Evan Osnos
@eosnos.bsky.social
Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481
1/5 I went back to China to parse what is real tech from what is hype. The clearest fact: the depth of an alternative technological universe: ubiquitous E.V.s, more clinical trials than the U.S.; A.I. systems reaching into workplaces, schools, and even neighborhood trash bins.
It's a gift when someone takes the time to read your work so thoughtfully. Thank you, Evan Osnos.
Tomorrow: talking Trump-era corruption and the rise of trillionaire-politics with @edwardluce.bsky.social hosted by @bigtentusa.bsky.social 📅 June 17 | 7 PM ET | Virtual bigtentusa.org/event/the-ha... RSVP free: bigtentusa.org/event/the-ha... cc: @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
From Mar-a-Lago to Mega-Yachts: Trump and the New Gilded Age - BigTentUSA
Join BigTentUSA on Wednesday, June 17 at 7pm ET for a virtual conversation moderated by Financial Times US National Editor, Ed Luce, with acclaimed journalist and New Yorker staff writer […]
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Paperback of THE HAVES AND HAVE-YACHTS arrives this week, alongside history's first trillionaire—a fortune 5 million times the median American family’s net worth. Thanks to @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @newyorker.com and everyone who has spent time with these stories.
Another great episode - one of my favorite podcasts. Thank you @eosnos.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social #politics #democracy open.spotify.com/episode/1BAG...
The Washington Roundtable Live: The Backlash Midterms
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Could economic anger drive a Democratic comeback in the 2026 midterms? Tomorrow at a live taping of the #PoliticalScene, @sbg1.bsky.social, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social, and special guest David Remnick discuss. Get tickets here. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/ZilsUw
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From Trump’s rise to Zohran Mamdani’s victory, economic anger has become one of the most powerful forces in American life. Who can best channel it? At the #PoliticalScene live, @sbg1.bsky.social, @janemayer.bsky.social, @eosnos.bsky.social, David discuss. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/JOFzzv
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1/2 One line from this👇 splendid conversation on #Beijing, geopolitics, and #AI stood out: when asked if they were disappointed by Trump’s betrayal of #Ukraine, #EU diplomats reportedly said, “No. We’ve simply moved on.” @preetbharara.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social #China #Russia #Europe
Trump-Xi Summit Explained: China, AI, Taiwan, and America’s Future | Evan Osnos & Preet Bharara
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Watching Trump’s visit here in Beijing reminded me that the CIA once did a classified study called “Chinese Political Negotiating Behavior." It explained the use of “gratitude, dependence, awe, and helplessness.” Its key advice: “Resist the flattery.” My dispatch: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Indeed. Our podcast this week is on precisely the power of this message. In Hungary, the anti-corruption message hit Orban hard.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4mo agoAbsolutely. "These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that." That's a pretty simple and effective message.
Friends in Amsterdam, I'll be speaking Mon April 13th at the John Adams Institute, on "Shadows of the American Dream: On Inequality, Ambitions and Opportunity" www.john-adams.nl/evan-osnos/
“Trump fundamentally does not understand the consequences of going to war. That fact … is a function of an entire life of decisions and the absence of consequences for those decisions” @eosnos.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
The Art of No Deal: Trump’s Approach to the Iran War
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 4 April · 40min
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his association with Christian nationalism is the topic of this week's Political Scene podcast from @newyorker.com , with @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social and @eosnos.bsky.social : www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
Pete Hegseth’s Holy War
Christian nationalism was once a fringe ideology in America. The Secretary of War has ushered it into the heart of U.S. military force.
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"Tell me how this ends?" In an emergency Iran-edition of the Washington Roundtable from @newyorker.com, @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social and I dig into the rationales, the blind spots, the finances, and the key lessons from Vietnam to Iraq and beyond swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
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For what lies ahead in Iran, listen to David Remnick's interview (posted Friday) with Karim Sadjadpour, who has long predicted "the autumn of the ayatollahs" but warns "The last two decades has proven that we don't have the ability to dictate our preferred outcome." www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
What Could Go Wrong, or Right, in a War with Iran
The foreign-policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour on what it would mean for the United States to pursue regime change in Iran, once again.
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NEW: The problem with billionaire power goes far beyond Epstein. Stinking Rich by @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social & The Haves and Have-Yachts by @eosnos.bsky.social @newyorker.com @simonandschuster.bsky.social reveal how billionaires undermine democracy. Review by E. Coburn 👇
The problem with billionaire power goes far beyond Epstein - LSE Review of Books
Stinking Rich by scholar Carl Rhodes and The Haves and Have-Yachts by journalist Evan Osnos examine the problem of billionaire power that undermines democracy.
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Maybe a good moment to listen to this podcast on the historical pattern in which a frantic autocrat--advised by only cowering, compromised toadies--waddles into a flood of self-destructive choices. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, then allied with Hitler, and so on www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 5mo agoPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of the far-reaching taxes on imports that he had imposed over the last year. https://to.pbs.org/4kObEMh
Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
What Happens When a Megalomaniac Begins to Fail
The historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Donald Trump and “autocratic backfire.”
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What happens when speaking truth to power becomes a crime? A conversation with Mark Clifford and Evan Osnos on Jimmy Lai and the cost of free expression. Feb 18, 6:30 PM. Hybrid. RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...
In the Epstein era "wealth and ostentation are all too often associated w/ social status, unchecked privilege, and unaccountability...money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded." by @johncassidysays.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites
His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
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Keep pushing Norm.
Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 6mo agoA federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID Our case now moves into discovery As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 6mo agoFucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
China hands in NYC Feb 18: Come hear the amazing story of Jimmy Lai: "billionaire businessman...who became China’s most famous political prisoner." I'll interview biographer @marklclifford.bsky.social who heads @thecfhk.bsky.social Details @cuny.edu's @biographyctr www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...
The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire...and China's Most Feared Critic - Mark Clifford in Conversation with Evan Osnos
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A masterclass by @vermontgmg.bsky.social on how ICE/CBP became so specifically incompetent and violent. Unintelligent design--capped off by a fateful order from Stephen Miller. w @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
From 9/11 to Minneapolis: How ICE Became a Paramilitary Force
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 01/30/2026 · 30m
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Public outrage, sustained attention, and effort by elected officials can together make a real difference.
Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 6mo agoYesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Talked about Xi Jinping, Taiwan, etc with Jon Finer and Jake Sullivan, who've met with a lot of senior Chinese officials, including (now-purged) Gen. Zhang Youxia. Zhang stood out for going off-script open.spotify.com/show/6Df7AyU...
Does China’s Military Purge Raise the Risk Over Taiwan? (with Evan Osnos)
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A government can only go to war against its citizens if it can afford to ignore them. The road to Minneapolis ran through the gilded line-up beside Trump at Inauguration. Oligarchy is the timely topic this Fri/Sat at an amazing event, details here @ucirvine.bsky.social sites.uci.edu/forum/
