Impeaching Trump Is Already a Win for Democrats

Plus: A powerful statement of resistance from a trial in Moscow, and Trump’s reluctance to help end the war in Ukraine. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Columnists Impeaching Donald Trump Is Already a Win for Democrats If Trump is to be defeated next year, his opponents will have to maintain the energy of the 2018 midterms and build upon it. By John Cassidy News Desk How Trump Is Making It Harder to End the War in Ukraine As Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin plan to meet for peace talks about the conflict in the Donbass region, Trump, fighting his own impeachment battle, has shown no interest in helping. By Joshua Yaffa Our Columnists A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a Trial in Moscow Yegor Zhukov’s message about responsibility and love shows what political resistance can be and seems to describe American reality as accurately as the Russian one. By Masha Gessen The Sporting Scene Andy Ruiz Is Trying to Shock the Boxing World Again Unlike some boxing spectacles, the rematch between Andy Ruiz and Anthony Joshua, in Saudi Arabia, is also a fascinating athletic contest. By Kelefa Sanneh PAID POST The instant New York Times bestseller “A glimpse behind the curtain as Microsoft reckoned with the Snowden revelations, defended against the vicious cyberattacks, and took both the Obama and Trump administrations to court.” —Rolling Stone Fiction “Old Hope” “When I was about halfway between twenty and thirty, I lived in a large, run-down house that other people thought was romantic.” By Clare Sestanovich Culture and More The New Yorker Radio Hour Jamie Lee Curtis, the Original Scream Queen The actor, who shot to fame in “Halloween,” won’t watch a scary movie. Plus, Dexter Filkins talks to an embattled journalist about the brutality of India’s Hindu-nationalist regime. The Writer’s Voice: Fiction from the Magazine Clare Sestanovich Reads “Old Hope” The author reads her story from the December 9, 2019, issue of the magazine. Humor and Puzzles Blitt’s Kvetchbook Let It Snow The President finds himself buried in wintry precipitation as he focusses on his tweets. By Barry Blitt Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword “The New Jim Crow” author Michelle: nine letters. By Erik Agard 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.