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It Wasn’t a Hoax People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies. By David Frum Donald Trump in silhouette, backlit by a single circle of light Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty November 25, 2021 About the author: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020). In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. If Donald Trump had been supported only by people who affirmatively liked him, his attack on American democracy would never have gotten as far as it did. Instead, at almost every turn, Trump was helped by people who had little liking for him as a human being or politician, but assessed that he could be useful for purposes of their own. The latest example: the suddenly red-hot media campaign to endorse Trump’s fantasy that he was the victim of a “Russia hoax.” Franklin Foer: Russiagate was not a hoax The usual suspects in the pro-Trump media

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/africa-cities/ How Africa will become the center of the world’s urban future By Max Bearak , Dylan Moriarty and Júlia Ledur Nov. 19, 2021 Growing at unprecedented rates, and shaped by forces both familiar and new, dozens of African cities will join the ranks of humanity’s biggest megalopolises between now and 2100. Several recent studies project that by the end of this century, Africa will be the only continent experiencing population growth. Thirteen of the world’s 20 biggest urban areas will be in Africa — up from just two today — as will more than a third of the world’s population. 2025 Population predictions for the world's 100 most populous cities LagosKinshasaKhartoumAbidjanMombasaLagosKinshasaKhartoumAbidjanMombasaCityPopulation80M0 DelhiDhakaTokyoShanghaiDelhiDhakaTokyoShanghai In 2025, as today, most of the world’s biggest cities will be in Asia. By 2100, the world’s biggest cities will be concentrated in Africa.

The Terrifying Future of the American Right What I saw at the National Conservatism Conference By David Brooks A black-and-white illustration of a sweater with black smoke rising out of the head opening Adam Maida / The Atlantic November 18, 2021 About the author: David Brooks is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a columnist for The New York Times. He is the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. Rachel Bovard is one of the thousands of smart young Americans who flock to Washington each year to make a difference. She’s worked in the House and Senate for Republicans Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, and Mike Lee, was listed among the “Most Influential Women in Washington Under 35” by National Journal, did a stint at the Heritage Foundation, and is now policy director of the Conservative Partnership Institute, whose mission is to train, equip, and unify the conservative movement. She’s bright, cheerful, and funny, and has a side hustle as a