Charles Bethea
@charlesbethea.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer in Atlanta
Reporting mostly from the South
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/charles-bethea
Reporting mostly from the South
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/charles-bethea
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Some January 6th insurrectionists have re-offended. Others have run for office. Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., is campaigning to get reparations—from “the deep state” and his parents.
How One J6er Has Been Emboldened by His Pardon
Some insurrectionists have re-offended. Others have run for office. Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., is campaigning to get reparations—from “the deep state” and his parents.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Some January 6th insurrectionists have re-offended. Others have run for office. Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., is campaigning to get reparations—from “the deep state” and his parents.
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When Charles Bethea climbed the world’s tallest volcano with the help of an altitude-sickness pill, he wondered: Had he denied himself some deeper experience or insight?
What It’s Like to Get Really, Really High
Climbers are often chasing a rush. Was I cheating by using some help to get there?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-its-like-to-get-really-really-high?utm_medium=so[…]e=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
September 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When Charles Bethea climbed the world’s tallest volcano with the help of an altitude-sickness pill, he wondered: Had he denied himself some deeper experience or insight?
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A former senior official and two current staff members describe the turmoil at the C.D.C. under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship. “Everyone has a limit,” the employees said, “and there are many of us being pushed to the brink.”
Inside the Chaos at the C.D.C.
A former senior official and two current employees describe the turmoil at the agency under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A former senior official and two current staff members describe the turmoil at the C.D.C. under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship. “Everyone has a limit,” the employees said, “and there are many of us being pushed to the brink.”
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this... absolutely this...
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#RSDI #Balls #TheBallsInitiative #DogeII
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#RSDI #Balls #TheBallsInitiative #DogeII
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The DOGEfather Part II
Joe Gebbia, a RISD grad and an Airbnb billionaire, may soon lead the federal cost-cutting effort known as DOGE. Could there be clues to his methods in his art-school days?
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June 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
this... absolutely this...
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#RSDI #Balls #TheBallsInitiative #DogeII
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
@charlesbethea.bsky.social
#RSDI #Balls #TheBallsInitiative #DogeII
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The saddest shortest short story ever written--
For Sale: Used Tesla, Never Driven
For Sale: Used Tesla, Never Driven
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The saddest shortest short story ever written--
For Sale: Used Tesla, Never Driven
For Sale: Used Tesla, Never Driven
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reassuring
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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Defending Medicaid Cuts, Ernst Tells Iowans, ‘We All Are Going to Die’
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May 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
reassuring
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I had a long talk recently with Kenny Smith: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Kenny Smith Isn’t Going Fishing Yet
The co-host of “Inside the NBA” discusses the show’s move to ESPN, the antics of his co-star Charles Barkley, and their role in popularizing meme culture.
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May 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I had a long talk recently with Kenny Smith: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
I had a long talk recently with Kenny Smith: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Kenny Smith Isn’t Going Fishing Yet
The co-host of “Inside the NBA” discusses the show’s move to ESPN, the antics of his co-star Charles Barkley, and their role in popularizing meme culture.
www.newyorker.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I had a long talk recently with Kenny Smith: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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At @thirdactorg.bsky.social some of us are old enough to remember when Richard Nixon almost lost his job as veep for a $16,000 slush fund and the gift of a cocker spaniel puppy. I guess with inflation we’ve gotten to a $400 million plane…
May 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
At @thirdactorg.bsky.social some of us are old enough to remember when Richard Nixon almost lost his job as veep for a $16,000 slush fund and the gift of a cocker spaniel puppy. I guess with inflation we’ve gotten to a $400 million plane…
Brian Steel is expected to cross-examine Casandra Ventura, the main accuser in the Sean Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering case. (Follow @meghanncuniff.bsky.social's excellent coverage of the trial.)
My profile of Steel: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
My profile of Steel: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
May 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Brian Steel is expected to cross-examine Casandra Ventura, the main accuser in the Sean Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering case. (Follow @meghanncuniff.bsky.social's excellent coverage of the trial.)
My profile of Steel: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
My profile of Steel: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Incoming head of the U.S. Treasury doesn't know where January 6 medals went. That and more on Brandon Beach in today's @newyorker.com lede story: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How an Election Denier Became the U.S. Treasurer
Brandon Beach was a state senator in Georgia who got involved in Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Now his name will be on our money.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Incoming head of the U.S. Treasury doesn't know where January 6 medals went. That and more on Brandon Beach in today's @newyorker.com lede story: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This is Young Thug's dog, Schneebly, a french bulldog-poodle mix. I met Schneebly -- a good boy -- in March when I spoke to YT in Miami for my profile of Brian Steel, his lawyer, in this wk's @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is Young Thug's dog, Schneebly, a french bulldog-poodle mix. I met Schneebly -- a good boy -- in March when I spoke to YT in Miami for my profile of Brian Steel, his lawyer, in this wk's @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Today’s edition of Why Haven’t You Subscribed to the Print Edition of @theonion.com yet: every single ad in the latest issue is a lil shower of pee on Mr Roll Of Nickels. Two faves:
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today’s edition of Why Haven’t You Subscribed to the Print Edition of @theonion.com yet: every single ad in the latest issue is a lil shower of pee on Mr Roll Of Nickels. Two faves:
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"no thank you, sir, i do not wish to be lit"
~Brian Steel
~Brian Steel
April 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"no thank you, sir, i do not wish to be lit"
~Brian Steel
~Brian Steel
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This week's This American Life @thisamericanlife.org has 2 segments: the best reporting on Gaza and on deportations that I've yet heard. But listen with care, and maybe not both at once--the cruelty of the powerful is almost unbearable.
But we must hear it
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
But we must hear it
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
Chaos Graph - This American Life
People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This week's This American Life @thisamericanlife.org has 2 segments: the best reporting on Gaza and on deportations that I've yet heard. But listen with care, and maybe not both at once--the cruelty of the powerful is almost unbearable.
But we must hear it
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
But we must hear it
www.thisamericanlife.org/859/chaos-gr...
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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I profiled the remarkable Brian Steel for this week's @newyorker.com -- with a cameo by Young Thug, his client, who met with us in a Miami recording studio in early March. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Lawyer Freed Young Thug. Now He’s Defending Diddy
Since the Young Thug trial, Brian Steel has modelled for the rapper’s fashion brand and had a Drake song named after him. Sean Combs took note.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I profiled the remarkable Brian Steel for this week's @newyorker.com -- with a cameo by Young Thug, his client, who met with us in a Miami recording studio in early March. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.”
But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...
But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...
April 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.”
But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...
But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...
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dry chuckle in the middle of this article about brian steel, the boy scout lawyer from young thug's RICO case www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
April 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
dry chuckle in the middle of this article about brian steel, the boy scout lawyer from young thug's RICO case www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I profiled the remarkable Brian Steel for this week's @newyorker.com -- with a cameo by Young Thug, his client, who met with us in a Miami recording studio in early March. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Lawyer Freed Young Thug. Now He’s Defending Diddy
Since the Young Thug trial, Brian Steel has modelled for the rapper’s fashion brand and had a Drake song named after him. Sean Combs took note.
www.newyorker.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I profiled the remarkable Brian Steel for this week's @newyorker.com -- with a cameo by Young Thug, his client, who met with us in a Miami recording studio in early March. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Clayton Dalton asked paramedics in Gaza what was hardest about their work. Responding to an airstrike and discovering that it’s your own family, one said. Recovering the bodies of children, said another. nyer.cm/Iz1ztSY
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Clayton Dalton asked paramedics in Gaza what was hardest about their work. Responding to an airstrike and discovering that it’s your own family, one said. Recovering the bodies of children, said another. nyer.cm/Iz1ztSY
Another infuriating story of "media disruption," this one involving the place where I got my start, @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Decline of Outside Magazine Is Also the End of a Vision of the Mountain West
After its purchase by a tech entrepreneur, the publication is now a shadow of itself. A letter signed by its illustrious contributors says as much about a way of life as it does about the media indust...
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April 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Another infuriating story of "media disruption," this one involving the place where I got my start, @outsidemag.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Charlie Duncan, who lived through the stock-market crash of 1929, shares his general life advice: good sex, fresh vegetables, the occasional Coors Light, and water aerobics.
Living Through the Market Crash? Ask a Centenarian
Charlie Duncan, a hundred-and-five-year-old Georgia resident, recalls the mood in 1929.
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April 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Charlie Duncan, who lived through the stock-market crash of 1929, shares his general life advice: good sex, fresh vegetables, the occasional Coors Light, and water aerobics.