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We don’t know what we think we know about how Americans will vote.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Trump Says Americans ‘Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins
He’s telegraphing his authoritarian intentions in plain sight.
Joe Raedle / Getty The CrowdStrike Failure Was a Warning
Digital disaster should not happen so easily.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Nenov / Getty. Now Keir Starmer Has to Decide If He’d Use Nukes
Becoming the British prime minister means giving top-secret orders—immediately—that could determine the fate of the world.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Andrew Linnett / MoD Crown / Getty; Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty; Jim Heimann Collection / Getty. Calls for Biden’s Withdrawal Are a Sign of a Healthy Democratic Party
The party that’s rallying around a convicted felon, whatever he may do, is the one to worry about.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty. Trump Rants About Sharks, and Everyone Just Pretends It’s Normal
Par for the course. Trump is Trump. But imagine the response if Joe Biden had said it.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty. In MAGA World, Everything Happens for a Reason
Bridge collapse, earthquake, eclipse—surely the heavens and the Biden administration are up to something.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Drew Angerer; Tasos Katopodis / Getty. What’s Happening in Russia Is Not an Election
Words matter. Call it an “election-style event.”
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The World Is Falling Apart. Blame the Flukes.
What chaos theory has to teach us about human events
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Lots of People Will Vote This Year. That Doesn’t Mean Democracy Will Survive.
Dictators and even voters can turn elections into mere pageantry.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
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