We are headed into the long weekend — many of you are probably already into it — and I wanted to share some articles from the past week (or so) that you really should spend time with over the next few days.
I am not sure if this will be a regular feature or not — let me know what you think in the comments section! — but I kind of like the idea.
Here we go!
I am going to have MUCH more to say about this piece — and Fetterman more generally — early next week. In the meantime, read this. (Note: This should be a complimentary gift link from me — so you can read it even if you don’t have a WSJ subscription.)
Jonathan Martin goes to Maine to talk to the long-serving Republican Senator about how she plans to win the hardest race of her political career. ▶And there’s video too!
The preeminent political handicapper in the country writes: “With 64 days before Election Day (although the first mail-in ballots will go out in a matter of days), Republicans should brace themselves: The three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible.”
A remarkable oral history by Garrett Graff documenting the 17 minutes between the first plane hitting the North Tower and the second plane crashing into the South Tower on September 11, 2001.
Times tech columnist Kevin Roose goes deep on how ChatGPT’s most advanced model broke out of a testing environment and hacked into another AI company. Terrifying stuff. (Note: This should be a complimentary gift link from me — so you can read it even if you don’t have an NYT subscription.)
