Trump Resurrects His Favorite Diversionary Tactic

Plus: Trump and Barr have won; chain e-mails; and a new history of being Asian-American. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington “Obamagate” Is Niche Programming for Trump Superfans Amid the pandemic, the Commander-in-Chief reverts to a favorite distraction: bashing his predecessor. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment Donald Trump and William Barr Have Won The President, with the help of the Attorney General, is destroying the post-Watergate reforms that were designed to prevent the use of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies for political purposes. By David Rohde News Desk What African Nations Are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus Many countries in Africa have pursued public-health measures more aggressively than the U.S. and Europe did. By Jina Moore Annals of Activism What Mutual Aid Can Do During a Pandemic A radical practice is suddenly getting mainstream attention. Will it change how we help one another? By Jia Tolentino PAID POST CHRISTOPHER MOORE serves up the escape you need right now. SHAKESPEARE FOR SQUIRRELS is the New York Times bestselling author’s uproarious mash-up of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with noir detective fiction (and, of course, squirrels). “Kinky, winky, wildly inventive,” says Kirkus Reviews. Cultural Comment You’ve Got Chain E-Mail Like a virus, its sole purpose is replication. By Kathryn Schulz Culture and More Cultural Comment A New History of Being Asian-American During a week in which Trump insulted the CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang, Asian-Americans get the PBS treatment in a documentary series. By Hua Hsu Annals of Communications Telling the Stories of the Dead Is Essential Work In the age of the coronavirus, obituaries have started to run long—not individually but, tragically, collectively. By Casey Cep Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Questions for Scientists During Any Downtime They Might Have When is an omelette a scramble? Is a frittata just a fat omelette? How many eggs can one eat before one becomes an egg? By Zach Zimmerman Daily Cartoon Friday, May 15th By Colin Tom This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.