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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Girl Scouts Obtain Restraining Order Against Trump
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“They’re prepared to deal with bobcats and bears,” a Girl Scouts spokesperson said. “They can handle a malignant narcissist.”
Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying
Trump Says He Heroically Avoided Capture in Vietnam by Staying in U.S.
“The Cong were after me,” Donald Trump said, “and then, just in the nick of time, I got my deferment.”
How Jared Kushner Helped the Russians Get Inside Access to the Trump Campaign
Russian officials would have seen their meeting with Kushner as a green light for more aggressive intervention in the U.S. election.
Why Justin Bieber Got Banned from Performing in China
In a country that is trying to reconcile its system of stringent political control with the porousness of modern culture, even a feckless pop star can be a threat.
Donald Trump Tramples on Boy Scout Values
The President took another opportunity to show himself to be demagogic, non-inclusive, dishonest, and, at times, simply crude.
Will John McCain Save Obamacare—and Himself?
The Arizona senator has enjoyed bipartisan respect and even reverence. How he will be remembered may depend on what he does should a bill to repeal Obamacare come to a final vote.
The Senate Health-Care Vote and John McCain’s Tragic Contradictions
McCain voted to move the G.O.P. health-care bill forward, and then inveighed against precisely the sort of cynical partisan political maneuver he had just took part in.
Review: “Dunkirk,” A War Movie About Patriotic Ciphers
The director Christopher Nolan suppresses the mutilations and agonies of war to focus on its basic moral horror.
Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”
In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Butler’s “Parable” books may be unmatched.
Sculling for Trump
Dion Cini says he spends every weekday rowing the Hudson River with a flag that says, “Trump 2020.” He promises to do it until the election.
Did a Cancelled Memorial to Norway’s Utøya Massacre Go Too Far?
The controversial plans for “Memory Wound,” by the Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg, differed in instructive ways from other memorials that confront feelings of irremediable loss.
The Autofictions of Kendrick Lamar
In a recent concert at the Barclays Center, Lamar’s delivery was a testament to the enduring power of an unvarnished rap performance.
Donald Trump Turns Against Jeff Sessions, Big League
The President’s conflict with Sessions suggests that he does not have a zero-tolerance policy for ethical violations; rather, he has a zero-tolerance policy for ethics.
What the Layoffs Look Like at the Carrier Plant Trump Said He’d Save
Charles Bethea interviews Brenda Darlene Battle, a twenty-five-year Carrier veteran who left her job amid layoffs at the Indiana plant that Trump promised to save.
The Wife on Ambien
“What are you doing? I whisper in her ear. Skiing, she says. Skiing in the Canadian Rockies with Mr. Bluepants.”