Absurdity and Adulation at Trump’s “Salute to America”

Osita Nwanevu reports from Washington, D.C. Plus: What led Peru’s former President to take his own life? View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Cutouts of J.F.K., Jr., Tanks, and Adulation at Trump’s “Salute to America” Around the Lincoln Memorial, conversations ranged from angry to respectful to absurd. By Osita Nwanevu Letter from Lima What Led Peru’s Former President to Take His Own Life? Once the bright young hope of the Latin-American left, Alan García was caught up in an epic corruption investigation. By Daniel Alarcón Q. & A. The Underworld of Online Content Moderation The people tasked with cleaning up social-media platforms often work in secrecy, and many come away from the job disgusted with humanity. By Isaac Chotiner Drama Dept. “It’s the End of My Presidency”: Movie Stars Channel Mueller Funded by scions of the Disney clan, John Lithgow, Annette Bening, Jason Alexander, Michael Shannon, and friends brought the special counsel’s report (and Trump’s line “I’m fucked!”) to life. By Jeffrey Toobin More in Culture Cultural Comment O.J. Simpson Has a Little Bit of Getting Even to Do on Twitter The remarkable thing about Simpson’s Twitter videos is their doubleness: the faux-good-natured all-American bonhomie and the barely veiled threat that follows. By Naomi Fry Personal History The Joy of Not Wearing a Bra I feel now, in a bra, the way I might if I housed an uninjured arm in a sling. By Hillary Brenhouse Fiction “Uncle Jim Called” “I held my breath, trying to hear. But I couldn’t understand a word. Or, rather, a word here and there was all I could understand. The sense eluded me.” By David Rabe Annals of Technology How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide At the University of Washington, students are learning to navigate the hazards of our information-addled age—fact, falsehood, and the half-truths in between. By Michelle Nijhuis Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Little Lending Libraries No lending library is the same: find an LSAT study guide, manuals for heartbreakingly out-of-date software, and other free books. By Dana Maier Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword Gal who acts like Wonder Woman?: five letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.