Holding the Senate Is Mitch McConnell’s Top Priority

Plus: a whistle-blower’s complaint, the tragedy of the West Coast fires, and an interview with John Cleese. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk For Mitch McConnell, Holding the Senate Is the Highest Priority Faced with the choice of confirming another Supreme Court Justice or keeping control of the Senate, the Majority Leader would not hesitate to do whatever is necessary to stay in power. By Jane Mayer Daily Comment The Migrant-Detention Facility Exposed by a Whistle-Blower Roughly seventy per cent of all immigration jails in the U.S. are run by private corporations, and long-standing calls for accountability have done relatively little to change patterns of abuse. By Jonathan Blitzer Comment The Tragedy of the West Coast Wildfires The disaster encapsulates a moment in which both science and the everyday rhythms of American life seem to be under assault. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Campaign Chronicles Joe Biden’s Pitch to the Doubters Democrats have spent four years arguing about why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election. The concerns now being raised about Biden focus on why he’s winning. By Eric Lach PAID POST New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett “The Evening and the Morning” takes us on an epic journey into a historical past rich with ambition and rivalry, death and birth, love and hate, that ends where mega-bestseller “The Pillars of the Earth” begins. Read or listen now. The New Yorker Interview John Cleese Discusses Creativity, Political Correctness, Monty Python, and Artichokes A conversation with the English comedian about artistic inspiration, cultural appropriation, and tabloid journalism. By Michael Schulman Culture and More News Desk Watching “Watchmen” as a Descendant of the Tulsa Race Massacre A family was surprised to find their great-grandparents’ businesses at the center of the HBO show’s depiction of the Greenwood race riots. Now they want to tell their own story. By Victor Luckerson On Television A Confused, Caricaturish Origin Story for the “Cuckoo’s Nest” Villainess The Netflix drama “Ratched” is evidence that making female characters bigger does not necessarily make them better. By Rachel Syme Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Meet the Stars of the Newest TikTok Collab House Skyler Taylor, Taylor Tyler, Tyler Taylor-Skyler, and other content creators. By Naomi Fry and Jason Adam Katzenstein Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 84 Artist Bertrand goes wild about medium (9). By Fraser Simpson This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure 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.