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In War on Press, Trump Allies Weaponize Bad Posts

Arthur Schwartz, an informal advisor to Trump Jr., intends to discredit reporting on the president by publishing old, bigoted posts by reporters.
NASA Astronaut Accused of Committing Identity Theft From Outer Space

Anne McClain’s estranged wife says she accessed her bank account without permission while she was aboard the International Space Station.
Prince Andrew Continues to Deny Knowledge of Epstein’s Crimes

“I deplore the exploitation of any human being and would not condone, participate in, or encourage any such behavior.”
Joe Walsh Launches Primary Bid Against Trump, Who He Admits He Helped Create

The former Tea Party agitator knows he won’t beat the “child” in the Oval Office, but says someone has to try.
The Teaser for the Breaking Bad Sequel Has Arrived

Skinny Pete swears he doesn’t know where Jesse is, but El Camino hits Netflix in October.
Taylor Swift Stayed Politically Silent to Not Have Her Own Dixie Chicks Fallout

“I watched country music snuff that candle out. The most amazing group we had, just because they talked about politics.”
Kit Harrington, Gemma Chan, and Barry Keoghan Are In Marvel’s The Eternals

Chloe Zhao’s maiden outing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe just got more interesting.
Nathan Carman Testifies About His Mother’s Mysterious Disappearance

“I did not hear her scream.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Declared Cancer-Free After Tumor Treatment

The 86-year-old Justice quietly underwent treatment for a malignant growth on her pancreas.
Ewan McGregor to Start Shooting Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ Next Year

“We have all the scripts written.”
Anti-Abortion Activists Object to State Bans — But Only on Tactics

Anti-abortion leaders are discouraging extreme state abortion laws, preferring stealth until the time is ripe for a frontal assault on Roe v. Wade.
Today’s Republicans Use the Filibuster Just Like the Segregationists Did

Until Democrats show the moral outrage that overcame filibusters against civil rights, you can forget about gun, climate change, or immigration bills.
How Big a Problem is Joe Biden’s ‘Enthusiasm Gap’?

Intelligencer staffers discuss the Democratic frontrunner’s pragmatic pitch.
Moulton Drops Out of 2020 Race; Could de Blasio Be Next?

We’re now down to 21 Democratic presidential candidates, with tougher rules for participation in debates likely to winnow several more.
DoorDash Still Hasn’t Fixed Its Broken Tip System

The company promises changes next month.
Jeffrey Epstein Used a Bullet, Dead Cat to Intimidate Graydon Carter: Report

A former Vanity Fair editor says Epstein placed a decapitated cat and a bullet outside Carter’s homes to pressure him to tell reporters to back off.
Democrats Are Turning Their Attention to a Very Unsexy Bulwark of Democracy

Democrats have historically not focused their energies on the secretaries of state. But the office is crucial to state elections.
Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal Justice Reform

Congressman Ralph Abraham is so committed to law-and-order politics that he voted against the modest criminal justice reform bill Trump signed.
Democratic National Committee Rejects Possibility of Official Climate Debate

Climate protestors disrupted the DNC during the vote, which also paved the way for unofficial climate town halls to turn into de-facto debates.
Did Jay Inslee Get a Fair Shake From Voters?

Intelligencer stafffers discuss the departure of the “climate candidate” from the Democratic primary.

8:06 P.M. In War on the Press, Trump Allies Weaponize Bad Posts Arthur Schwartz, an informal advisor to Trump Jr., intends to discredit reporting on the president by publishing old, bigoted posts by reporters.
8:00 P.M. Trump Is Prioritizing Climate Destruction Over Reelection A debt-financed green stimulus would be good for the economy and Trump’s 2020 prospects. But it would also benefit the climate, so he won’t do it.
4:32 P.M. Trump’s Contradictions Dominate and Disrupt Another G-7 The president and his staff continue to confound most of America’s allies even at a time when the trade-warring Trump could use some solidarity.
11:15 A.M. Joe Walsh Launches Doomed Primary Bid Against ‘Unfit’ Trump The former Tea Party agitator knows he won’t beat the “child” in the Oval Office, but says someone has to try.
Aug. 24, 2019 ‘American Carnage’ Shows the Republican Slide Into Trumpism A behind-the-scenes account shows, but does not explain, how Republicans abandoned their so-called principles to embrace Trump.
Aug. 23, 2019 Nathan Carman Testifies About His Mother’s Odd Disappearance “I did not hear her scream.”
Aug. 23, 2019 This Is How Trump Will Tank the Economy and His Presidency Trump’s trade war might be headed into a self-reinforcing death spiral.
Aug. 23, 2019 Anti-Abortion Activists Object to State Bans — on Tactics Anti-abortion leaders are discouraging extreme state abortion laws, preferring stealth until the time is ripe for a frontal assault on Roe v. Wade.
Aug. 23, 2019 David Koch Made the World a More Intolerable Place The world is burning, and he and his brother own a share of the blame.
Aug. 23, 2019 Today’s GOP Uses Filibuster Just Like Segregationists Did Until Democrats show the moral outrage that overcame filibusters against civil rights, you can forget about gun, climate change, or immigration bills.
Aug. 23, 2019 The Joyous Masochism of Rooting for the Cleveland Browns The most desultory team in the NFL is going to be very good and very fun this season.
Aug. 23, 2019 How Big a Problem is Joe Biden’s ‘Enthusiasm Gap’? Intelligencer staffers discuss the Democratic frontrunner’s pragmatic pitch.
Aug. 23, 2019 Maybe Shattering Your iPhone Screen Is Actually Good? It literally hurts to swipe on my phone now.
Aug. 23, 2019 Trump Is Melting Down Because China Won’t Give In on Trade Trump’s international disputes usually end quietly. This one might be different.
Aug. 23, 2019 Andrew Sullivan: President Trump Never Gets Any Less Absurd We have known this project’s nature since that journey down an escalator, and the surrealism has only intensified since.
Aug. 23, 2019 Moulton Drops Out of 2020 Race; Could de Blasio Be Next? We’re now down to 21 Democratic presidential candidates, with tougher rules for participation in debates likely to winnow several more.
Aug. 23, 2019 The Political Status Quo Is No Match for Climate Change As the Amazon rainforest burns at an alarming rate in Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Jay Inslee’s climate change presidential candidacy flames out.
Aug. 23, 2019 Jeffrey Gundlach on Bonds, Bitcoin, Why Trump Might Not Run The bond-market maven expects things to get wild in 2020.
Aug. 23, 2019 The ‘1619 Project’’s Not Unpatriotic, Just Anti-Whiteness The centrality of slavery to the American story is only threatening to one’s national identity if one chooses to identify as white.
Aug. 23, 2019 Epstein Used Dead Cat to Intimidate Graydon Carter: Report A former Vanity Fair editor says Epstein placed a decapitated cat and a bullet outside Carter’s homes to pressure him to tell reporters to back off.

8:30 P.M. Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of August 26 This week brings a new moon in Virgo, and a chance to reorganize plans and reshape dreams.
8:00 P.M. The Artist Who Likes Sex in Bar Bathrooms This week’s sex diary.
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5:10 P.M. NASA Astronaut Accused of Committing Crime From Space Anne McClain’s estranged wife says she accessed her bank account without permission while she was aboard the International Space Station.
2:42 P.M. Don’t Even Think About Asking Taylor Swift About Joe Alwyn Not even about Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk? Meh.
2:23 P.M. Woof: Here’s Your First Look at Emma Stone’s Cruella de Vil Look at! This wig!
2:10 P.M. Prince Andrew Releases Personal Statement About Epstein “I deplore the exploitation of any human being and would not condone, participate in, or encourage any such behavior.”
Aug. 23, 2019 The 11 Best Glittery Eyeshadows Including what was used on Euphoria.
Aug. 23, 2019 Leave This Tiny Dancer Alone! Good Morning America co-host Lara Spencer mocked Prince George for taking ballet.
Aug. 23, 2019 Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Declared Cancer-Free The 86-year-old Justice quietly underwent treatment for a malignant growth on her pancreas.
Aug. 23, 2019 Hey, What’s Lori Loughlin Up to These Days? Oh, nothing much, just relentlessly Googling herself, why do you ask?
Aug. 23, 2019 Let Yourself Feel How Bad This Is The case for climate grief.
Aug. 23, 2019 Miley Cyrus Has Won the Divorce According to sources, she will have full custody of the couple’s 15 pets.
Aug. 23, 2019 Taylor Swift’s New Clothing Line Is Sunshine and Rainbows A pop-up shop for her Stella McCartney collaboration is coming to New York this weekend.
Aug. 23, 2019 Jessica Hanson Believes Ampoules Are a Game Changer The AmorePacific President thinks there’s so much more to Korean beauty than people know.
Aug. 23, 2019 Hmm, Do We Think Taylor Swift Has Been to London? Taking a closer look at the “London Boy” lyrics.
Aug. 23, 2019 34 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy The best of the best of this week’s sales.
Aug. 23, 2019 Imagine Being Too ‘Controversial’ for an Athleisure Line Tomi Lahren is ignoring her haters and designing leggings anyways.
Aug. 23, 2019 How to Help Fight Back Against the Amazon Rain Forest Fires Donate to organizations, attend a demonstration, and cut back on beef.
Aug. 23, 2019 Tom Brady Attempts Giant-Hat Trend He must be following Jacquemus on Instagram.

9:17 P.M. New High School Musical Trailer: The Start of Something Old High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is the latest reboot to get meta with it.
8:43 P.M. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey Flesh Out the Cast of Pixar’s Soul Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will reportedly compose the film’s score.
3:29 P.M. Recapping the Mystery of Ruth Wilson’s The Affair Departure Her character was unexpectedly killed off and she (and her co-stars) can’t discuss what happened. Why?
1:42 P.M. Hilary Duff Is Returning for Disney+ Lizzie McGuire Sequel Oh my god, she’s not with Gordo?!
1:00 P.M. Lori Loughlin Apparently Googling Herself a Lot These Days She has a lot of free time.
12:27 P.M. Swift Slams Greedy Label for Selling Her Masters to Braun She said “endless conversations” about Braun were conveniently ignored.
11:22 A.M. Mindhunter Season Finale Recap: Poetic Justice The BSU ends its time in Atlanta with a tough lesson in humility for Holden.
10:55 A.M. Chrissy Teigen Turned Down Her Own NBC Late-Night Show At the very hot 1:30 a.m. hour.
11:49 P.M. Did Tom Holland Just Confirm He’s Still Playing Spider-Man? My Spidey-Sense is tingling.
Aug. 24, 2019 Skinny Pete Cooks Up a Teaser for Breaking Bad Movie A new teaser trailer for the Breaking Bad movie has been released.
Aug. 24, 2019 The Force Is Strong With Rey in New Rise of Skywalker Clip At D23, writer-director J.J. Abrams promised fans “an incredibly good time.”
Aug. 24, 2019 Kit Harington and Gemma Chan Are in Marvel’s The Eternals Chloe Zhao’s maiden outing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe just got more interesting.
Aug. 24, 2019 Woof: Here’s Your First Look at Emma Stone’s Cruella de Vil Look at! This wig!
Aug. 24, 2019 Kit Harington Was ‘Pissed Off’ He Didn’t Kill the Night King “It had been set up for a long time.”
Aug. 24, 2019 Barack Obama Drops Hottest Playlist of the Summer Lizzo and Steely Dan alert!
Aug. 24, 2019 Lisa Vanderpump’s SUR Involved in Very Disgusting Lawsuit A patron claims a meal at the Vanderpump Rules hot spot led to an … intense bout of food poisoning.
Aug. 24, 2019 The Mandalorian Trailer: Don’t Let Werner Herzog Down! Perhaps the darkest Star Wars yet.
Aug. 24, 2019 Don’t Even Think About Asking Taylor Swift About Joe Alwyn Not even about Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk? Meh.
Aug. 24, 2019 Taylor Swift: I Avoided Politics Because of the Dixie Chicks “I watched country music snuff that candle out. The most amazing group we had, just because they talked about politics.”
Aug. 24, 2019 Jeff Goldblum Promises Not to Mansplain in His NatGeo Show The World According to Jeff Goldblum showcases America’s funky uncle going places and trying to figure out the stuff he seems genuinely curious about.

Aug. 23, 2019 The Great British Bake-Off Returns to Netflix on August 30 For the first time, episodes will stream on Netflix three days after they air in the United Kingdom.
Aug. 23, 2019 Good Eats Is Still Great TV Alton Brown’s seminal cooking show returns, and it’s more or less the same as it was.
Aug. 23, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Aug. 23, 2019 DoorDash Still Hasn’t Fixed Its Broken Tip System The company promises changes next month.
Aug. 23, 2019 Restaurateur Donna Lennard’s Grub Street Diet “I got a margarita in a plastic cup, which followed me home as my nightcap.”
Aug. 22, 2019 A Cipriani Chef Has Been Found Dead Andrea Zamperoni went missing earlier this week.
Aug. 22, 2019 Di Fara Pizza Reopens Its Doors Today Exactly two days after being seized by local tax authorities for nearly $168,000 in unpaid taxes.
Aug. 22, 2019 Where to Find Sunny, Creative Lemonades Right Now There’s no better way to spend the dog days of summer.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Jones Is a Loving Revamp of the Great Jones Cafe “My thoughts are, Here’s a spot that’s on a great block with great energy, great history.”
Aug. 21, 2019 De Blasio Will ‘Do Anything’ to Help Di Fara Open Again The iconic pizzeria was seized by state tax authorities.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Absolute Best Ice-Cream Sandwiches in New York Cups and cones are well and good, but the quintessential New York ice-cream delivery system is the sandwich.
Aug. 20, 2019 Di Fara Pizza Shuttered Due to Unpaid Taxes The iconic Brooklyn pizzeria reportedly owes more than $160,000.
Aug. 20, 2019 The Best Moments From Twitter’s Chicken Sandwich War Popeyes versus Chick-fil-A: the nihilistic brand squabble we need.
Aug. 20, 2019 A New Competitor Has Entered Manhattan’s Heated Slice Fights The pizzeria is run by the co-owner of sandwich favorite Regina’s Grocery.
Aug. 20, 2019 How I Joined the Cult of Cauliflower Gnocchi Extremely beige and incredibly bland.
Aug. 19, 2019 It Took 20 Months for Eataly to Remove Mario Batali The 58-year-old chef has now been removed from his two most significant business ventures.
Aug. 19, 2019 Your New Favorite Meatballs Might Be in New Jersey “I like frying the meatballs hard, and then we go right in the sauce.”
Aug. 19, 2019 New York Taste Returns October 21 Chefs from Maison Yaki, KĀWI, Adda Indian Canteen, Hunky Dory, and more are on this year’s bill.
Aug. 19, 2019 Will Bean-Free Coffee Be the New Meat-Free Burger? At least one Seattle-based company thinks so.
Aug. 16, 2019 Cookbook Author Lazarus Lynch’s Grub Street Diet “The uglier the better for me.”

Aug. 23, 2019 The Best Snorkeling Gear, According to Snorkeling Teachers All of it is a big (but surprisingly affordable) upgrade from those plastic sets you buy near the beach.
Aug. 23, 2019 The 21 Best Deals From REI’s Labor Day Sale The retailer is taking up to 40 percent off select gear, bags, and apparel for women, men, and kids now through September 1.
Aug. 23, 2019 What Trixie Mattel Can’t Live Without “I’m the kind of person where if I need a toilet brush, I’m going on to Amazon and typing in ‘pink toilet brush.’ My whole house is pink.”
Aug. 23, 2019 The Drugstore Products That Weaned Me Off La Mer’s Face Mist I can use them brighten, moisturize, and re-hydrate when I don’t feel like sacrificing spritzes of my beloved La Mer.
Aug. 23, 2019 The Vegan Butter People Mistake for European-Style Butter It’s salty, creamy, browns like butter, makes a phenomenal fried egg, and tastes insanely good melted on pancakes.
Aug. 23, 2019 The Under-$50 Mules My Boss Thought Were No. 6 They look cool and somewhat sculptural, in that Brooklyn mom kind of way.
Aug. 23, 2019 I Tested 6 Dutch Ovens to Find the Best Le Creuset Dupe What is the difference, exactly, between all of these different brands of enameled Dutch ovens, and how do they compare to the OG?
Aug. 23, 2019 Dopps Detergent Pods Have Saved Me $150 a Year in Soap Costs I could stop at their chlorine-free, dye-free, hypoallergenic laundry detergent, but they also make dishwashing pods and we’ve switched to those, too.
Aug. 23, 2019 34 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy The best of the best of this week’s sales.
Aug. 23, 2019 26 Things Worth Buying at Dermstore’s Anniversary Sale A Who’s Who of our favorite Strat beauty products.
Aug. 23, 2019 This Maybelline Under-Eye Concealer Works Like Clé de Peau It caught my attention mostly because of the sponge.
Aug. 23, 2019 I Found A Dupe for the Pale Ceramics All Over Instagram They’re just like Year & Day’s muted ceramics, but with more of a wabi-sabi aesthetic
Aug. 23, 2019 All the Best Labor Day Mattress Deals Now’s a good time to buy a new mattress.
Aug. 22, 2019 The Best Wrinkle Creams, According to Dermatologists Including options with SPF, and others for getting rid of pesky under-eye wrinkles.
Aug. 22, 2019 What Curbed’s Editor-in-Chief Put on Her Wedding Registry From an Italian ironing board to a lobster rope doormat.
Aug. 22, 2019 Welcome to Dupes Week Because you don’t need to spend the most money to have the best things.
Aug. 22, 2019 The Amazon Products a Spa Owner Uses to Replicate Treatments She’s tested each one herself, and bought them only after “checking reviews and researching if it’s from an established brand.”
Aug. 22, 2019 The Convincing Beauty Dupes My Followers Filled Me in On “It has the same texture and gives the same hydrating, brightening results.”
Aug. 22, 2019 A $30 Sleeping Bag That’s As Warm As My $150 One Like, so warm you have to use the foot vent.
Aug. 22, 2019 I Re-created the Dad-Vest Micro-Trend for $20 How could I say no to a garment so well-suited for storage of my MetroCard, stray mints, phone, and all those other pieces of garbage I carry around?

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