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Evan McMurry
@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
Senior Editor, Audience - @theatlantic.com, things of that nature
Despite a huge boost in funds, ICE’s buildup stalled over the summer. Good new reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social:
October 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Searching for a McDonald's play place has led me into the black hole of "online McDonald's reviews"
September 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
now that's a lede theatln.tc/0RjlWtBV
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If the AI bubble bursts, “it could put the dot-com crash to shame—and the tech giants and their Silicon Valley backers won’t be the only ones who suffer.” theatln.tc/TMZZuCv7
September 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@michaelscherer.bsky.social: “This backbone of the Trump resistance has as much in common with political organizing and investigative reporting as it does with legal theory.” theatln.tc/SkSDr8u7
September 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I need to borrow $1900
August 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I hope whoever grabbed one grabbed the other.
August 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@ibogost.bsky.social on keeping your shoes on at the airport: theatln.tc/eein3HdM
July 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: “In the end, the October 7 massacre Sinwar ordered did not cause the destruction of Israel but instead led to the dismantling of its enemies.” theatln.tc/bFCEIG3p
June 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A good defense of the wife guy from @jeremygordon.bsky.social, and an interesting insight: the overexubrance of the wife guy may be a sublimated reaction to the years of "playing it cool" and guarding your emotions while dating. theatln.tc/wWw13tqR
June 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social: “A rational anti-Zionist movement would devote itself to making Jews feel welcome in every facet of life outside of Israel ... to convince Jews that they have nothing to fear and certainly no need for a separate state.”
June 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Interesting insight from @dgraham.bsky.social: The Trump-Elon fight has positioned Trump a bit as the institutionalist. theatln.tc/DgDLdh0z
June 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Yeah, whatever you want to do, Steve.”

@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how Steve Witkoff became Trump's envoy for the world: theatln.tc/whVywMxv
May 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
read @cwarzel.bsky.social on the FOMMU: the fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit theatln.tc/jEUCtURY
May 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@adellewaldman.bsky.social: “For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.“ theatln.tc/2HzqtiwI
May 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A quick look at just some of the ways DOGE seems like to *increase* long-term budget deficits: theatln.tc/bk07r98g
May 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Everyone needs a Carl Hiaasen in their life: a man who will give them a snake egg named Earl for their birthday. theatln.tc/ttjjZCNO
May 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
great moments in book titles theatln.tc/HkXaLShD
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Now’s not the time to eat bagged lettuce: theatln.tc/6XR9VACx
May 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@annielowrey.bsky.social likes April 2025 to February 2020: theatln.tc/tH99De6q
May 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Several White House aides joked about playing a prank on National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, the official who had accidentally added Goldberg to the Signal chat.

“Tell Waltz to go into the Oval,” they dared one another, “but don’t tell him who’s in there.” theatln.tc/G1FOY9To
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Donald Trump canceled an interview with @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social.

So they called his cell and he picked up. theatln.tc/xKT5O9oH
April 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If there is one lesson that Democrats can take from Trump, Tim Walz told @markleibovich.bsky.social, it is to “continually be present.” theatln.tc/Jd1sBG5f
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“The chorus of people who have lived through democratic ruin will all tell you the same thing: Do not make the mistake of assuming you still have time.” theatln.tc/LHkaQUcy
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This was posted as a joke, but Baltimore actually double booked its annual arts festival and its annual metal festival for downtown on Memorial Day weekend, so excited to see a Hard Times bit in action. (I already have tickets to DEATHFEST.)
April 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM