Nancy Pelosi: An Extremely Stable Genius

David Remnick on the Speaker of the House. Plus: Boris Johnson and Donald Trump face parallel crises, and the lurid spectacle of Todd Phillips’s “Joker.” View in browser | Update your preferences The Political Scene Nancy Pelosi: An Extremely Stable Genius When asked if impeachment might backfire, the Speaker of the House insisted that politics has nothing to do with it. “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “He has given us no choice.” By David Remnick Daily Comment Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: A Tale of Two Crises A day after the two leaders sat side by side at the U.N., Parliament descended into chaos and Congress launched a formal impeachment inquiry. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Daily Comment Netanyahu’s Dubious Presidential Mandate The Prime Minister will get the first crack at forming the next Israeli government. Can he pull it off in time? By Bernard Avishai Dispatch On the Picket Lines of the General Motors Strike The company has angered workers by announcing plans to cut its U.S. workforce, while doing spectacularly well for its shareholders. By Dan Kaufman PAID POST “Profoundly moving ... Astonishing.” –The New York Times Book Review The new novel from New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson about two families from different social classes who are pulled together by an unexpected teenage pregnancy. Culture and More The Current Cinema Todd Phillips’s “Joker” Is No Laughing Matter Trailing clouds of controversy, Joaquin Phoenix, in the title role, invites us to watch his wrongness grow out of control and swell into violence. By Anthony Lane Cultural Comment The Music of “Hustlers” The recent hit film, and its soundtrack, captures the tacky, stupid, soaring national mood in the year preceding the Great Recession. By Jia Tolentino Culture Desk “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” Reckons with a Rock Idol A new track by the London teen-ager beabadoobee joins a catalogue of tribute songs that honor and interrogate rock-and-roll heroes. By Troy Patterson Cultural Comment What Has Changed Since “Transparent” Débuted The time has come to say a fond shalom to the Amazon series. By Michael Schulman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Movies I Can’t Watch Anymore Because of Climate Anxiety New perspectives on “Interstellar,” “When Harry Met Sally,” and more. By Nicole Levin Daily Cartoon Friday, September 27th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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 insure delivery to your in-box (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.