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Puck’s daily political newsletter from Washington—featuring Leigh Ann Caldwell, Julia Ioffe, Peter Hamby, Abby Livingston, and John Heilemann—on what’s really happening in this town, from the White House to the Pentagon to Capitol Hill, K Street, and the campaign trail.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Julia Ioffe
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November 1, 2022
The Party of Marjorie Taylor Greene
A bracing conversation with Robert Draper, the “Weapons of Mass Delusion” author and longtime Trumpworld chronicler, about the rise of the far right, McCarthy’s next moves, and the dawn of the M.T.G. era.
Julia Ioffe
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October 25, 2022
The Moscow-Tehran Axis of Evil
An illuminating conversation with Jason Rezaian, the Iranian-American journalist and former hostage of the Rouhani regime, about the hijab revolution, the response in Bidenworld, and the deepening alliance between Tehran and the Kremlin.
Julia Ioffe
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October 18, 2022
Putin’s New Tools of Terror
Russia, which sees itself as an unjustly deposed military superpower reclaiming its rightful place on the world stage, views Iran as a small regional power that can be used as it sees fit. Ironic, then, that Russia has turned to a junior partner for basic weapons as it runs out of its own.
Julia Ioffe
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October 12, 2022
“General Armageddon” & Putin’s Bridge to Nowhere
The strategic and psychological impact of the latest dark turn in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Julia Ioffe
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October 4, 2022
Putin’s Shadow Recruits
Ramzan Kadyrov has long ruled Chechnya with the aid of Kremlin money and firepower. But if the war in Ukraine is putting some cracks in Putin’s image, it hasn’t spared his viceroy, either.
Julia Ioffe
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September 27, 2022
Putin’s Male Fragility
After seven months, the war has finally come home to Russia as Vladimir Putin desperately conscripts more than one million male soldiers to fight back the surging Ukrainian forces. Domestically, his draft has led to a stampede at the border, a mass exodus, and the growing sense that Putin has blown it.
Julia Ioffe
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September 21, 2022
Trump’s Putin Lust & The Final Frontier of Democracy
A candid and searing look at Trump’s most astounding provocations, from Barr and Putin to Xi and Playboy, in conversation with Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, the authors of The Divider.
Julia Ioffe
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September 14, 2022
Fear and Loathing in Moscow
The former queen mother of the Russian opposition, now living in exile, reflects on the terror that drove her compatriots from the capital, the contempt among those left behind, and the oligarchs who are on the verge of revolt.
Julia Ioffe
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September 7, 2022
Washington’s New Crisis of Diplomacy
At a time when America needs its allies more than since the Bush years, some of our most important embassies remain empty—a foreign manifestation, naturally, of a very domestic crisis.
Julia Ioffe
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August 30, 2022
Zero Hour in Ukraine
There is understandable trepidation in Washington and Kyiv as Ukraine mounts a stunning counteroffensive. Should it succeed, it would solidify Ukraine’s reputation as the military comeback kid. If it fails, it could make this winter’s triumph look like a fluke—and embolden Putin for a new wave of horrors.
