Republican base sours on the Iran war and Netanyahu’s adventurism in the Middle East, the vice president has changed his rhetoric on Israel—positioning himself as the voice of a new MAGA foreig...

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Is the United States still the world's superpower? Danielle Pletka and @juliaioffe.bsky.social offer differing perspectives in this timely conversation on global strategy and conflict. This episode was recorded live at the 2026 Cascade PBS Ideas Festival. Watch now: https://bit.ly/3SimOiw

JD Vance is the new Kamala Harris. My latest. puck.news/all-of-washi...

Trump’s Surrender at Versailles

Hawkish Republicans are apoplectic over the president’s hastily signed deal with Iran—an agreement that falls far short of his original demand for “unconditional surrender.” Meanwhile, Trump’s capitul...

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Trump signed the Iran MOU at Versailles, a place inextricably linked, for those who know their history, to another treaty ending a pointless, ruinous war, only to lay the groundwork for another that was far, far worse. My latest. puck.news/all-of-washi...

Trump’s Surrender at Versailles

Hawkish Republicans are apoplectic over the president’s hastily signed deal with Iran—an agreement that falls far short of his original demand for “unconditional surrender.” Meanwhile, Trump’s capitul...

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I asked Barak Ravid if he's become the boy who cries “Iran deal.” “I am covering the news, okay?” he said. “The boy doesn’t cry ‘Iran deal.’ The boy says the guys who are working on the Iran deal are crying ‘Iran deal.’” My latest. puck.news/barak-ravids...

Catch-47

Barak Ravid has become one of D.C.’s most well-wired reporters during the Iran war, leveraging a direct line to the White House into endless scoops about the negotiations between Washington and Tehran...

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Really good piece on @barakravid.bsky.social from @juliaioffe.bsky.social. (Why I still have Puck despite Hamby getting on my nerves.) puck.news/barak-ravids...

Catch-47

Barak Ravid has become one of D.C.’s most well-wired reporters during the Iran war, leveraging a direct line to the White House into endless scoops about the negotiations between Washington and Tehran...

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I asked Barak Ravid if he's become the boy who cries “Iran deal.” “I am covering the news, okay?” he said. “The boy doesn’t cry ‘Iran deal.’ The boy says the guys who are working on the Iran deal are crying ‘Iran deal.’” My latest. puck.news/barak-ravids...

Catch-47

Barak Ravid has become one of D.C.’s most well-wired reporters during the Iran war, leveraging a direct line to the White House into endless scoops about the negotiations between Washington and Tehran...

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I asked Barak Ravid if he's become the boy who cries “Iran deal.” “I am covering the news, okay?” he said. “The boy doesn’t cry ‘Iran deal.’ The boy says the guys who are working on the Iran deal are crying ‘Iran deal.’” My latest. puck.news/barak-ravids...

Catch-47

Barak Ravid has become one of D.C.’s most well-wired reporters during the Iran war, leveraging a direct line to the White House into endless scoops about the negotiations between Washington and Tehran...

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Great reporting. Try reading it and not going through all the stages of grief. And not just once

Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Trump administration is continuing to push the State Dept to go after "left-wing terrorist" abroad—and look for links to them at home. My latest. puck.news/what-makes-a...

The Trump administration is continuing to push the State Dept to go after "left-wing terrorist" abroad—and look for links to them at home. My latest. puck.news/what-makes-a...

Trump’s New Rules for Radicals

The State Department spent Tuesday trying to convince diplomats that antifa is the new Al Qaeda—but Foggy Bottom isn’t buying it.

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The Trump administration is continuing to push the State Dept to go after "left-wing terrorist" abroad—and look for links to them at home. My latest. puck.news/what-makes-a...

Trump’s New Rules for Radicals

The State Department spent Tuesday trying to convince diplomats that antifa is the new Al Qaeda—but Foggy Bottom isn’t buying it.

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How does Putin view Trump? “The ‘orange one’ is such a great guy, we must make a golden statue to him—and if we’re lucky, we’ll make it in Kyiv,” according to one of his closest allies, Yuri Kovalchuk. My latest, with the amazing @zygaro.bsky.social puck.news/is-putins-ru...

Putin on the Fritz

Russia is in deep, deep trouble, spurring renewed speculation about possible collapse. But we’ve seen this movie before, and Putin always manages to hold on. Is this time different?

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