Andrew Exum

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Enthusiastic about Appalachia, bird dogs, a solid majority of my children, and 28-gauge shotguns. I sometimes write things here: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/andrew-exum/

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tfw your wife literally bought the kids happy fun ball

The only Father’s Day card my kids could find involved golf, which is a silly sport, so my kids drew a dad shooting a deer and a duck onto the card as well.

I cooked up some duck bulgogi for my spoiled children these evening out of some mallards I shot in Arkansas in January. honestcooking.com/korean-style...

I’ve already texted all my Indian co-workers warning them they’re next and I might regret doing so next week when India destroys us but for now I’ll have fun. www.theguardian.com/sport/articl...

Aaron Jones inspires USA to super-over win against Pakistan in T20 World Cupwww.theguardian.com T20 World Cup co-hosts USA stunned Pakistan with a dramatic victory in a super over after both sides finished on 159 in the match

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one of the most charming things about human beings is that they need explainers like this, something literally no other creatures in the animal kingdom need at all

The way in which the Park Cities — which sit right in the damn middle of the city of Dallas — get away with their own taxation, police force, schools, etc. used to be so maddening to me when living there. And everyone just considered it fine!

Buckhead, St. George, and Mulberry are among the number of whiter and wealthier communities seeking to form their own cities, secede from majority-nonwhite regions in the South, and siphon away resources from everyone else

The New ‘White Fortress’ Cities of the American Southwww.bloomberg.com The push to form the city of St. George in Louisiana is the latest example of residents from whiter, wealthier enclaves depleting resources from their surrounding communities.

ham-handed stuff here folks www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/t...

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza Warwww.nytimes.com Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effor...

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Does not matter the context. Does not matter how many times I see it. This image is in my Mt Rushmore of “Will Laugh My Ass Every Time”

Venison tenderloin in morel sauce. Served to four very spoiled children this evening.

I’m weird like this, but even though I am highly skeptical of this imminent deal between the U.S. and Saudi, I think closer relations would be a good thing, and I’m bullish about the future of the relationship. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The Saudi Deal the U.S. Actually Needswww.theatlantic.com The United States and Saudi Arabia seem fated to deepen their partnership. We should make that partnership as functional as possible.    

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LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

The only people who've ever held Trump meaningfully accountable over the last nine years have been ordinary Americans and they've spent that entire time being lectured to and berated by elites who've failed to do anything.

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At @carnegiemec.bsky.social’s Diwan, Yezid Sayigh warns that "day after" plans to deploy an Arab or Palestinian Authority force to secure Gaza with no corresponding promise of Palestinian statehood will only lead to violent disintegration and chaos: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

Setting Up an Arab Civil Warcarnegieendowment.org The Biden administration’s plan for the “day after” in Gaza would be disastrous without the promise of Palestinian statehood.

A crazy thing that I cannot explain to anyone outside of America is that my oldest kid’s Little League playoff game was postponed tonight because a gunfight broke out nearby during warmups and this probably isn’t even going to make the local news. (All the kids on both teams are okay.)

Re-upping this, alas. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Is the Destruction of Gaza Making Israel Any Safer?www.theatlantic.com More than five months in, Israel has neither a military strategy for eliminating Hamas nor a political strategy for living with Gaza.

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For all the (many, legitimate) issues at the NYT, this is essential reading www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/m...

The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israelwww.nytimes.com After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law.

I grew up 30 miles from Cleveland, Tennessee and have never heard of this. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/u...

This Is Hot Slaw. And Cleveland, Tenn., Wants You to Love It, Too.www.nytimes.com A spicy, yellow dollop of cabbage slaw became Tennessee’s first official state food — then everyone had to learn what it was.

This is a really good example of the media elevating a media story in prominence when it hardly matters to anyone not in the media.

coastal elites are not ready for the the truths they would be exposed to by a subscription to gun dog magazine

“Im coming after you full guns and that’s why I live where I do and why you live where you do. And that’s why I’ve never worked in a cubicle or taken the metro,” he wrote. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The Many Reinventions of a Legendary Washington Influence Peddlerwww.politico.com Jim Courtovich has survived lobbying reform, the suicide of a prized client and the disruption of Donald Trump.

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perfection

Go Vols

From The Athletic: Candace Parker, one of basketball's most decorated players as a three-time WNBA champion, a two-time MVP and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, announced her retirement. theathletic.com/5455819/2024...

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You, normal American: Wow, this is a worse dog scandal than Mitt Romney's. Me, an Arkansan: Wow, this is almost as bad as when Mike Huckabee's son killed a dog at a Boy Scout camp and then he fired the state police chief for refusing to tell the district attorney not to investigate it.

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I just spent a week in Saudi Arabia and boy … there were too many fascinating things I noticed to catalogue here. But one thing I noticed was how many Saudis were closely following the campus protests here in the United States.

As someone who has lived through training a bird dog puppy, I can confirm it really tests your nerve. I can also confirm that this is beyond-the-pale behavior for bird dog owners. Just vile stuff. amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book | Books | The Guardianamp.theguardian.com South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume – and admits ‘a better politician … wouldn’t tell the story here’

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HOW IT HAPPENED 1. Republicans say no foreign aid without border security 2. Democrats say nope 3. Rs say then no aid 4. Ds cave, cut a deal for tougher border laws with Lankford and McConnell 5. Trump tells them to kill it 6. Rs kill it 7. Rs pass foreign aid without the border security

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My most anti-media view (for a guy inside media) is that we too often used terms like "chaos" and "civil war" to describe "people protesting" or "people having argumentative meetings."

NYT calls students peacefully protesting and submitting to arrest as "chaos." It's not chaos.

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To counter-balance screenshots of bad takes, here's a good one

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This from Kevin Williamson is excellent in its savageness.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is No Neville Chamberlainthedispatch.com Stop with the needless insults.