Maine’s Referendum on Susan Collins

Plus: the “Real Facebook Oversight Board”; Pete Buttigieg on Fox News; and the musician Adrianne Lenker. View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker Festival: On-demand viewing of most events—including talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Margaret Atwood, Steve Martin, and more—has been extended until October 19th. Click here for tickets. Dispatch Maine’s Referendum on Susan Collins’s Reputation The senator’s recent record has felt, to many, like a failure to meet the moment. By Emily Witt Annals of Technology The Ad-Hoc Group Convening a “Real Facebook Oversight Board” The initiative plans to help protect the U.S. election by embracing a broad definition of oversight. By Sue Halpern U.S. Journal The Changing Meaning of the American Flag Under Trump To a Colorado veteran, flags represent freedom, but the nation’s most enduring symbol is taking on partisan significance. By Paige Williams Our Columnists The Remarkable Effectiveness of Pete Buttigieg on Fox News Liberals have celebrated each of his three recent appearances on the network as a tour de force and a rout. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Daily Comment Why the Right Keeps Saying That the United States Isn’t a Democracy Senator Mike Lee’s insistence that the U.S. is not a democracy echoes the fact that many on the right view voting as an existential threat. By Sue Halpern Q. & A. How Amy Coney Barrett Could Affect the Future of the Affordable Care Act Nicholas Bagley, an expert on health law, discusses the latest legal challenge to the A.C.A. and what the records of Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh suggest about future rulings. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST New York Times Bestselling Author Tana French Returns From the “most important crime novelist” (The Washington Post) comes a new spellbinding tale of suspense that asks what we sacrifice in search of truth and justice, and what we risk if we don’t. Start reading “The Searcher” now. Onward and Upward with the Arts Onward and Upward with the Arts Adrianne Lenker’s Radical Honesty In her folk-rock songwriting and in interactions with her Big Thief bandmates, the musician’s raw openness creates strange and thrilling effects. By Amanda Petrusich Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Scientific Theories Disproved by 2020 At what point do natural phenomena stop being “natural” and start being “evidence that our smoldering planet is the key ingredient in some intergalactic witch’s brew”? By Cara Michelle Smith Crossword Today’s Crossword Rabid devotee, in slang: four letters. By Natan Last 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.