Why Won’t Suburban Republicans Turn on Trump?

Plus: The obsession with outing the whistle-blower, a laddish comic’s reckoning with #MeToo, and Vladimir Nabokov on “things.” View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Trump Spreads Poison for G.O.P. Candidates in the Suburbs So why won’t they turn on him? By John Cassidy Letter from Trump’s Washington Is Trump Already Winning on Impeachment? The facts are damning, but it’s not clear how much the public—on either side—will care. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment Trump’s Obsession with Outing the Whistle-Blower The President’s rage against his nemesis is, in part, a way to intimidate future whistle-blowers. It also serves to assert the central rule of Trumpism—that no one can oppose him. By Adam Gopnik PAID POST A spectacular new edition of Studs Terkel’s Working This iconic oral history of 1970’s America is accompanied with an exclusive introduction by Scott Simon and is illustrated for the first time with over 40 colour photographs in this glorious new edition from The Folio Society. Page-Turner Man and Things Everything made by human hands is a thing. That is the only general definition I will allow myself. By Vladimir Nabokov Culture and More The Current Cinema Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford v Ferrari” James Mangold’s strongest film yet, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, feels like a character study strapped into an action flick. By Anthony Lane Books The Many Voices of Charles Wright In the past fifty years, his poems have taken many audacious forms. They sound little like one another, but he always sounds like himself. By Dan Chiasson The Theatre Richard Nelson’s Family Cycles Capture Life in Real Time The up-to-the-minute timeliness of the playwright’s work is like a magnifying glass that focusses and intensifies the moment. By Alexandra Schwartz Cultural Comment Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo In his latest special on HBO, the puckish twenty-nine-year-old Scot pivots to vulnerability. By Eren Orbey Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New Careers for Carmelo Anthony If He Never Plays in the N.B.A. Again A podcaster, a yacht salesman, a contestant on “The Masked Singer,” and other worthwhile endeavors. By Talib Babb Daily Cartoon Friday, November 8th By Jon Adams 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.