Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose

Plus: the trouble with election projections; Latino organizers in Florida; and Elizabeth Strout reads William Trevor. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins. By Jane Mayer Comment The Trouble with Election Projections Projecting a winner isn’t the same as counting votes—and that’s true more than ever in 2020. By Jill Lepore Campaign Chronicles How Latino Organizers Are Fighting to Lift Biden in Florida Half of the community’s eligible voters haven’t cast their ballots yet. The work done by volunteers could prove decisive. By Stephania Taladrid Our Columnists If We Are Going to Recover from Trumpism, We Must Deny Charity to Trump’s Henchmen Miles Taylor, the anonymous author of “A Warning,” only deserves credit for implementing cruel policies. By Masha Gessen Double Take Sunday Reading: The Choice in 2020 From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of pieces about the 2020 election. By The New Yorker Fiction Podcast Elizabeth Strout Reads William Trevor The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Bravado,” by William Trevor, from a 2007 issue of the magazine. Culture and More Suburban Mom Dept. Laura Dern Plays a Depressed Suburban Housewife in a New Photo Memoir When the photographer Jona Frank wanted someone to depict her depressed, pie-baking mother in her book about growing up bored in New Jersey, she asked her L.A. best mom friend. By Dana Goodyear The Theatre Experiments in Audio Theatre, Radical and Retro “A Thousand Ways” and “Shipwreck” suggest a vast realm of possibility available to playwrights making new work in the COVID era. By Alexandra Schwartz Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Some Initial Proposals for Trump Monuments The Super-Soaker Spreader, the Trump Wishing Well, and other monuments to mark Trump’s Presidency. By Ward Sutton Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 83 Rising sun enveloping good-hearted bores (7). By Mike Shenk 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.