Matt Gaetz’s Chaos Agenda

Dexter Filkins reports. Plus: the bartender who saved a literary masterpiece; books at war; and Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trail hits the stage. View in browser | Update your preferences Monday, February 19, 2024 Profiles Matt Gaetz’s Chaos Agenda The Florida Republican is among the most brazen and controversial figures in Donald Trump’s G.O.P. He’s also among the most influential. By Dexter Filkins The Political Scene: Jon Lovett, the co-host of “Pod Save America,” explains how the withering of the media and the threat of political violence are warping the Presidential campaign, and what Biden’s team needs to do. Listen and follow » Editor’s Pick Page-Turner The Bartender and the Lost Literary Masterpiece How a Manchester native rescued “Caliban Shrieks,” Jack Hilton’s working-class opus. By Simon Parkin News from The New Yorker News Desk The New Yorker’s Luke Mogelson and Masha Gessen Win Polk Awards Mogelson received the Magazine Reporting prize for his work in the trenches in Ukraine, and Gessen was honored for their commentary on historical memory and the Israel-Hamas war. By The New Yorker Culture Dept. Books From Homer to Gaza, the History of Books in Wartime Nazis burned books; the U.S. shipped them to its troops; Alexander the Great, Hitler, and Stalin were keen bibliophiles. How to make sense of all this? By Claudia Roth Pierpont Books In Tommy Orange’s Latest, a Family Tree Grows from Severed Roots “Wandering Stars” probes the aftermath of atrocity, seeing history and its horrors as heritable. By Parul Sehgal The Talk of the Town Illustration by João Fazenda The case brought against Gwyneth Paltrow by a retired optometrist over a skiing accident in Utah was the trial of last year—the perfect combination of the stylish and the absurd. Now it’s the subject of a new play, written by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, which is selling out in London. “Like the rest of the world, we just thought it was very silly and ridiculous,” Karp said. “Like, how is this a real thing?” Anna Russell has the story. Read more » Fun & Games Dept. Crossword A Challenging Puzzle City whose stray dogs sometimes use the subway: six letters. By Will Nediger Daily Cartoon Monday, February 19th By Polly Adams Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play our trivia game » Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for the daily newsletter from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.