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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

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News Desk

The Cruelty and Cynicism of Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

The President’s tweets are a naked attempt to divert attention from his scandals.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Satire from The Borowitz Report

Girl Scouts Obtain Restraining Order Against Trump

“They’re prepared to deal with bobcats and bears,” a Girl Scouts spokesperson said. “They can handle a malignant narcissist.”

Jul. 25, 2017
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Satire from The Borowitz Report

Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying

“From my perspective, cyberbullying is very much a growing problem,” the Attorney General said.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Satire from The Borowitz Report

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.”

Jul. 18, 2015
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Ryan Lizza

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.

Jul. 25, 2017
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Daily Shouts

Trump’s Advice for Girl Scouts

“Remember, as you become Woman Scouts, aim to be as thin as your mints.”

Jul. 26, 2017
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Cultural Comment

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Amy Davidson Sorkin

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.

Jul. 25, 2017
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News Desk

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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John Cassidy

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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A New Kind of Adultery Novel

Sally Rooney’s “Conversations with Friends.”

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Richard Brody

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Second Read

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Elements

Hypnotized by Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

What purpose do vacuum-tube trains and other futuristic projects really serve?

Jul. 26, 2017
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Daily Cartoon

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 26th

The five stages of White House employment.

Jul. 26, 2017
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News Desk

A Veteran ICE Agent, Disillusioned with the Trump Era, Speaks Out

A longtime immigration-enforcement officer is unsettled by the new order under Trump.

Jul. 24, 2017
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Waterfront Dept.

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.

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Cultural Comment

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.

Jul. 25, 2017
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Culture Desk

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.

Jul. 26, 2017
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Page-Turner

My Last Day as a Surgeon

A doctor with metastatic lung cancer confronts his own transition to full-time patient.

Jan. 11, 2016
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Daily Cartoon

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 25th

Trump’s merit badges.

Jul. 25, 2017
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Sadiq Khan Takes On Brexit and Terror

In a summer of disasters, London’s first Muslim mayor works to preserve Europe’s global city.

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Daily Comment

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.

Jul. 25, 2017
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Letter from Colorado

How Trump Is Transforming Rural America

How residents of a rural area started copying the President.

26.
News Desk

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.

Jul. 21, 2017
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American Chronicles

The TV That Created Donald Trump

How TV created Donald Trump.

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Flash Fiction

The Wife on Ambien

“What are you doing? I whisper in her ear. Skiing, she says. Skiing in the Canadian Rockies with Mr. Bluepants.”

Jul. 26, 2017
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Annals of Justice

Why Corrupt Bankers Avoid Jail

Why don’t corporate wrongdoers get charged?