The End of Trump?

Plus: Jane Mayer on a victory in the fight against dark money; and Joan Didion’s priceless sunglasses. View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, November 16, 2022 In today’s newsletter, Murdoch turns on Trump, and then: • Jane Mayer on the fight against dark money • Joan Didion’s priceless sunglasses • Nan Goldin visits the de-Sacklered Met The End of Trump? Rupert Murdoch may have pulled the plug on him for 2024, but it’s not clear yet if the rest of the G.O.P. will follow. Photograph by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump is running again for President in 2024, as he announced from Mar-a-Lago last night, but some Republicans who were his biggest supporters are all but rejecting him this time around. In particular, platforms like Fox News and the New York Post, which once buttressed Trump and his false claims, have made a nearly hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. “Election denial, as the midterm results have just shown, is not a political winner,” Susan B. Glasser writes, and, since last week’s elections, “the Murdoch media empire has embarked on a remarkable we-told-you-so campaign hitting Trump.” But a divided Republican Party is exactly what brought Trump to power—should we assume this time will be different? As Glasser asks, “Is losing really a bigger sin for Republicans than harassing women, blackmailing foreign leaders, or seeking to remain in power by calling forth an angry mob to attack Congress?” It’s a chilling question. —Jessie Li, newsletter editor Read the story With your support, we’ll continue to bring you in-depth interviews and incisive expert analysis to help you make sense of this moment in American politics. Subscribe to The New Yorker today » 2022 Midterm Elections News Desk A Rare Win in the Fight Against Dark Money In Arizona, voters from both parties overwhelmingly demanded that big, anonymous political donors reveal their identities. By Jane Mayer The Political Scene How Catherine Cortez Masto Won Nevada and Secured Democratic Control of the Senate She positioned herself as a champion of working-class voters, courting organized labor and the Latino community. By Stephania Taladrid Editor’s Pick Culture Desk Joan Didion’s Priceless Sunglasses An auction of the writer’s possessions is further confirmation of how, for Didion, style was not surface but essence. By Roxana Robinson Culture Dept. Under Review Lucy Ives’s Twisting and Treacherous Update on the Adultery Plot The many stories in “Life Is Everywhere” read like an encyclopedia whose every entry is at its heart a story of intimate betrayal. By Hannah Gold The Front Row How Maya Deren Became the Symbol and Champion of American Experimental Film A new biography of the iconic independent filmmaker depicts a cultural force of nature who all too quickly lost her way. By Richard Brody The New Yorker Documentary An Intimate Portrait of Parenting and Disability In “Holding Moses,” a short documentary about a mother coming to terms with her son’s disability, bodies give and receive many versions of care. Film by Rivkah Beth Medow and Jen Rainin Text by Tana Wojczuk Dept. of Rabble-Rousing Nan Goldin Visits the De-Sacklered Met The photographer and former OxyContin addict, who once staged a “die-in” at the Temple of Dendur to protest the Sackler family, visits the scene. By Michael Schulman Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Daily Shouts Mommy, Where Does Money Come From? Basically, for many people, myself included, money comes from computers. By Catherine Mevs Crossword A Lightly Challenging Puzzle Canvas for Jibbitz shoe charms: four letters. By Erik Agard Daily Cartoon Wednesday, November 16th By Ivan Ehlers P.S. The first Harry Potter film was released in the U.S. twenty-one years ago today. At the time, our film critic Anthony Lane found the novel’s big-screen adaptation entertaining but unmomentous. As for the story line? “The plot is by now Homerically familiar,” Lane wrote. “That Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is an orphan goes without saying; it is most impractical, not to mention distasteful, to enter the canon of English children’s literature without first being purged of one’s parents.” Today’s newsletter was written by Jessie Li. Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.