Trump and the G.O.P. Lost Georgia. Black Voters Won It

Democrats appear on the verge of breaking Mitch McConnell’s grip on the Senate. Plus: how Thomas Jefferson understood Jesus. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles Trump and the G.O.P. Lost Georgia. Black Voters Won It A final push from the President in Dalton, and the tale told by turnout. By Charles Bethea Our Columnists Georgia’s Senate Results Mark a Sea Change in American Politics Raphael Warnock’s victory and Jon Ossoff’s apparent win would break Mitch McConnell’s grip on the Senate and the country. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Q. & A. Astead Herndon on the G.O.P’s “Wake-Up Call” in Georgia The New York Times journalist says that Republicans are losing suburban conservatives as they pursue the MAGA vote. By Isaac Chotiner The Political Scene Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote From 2019: How Abrams led the battle against voter suppression. By Jelani Cobb Books What Thomas Jefferson Could Never Understand About Jesus Jefferson revised the Gospels to make Jesus more reasonable, and lost the power of his story. By Vinson Cunningham Culture and More Cultural Comment The Hidden Depths of Alex Trebek’s Banter with “Jeopardy!” Contestants What those mid-game chats revealed about being ordinary. By Beth Blum Screening Room An Animated Short Film About Outcasts in a Cruel World When the protagonist of Florian Grolig’s “Friends” brings home a giant, a sizable chunk of hell breaks loose. By Douglas Watson Page-Turner What a Lost Psych-Ward Memoir Teaches Us About Madness “W-3,” Bette Howland’s account of her institutionalization, in 1968, proceeds according to a simple binary: those who suffer are patients; those who don’t are not. By Katy Waldman Next Thing Anthony Weiner’s Comeback Gig After a stint in prison and some consulting work, the former congressman is running a company that makes countertops out of concrete and crushed Heineken bottles. By Micah Hauser Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Crossword 1970 No. 1 hit with the lyric “I don’t need your war machines”: thirteen letters. By Natan Last Daily Shouts Quarantine Day 299: A Running List of Apologies to Everyone I’ve Ever Wronged To my college friend Rachel, for missing your Zoom wedding. By Julia Edelman and Olivia de Recat Daily Cartoon Wednesday, January 6th By Zoe Si 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.