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Smug, Elitist Senator Attacks Middle-Class Journalist As a Smug Elitist

Josh Hawley has a lot of damn nerve calling Greg Sargent an “elitist.”
Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Outlines Trump’s Quid Pro Quo

William Taylor, a career diplomat, spelled out the Trump administration’s quid pro quo in the clearest terms yet.
White House Says It Won’t Renew Subscriptions to Times and Post

Donald Trump’s pettiness knows no limits.
Naomi Wolf’s New Book Has Been Canceled, Presumably Over Major Errors

Several months ago, the author found out mid-interview that some of her research was disastrously incorrect.
Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage Will Finally Be Legal in Northern Ireland

Activists and supporters celebrated the overturn of draconian abortion laws that have governed the country since 1861.
Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry a ‘Lynching’ and Gets the Reaction He Wanted

The ridiculous comparison drew immediate criticism.
Trump Gets Closer to All-Lobbyist Dream Cabinet With New Energy Secretary

Imagine the energy choices former auto-industry lobbyist Dan Brouillette might support. He will be the fifth ex-lobbyist in Trump’s current cabinet.
Justin Trudeau to Win Election for Second Term as Canadian Prime Minister

Trudeau hung on through multiple controversies, though projections show that his Liberal Party will form a minority government, suffering a blow.
Trump Attitude Toward Ukraine Influenced by Putin and Orbán: Report

Trump’s early opinion on Ukrainian President Zelensky was reportedly influenced by negative recommendations from the two autocrats.
Commies Versus the Klan? Democrats and Republicans Have a Dim View of Each Other

Republicans think Democrats are socialist and Democrats think Republicans are racist. One or both of them may be right, but nobody will be civil.
Does Pete Buttigieg Have a Plausible Path to the Nomination?

Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the South Bend mayor’s rising profile corresponds to rising odds.
Here Are the 2020 Michelin Stars for New York City

It’s that time of year again.
How Many Candidates Can Survive a Bad Showing in Iowa?

There are traditionally “three tickets out of Iowa,” but there may be four this time around.
Mitt Romney Is Pierre Delecto: A Brief Guide to Political Pseudonyms

Plenty of political figures, including Senator Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump, have been known to use ridiculous aliases.
‘Empowerment Seminar’ Tells Women They Have Small, Pancake-Like Brains

At a training seminar for female executives at Ernst & Young, women were taught how to dress modestly and appease their male colleagues.
Buttigieg Showing Strength in Iowa

Meanwhile, would-be Biden alternatives Harris and Booker are struggling in Iowa, where they have both bet the farm.
Eric Trump Rips ‘Sickening’ Political Families That Enrich Themselves

Of course, he doesn’t consider his family among them.
Community, The Bachelor, and The Man In the High Castle Head to Vulture Festival

Six seasons and a Vulture Festival reunion!
Hillary Clinton Curses Comeback Tour With Bad Tweet

Maybe we don’t need the 2016 Democratic candidate posting mediocre jokes from Jimmy Kimmel involving the phrase “busting my nuts.”
Mick Mulvaney Struggles Not to Admit to Ukraine Quid Pro Quo Again

Mulvaney pretended he never said Trump withheld aid in exchange for an investigation into Dems — as Fox News played video of him saying just that.

4:20 P.M. Man With Beam Stuck in Eye Claims to Be a Mote Extractor Josh Hawley has a lot of damn nerve calling Greg Sargent an “elitist.”
3:16 P.M. American Envoy to Ukraine Outlines Trump’s Quid Pro Quo William Taylor, a career diplomat, spelled out the Trump administration’s quid pro quo in the clearest terms yet.
2:43 P.M. ‘What’s Obama’s Defining Achievement?’ Is a Dumb Question Corey Robin’s shallow dismissal of the Obama legacy.
2:30 P.M. How Centrist Democrats Botched the 2020 Primary Moderates are realizing, with horror, that their best bets are now a senescent, cash-poor Biden — or a college-town mayor with no black support.
1:15 P.M. White House Says It Won’t Renew Subscriptions to Times, Post Donald Trump’s pettiness knows no limits.
1:08 P.M. Who Should Be Joe Biden’s Running Mate (If There Is One)? Andrew Yang says Biden has talked to him about becoming his running mate. There are other names he might consider.
12:25 P.M. How the World Got Too Crowded for the World Series The crowning event of America’s Pastime is now just another thing on TV. But there may be another way forward.
10:35 A.M. Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry a ‘Lynching’ The ridiculous comparison drew immediate criticism.
8:56 A.M. Trump/Hannity Quiz: Can You Tell ‘Questions’ From ‘Answers’? Fox News personality interviews president. Or is it the other way around?
1:36 A.M. Trump Picks Yet Another Ex-Lobbyist for Energy Secretary Imagine the energy choices former auto-industry lobbyist Dan Brouillette might support. He will be the fifth ex-lobbyist in Trump’s current Cabinet.
12:04 A.M. Justin Trudeau to Win Second Term as Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau hung on through multiple controversies, though projections show that his Liberal Party will form a minority government, suffering a blow.
9:40 P.M. Trump Attitude on Ukraine Coached by Putin and Orbán: Report Trump’s early opinion of Ukraine’s President Zelensky was reportedly influenced by negative recommendations from the two autocrats.
7:34 P.M. Commies Versus Klan? Dems’ and GOP’s Dim Views of Each Other Republicans think Democrats are socialists, and Democrats think Republicans are racists. One or both of them may be right, but nobody will be civil.
6:15 P.M. Does Pete Buttigieg Have a Plausible Path to the Nomination? Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the South Bend mayor’s rising profile corresponds to rising odds.
5:51 P.M. The Most Ridiculous Thing About Jacob Wohl Is His Tech Setup The vibe: when you gave your parents a “Why I Should Be Allowed to Have a Nintendo” presentation in third grade.
Oct. 21, 2019 There Is No Such Thing As ‘At Cost’ at Trump Doral Running the numbers on Trump’s now-abandoned plan to host a G7 summit at his Florida golf resort.
Oct. 21, 2019 How Many Candidates Can Survive a Bad Showing in Iowa? There are traditionally “three tickets out of Iowa,” but there may be four this time around.
Oct. 21, 2019 Pierre Delecto to Ron Vara: A Guide to Political Pseudonyms Plenty of political figures, including Senator Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump, have been known to use ridiculous aliases.
Oct. 21, 2019 What Emmett Till’s Bulletproof Memorial Says About Us Three previous memorials in the same location have been stolen, tossed into a nearby river, or riddled with bullets.
Oct. 21, 2019 Why Congress Might Impeach Trump and Actually Remove Him How the big one could go down.

11:09 P.M. Join the Cut in Celebrating Female Filmmakers This Weekend This year’s FFFEST will take place from October 25–27 at Quad Cinema.
5:19 P.M. Everlane, Balenciaga, and More New York City Store Openings Eight spots for browsing offline.
4:44 P.M. Vocalist Kylie Jenner Trademarks Rise and Shine™ Rise and shine? In this economy?
4:29 P.M. 5 Minutes With an Actress With No Skin-Care Routine Catching up with Dickinson actress Ella Hunt before the series’s premiere.
4:16 P.M. This Hairstyle Is Stressing Me Out Which way does it go?!
2:21 P.M. Lots of Clothes From Alex Mill Are on Sale at Nordstrom Including 40 percent off that twill jumpsuit, designed by the folks behind Madewell.
1:50 P.M. World’s Loudest Bird Woos Females by Yelling in Their Faces “They just really seem to be socially awkward.”
1:27 P.M. The 10 Most Power-Bitch Suits From The Politician A love letter to the best looks in the series.
1:17 P.M. How This L.A.-Favorite Aesthetician Gets Her Skin So Good Celebrity go-to Shani Darden on why you should absolutely wash your face in the morning.
12:56 P.M. How an Opera Star Dresses for Work J’Nai Bridges will be making her Metropolitan Opera debut as Nefertiti this November.
12:52 P.M. The 20 Products Rio Viera-Newton Uses to the Last Drop Fenty lip gloss, Glossier skin tint, and more.
12:47 P.M. Democrats Think They Need … More? Candidates? Wealthy donors have an insatiable appetite for primary flesh.
12:00 P.M. ‘I’m So Nervous at Work, and It’s Holding Me Back!’ It’s normal to make some mistakes, especially when you’re new.
11:23 A.M. Anna Wintour Dines With Mayor Pete Buttigieg At the annual God’s Love We Deliver fundraiser co-chaired by Michael Kors.
11:23 A.M. Eva Chen Shares Her Vault of Beauty Secrets On this week’s Cut podcast. podcast
11:21 A.M. Lupita Nyong’o Wants You to Give Up One Cup of Coffee For a good cause, of course.
11:05 A.M. Naomi Wolf’s New Book Canceled After Major Errors Discovered Several months ago, the author found out mid-interview that some of her research was disastrously incorrect.
11:01 A.M. Instagram Is Banning Plastic-Surgery-Effect Filters The platform announced that it will be removing “all effects associated with plastic surgery.”
10:53 A.M. Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Northern Ireland Activists and supporters celebrated the overturn of draconian abortion laws that have governed the country since 1861.
8:16 P.M. Take Me to Harry Styles’s Secret Frozen Clothes Vault Harry Styles’s clothes are all cryogenically frozen in time and kept in a secret vault.

5:29 P.M. Modern Love: How Sharon Horgan Got Over Her Tina Fey Worship “It’s the weirdest imposter syndrome times a hundred. You have to sort of slap yourself and say, Just get a grip!”
3:06 P.M. Lori Loughlin Gets New Bribery Charge in the College Scandal Surprise!
3:02 P.M. Lee Pace, Jared Harris to Lead Asimov’s Foundation Show More space Pace!
2:51 P.M. Vocalist Kylie Jenner Trademarks Rise and Shine™ Rise and shine? In this economy?
2:12 P.M. How Living With Yourself Pulled Off That Rudd vs. Rudd Fight Rudd and the series creators break down how the climactic brawl was influenced by Fight Club, Kenpo karate, and quarreling siblings.
1:47 P.M. Looking for Alaska Finale Recap: My Milkshake Pudge, the Colonel, and Takumi go full Hardy Boys with their investigation into what happened to Alaska in a clear-eyed, touching conclusion.
12:45 P.M. In Stage Fright, Jenny Slate Shows Us Herself The comedian gets personal in her new Netflix special.
12:01 P.M. Patrice O’Neal Documentary Headed to Comedy Central Bill Burr is behind the project as an executive producer.
11:53 A.M. Modern Love Is All Heart, No Soul In Amazon’s anthology adaptation of the New York Times column, love is vacuum-sealed from the murkier dynamics that shape our lives.
11:35 A.M. Nicki Minaj Is Now Officially, Legally Mrs. Petty The rapper has announced her marriage.
11:26 A.M. How High-Frame-Rate Technology Killed Ang Lee’s Gemini Man It would be silly to blame the film’s failure on the tech, but I’m going to go ahead and blame the tech.
11:16 A.M. Karina Longworth on Song of the South, Disney History The You Must Remember This host takes us behind the scenes of the podcast’s new season.
10:37 A.M. The 9 Best Comedy Podcasts for Every Kind of NBA Fan No NBA season is complete without these podcasts.
10:11 A.M. Amazon’s LOTR Snags Its First Ex-GOT Cast Member Joseph Mawle knows what he likes: expensive fantasy dramas.
9:00 A.M. What Does the Title Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Mean? Some guesses about Episode IX’s mysterious name.
2:16 A.M. Ford v Ferrari Stars Damon, Bale Both Gunning for Best Actor Who will cross the finish line, and who will spin out, flip over and careen wildly into the Oscars audience?
12:38 A.M. Yellowcard Lawsuit Over Juice WRLD ‘Lucid Dreams’ Is So Emo The band says Juice WRLD’s 2018 hit is too similar to their 2006 song “Holly Wood Died.”
10:23 P.M. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Trailer: Long Have You Waited “The Force will be with you. Always.”
9:21 P.M. Kesha Returns to ‘Utter Debaucherous Joy’ in Album Trailer If life is just one long road trip, you might as well take the High Road.
9:18 P.M. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Making Sexy Goth Shows for HBO Max The Shelley Society and The Brides are submitted for your thirst consideration.

5:23 P.M. Here’s What Everyone Ate at Last Night’s New York Taste Don Angie baked clams, Hanoi Soup Shop lamb kho, and more.
2:55 P.M. Good-bye to the City Bakery The home of the pretzel croissant managed to be quaint, familiar, and luxurious all at once.
9:15 A.M. Talking Tlayudas and Traffic With Paul Theroux The author’s latest chronicles his travels through Oaxaca.
Oct. 21, 2019 Here Are the 2020 Michelin Stars for New York City It’s that time of year again.
Oct. 21, 2019 The Times Square Sbarro Is Closed New York is over.
Oct. 21, 2019 New York Institution City Bakery Has Closed The home of the pretzel croissant was open for nearly 30 years.
Oct. 21, 2019 Protests Force Chick-fil-A Out of U.K. The conservative chicken chain won’t last long in the United Kingdom.
Oct. 21, 2019 Llama-San Gives Peru’s Nikkei Cuisine a New York Stage The setting is casual but the food is inventive and ambitious.
Oct. 18, 2019 Kellogg’s Has a New Cereal Flavor: Inclusivity The new “All Together” cereal box benefits GLAAD.
Oct. 18, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Great British Baking Show Recap: Pie in the Sky This Pastry Week is refreshingly light on soggy bottoms — but at what cost?
Oct. 18, 2019 Waris Ahluwalia’s Grub Street Diet “The pancakes had run out, but I kept the eggs going for late arrivals.”
Oct. 17, 2019 The Soufflé Makes Its Grand Return A new brasserie in the former Les Halles space will give the French classic a much-needed update.
Oct. 17, 2019 Server Fired After Refusing to Serve ‘Transphobic’ Couple Now the restaurant is at the center of the controversy.
Oct. 17, 2019 What Does Sunny D Taste Like? Twitter has thoughts.
Oct. 17, 2019 These Are the City’s Most Thrilling New Breakfast Sandwiches Start your day right.
Oct. 16, 2019 New Report Details Dangers of America’s Meat Industry “Pretty much every other day a worker is sent to the hospital or loses a body part.”
Oct. 16, 2019 There’s Still Time to Buy Tickets for New York Taste Salt and pepper calamari awaits.
Oct. 15, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About the Brooklyn Wegmans The new grocery utopia opens its doors on October 27.
Oct. 15, 2019 Taco Bell Recalls ‘Beef’ in 21 States To the tune of 2.3 million pounds.

3:05 P.M. Ask Chris: What Are Some Slightly Elevated Sweatpants? A handful of sweatpants to go from couch to brunch, plus sleek-but-protective iPhone 11 cases and women’s (non-workout) sneakers to wear this fall.
3:05 P.M. I Found the World’s Best Baby-Blue Eye Shadow It saturates the eye
12:05 P.M. This Magic Hair Powder Which Disappears Grays Is Half Off Actually, 51 percent off.
12:00 P.M. What Are the Best Men’s Socks? From no-shows to wool-silk blends to a pair depicting Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
11:25 A.M. Lots of Clothes From Alex Mill Are on Sale at Nordstrom Including 40 percent off that twill jumpsuit, designed by the folks behind Madewell.
Oct. 21, 2019 The Best Slime for Every Kind of Person Including unicorn slime, fluffy slime, crunchy slime, magnetic slime, and even slime that changes color.
Oct. 21, 2019 The Best Beauty Advent Calendars to Buy Before They Sell Out “Behind every door there’s something new to try.”
Oct. 21, 2019 The 20 Best Car Seats and Booster Seats for Kids Safe, economical, and easy to install.
Oct. 21, 2019 The Best Sheets on Amazon, According to Reviewers Including a set approved by a Frette sheet sleeper.
Oct. 21, 2019 Brands We Love Are Up to 40 Percent Off at Urban Outfitters Including Dansko clogs, Levi’s jeans, and Supergoop! sunscreen.
Oct. 21, 2019 What K-Pop Star Jackson Wang Can’t Live Without “My protein shake every morning is an orange, chicken breast, greens, then an apple and banana. Sounds disgusting, but it’s actually good.”
Oct. 21, 2019 Rag & Bone Jeans That Aren’t Trying Too Hard Are on Sale They’re 60 percent off.
Oct. 21, 2019 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Dishcloths and Denim Plus: Dog beds, lip balm, and more.
Oct. 18, 2019 What Are the Best Black Flats Under $200? “It could be from the ’90s or today and will look relevant for years to come.”
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Strategist-Approved Men’s Shaving Products Including the creams, razors, combs, trimmers, brushes, and cleansers you need to get a barber-quality shave in your own bathroom.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Shower Water Filters, According to Experts The secret to healthy hair and skin is “softer” shower water.
Oct. 18, 2019 Everything Is 25 Percent Off at Anthropologie Right Now Including clothing, shoes, home goods, kids’ stuff, and jewelry.
Oct. 18, 2019 The 35 Best Gifts for Tween Girls, According to Tweens From Hydro Flasks to nameplate necklaces.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Women’s Running Clothing for Every Kind of Weather From warm and sunny to below zero.
Oct. 18, 2019 This Instant Pot Slow Cooker (for Roasts and Stews) Is $60 At 80 percent off, the 11-in-1 appliance’s price is one of the lowest we’ve ever seen for an Instant Pot product.

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