The Inciter-in-Chief

Plus: The making of the Fox News White House, a Proud Boy speaks, and humorous New Year’s resolutions for parents. View in browser | Update your preferences Dear reader, In early November, a senior Republican official commented on the escalating effects of President Trump’s baseless accusations about a “stolen election.” “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” the official asked. This week, the downside has become strikingly clear as rioters, egged on by the President himself, broke into the Capitol building, overwhelmed the police, trashed offices, and brandished insurrectionist symbols, including a Confederate flag. Over the past several days, our writers have been reporting on this alarming siege and its aftermath. Today, we’re bringing you a selection of some of those pieces, as well as others from our archive that highlight the repercussions of Presidential mendacity over the past four years. —David Remnick Incitement Comment The Inciter-in-Chief How surprising can Donald Trump’s recent provocation be when for years he has served as an inspiration to bigots everywhere? By David Remnick News Desk An Air Force Veteran Breached the Senate The Texas-based pilot was with a group that descended on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite. By Ronan Farrow Daily Comment What Should We Call the Sixth of January? What began as a protest, rally, and march ended as a day of anarchy that challenges the terminology of history. By Jill Lepore On Capitol Hill As Told To: The Pelosi Staffer Keith Stern on the Breach of the Capitol “Ma’am, we’ve got to go.” By Zach Helfand A Proud Boy Speaks A Palm Beach Proud Boy at the Putsch Bobby Pickles, a purveyor of far-right T-shirts, joined the horde of balding dudes in dad jeans at the Capitol, because Donald Trump, he says, is “like punk rock.” By Jane Mayer Our Columnists Trump’s Incitements Have Crossed an Alarming Threshold From 2020: Faced with losing his power, the President has gone beyond scaremongering and resorted to fomenting unrest. By John Cassidy The Political Scene The Fearful and the Frustrated From 2015: Donald Trump’s nationalist coalition takes shape—for now. By Evan Osnos A Reporter at Large The Making of the Fox News White House From 2019: Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda? By Jane Mayer Culture Culture Desk Parent as a Verb: New Year’s Resolutions In a move that now feels calculated to make God laugh, I wrote my goals on index cards and tacked them to the wall. By Emily Flake The Front Row An Out-of-Print Dawn Powell Novel Reveals Her Misunderstood Art Powell is known as a satirist, but the underappreciated novel “A Cage for Lovers,” from 1957, is a window to her greater genius. By Richard Brody Humor and Puzzles Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Food with varieties named for California and Philadelphia: nine letters. By Wyna Liu Daily Cartoon Bonus Cartoon: Passing the Torch Very good people. By Brendan Loper 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.