The Biden Era Begins

Plus: Trump’s ineffective legal strategies, the Republican Party after Trump, and Black voters at the polls in Georgia. View in browser | Update your preferences Comment The Biden Era Begins American democracy has survived Donald J. Trump. By David Remnick Daily Comment Trump Is Out of a Job Because So Many Did the Work For the moment, don’t focus on the analyses and postmortems to come. Focus on how much dedicated effort went into winning this insufficient but nonetheless existential victory. By Bill McKibben Daily Comment The Republicans Without Trump Don’t be so sure that the G.O.P. is unhappy about losing the Presidential election. By Nicholas Lemann Daily Comment Trump’s Legal Strategy for Challenging the Election Is One More Trumpist Fantasy Soon enough, his efforts may be nothing more than a vehicle that allows him to air his grievances but which goes nowhere—the disorganized clattering of a defeated President on the way out. By Amy Davidson Sorkin U.S. Journal Black Voters at the Polls in Georgia: “Everybody We Know Is Ready for Trump to Get Out” They have helped tip the historically red state to Joe Biden—in a race still too close to call. By Charles Bethea Campaign Chronicles North Carolina County Officials Lose After Abandoning the G.O.P. Defecting from Trump—in a state where the President maintains a slight edge over Biden—did not go well for Page Lemel and Mike Hawkins. By Peter Slevin Fiction Fiction “Ghoul” “I guess one never realizes how little one wants to be kicked to death until one hears a crowd doing that exact same thing to someone nearby,” I say. By George Saunders Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Famous Forgotten Quotes Words of wisdom from the likes of Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, and Paul Revere that have been lost in the mists of time. By AJ DiCosimo Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Russian who works very far from home: nine letters. By Robyn Weintraub 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.