Garrett Graff

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Journalist & Historian. Dir, @aspencyber. Contributor, @WIRED. Leadership Columnist @postopinions; Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail.

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Prepare for America’s Summer of Pain

3 weeks ago | doomsdayscenario.co | Garrett Graff

Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, government, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era. I hope if you’re coming to this online, you’ll consider subscribing right here. It’s easy—and free: Over the past four months, we’ve watched large swaths of the US government be eviscerated without thought or planning by Elon Musk’s DOGE and the Trump administration.
With Coup in Shambles, Musk Signals Retreat - Leaving Wreckage In Wake

4 weeks ago | doomsdayscenario.co | William Boot |Garrett Graff

Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, geopolitics, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era. I hope if you’re coming to this online, you’ll consider subscribing right here. It’s easy—and free:First, let me point you to one of my favorite historical tidbits: The last surviving grandson of President John Tyler died on Sunday — yes, until this week, there was a grandson alive of a president who served from 1841-1845.
Has America Reached the End of the Road?

2 months ago | doomsdayscenario.co | Garrett Graff

Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, geopolitics, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era. I hope if you’re coming to this online, you’ll consider subscribing right here.
The weekend that shook the world

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Garrett Graff

The weekend that shook the world (washingtonpost.com) The weekend that shook the world By Garrett M. Graff 2025040109455300 American politics — and our collective future — has rarely felt as unstable and uncertain as it does this spring.
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate

Mar 26, 2025 | doomsdayscenario.co | Garrett Graff

Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, geopolitics, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era. I hope if you’re coming to this online, you’ll consider subscribing right here.
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time

Mar 24, 2025 | doomsdayscenario.co | Garrett Graff

This afternoon, just before 1 pm ET, The Atlantic posted what is, hands down, the wildest and most insane story I have ever read about US national security: The White House National Security Advisor added the editor of The Atlantic to a group chat with nation’s most senior leaders — including the vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, director of national intelligence, and CIA director — to discuss classified war plans and a weekend military operation targeting the Houthis...
Review | An ode to the remarkable people who make up the federal government

Mar 20, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Garrett Graff

Review by Garrett M. GraffI have a special place in my heart for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, known as the Sammies, the highest awards given to federal employees. I met my wife at the 2005 Sammies; that year, one of the top honors was given to Terence Lutes. You almost certainly haven’t heard of Lutes, but every year, right around now, you are probably grateful for his existence.
America's "Constitutional Crash"

Mar 18, 2025 | doomsdayscenario.co | Garrett Graff

Welcome back to my newsletter Doomsday Scenario — a brief apology for the temporary hiatus, while I finished the manuscript for my next book (more about that later in the week) — and a special hello to the hundreds of you who have joined from Rick Wilson’s podcast.
Tajemnica katastrofy F-51. Trwał pościg

Feb 5, 2025 | wiadomosci.wp.pl | Garrett Graff

Pierwsze zgłoszenia telefoniczne zaczęły napływać do siedziby Policji Stanowej Kentucky wczesnym popołudniem 1948 roku. Dzwoniący opowiadali o niezwykłym pojeździe latającym, który pojawił się nad Maysville, niewielką miejscowością na brzegu rzeki Ohio, na północny wschód od Lexington. Według lokalnych mieszkańców obiekt był okrągły, a w średnicy mierzył jakieś 75 do 100 metrów.
Kash Patel as F.B.I. Director Could 'Destabilize the Whole System'

Jan 31, 2025 | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle |Garrett Graff |Vishakha Darbha |Kaari Pitkin

President Trump's pick for F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, is no stranger to controversy. And despite a vigorous Senate hearing on Thursday, he appears to be coasting toward confirmation. The New York Times politics correspondent Michelle Cottle spoke to the journalist and author Garrett Graff on what Patel's F.B.I. appointment could mean for America, and of all of Trump's nominees, why Patel is among the most dangerous.