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Matthew Cooper

@mattizcoop.bsky.social

Executive Editor-Digital at Washington Monthly Journalist, Human

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Merrill Goozner@gooznews.bsky.social · last wk.

Thanks, WaMo, for relinking to @mattizcoop.bsky.social's incisive review of Nicholas Lemann's Returning (wwnorton.com/books/978163...). This goes to the top of the "must read" list for this child of an eastern European Jewish immigrant.

Returning

Compulsive, shattering, if not fundamentally disruptive, Returning emerges as one of the most important and searingly honest family sagas of our time., Returning, A Search for Home Across Three Centur...

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Bill Scher@billscher.bsky.social · last mo.

“Vermont is, I think, pretty close to Maine, and it managed to elect…Bernie Sanders, just fine, just like the voters in the Bronx and Boulder who fueled socialist victories in June. There’s no sinister conspiracy against Platner…” — @mattizcoop.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/08/p...

Platner’s Conspiracy-Laden, Bitter Farewell

Platner Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race, Blames "Entrenched Forces" for Derailing His Senate Nomination

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Jason Rabinowitz@airlineflyer.net · last mo.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Jack Rakove@jrakove.bsky.social · last mo.

My thoughts on the day. I'd have liked the simpler title, "Is It the Fourth?" But editors get their own say on that. I do think that the close of Winthrop's sermon aboard the Arbella in 1630 sounds the right counterpoint to the aspirations of the Declaration. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/04/i...

Independence Day, From Jefferson to Reagan to Trump

The 47th president has smashed norms, enriched himself, and even bungled cleaning the Reflecting Pool. But July 4 still survives.

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Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

All the details of this story back up my quick morning analysis: The security system worked exactly as designed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-quick-an...

A quick analysis of last night's shooting

So far, it appears the system worked as intended.

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo ago

Breaking news: The Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials, according to officials familiar with the plan.