How the “QAnon Candidate” Reached the Doorstep of Congress

Plus: Michigan’s militias, upstate New York’s Airbnb gold rush, and aspirational android parenting. View in browser | Update your preferences U.S. Journal How the “QAnon Candidate” Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress “There’s nothing she can do to lose my vote, unless she murdered a baby or something,” a local Republican official said. “Nothing.” By Charles Bethea Letter from Michigan The Militias Against Masks From August: a dispatch from Michigan, where Boogaloos, militia members, and other armed extremists view pandemic restrictions as oppressions that must be resisted—possibly by a second Civil War. By Luke Mogelson Daily Comment Should Trump Have Been Given Access to Regeneron’s Drug? Experimental drugs are just that: experiments. Many of them prove to be dangerous and are never approved. By Michael Specter Dept. of Design The Airbnb Gold Rush in Upstate New York The pandemic is causing a vogue for rentals and property that hasn’t been seen in a century, and homeowners are cashing in. By Kyle Chayka The New Yorker Festival Video Dept. Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin on Comedy and Paying Attention At The New Yorker Festival, Seinfeld explains why, for him, the essence of comedy is irritability. By Dan Stahl Culture and More Tables for Two Chilaquiles Straight from a Chef’s Home Kitchen In his Greenpoint apartment, Juan Sánchez fries tortillas and smothers them in smoky-sweet tomatillo salsa and queso fresco, for pickup on Sundays. By Hannah Goldfield Culture Desk The Aspirational Android Parenting of “Raised by Wolves” Machines are helping to raise our children, but the ones in Ridley Scott’s HBO series are far more suited to the task. By Lydia Kiesling Under Review The D. H. Lawrence We Forgot Lawrence became famous writing novels about sex. But his best stories—and his most profound achievements—reside elsewhere. By Frances Wilson Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Easy Exercises to Get Your Body Election-Day Ready Tuck your chin in and allow gravity to do the work as you rip open a bag of chips. By Jiji Lee Daily Cartoon Friday, October 9th By Brooke Bourgeois

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