The Floodgates Open on Trump

David Remnick on fallout from the whistle-blower complaint. Plus: the link between excessive force and domestic abuse perpetrated by police officers. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment The Floodgates Open on Trump In the wake of the whistle-blower complaint, the President’s disregard of democratic norms has reached a point of crisis. Will more people come forward with damning information? By David Remnick News Desk Mark Meadows and the Dinosaur Property Three years ago, the congressman sold land in Colorado to a Christian nonprofit. Why didn’t he disclose the sale? By Charles Bethea Letter from the U.K. Visiting a Pro-Brexit Town with Ancient Origins Earlier this month, Hartlepool’s local council earned national headlines when ten of its members, mostly elected as Independents, defected to join the Brexit Party. By Rebecca Mead From the Issue A Reporter at Large What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop? Police departments have become more attentive to officers’ use of excessive force on the job, but that concern rarely extends to the home. By Rachel Aviv PAID POST The influential opus has just been released in paperback. Written by acclaimed historian (and New Yorker writer) Jill Lepore, These Truths constitutes the most ambitious one-volume history of the U.S. in decades, and has already been adopted in classrooms. Culture and More Cultural Comment How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music Fifty years ago, the artist released one of the most extravagantly beautiful musical manifestos of the modern era, “Hot Buttered Soul.” By Emily Lordi Culture Desk The Rise of the “Getting Real” Post on Instagram On the platform where experiences were once expected to be rendered as perfectly staged snapshots, influencers are embracing life’s messiness. By Carrie Battan Books The Norwegian Novel That Divided a Family Vigdis Hjorth’s account of abuse in “Will and Testament” has ignited debate over the ethics of “reality literature.” By Lauren Collins Culture Desk What Paul Badura-Skoda Did for Classical Piano The Austrian pianist, who died last week, helped make Vienna into a hotbed of experimentation in historical practices. By Richard Brody Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Come Visit Me in New York! We can probably afford to go out to a restaurant for a nice dinner once, maybe twice if you pay for one as your thank-you gift. By Sam Spero and Patrick Goodney Daily Cartoon Tuesday, October 1st By Brendan Loper 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.