Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 23/08/2026“Iran has, with American help, completely reconfigured the power structure of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. The dominant power in the region going forward will be Iran, not the U.S. or Israel.” 140
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 19/08/2026Finally saw Nolan's Odyssey and my main take is this is still the reigning adapation. It's bona fide! 3101
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 18/08/2026Alan Dershowitz on Larry David, and Larry David on Alan Dershowitz, via @markleibovich.bsky.social: 100
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/07/2026Hiding in this piece: Mike Tyson reading The Letters of Virginia Woolf. 120
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 30/04/2026I kid you not, this novel contains an oblique reference to the 1990 Kevin Bacon movie Tremors, which we all know and love. 140
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/04/2026Caity Weaver embarked on the greatest quest since The Odyssey, all to find the best free restaurant bread in America. She traversed 13,000 miles, had rolls thrown at her, got a rec from Stephen King, and more. Go get it: 151
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 07/04/2026@dgraham.bsky.social: ‘Trump’s message this morning is also notable for the autocratic view that underpins it.” 131
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 26/03/2026@tombartlett.bsky.social: “Each of these events individually is bad news for Kennedy’s agenda; together, they suggest that his grip on power is waning.” theatln.tc/FtNRfXK5 041
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 05/03/2026“To the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran.” 1204
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 29/01/2026am once again super excited to go to Maryland Deathfest and see.......................um.................these bands whose logos I can totally read 240
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 28/01/2026@galbeckerman.bsky.social on Josh Shapiro’s new memoir: theatln.tc/greBidiy 132
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 07/12/2025serious question: what is impressionism as a musical genre 530
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 25/11/2025“Sending $2,000 checks to most American households would demand more than what the government has collected in tariff revenues so far.” 262
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 22/11/2025Annual reminder that the reporters covering Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral ended up burying him because they were the only ones besides his family to show up. Even the minister skipped it. 1162
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 19/11/2025between me and @ibogost.com, your holiday shopping list is complete! theatln.tc/3IFzMBWA 010
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 06/10/2025Despite a huge boost in funds, ICE’s buildup stalled over the summer. Good new reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social: 1130
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 27/09/2025Searching for a McDonald's play place has led me into the black hole of "online McDonald's reviews" 031
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 08/09/2025If the AI bubble bursts, “it could put the dot-com crash to shame—and the tech giants and their Silicon Valley backers won’t be the only ones who suffer.” theatln.tc/TMZZuCv7 162
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 03/09/2025@michaelscherer.bsky.social: “This backbone of the Trump resistance has as much in common with political organizing and investigative reporting as it does with legal theory.” theatln.tc/SkSDr8u7 063
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 03/08/2025I hope whoever grabbed one grabbed the other. 140
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 11/07/2025@ibogost.bsky.social on keeping your shoes on at the airport: theatln.tc/eein3HdM 3357
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 23/06/2025@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: “In the end, the October 7 massacre Sinwar ordered did not cause the destruction of Israel but instead led to the dismantling of its enemies.” theatln.tc/bFCEIG3p 041
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 09/06/2025A good defense of the wife guy from @jeremygordon.bsky.social, and an interesting insight: the overexubrance of the wife guy may be a sublimated reaction to the years of "playing it cool" and guarding your emotions while dating. theatln.tc/wWw13tqR 020
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 08/06/2025@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social: “A rational anti-Zionist movement would devote itself to making Jews feel welcome in every facet of life outside of Israel ... to convince Jews that they have nothing to fear and certainly no need for a separate state.” 150
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 05/06/2025Interesting insight from @dgraham.bsky.social: The Trump-Elon fight has positioned Trump a bit as the institutionalist. theatln.tc/DgDLdh0z 0191
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 15/05/2025“Yeah, whatever you want to do, Steve.” @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how Steve Witkoff became Trump's envoy for the world: theatln.tc/whVywMxv 163
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/05/2025read @cwarzel.bsky.social on the FOMMU: the fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit theatln.tc/jEUCtURY 091
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 14/05/2025@adellewaldman.bsky.social: “For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.“ theatln.tc/2HzqtiwI 1125
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 09/05/2025A quick look at just some of the ways DOGE seems like to *increase* long-term budget deficits: theatln.tc/bk07r98g 28722
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 08/05/2025Everyone needs a Carl Hiaasen in their life: a man who will give them a snake egg named Earl for their birthday. theatln.tc/ttjjZCNO 2283
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 08/05/2025great moments in book titles theatln.tc/HkXaLShD 5626108
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 07/05/2025Now’s not the time to eat bagged lettuce: theatln.tc/6XR9VACx 37724209
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 05/05/2025@annielowrey.bsky.social likes April 2025 to February 2020: theatln.tc/tH99De6q 2122
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 28/04/2025Several White House aides joked about playing a prank on National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, the official who had accidentally added Goldberg to the Signal chat. “Tell Waltz to go into the Oval,” they dared one another, “but don’t tell him who’s in there.” theatln.tc/G1FOY9To 074
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 28/04/2025Donald Trump canceled an interview with @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social. So they called his cell and he picked up. theatln.tc/xKT5O9oH 0324
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 24/04/2025If there is one lesson that Democrats can take from Trump, Tim Walz told @markleibovich.bsky.social, it is to “continually be present.” theatln.tc/Jd1sBG5f 3315
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 23/04/2025“The chorus of people who have lived through democratic ruin will all tell you the same thing: Do not make the mistake of assuming you still have time.” theatln.tc/LHkaQUcy 621260
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 19/04/2025This was posted as a joke, but Baltimore actually double booked its annual arts festival and its annual metal festival for downtown on Memorial Day weekend, so excited to see a Hard Times bit in action. (I already have tickets to DEATHFEST.) 0201
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 18/04/2025@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social: Attacking an American Jew over the actions of completely different Jews “is textbook anti-Semitism. But in the case of Shapiro, it’s particularly perverse, because the governor supports Palestinian statehood and has been a harsh critic of Israel’s leadership.” 1116
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 17/04/2025“The United States is on the cusp of an unprecedented brain drain.” theatln.tc/5Wu2DKoJ 11611
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 13/04/2025I wrote about the rise of Facebook Marketplace, what it reveals about how the social media platform has always operated, and how Buy Nothing groups are doing a better job of connecting people than your news feed is. For @theatlantic.com: theatln.tc/rqvUCMl8 0185
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 10/04/2025RFK Jr. visited with the father of the second child to die of measles in Texas—and cast doubt on the efficacy of vaccines. Tom Bartlett spoke with the grieving dad: theatln.tc/CWIiszBI 109933
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 09/04/2025@cwarzel.bsky.social on TariffAnon: theatln.tc/L5yDm192 261
Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 09/04/2025“Tariffs are advertised by their supporters as taxes on things Americans consume ... But a tariff is also a tax on things Americans produce.” theatln.tc/n74X2z20 29925
