Trump’s Alarming Call to Battle in Georgia

Plus: Is Substack the media future we want? And Naomi Fry on Roman Coppola’s newest collaborators. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment Trump’s Alarming Call to Battle in Georgia The outgoing President is fighting not for his legacy but to unconstitutionally and criminally hold on to a position that he has already lost. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Campaign Chronicles Can Democrats Win Georgia—and the Senate? In order to do so, the candidates will need high voter turnout in a state where it tends to drop during runoffs, especially among the Party’s own supporters. By Charles Bethea A Critic at Large Is Substack the Media Future We Want? The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize. By Anna Wiener Culture and More Books The Italian Novelist Who Envisioned a World Without Humanity In the post-apocalyptic landscape of “Dissipatio H.G.,” Guido Morselli probes the border between blissful solitude and extreme loneliness. By Alejandro Chacoff Postscript The Wondrous Rhymes of MF Doom The wildly original rapper, who died at age forty-nine, wore a mask while performing that offered protection and a narrative device. By Hua Hsu Polymath Dept. Roman Coppola’s Newest Collaborators Are His Kids After projects with Paul McCartney and Wes Anderson, the director is holed up at his family’s Napa estate, tutoring his children in Monty Python-style animation. By Naomi Fry Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Kafka Narrates My Online Teaching Experience “Let’s get started,” the Zoom background that used to be you says. By Rebecca Turkewitz and Breanne Lucy Blitt’s Kvetchbook Hello, Georgia? Find the votes. Screw the innocent. By Barry Blitt Daily Cartoon Tuesday, January 5th By Sofia Warren 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.