Is This a Coup, or Just Another Trump Con?

Plus: the Kremlin prepares for a Biden Presidency; the case for fixing social media; and a new poem by Kim Addonizio. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington Is This a Coup, or Just Another Trump Con? A post-election report from Minsk-on-the-Potomac. By Susan B. Glasser Dispatch The Kremlin Prepares for a Biden Presidency Even in Moscow, there is accumulated disappointment and fatigue with Trump and all that his Presidency failed to deliver. By Joshua Yaffa Our Columnists The Long-Term Damage of Trump’s Antidemocratic Lies Political scientists caution that, though a coup by the outgoing President is unlikely, Trump’s actions are causing dangerous democratic erosion. By John Cassidy Annals of Technology The National-Security Case for Fixing Social Media Disinformation threatens our national well-being—and, as a nation, we can do something about it. By Glenn S. Gerstell Newsletters Sign Up for John Cassidy’s Newsletter Get the latest on politics and the economy. Profiles Profiles What Makes the Difference Between Getting Out of Prison and Staying Out? For those navigating the challenges of reëntry, it can help to have a tough-minded guide with lived experience. By Adam Gopnik Culture and More Tables for Two A Whirl Through the Philippines with Jeepney’s Meal Kits The restaurant offers weekly deliveries of heat-and-serve dishes, plus a dose of secondhand nostalgia. By Hannah Goldfield The Current Cinema “Mank” and the Making of “Citizen Kane” David Fincher’s bio-pic takes a dreamy look at the show-biz myths surrounding the uneasy collaboration of Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. By Anthony Lane Poems “Ways of Being Lonely” “Sometimes you flame into a scary flower. / An eruption of coherence in the postmodern seminar.” By Kim Addonizio Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts With Trump Leaving, We Can Finally Stop Worrying About This Wolf Our long national nightmare of having a wolf that somehow got our house key is over. By Evan Waite Daily Cartoon Friday, November 13th By Kim Warp 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.