The Bleak, Bipartisan Rise of American Antisemitism A conversation with The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg on why so many young Americans across the political spectrum are falling prey to antisemitic ideas and conspiracy theories.

“There is that folk wisdom that prejudices are somehow the province of the old and thus they will die off as generations replace generations … Antisemitism certainly doesn't follow that rule.”

Listen to my interview with @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social:
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Programming note: I'll be on leave from @theatlantic.com
for the rest of the year as I work on a new book. I can't talk about it yet, but I'm very excited. I'll share details with my newsletter subscribers as soon as I can—sign up if you haven't yet: mckaycoppins.substack.com

Thanks to the many readers who have read/shared/discussed/debated/praised/panned my stories this month on sports betting and "the Cartel Olympics." It's been a thrill to see both stories find such wide audiences. It's a credit to the many brilliant people who work at The Atlantic. Subscribe!

I may pop up periodically in @theatlantic.com if I have something urgent to contribute, and I'll be back full-time in 2027. (I'll also continue to post new podcast episodes.)

McKay Coppins | Substack Click to read McKay Coppins, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Programming note: I'll be on leave from @theatlantic.com
for the rest of the year as I work on a new book. I can't talk about it yet, but I'm very excited. I'll share details with my newsletter subscribers as soon as I can—sign up if you haven't yet: mckaycoppins.substack.com

The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?

I've been a longtime fan of @mckaycoppins.bsky.social and his latest piece is one of the best articles of the year. Psyched I got a chance to voice the audio version! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

I contain multitudes

The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?

Last year, I met a Mexican athlete who told me an incredible story—that he’d been kidnapped in 2023 and forced to compete for his life in a secret tournament of cartels. Once I started reporting, the story only got more surreal.

For The Atlantic's May issue:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Practically overnight, Americans took an ancient vice and made it available on everyone’s phones, @mckaycoppins.bsky.social reports. He examines the unsettling suddenness with which gambling has come to permeate every nook and cranny of American life:. theatln.tc/Jxl7ryUR

Thank you!

have spent years being irritated that the Alabama state legislature's never let me put down 25 bucks on the couple of lines a month I stumble across that look out of whack

have reached the conclusion I should probably send them a thank-you note

(anyway, take a few minutes and read this)

This is absolutely the best article I've seen about the dangers of sports betting, even as more of a libertarian on the issue

As someone who believes sports betting is quietly destroying hundreds of thousands of Americans’ lives (and as a tennis fan horrified by the number of death threats players are currently getting from sports bettors), glad @mckaycoppins.bsky.social wrote this. FanDuel and DraftKings are destroying us

Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving.

My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The First Couple of a Dysfunctional DHS A forthcoming book reveals new details about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.

New: I've obtained portions of a forthcoming book about the dysfunction inside the Department of Homeland Security. It contains damning details about the relationship between Secretary Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski—and how it's warping the agency. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Jeff Flake on Trump and America's Global Reputation A conversation with the former Republican senator and U.S. ambassador on American decline, global instability, and the future of the GOP.

I had a great conversation with Jeff Flake about America’s evolving (eroding?) global reputation. At the end of the episode, we also get into a little debate about what will happen to the GOP after Trump. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/jeff-flake...

Where did Stephen Miller's politics develop?

"The thing that most struck me in talking to him years ago when I was profiling him was how much of his political worldview was forged in opposition to his upbringing," said @mckaycoppins.bsky.social.

Trump's New ICE—and What It's Doing to America A conversation with Caitlin Dickerson, the Pulitzer-winning immigration reporter, about Minneapolis, the flood of Trump-era recruits to ICE, and what it's like to be an immigrant in America right now.

For this week's Deseret Voices podcast, I talked to my brilliant Atlantic colleague Caitlin Dickerson about Minneapolis, the flood of Trump-era recruits to ICE, and what it's like to be an immigrant in America right now. Highlights in my newsletter: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trumps-new...

Do we really need more "fighters" in politics? A conversation with Jon Ralston, the author of a new biography of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Reading the new biography of Harry Reid, I found a lot to admire about the late senator’s relentlessness. But the same thought kept occurring to me: Do we really want more of this in politics?

My conversation with author Jon Ralston on Deseret Voices: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/do-we-real...

Now What? A conversation with foreign policy expert Richard Fontaine about the fall of Maduro, the future of Venezuela, and which regimes Trump might try to topple next.

Boots on the ground in Caracas? Regime-change operations in Cuba or Colombia? An invasion of Greenland?

For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to Richard Fontaine about the fall of Maduro, the future of Venezuela, and what Trump might do next. open.substack.com/pub/mckaycop...

From April 2017

If you’re looking for last-minute Christmas presents, I wrote in my newsletter about my favorite books that I read in 2025. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trump-feed...

Had a great time talking to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social for this week’s episode of Deseret Voices—what worries her about America’s future, what gives her hope, and what we get wrong about Trump voters. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/trump-feed...

The Rational Case for Being Religious A conversation with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat about atheism's failures, flying saints, why everyone should go to church, and what he thinks "God is up to" with the LDS story

For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I had a great, delightfully weird conversation with Ross Douthat about flying saints, atheism's failures, and why he thinks "God is up to something interesting with the LDS story."

More in my newsletter: mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/the-ration...

How Spencer Cox was "radicalized" against social media companies A conversation with the Utah governor about why he thinks algorithms are "evil," his addiction to Twitter, and his state's legal fight with the big-tech companies he accuses of wrecking the country.

For this week's episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox about how he's been "radicalized" against social media companies, his own Twitter addiction, and the startling things he’s learned from Utah’s legal fight with big tech. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/how-spence...

Inside The Meltdown At America’s Most Conservative, Most Christian Political Consulting Firm Rex Elsass built a Republican empire on his faith. But he found himself battling his closest allies over his immortal soul.

I assume you’ve read the seminal @mckaycoppins.bsky.social work from 2013: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mcka...

The president continues to behave in ways that not a single parent I know would tolerate from their elementary-school-aged kids.

The violence that haunts American politics A conversation with Senator Mark Kelly about what's driving the rise in vigilante violence, how to stop it, and why he believes ICE agents should refuse to follow unlawful orders.

I also wrote a bit in my newsletter (subscribe below!) about why I wanted to talk to Sen. Kelly and what I found most notable from our conversation. mckaycoppins.substack.com/p/the-violen...

🎁 Forty-one days until Christmas. A perfect day to buy someone a gift subscription to The Atlantic: accounts.theatlantic.com/products/gif...

Full Podcast: How to end the plague of political violence YouTube video by Deseret News

For my first episode of Deseret Voices, I talked to @SenMarkKelly about the plague of political violence, how to stop it, and why he thinks ICE agents should stop following unlawful orders from the Trump Administration.

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