Tom Nichols

Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.

Like many Never Trumpers and other people with a public profile, I have been on the receiving end of death threats for years just for speaking my mind. No one in America should risk being killed for exercising their right to speak, no matter how despicable you think their views might be.

Here's what I think is happening in Poland. Thank you all for being patient. Gifted. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#AT40 A man playing something this lame does not have the right to unbutton his shirt that far also, kill me

#AT40 Look, the late 70s were showing signs of a musical rennaissance - but then, there was this. One of the worst songs not just of the decade, but of all freakin' time

Just because it's 2026 doesn't mean people don't virtue-signal. They also vice-signal, as I wrote here. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

#AT40 I thinking more like Circus Peanuts

#AT40 [Mike Myers Scottish accent] IT'S CRAP

This is definitely a strange observation

#AT40 Spring 1979, the end both of high school and disco were imminent, both to my great relief

Hey, here's a crazy idea. I'm just spitballin' here, runnin' it up the flagpole: How about everyone concentrate on the midterms, instead of jumping on the too-early-2028 virtue signaling about how it's time for America to get over its reluctance to elect a gay man

if you want another populist election, think about how those have been working out for you

I'm not gonna do the 2028 handicapping in 2026. I'm just gonna point out that a gay man and a Black woman are not good bets in this next election. I'm sorry that reality is like that, but it is.