The Awful Truth About Impeachment

Plus: Fiona Hill’s extraordinary testimony, turmoil in Bolivia, and the art of the impeachment podcast. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington The Awful Truth About Impeachment Facts be damned is Trump’s approach, and it’s working. By Susan B. Glasser Our Columnists The Extraordinary Impeachment Testimony of Fiona Hill The former National Security Council official issued a withering rebuke to promoters of “false narratives” about Ukraine. By John Cassidy The Political Scene Lauren Underwood’s Illinois District Considers Impeachment Running for reëlection involves not letting impeachment overshadow the issues that affect the Democrat’s constituents. By Peter Slevin News Desk Evo Morales Wants to Stay in the Game Bolivia is consumed by a debate over whether President Morales was ousted in a coup or in a democratic uprising. By Jon Lee Anderson PAID POST From Dave Eggers, a savage satire of the U.S. in the throes of insanity. This blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship and the foul captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. "A funny, macabre, and inspired modern fable...If there is any further metaphor involved, though, it is totally lost on me." –B.J. Novak Culture and More Video Dept. David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature A new short film features the naturalist who, perhaps more than anyone else alive, has taught people how to see life on Earth, in all its fragility and magnificence. By Carolyn Kormann Cultural Comment How George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” Resonates in the England of 2019 Two hundred years after the author’s birth, her observations about the U.K. electoral system and the innate conservatism of provincial life have a new relevance. By Rebecca Mead Podcast Dept. The Art of the Impeachment Podcast Amid the exhausting marathon of testimonies and speechifying, I just want somebody to remind me of the essence of what the hell is going on. By Sarah Larson The Current Cinema Pastiche and Politics in “Knives Out” While gleefully playing with the classic tropes of the murder-mystery form, Rian Johnson’s film also reflects more contemporary social concerns. By Anthony Lane Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Rudy Giuliani’s Secure Correspondence You’re really Sondland and not just a Russian hacker pretending to be Sondland, right? Because I have been FOOLED before. Heh. By Claire Friedman Daily Cartoon Friday, November 22nd By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.