Among the Insurrectionists

Plus: Ronan Farrow on a former Marine who stormed the Capitol; and Rachel Kushner’s Personal History. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Among the Insurrectionists The Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent lengths to keep the President in power. A chronicle of an attack foretold. By Luke Mogelson U.S. Journal The Georgia Dad Who Said That He Wanted to Kill Nancy Pelosi On Facebook, Cleveland Meredith, Jr., parroted the Gateway Pundit, Trump’s Twitter feed, Fox News, and, eventually, QAnon. Then he went to Washington. By Charles Bethea News Desk A Former Marine Stormed the Capitol as Part of a Far-Right Militia During the assault, organized groups with military experience played an active role. By Ronan Farrow Q. & A. The Lessons of the Nixon Pardon The historian Rick Perlstein discusses President Gerald Ford’s motivation, and why the Trump siege may have been the culmination of the Barry Goldwater revolution. By Isaac Chotiner Essay Living in the Age of the White Mob The attack on the Capitol shows that white riotous violence, brutally epitomized by the Tulsa Race Massacre, has never been relegated to history. By Victor Luckerson Daily Comment Gandhi, History, and the Lessons of the Events at the Capitol The ugly infection that has always sapped America’s strength burst to the surface last week. Simply bandaging it will be a mistake. By Bill McKibben Personal History The Hard Crowd Coming of age on the streets of San Francisco. By Rachel Kushner Culture and More Cultural Comment The Delights of Sea-Chantey TikTok After nearly a year of solitude and crushing restrictions, chanteys are providing a glimpse into a more exciting way of life, a world of sea air and pirates and grog, of many people singing in unison. By Amanda Petrusich Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Stream “The Office” It’s easier than ever. But, at the end of Season 2, Netflix will start auto-playing its new original series “The Workplace,” about the employees of a cardboard factory. By Felipe Torres Medina Daily Cartoon Friday, January 15th By Emily Bernstein 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.