Letters from an American

Look, Ma. A U.F.O!

May 10, 2026·11 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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The episode dissects a calculated news dump by President Donald J. Trump, who announced the release of UFO-related government files to distract from a cascade of damaging stories, including corruption, environmental deregulation, gerrymandering, and an economically and geopolitically cost

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People

Donald J. TrumpSean DuffyJustin WolfersJonathan LemireMark OlladeAdam SchiffJamie RaskinMarjorie Taylor GreeneHeather Cox Richardson

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Atlantic Industrial Coatings

Topics

AuthoritarianismBreaking NewsCongressCriminal Justice ReformDemocracyElectionsSupreme CourtUs Politics

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