After a Lot of Shouting, Impeachment Advances

Plus: Britain chooses the devil it knows, the real purpose of Trump's anti-Semitism order, and a gift guide for foodies. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump’s Impeachment Advances After a Lot of G.O.P. Shouting The House Judiciary Committee deliberations were anything but deliberative; they were mostly beside the point. By Susan B. Glasser Letter from the U.K. Boris Johnson Wins, and Britain Chooses the Devil It Knows Brexit and Johnson’s populism have flourished in England. But the wider United Kingdom looks like a creaking entity threatening to come apart. By Sam Knight Our Columnists The Real Purpose of Trump’s Executive Order on Anti-Semitism The President’s new order will not protect anyone against anti-Semitism, and it’s not intended to. By Masha Gessen Culture Desk The Fracturing of Brazil in “The Edge of Democracy” Petra Costa’s documentary presents a great ongoing drama of our time: the breaking of democracy and its replacement by rank populism. By Jon Lee Anderson Our Columnists The House Republicans’ Slimy Defense of Donald Trump Republican rhetoric during the Judiciary Committee’s latest hearing was politics as tribal ritual rather than politics as rational discourse. By John Cassidy PAID POST The highly anticipated sequel to Tomi Adeyemi’s groundbreaking novel Proclaimed a best book of the year by NPR, TIME, and Newsweek, Children of Blood and Bone has taken the world by storm. The New York Times says it “poses thought-provoking questions about race, class and authority.” Now the phenomenon continues in Children of Virtue of Vengeance. Culture and More 2019 in Review Ten Great Performances from 2019 Amid an avalanche of amusements, these performances broke through. They were real, unexpected, and alive. By Michael Schulman Annals of Gastronomy A Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies From murderous-mermaid salt to lamps made out of croissants, there are so many things to give to the sort of person who takes particular joy in eating. By Helen Rosner The Current Cinema “Bombshell” and the Perils of Topicality Memorable acting conveys the full horror of Roger Ailes’s sexual abuse at Fox News, but the over-all narrative feels hasty and undigested. By Anthony Lane Comma Queen “Arrogate” and Other Pesky Impeachment Words The hearings leading to the articles of impeachment also introduced a few proper nouns that cannot be found in the dictionary. By Mary Norris Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts It’s Me, Your Radiator! Listen, I love you. That’s why I’m gonna smother you with an impermeable blanket of nosebleed-inducing, acrid-smelling heat. By Kira Garcia Daily Cartoon Friday, December 13th By Ander Andreades 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.