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Writer, . alum. Yalie. Sailor Moon fan. Ruth 1:16. eplott@theatlantic.com

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    Sep 4

    Scientists predict Tangier Island could be uninhabitable within 25 years. This is the story of the people willing to go down with it—and why they've risked it all on Donald Trump to keep them afloat. My cover story for is now live:

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    4 hours ago

    Kevin Cramer attacks Heidi Heitkamp with a late-term-abortion ad in North Dakota Senate race, writes:

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    5 hours ago

    This is a lovely, wonderfully written, and empathic piece about Tangier Island, whose residents may become the US's first refugees

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Really enjoyed this interview with Phil Bredesen -

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    Kevin Cramer attacks Heidi Heitkamp with a late-term-abortion ad in North Dakota Senate race, writes:

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    9 hours ago

    This kind of stuff is fascinating: A rescued dolphin spent three weeks in captivity, watching trained dolphins “tail-walk” but never being trained herself. When she was released, she started doing it — and other wild dolphins copied!

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    10 hours ago

    Kevin Cramer attacks Heidi Heitkamp with a late-term abortion ad in North Dakota Senate race, writes:

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  8. 10 hours ago

    New: Kevin Cramer enlists his pregnant daughter to criticize Heitkamp’s record on abortion in a new television ad.

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    10 hours ago

    “What's been left out, however, is why its people are willing to go down with it—and why they've risked it all on Trump to keep them afloat.” If I were teaching Environmental Politics this semester, I’d assign this piece to my class.

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  10. 11 hours ago

    The President has been reading a lot of lately!

    Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Fake NBC News said it’s time for the Press to stop complaining and to start fighting back. Actually Chuck, they’ve been doing that from the day I announced for President. They’ve gone all out, and I WON, and now they’re going CRAZY!
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  11. 11 hours ago

    > with another casual scoop while on book leave:

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    11 hours ago

    I read a draft of this story many months ago, and can't recommend it highly enough.

    Scientists predict Tangier Island could be uninhabitable within 25 years. This is the story of the people willing to go down with it—and why they've risked it all on Donald Trump to keep them afloat. My cover story for is now live:
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  13. 11 hours ago

    I've concluded that everyone should have their own folksy picture to attach to all of their takes online.

    I hear a lot of people complain that politics have ruined theater. Well, after the opening of the Kavanaugh SCOTUS hearings, I think we can agree that the obverse is true as well: theater is ruining politics. My thoughts about yesterday's show:
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    21 hours ago

    "It's the same as it was 30 years ago. If sea level's rising, it's not enough to where we can see it."

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    15 hours ago

    This story by is so, so, so good—terrifying, humanizing, enlightening, riveting, and everything in between: via

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  16. 23 hours ago

    I would have aced 9th grade English if I’d diagrammed sentences the way I diagram text messages.

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  17. Sep 4

    Today was much dumber than I thought it would be.

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  18. Sep 4

    This is deeply disturbing.

    The 'Cosby Show' alum, who was shamed for working at Trader Joe's, had to quit over the attention he received
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    Sep 4

    1. This morning, we launched —a new destination for incisive analysis, essays, and commentary. Read more from :

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    Sep 4

    I proofed this story about the climate-denying residents of a small, sinking island off the coast of Maryland. It's such a fun read and, most remarkably, loving of the humanity of the people in it:

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    Sep 4

    this piece is terrific. side note: I've been to Tangier Island, seen the sunrise, eaten crabs, drank lemonade. But now, when I think about it, despite the beauty, I feel a kind of soul-shudder, as though someone walked over my grave.

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