The Veterans Organizing to Stop Trumpism

Plus: Trump’s new brand is loser; America’s war on Syrian civilians; and the best video games of 2020. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk The Veterans Organizing to Stop Trumpism A former Navy SEAL oversaw the creation of a new code of conduct that puts loyalty to democracy above politics. By Paige Williams Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump’s New Brand Is Loser His post-election tantrum is forcing conservatives to affirm, again and again, that he lost the election fair and square. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment How Republicans Could Upend the Electoral College Vote Next Time Our byzantine process for selecting a President will plunge the country into a constitutional crisis sooner or later. Yet the current system won’t be easy to fix or replace. By Steve Coll Our Local Correspondents The Anti-Shutdown Lawyer Suing New York on Behalf of Small Businesses Courts have rebuffed James Mermigis, but he keeps filing cases and winning new clients. By Eric Lach Books America’s War on Syrian Civilians Bombs killed thousands of civilians in Raqqa, and the city was decimated. U.S. lawyers insist that war crimes weren’t committed, but it’s time to look honestly at the devastation that accompanies “targeted” air strikes. By Anand Gopal Culture and More The New Yorker Documentary A Family’s Quarantine-Kitchen Bonding in “Have You Eaten” While making dumplings together, the filmmaker and her mother reflect on how their relationship has changed. By Han Zhang 2020 in Review The Best Video Games of 2020 Away from the corporate mainstream, artists offered games that were bold and nourishing, and that made a tough year just a tiny bit brighter. By Simon Parkin The Art World The Melancholy Gestalt of Isolation The works in “100 Drawings from Now” speak to our lockdown epoch with startling poignancy. By Peter Schjeldahl Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Festive Holiday Recipes for 2020 How to make a single gingerbread person, to be enjoyed with coffee, or all by itself, because it is ​perfectly fine ​alone​. By Kira Garcia Daily Cartoon Friday, December 18th By Adam Douglas Thompson 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.