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“My partner of six years is smart and funny. I never get tired of talking with him,” a reader says. “The problem is that he is a Trumper.” https://lnkd.in/e-47Ptmd In this week’s “Dear James” column, James Parker advises a reader who asks: “Am I being untrue to my moral convictions by staying in a relationship with someone who supports this person I find despicable?” When it comes to the people that we love, “there’s always something wrong with them, because there’s something wrong with all of us,” Parker responds. “The older I get, the more I think that a person’s opinions—political or otherwise—are the least important thing about them. The opinion-making portion of the brain is so vulnerable, so goofy, so effortlessly colonized by alien spores … It’s a write-off, really. How they live, how they make you feel—that’s the salient part.” “One of the things Trumpers dislike about liberal types is how hissingly and superstitiously they recoil from anything outside their ideological parameters,” Parker continues. “MAGA folk, meanwhile, have a high tolerance for aberration, because … look at the guy. So prove ’em wrong.” Plus, Parker adds, “have you considered the possibility that his Trumpiness, and your non-Trumpiness, might be the secret sauce of your relationship?” Read more of Parker’s advice at the link in our bio.

Many January 6 rioters have been held together in a wing of a D.C. jail—and become more extreme. Lauren Ober and Hanna Rosin tell the story of how a nonviolent man with a mischievous streak emerged from jail even more willing to fight for the MAGA cause.

“Voters consistently say they trust Trump more to handle the economy than they do Kamala Harris. Why? Perhaps because, when Trump speaks about the economy, he sounds like a child,” David A. Graham writes:

Iran's supreme leader wants neither peace nor war with Israel, but the moment of choice has come, Arash Azizi writes:

"July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence," Beverly Gage writes. "So far, the semiquin is shaping up as an embarrassingly accurate reflection of America’s identity crisis."

The early-aughts competition series “Making the Band” laundered Sean “Diddy” Combs’s open hostility as an eccentric style of artist management, writes Hannah Giorgis. Two decades on, it’s disturbing to revisit:

Silicon Valley’s main characters are entering the culture war and bringing their enormous fan bases with them, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes. https://lnkd.in/gV-zF7Xh Some prominent venture capitalists, such as Sequoia Capital’s Shaun Maguire or David Sacks of Craft Ventures, have been tweeting their support of Donald Trump and amplifying X owner Elon Musk’s extreme political opinions—an example of, as Paul Krugman recently noted, the “tech bro style in American politics,” Tiffany writes. “It is largely defined by a flat, good-versus-evil worldview. The good? Free speech, which Democrats want to eradicate. The evil? Immigration, which is a plot by Democrats to allow violent criminals into the country and steal the election.” A “vibe shift” is under way in Silicon Valley, Michael Gibson, a VC and former vice president of grants at the Thiel Foundation, told Tiffany. Eight years ago, Peter Thiel was the odd man out when he announced his support of Trump. “This year, J. D. Vance, a Thiel acolyte and former VC himself, is Trump’s running mate.” “If Trump wins, there is a nonzero chance that he would give some of these people major roles in his second administration—Musk is already lobbying for one, with apparent success,” Tiffany explains. Many of these venture capitalists are also holding on to huge bets on cryptocurrency. “They fear—or enjoy suggesting—that [Kamala] Harris is plotting to destroy the industry entirely.” The labor movement is also an issue. “During and after the pandemic, contractors and employees of major tech companies expressed dissatisfaction en masse,” and some unionized, Tiffany writes. “Meanwhile, the federal government has pursued antitrust action and bipartisan efforts to regulate social media, while state governments have won huge settlements for workers. This has been a major shock: Silicon Valley was celebrated by previous Democratic administrations.” “Now some tech leaders are being treated like villains—which seems to have led some of them to embrace the label,” Tiffany continues. Even if Harris wins, it is “significant that a number of influential—and very rich—men are eager to go against the grain.” ??: Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Steve Jennings / Getty; John Lamparski / Getty; Jim Watson / Getty.

Many people feel helpless about threats to democracy, Anne Applebaum writes. That's precisely the feeling that autocratic movements want to cultivate—but you can do something. A citizen’s guide to defending the 2024 election:

Many have commented on a supposed rightward turn that some of the richest and most powerful men in tech have taken this election cycle, embracing Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. But the reality is more complicated, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes.