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Trump Is Helping Democrats Mobilize Against Him

Base mobilization strategies tend to reach a point of diminishing returns. It’s unclear if Trump understands that, but persuasion’s not his thing.
Will Democrats Really Start Attacking Each Other in the Primary?

Amid Warren-Sanders tensions, Intelligencer staffers discuss whether a play-nice strategy is possible – or a good idea.
SCOTUS Splits on Church-State Separation in Peace Cross Case

While in the minority in the “Peace Cross” decision, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offered an eloquent testimonial for the “wall of separation.”
Oregon Republicans Flee State to Block Action on Climate Change

State police are on the hunt for missing GOP senators who fled Oregon Thursday to prevent Democrats from passing a cap-and-trade bill.
Judge Roy Moore Rides Again Into a 2020 Senate Race

Everybody’s favorite theocrat and alleged mall creeper is again threatening to wreak havoc on his party’s Senate prospects in Alabama.
Marianne Williamson Is Sorry for Calling Vaccines ‘Orwellian’

The spiritual adviser–slash–2020 candidate says she “misspoke.”
A Teen Allegedly Murdered Her Best Friend for a Stranger She Met Online

Police say the man posed as a millionaire and offered the girl $9 million to record the murder.
Lawmakers Are ‘Coming Out of the Woodwork’ to Be Briefed on UFOs: Report

Mark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases.
Is Your Phone to Blame for the Horn Growing From Your Skull?

Research suggests this could be the case.
Trump Judicial Appointee Opposing LGBT Rights Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat

Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.
Pelosi Rules Out Censuring Trump as Alternative to Impeachment

It’s apparently all or nothing on impeachment for the House.
In Private, Tucker Carlson Is Actually Giving Trump Decent Iran Advice: Report

The Fox News host is acting as a counterweight to the administration’s hawkish voices, telling Trump that war with Iran isn’t “in anyone’s interest.”
On-Set Stabbing Briefly Shuts Down Anne Hathaway’s New Movie

A crew member for The Witches was attacked by a knife-wielding man.
Fed Chair Powell Says He’s Not Going Anywhere, But the Fed’s Moving Toward Trump

U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.
Founder of NXIVM Sex Cult Found Guilty on All Counts

Keith Raniere faces life in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
At NY1, Female News Anchors Say They Have an ‘Expiration Date’

Five women have sued the network, saying they were “edged out” for growing older.
Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump

Biden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
Trump May Live-Tweet the Democratic Debates, Against His Advisers’ Wishes

Live-tweeting the other party’s debates would be undignified, unprecedented, and perfectly in character for Trump.
Lindsay Lohan’s Reality Show and Nightclub Are Ending Due to Lack of Drama

Apparently, she wasn’t having enough breakdowns.
New York to Enact One of the Most Aggressive Climate Bills In the U.S.

The bill requires the state to get 70 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and includes stipulations similar to the Green New Deal.

6:53 P.M. Biden’s Segregationist Controversy: What You Need to Know After Biden’s rivals called him out for touting his work with racist Senate colleagues, the former VP insisted he’s the one who’s owed an apology.
6:35 P.M. Trump Is Helping Democrats Mobilize Against Him Base mobilization strategies tend to reach a point of diminishing returns. It’s unclear if Trump understands that, but persuasion’s not his thing.
6:27 P.M. Will Dems Really Start Attacking Each Other in the Primary? Amid Warren-Sanders tensions, Intelligencer staffers discuss whether a play-nice strategy is possible – or a good idea.
6:20 P.M. SCOTUS Splits on Church-State Separation in Peace Cross Case While in the minority in the “Peace Cross” decision, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offered an eloquent testimonial for the “wall of separation.”
5:59 P.M. Slack Is a Boring Company. That’s Why Its Stock Was Exciting Maybe other tech companies can adopt its unorthodox strategy of “selling a service for money.”
5:50 P.M. Oregon Republicans Flee State to Block Action on Climate State police are on the hunt for missing GOP senators who fled Oregon Thursday to prevent Democrats from passing a cap-and-trade bill.
4:58 P.M. Judge Roy Moore Rides Again Everybody’s favorite theocrat and alleged mall creeper is again threatening to wreak havoc on his party’s Senate prospects in Alabama.
4:30 P.M. Sanders Suggests Warren Is Surging Because She’s a Woman Sanders is treading on thin ice in stressing electability arguments in his rivalry with Elizabeth Warren.
2:00 P.M. 9 Times President Trump Had the Best, Most Beautiful Props Trump’s Air Force One model isn’t the only prop he’s unveiled. He’s shown off folders, charts, and bills – and some even had writing on them.
1:51 P.M. Joe Biden Is Playing a Risky Game With Black Voters He enjoys healthy black support in early polls. But it may be more precarious than he thinks.
1:41 P.M. 10 Takeaways From the Times’ Interview With 21 Democrats By posing the same 18 questions to 21 candidates, the Times revealed surprising intraparty divisions, and also that Seth Moulton has a large face.
1:00 P.M. Trump and the Rhetoric of Fascism Why is it worse for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to call Trump a fascist than for Trump to advocate fascism?
12:27 P.M. Sanders and Warren Had a Nonaggression Deal. Is It Over? Late last year the two quietly agreed not to attack each other. But, with Warren rising in the polls, Sanders now seems to be going on the offensive.
7:00 A.M. With Trump’s Camps, the History We Mustn’t Repeat Is Our Own AOC’s invocation of Nazi concentration camps was legitimate. But the most apt precedents for the crisis at our border were born in the USA.
12:47 A.M. Anti-LGBT Rights Judge Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.
12:33 A.M. Three Senators Received a Classified UFO Briefing: Report Mark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases.
June 19, 2019 Pelosi Won’t Censure Trump As Alternative to Impeachment It’s apparently all or nothing on impeachment for the House.
June 19, 2019 What Was Joe Biden Thinking? Intelligencer staffers discuss the Democratic front-runner’s odd comments about segregationist senators.
June 19, 2019 Tucker Carlson Is Advising Trump on Iran in Private: Report The Fox News host is acting as a counterweight to the administration’s hawkish voices, telling Trump that war with Iran isn’t “in anyone’s interest.”
June 19, 2019 The Fed Signals the Interest Rate Cuts Trump Wanted U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.

5:11 P.M. Roy Moore Just Wants to Touch the People Alabama’s most infamous judge is running for Senate again, despite misconduct allegations.
5:04 P.M. Be the Girl With the Pearl Earring But make it big and lumpy.
4:45 P.M. Mary J. Blige Is Making Lipstick She has a new collection with M.A.C.
4:03 P.M. Ariana Grande’s Ponytail Is So Painful to Wear in Real Life I tried it once and I might never recover.
4:01 P.M. 4 Women Test an Allegedly Perfect Sunscreen It received the highest possible score from Consumer Reports.
3:15 P.M. Marianne Williamson’s Sorry for Calling Vaccines ‘Orwellian’ The spiritual adviser–slash–2020 candidate says she “misspoke.”
3:09 P.M. Everyone Is Vaping on the Plane “If teens were flight attendants, I’d be screwed.”
3:08 P.M. Will Marriage Proposals Become the Next Spon-Con Racket? An influencer couple reportedly staged their enagement for the spon-con.
3:03 P.M. Why Do Americans Keep Dying While in the Dominican Republic? Authorities are now investigating whether anti-freeze–laced bootleg liquor could be causing the deaths.
2:38 P.M. Rihanna Reminds Us That She’s an Immigrant, Too “A million Rihannas out there getting treated like dirt.”
1:32 P.M. Rihanna Has Come for Soho The Bad Gal visits New York for the second drop of her new Fenty collection.
1:06 P.M. This Is What a Radically Queer Runway Show Looks Like Designer Willie Norris is outspoken about his gay agenda.
12:50 P.M. Teen Allegedly Killed Friend for a Stranger She Met Online Police say the man posed as a millionaire and offered the girl $9 million to record the murder.
12:37 P.M. Why Do I Love Soccer Players So Much? Statistically, this amount of hotness doesn’t make sense.
11:06 A.M. The Model Who Loves Jeff Buckley Meet Olivia Ferrer.
11:00 A.M. Inside the Art-Filled Office of Brooklyn Museum’s President David Berliner feels right at home at work, which features pieces by Joel Tanner Hart and Leon Polk Smith, plus Andy Warhol wallpaper.
10:04 A.M. Is Your Phone to Blame for the Horn Growing From Your Skull? Research suggests this could be the case.
9:10 A.M. Bachelor Star Falls Ill After Trip to Dominican Republic Americans have been falling mysteriously sick while vacationing in the country.
9:00 A.M. Where to Donate Your Old Clothes in NYC A handy guide.
8:13 A.M. Anti-LGBT Rights Judge Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.

4:49 P.M. Christina Hendricks and Retta Play the Newlywed Game Who would last longer in a zombie apocalypse? video
4:36 P.M. Why Christopher Abbott Read Catch-22 Twice Before Filming “It’s a plethora of knowledge and backstory about these characters and this world.” video
4:28 P.M. Here’s Who Will Be in the Cast of the New Hercules Musical The Gospel truth.
4:25 P.M. The Affair Season 5 Trailer Reveals Who’s Left on The Affair Still moody.
4:00 P.M. See the Exclusive Trailer and Poster for This Is Not Berlin A coming-of-age film set in Mexico City’s mid-’80s queer art scene.
3:37 P.M. Lil Nas X’s New Song ‘Panini’ Borrows From Nirvana The horses are now securely in the back.
3:35 P.M. Connie Britton on Why Dirty John Is So Timely “Women are still coming from a tradition where we don’t value ourselves equally.” video
3:17 P.M. Carla Gugino and Timothy Hutton Recall Filming With Ghosts “Every single one was in the scene with us.” video
2:39 P.M. Paul Dano on Filming in Real Prison for Escape at Dannemora “The size of the cells, frankly, was really shocking.” video
2:08 P.M. Jennifer Love Hewitt on Acting With Her Husband on 9-1-1 “Thank God my husband on the show is nothing like my husband in real life.” video
2:03 P.M. Christians Petition Netflix to Cancel Amazon’s Good Omens Whoops.
1:52 P.M. Desus and Mero Love Working With Showtime “They were like, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” video
1:48 P.M. You Can Now Hear Beyoncé’s ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’ Perfect harmony.
1:37 P.M. Elizabeth Olsen on Sorry for Your Loss’ Flashback Scenes “The way we rooted [our acting] was in A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.” video
1:36 P.M. 15 Performances Emmy Voters Shouldn’t Forget About This Year We’ll be upset if none of these actors end up on your ballot.
1:18 P.M. Marc Maron Has Found His Look “I really thought that if you wear green, you’re gonna bomb.” video
1:08 P.M. Padma Lakshmi Thinks Top Chef Is the Best Reality Show on TV “We don’t compare ourselves to other shows.” video
12:51 P.M. Pamela Adlon’s Filmmaking Motto: ‘The Moment Is Everything’ The writer, director, and star of Better Things on influences, inspirations, and the importance of trusting your inner voice.
12:25 P.M. Florence Pugh Confirms It: There’s a Little Women Group Text She had to cry — a lot — in Ari Aster’s new movie. But don’t worry, she has the Little Women group text to console her now.
11:29 A.M. This Week in Podcasts: Nicole and Sasheer Are Best Friends In the mood for some funny podcasts? We’ve got you covered.

11:27 A.M. A Guide to All the Very Italian Restaurants Opening In NYC The city’s restaurant scene is overflowing with eateries from Italians.
10:59 A.M. Which 2020 Candidate’s Comfort Food Is the Most Haunting? “A BAKED POTATO.”
10:40 A.M. Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
June 19, 2019 Inside the Dinner Party That Uses Pasta to Build Friendships At Pasta Social Club, the focus is on carbs and comfort.
June 19, 2019 The Frye Fest Is the Summer Festival America Deserves Who wouldn’t love “an immersive fried potato festival”?
June 19, 2019 Culinary Institute of America Starts Bourdain Scholarship It will support students in their studies abroad.
June 19, 2019 How to Peel Garlic A handy guide for the harried home cook.
June 18, 2019 Where Does Au Cheval Go From Here? What happens when critics take issue with a restaurant’s core concept?
June 18, 2019 The 2019 ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ List Rollout Begins The always-controversial ranking of restaurants arrives.
June 18, 2019 The Oral History of Serious Eats How a cash-strapped start-up became the internet’s food-nerd utopia.
June 17, 2019 The New East Wind Snack Shop Has an Unexpected Specialty Dragon’s beard candy is being made at the dumpling shop’s third location.
June 17, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About LaCroix’s Recent Troubles It’s been a wild nine months for the seltzer brand, which seems to be losing its cult status among consumers.
June 16, 2019 Crown Shy Brings Uncommon Finesse to Fidi Chef James Kent’s precise, seasonal brand of cooking is on display at this deceptively ambitious new restaurant.
June 14, 2019 Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Grub Street Diet “It makes me feel like a million bucks.”
June 13, 2019 On the Trail of New York’s Nutcracker Kings How a brain-numbing street cocktail became a multimillion-dollar uptown hustle.
June 13, 2019 The Grub Guide to the Summer’s Can’t-Miss Food Festivals A massive food market in the Bronx, a festival dedicated entirely to cider, the latest edition of an Afrocentric jollof competition, and more.
June 12, 2019 A Secret Downtown Star Will Get a New Forum for His Cooking Efrén Hernández quietly took over hot-spot-gone-cold Mimi, and now the team is expanding with Babs.
June 12, 2019 Kraft to America’s Parents: Give Your Kids ‘Salad Frosting’ This country had a good run, folks.
June 12, 2019 The Absolute Best Veggie Burgers in New York From vegan restaurants to newfangled burger stands, here’s where to get the best meat-bomb alternatives.
June 11, 2019 Flynn McGarry Will Close His LES Tasting Room for the Summer The 20-year-old plans to spend ten weeks traveling and cooking here and abroad.

6:05 P.M. This Probiotic-Infused Cleanser Stops My Summer Breakouts This cruelty-free, vegan, and probiotic-infused stuff has totally saved my skin from its annual sweat-provoked congestion.
5:42 P.M. Can You Actually Do Anything About Cellulite at Home? It affects more than 90 percent of women, yet is notoriously hard to treat.
4:42 P.M. What Are the Best Swim Trunks for Men? It’s time to ditch those knee-length board shorts.
3:25 P.M. Ask Chris Black: What Are Your Travel Essentials? Plus: towels and slippers to use instead of a smelly bath mat, and stylish swim trunks for guys (without a lobster print in sight).
12:55 P.M. Strategist Favorites From Baggu Are Up to 50 Percent Off Totes, weekenders, wallets, and more
12:39 P.M. What Cookbook Author Corky Pollan Can’t Live Without “It’s very convenient to fall in love with these pistachios.”
11:39 A.M. Nothing Keeps Me As Cool on My Runs As This Ugly Shirt Its exterior is covered in tiny white dots made of titanium dioxide, the same stuff used in many sunscreens.
11:11 A.M. These Slightly Unusual (But Not Wacky) Tevas Are $14 Off Take 20 percent off Teva Hurricane XLT2 right now at Zappos.
June 19, 2019 11 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including a new Teva collaboration and patriotic Cap’n Crunch cereal.
June 19, 2019 Three ‘Everlaneologists’ on What to Buy (and What to Skip) Not surprisingly, their go-to pieces include lot of denim, silk shirts, and tees.
June 19, 2019 Stuff We Buy Ourselves: The Sunglasses Our Editors Wear The sunnies we swear by.
June 19, 2019 Home Things Up to 78 Percent Off at Macy’s Clearance Sale 75 percent off Cuisinart cookware, anyone?
June 19, 2019 The ‘Dewy Dudes’ on Every Product in Their Skin-Care Routine How do you pronounce “niacinamide”?
June 19, 2019 This Almost-Never-On-Sale Serum Is 15 Percent Off Today Editors swear by this super-serum.
June 18, 2019 Rio Eats Doughnuts With Beauty YouTuber Madelynn De La Rosa The influencer and co-creator of Rio’s favorite lip-and-cheek stick talks vegan beauty, at-home haircuts, and cast-free sunscreen.
June 18, 2019 What La La Anthony Can’t Live Without Including the underwear she owns 100 pairs of.
June 18, 2019 The Best Women’s Walking Shoes, According to Reviewers “The most comfortable shoe I’ve ever worn.”
June 18, 2019 Good Summer Clothes Up to 69 Percent Off at Anthropologie Including tops, dresses, and jumpsuits.
June 18, 2019 This Curve-Hugging, Surprisingly Well-Fitting Suit Costs $26 Extreme in cut, but sparing in price.
June 18, 2019 This Pair of Lululemon Leggings We Love Is Now $19 Cheaper Plus some bike shorts and sports bras that are up to 40 percent off.

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