Sean Rameswaram

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John Bolton on why Trump 2.0 is going nowhere, fast

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sean Rameswaram

To kick off his second term, President Donald Trump sought revenge on President Joe Biden, elite law firms, elite universities, and even some of his former staffers — including John Bolton. Bolton has worked in every Republican presidential administration since the ’80s, including Trump’s first, as national security adviser. Together, they tore up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the “Iran nuclear deal” put in place by President Barack Obama.
John Bolton on why Trump 2.0 is going nowhere, fast

1 week ago | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram

To kick off his second term, President Donald Trump sought revenge on President Joe Biden, elite law firms, elite universities, and even some of his former staffers — including John Bolton. Bolton has worked in every Republican presidential administration since the ’80s, including Trump’s first, as national security adviser. Together, they tore up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the “Iran nuclear deal” put in place by President Barack Obama.
Florida public universities’ unprecedented collaboration with ICE, explained

3 weeks ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Over the last few months, the Trump administration has intensified its attacks on elite, Ivy League institutions like Columbia and Harvard, enacting sweeping funding cuts and even threatening to revoke their tax-exempt status. But what’s happening on the campuses of state schools is much less covered. Take for example the public university system in Florida. For years, Gov.
Hasan Piker has a plan to rescue young men from the right

1 month ago | vox.com | Miles Bryan |Sean Rameswaram

The boys are alt-right. At least that’s what polling and voting data suggests. Men under 25 were nearly 20 percent more likely to vote for Donald Trump than women in that age group in the 2024 election, revealing a gender gap far larger than those in older generations. Democrats have been freaking out about their young men problem. They’re starting podcasts. They’re talking about sports. They’re cursing more.
How not to text, explained

1 month ago | msn.com | Sean Rameswaram

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Texting do’s and don’ts, for the group chat and beyond

1 month ago | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram |Gabrielle Berbey

It’s been a big week for the group chat. On Monday, the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a story revealing that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz accidentally added him to a Signal thread where top Trump cabinet members were discussing upcoming military strikes in Yemen. First, the Trump administration denied that top Trump officials shared “war plans” in the chat.
Trump is losing court battles over DOGE and deportation. What’s next?

1 month ago | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram |Devan Schwartz

President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of judges who rule against him. During his first term, he famously attacked Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sentenced his ally and adviser Roger Stone, by saying she was “totally biased” and had “hatred” for both Trump and Stone. Now, Trump has only ratcheted up the attacks on judges. This feud reached a new high-water mark after US District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop deporting certain Venezuelan immigrants.
Tim Walz talks Kamala Harris, 2024 regrets

2 months ago | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram

I sat down with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Remember Tim Walz? His running mate, former Vice President Kamala Harris, has been keeping a relatively low profile since leaving elected office earlier this year, but Walz is still out there talking — to Rachel Maddow, to Molly Jong-Fast, to David Remnick, and now to me — about what the Democrats could, should, and need to do to oppose Donald Trump and MAGA.
Is it safe to get on an airplane and fly right now?

2 months ago | vox.com | Victoria Chamberlin |Sean Rameswaram

Since Christmas Day, four commercial jets have crashed, killing nearly 300 people and injuring many others. Harrowing images — of the explosion over the Potomac after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a plane, and of a Delta flight upside-down on the runway in Toronto — have people spooked about their next trip. The US National Transportation Safety Board’s report of over a hundred accidents so far in 2025 is not helping. But despite it all, experts maintain that yes, it is still safe to fly.
Why Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s director of intelligence makes sense

2 months ago | vox.com | Avishay Artsy |Sean Rameswaram

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has had an unpredictable political career. But ending up as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence was still, to many, a surprising twist. Gabbard has never worked in the intelligence bureaucracy.