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Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Is Proof That Norms Are Dead

Now the only question is: What are Democrats going to do about it?

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Barrett’s First Ruling Could Be Devastating

In two weeks, she and the other conservative justices could rule to gut the ACA.

By Angelina Chapin

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The Tortured Self-Justification of a Trump Enabler

How an anonymous Republican squares his love of power with his contempt for the president.

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Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in As Supreme Court Justice

A month after the apparent super-spreader event at her nomination celebration, Barrett’s swearing-in locked in a 6-3 majority in the high court.
Why the Size of Biden’s Lead Still Matters

There’s the downballot impact, the possibility of polling error, and the need to keep Trump from declaring victory based on early returns.
The 10 Strangest Moments From Trump’s Monday Trifecta of Pennsylvania Rallies

Trump recalled how his COVID doctors “would grab my body” and expressed his desire for the open road, yearning to “drive the hell out of here.”
Amy Coney Barrett Is Confirmed to the Supreme Court

This cements a 6-3 conservative majority on the Court. Coney Barrett is the third justice chosen by Trump.
Another Day of Overtime Stimulus Talks Ends With No Deal

Both sides are accusing the other of “moving the goal-posts,” but in the end it’s Trump who needs a pre-election announcement.
FBI Won’t Release Doc on White-Supremacist Terror Until After Election: Report

Rep. Bennie Thompson fears the report is being delayed because it “probably would not be viewed favorably by this administration.”
Jared Kushner Told the Truth About Republicans and Black People

The president’s son-in-law said what a lot of conservatives really believe.
There’s Water on the Moon

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Chait: Trump Admits China, Russia, North Korea are Rooting for Him to Beat Biden

“President Xi from China, President Putin from Russia, Kim Jong-un, North Korea … They don’t want to deal with Sleepy Joe.”
Supreme Court’s Vague Election Orders Are a 2020 Wild Card

Republicans want the Supreme Court to stop lower-court judges from liberalizing voting rules, and the Court’s conservative majority often complies.
New Yorkers Brave Depressingly Long Lines on First Weekend of Early Voting

The crowds were both a testament to intense voter sentiment and an ever-backwards election system.
COVID-19 Cases Are Yet Again Surging

The U.S. just recorded over 80,000 new daily coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Pence Defies Quarantine As White House Deems His Campaign Presence ‘Essential’

Pence’s essential work includes traveling to a rally on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday this week.
Facebook Prepares Potential Emergency Measures for the Election: Report

The platform is reportedly planning to change users’ news feeds and slow the sharing of viral content if election violence becomes a reality.
At Least Five Pence Staffers Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

The vice president is refusing to quarantine and is continuing to hit the trail.
Trump Administration Shelves COVID Vaccine Santa Clause

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Oct. 26, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in As Supreme Court Justice A month after the apparent superspreader event at her nomination celebration, Barrett’s swearing-in locked in a 6-3 majority in the high court.
Oct. 26, 2020 Why the Size of Biden’s Lead Still Matters There’s the down-ballot impact, the possibility of polling error, and the need to keep Trump from declaring victory based on early returns.
Oct. 26, 2020 The 10 Strangest Moments From Trump’s Trifecta of PA Rallies Trump recalled how his COVID doctors “would grab my body” and expressed his desire for the open road, yearning to “drive the hell out of here.”
Oct. 26, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett Is Proof That Norms Are Dead Even if he loses next week, Trump got his third justice. The only question is: What are Democrats going to do about it if they gain power?
Oct. 26, 2020 Another Day of Overtime Stimulus Talks Ends With No Deal Both sides are accusing the other of “moving the goal posts,” but in the end, it’s Trump who needs a preelection announcement.
Oct. 26, 2020 FBI Holds Domestic-Terror Doc Until After Election: Report Rep. Bennie Thompson fears the report is being delayed because it “probably would not be viewed favorably by this administration.”
Oct. 26, 2020 Republicans Put the Oil Industry Above Economic Growth The GOP is what it purports to oppose: A party that would rather subsidize its favorite declining industries than promote creative destruction.
Oct. 26, 2020 Leisure Travelers Will Miss Business Travelers Their high fares make your low fares possible. And if their high fares don’t come back, yours will go up.
Oct. 26, 2020 Scenes From Your Election Day New York wants to see what your election experience looks like in this unprecedented, emotionally charged year.
Oct. 26, 2020 Kushner Told the Truth About Republicans and Black People The president’s son-in-law said what a lot of conservatives really believe.
Oct. 26, 2020 Trump Admits China, Russia, North Korea Prefer Him to Biden “President Xi from China, President Putin from Russia, Kim Jong-un, North Korea … They don’t want to deal with Sleepy Joe.”
Oct. 26, 2020 Supreme Court’s Vague Election Orders Are a 2020 Wild Card Republicans want the Supreme Court to stop lower-court judges from liberalizing voting rules, and the Court’s conservative majority often complies.
Oct. 26, 2020 How to Restore the Justice Department After Trump Constitutional-law expert Mark Tushnet on his call for a bipartisan commission to investigate the many ways the DOJ shattered norms under Trump.
Oct. 26, 2020 The Right Made Trump the Herbert Hoover of the Coronavirus The virus was a chance for Trump to revive his presidency. He blew it by listening to conservatives.
Oct. 26, 2020 New Yorkers Brave Depressingly Long Lines to Vote The crowds were both a testament to intense voter sentiment and an ever-backward election system.
Oct. 26, 2020 The Tortured Self-Justification of a Trump Enabler How an anonymous Republican squares his love of power with his contempt for the president.
Oct. 25, 2020 Pence Defies Quarantine Because He Is an ‘Essential’ Worker After exposure to multiple COVID-positive aides, Pence’s essential work this week includes traveling to rallies on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
Oct. 25, 2020 Republicans Need a Better Plan for the Future Electorate By 2024, millennial and Gen-Z voters are going to give a distinctly diverse and leftward tilt to politics. Trumpism won’t cut it.
Oct. 25, 2020 Facebook Preps Potential Election Emergency Measures: Report The platform is reportedly planning to change users’ news feeds and slow the sharing of viral content if election violence becomes a reality.
Oct. 25, 2020 New COVID-19 Outbreak Hits White House Infecting Pence Aides At least five of the vice president’s aides have tested positive, sparking another pandemic-related political disaster for President Trump.

Oct. 26, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett’s First Ruling Could Be Devastating In two weeks, she and the other conservative Supreme Court justices could rule to gut the ACA — leaving millions of people uninsured in a pandemic.
Oct. 26, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett Is Confirmed to the Supreme Court This cements a 6-3 conservative majority on the Court. Coney Barrett is the third justice chosen by Trump.
Oct. 26, 2020 Donate to an Abortion Fund Right Now If you’re terrified Roe v. Wade will be overturned, it’s the best thing you can do.
Oct. 26, 2020 Kate Beckinsale Broke Up With Her Crucible Boyfriend Apparently, she and Goody Grace split “some time ago.”
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Oct. 26, 2020 Mary Jane, All Grown Up These platform Celine pumps are anything but childish.
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Oct. 26, 2020 No-Makeup Makeup Queen Bobbi Brown Is Starting a New Line Inspired by Phoebe Philo.
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Oct. 26, 2020 She’s Wet, Folks Finally, NASA has unveiled its “exciting new discovery.”
Oct. 26, 2020 Can Someone Please Explain to Me the Ghost Laws In ghost terms, The Haunting of Bly Manor is anarchist jurisdiction
Oct. 26, 2020 I Think About David Blaine’s Glass-Box Stunt a Lot The American performer was totally unprepared for the British cynicism that greeted his stunt.
Oct. 26, 2020 This Is the Best Drama on the Internet Right Now Members of a 331,000-person Crock-Pot Facebook group are in trouble for calling one another’s roasts ugly.
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Oct. 26, 2020 What Really Happened With Armie Hammer’s Divorce? Tabloids say his wife found “passionate” texts between him and another woman, possibly his Rebecca co-star Lily James.
Oct. 26, 2020 COVID-19 Cases Are Yet Again Surging The U.S. just recorded over 80,000 new daily coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Oct. 26, 2020 The Birth of an Extraordinary Modern Progressive Movement The last four years have been an era of radical right-wing rule in Washington — and of remarkable left-wing populist response.
Oct. 26, 2020 Prospect Park Is the (Only) Place to Be One October weekend of socially distanced socializing.

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Oct. 26, 2020 Tim Curry Joins Rocky Horror Picture Show Benefit Livestream The original Dr. Frank-N-Furter pitches in to help fundraise for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
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Oct. 26, 2020 Adam Sandler to Reach for the Stars In Spaceman of Bohemia Space: the final shabadoo.
Oct. 26, 2020 The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Wigging Out The Housewives skip Monique’s podcast show in favor of a drink with Dr. Wendy, where lines in the sand are drawn.
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Oct. 26, 2020 Trump Calls Sacha Baron Cohen ‘a Creep’ “That’s a phony guy and I don’t find him funny.”
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Oct. 26, 2020 Kid Cudi Teases Man on the Moon III, a Decade After II “The trilogy continues … Soon,” according to a clip he posted to Twitter.
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Oct. 26, 2020 Over the Moon Is Visually Dazzling and Occasionally Moving It’s a fairy-tale about loss that becomes a boisterous techno-sci-fi extravaganza.
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Oct. 26, 2020 Is There Any Good Biden-Harris Merch? We asked around and came back with tees, sweatshirts, masks, mugs, and more.
Oct. 26, 2020 The Best Shampoos for Color-Treated Hair Including options for blondes, brunettes, and redheads.
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Oct. 25, 2020 10 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including Mike Piazza’s favorite olive oil, battery-powered jackets for him and her, and sweats for keeping cozy like the Kardashians.
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Oct. 23, 2020 The Best Gifts for New Grandparents A lot has changed since they were parents themselves.
Oct. 23, 2020 The Best Gifts for 12-Year-Olds, According to Experts We spoke to a librarian, two psychotherapists, three toy experts, and several seventh-graders to find the best gifts for 12-year-olds.
Oct. 23, 2020 What’s the Best Gold-Plated Jewelry Under $100? “I’ve received so many compliments during my virtual meetings on its design, and no one can believe it is under $100.”
Oct. 23, 2020 The Best Pots and Planters on Amazon Make your houseplants feel at home.
Oct. 23, 2020 15 Deals From Madewell’s (Early) Black Friday Preview Sale Including lots of in-season picks and Strategist favorites.
Oct. 23, 2020 3 Products That Will Bust Persistent Blackheads Including one that makes them “practically jump right out.”
Oct. 23, 2020 This Keyboard May Torment Everyone, But You’ll Love It As it turns out, the louder you type, the better you type.
Oct. 23, 2020 The Best Bras for Small Breasts, According to Stylish Women From triangle cuts and racerbacks to breathable mesh and French-girl lace style bras for the small-busted among us.
Oct. 23, 2020 What Singer Bebe Rexha Can’t Live Without “I got the big one after Saweetie posted a video online.”

Oct. 26, 2020 Just a Very Pretty Upper East Side Two-Bedroom The twice-renovated prewar unit comes with restored casement windows and five built-in arched bookshelves.
Oct. 26, 2020 Office Life, Inside and Out Paper co-founder Kim Hastreiter renovated a studio in her building to be her new office. But for now, meet her in Washington Square Park.
Oct. 23, 2020 Manhattan Rents Drop, Pig Busts Into a Garden, and More News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week.
Oct. 23, 2020 Norwood Young Got Tired of Being Famous for His L.A. House He’s moved to Bangkok, where he is treated like a king.
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Oct. 22, 2020 We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Several spacious studios under $2,000 and a West Village three-bedroom with a particularly lush garden view.
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The 8 Knives a Fourth-Generation Butcher Uses in Her Kitchen First and foremost, they’re functional. But — and don’t tell Grandpa Seymour this — they’re also beautiful to look at.
Oct. 22, 2020 Andy Coolquitt’s Austin Art Commune Was Inspired by Duchamp “It’s really an experiment in … learning how to live a sane existence.”
Oct. 22, 2020 Why Does Trump Keep Talking About ‘Tiny Windows’? Make fenestration great again?
Oct. 21, 2020 Artist Stephanie H. Shih Happily Gave Up On Minimalism “I realized that will never be me. It can’t be me.” A visit to her Carroll Gardens apartment.
Oct. 21, 2020 Two New Office Buildings Open, When Nobody’s at the Office Millions of new square feet. Pretty good architecture. Is anyone going to rent it?
Oct. 21, 2020 A $470K Co-Op by Brooklyn Museum and a Maximalist Studio Plus, a Hudson Heights apartment with tons of casement windows, a park-adjacent unit in Windsor Heights, and more.
Oct. 21, 2020 Where Could the City Squeeze New Housing Into Soho? The exclusive neighborhood could see thousands of new apartments — some of them “affordable” — if the city gets its way.
Oct. 20, 2020 Neutra’s Poolside Gossip House Asks $25M in Palm Springs The much-photographed house that helped to define postwar modernism in California is for sale.
Oct. 20, 2020 Artist Julie Verhoeven’s Favorite Spot at Home Is Her Toilet “The flat has become a giant collage of precarious layers of stuff.”
Oct. 20, 2020 It Came From New York Disco. The freak show. Neoconservatism. Q-tips. They all started in the world’s most creative, inventive city.
Oct. 20, 2020 First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive Today And, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.
Oct. 19, 2020 After A Sudden Shutdown, NYC Ferry Returns To Greenpoint A new landowner, giving minimal notice, briefly stopped it from docking on Monday. Riders were not happy.
Oct. 19, 2020 WeWork Didn’t Blow Up Without Help SoftBank’s reckless $10 billion bet on what became the city’s biggest landlord won’t be the last of its kind.

Oct. 26, 2020 At Ernesto’s, Not Much (and Everything) Has Changed Adam Platt returns to Ryan Bartlow’s Basque-inspired taverna, which was the last dining room he patronized as a working critic in March.
Oct. 23, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang.
Oct. 23, 2020 Author Bryan Washington’s Grub Street Diet “Yeah, no, one curry a week isn’t enough, to put it lightly.”
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food The restaurant’s chefs preached kindness. Behind the scenes, it was a different story.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Odeon, Four Decades On “None of us was thinking of this as a career. It was just sort of a fun idea.”
Oct. 21, 2020 It’s Time for Funfetti This is not birthday cake or celebration cake. It’s cake because things are grim and it is a Wednesday.
Oct. 21, 2020 A Completely New Soft-Serve Lands in New York What happens when booza meets Mister Softee?
Oct. 20, 2020 Is This the End of the Road for Michelin in America? Even the storied guide realizes restaurants need support, not stars.
Oct. 20, 2020 Food-Stamp Ruling Is a Loss for Trump, a Win for Decency A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end SNAP benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Oct. 19, 2020 Freed From Restaurants, a Chef Couple Turns to Pelmeni Jessica and Trina Quinn are diving into the cuisine of Eastern Europe.
Oct. 16, 2020 Even in the Bake Off Tent, Things Have Gotten Bad The world is mired in problems of our own making. Why must it also be that way in the tent?
Oct. 16, 2020 Xi’an Famous Foods Owner Jason Wang’s Grub Street Diet “The sauce is where it’s at.”
Oct. 15, 2020 Inside Fany Gerson’s Brand-new Doughnut Shop The fryer is on at Fan-Fan Doughnuts.
Oct. 15, 2020 How to Pair (Great) Wine With McDonald’s Big Macs and Burgundy.
Oct. 15, 2020 Mourning the Restaurants I’ll Never Get to Visit Everyone has the list of places they’ll get to eventually. What happens when they all close?
Oct. 14, 2020 Here Are the New Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Hosts Parent company Condé Nast remains cagey on its pay structure.
Oct. 14, 2020 As Coronavirus Persists, K-Town Adapts Koreatown’s amazing vertical density and reliance on all-night parties put the neighborhood’s restaurants in a uniquely precarious position.
Oct. 14, 2020 Going Sohla After leaving Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen, the chef now has her own show — where she’s paid fairly for her fantastic creations.
Oct. 13, 2020 How to Pair (Great) Wine With Food From Trader Joe’s An excerpt from the new book Big Macs & Burgundy: Wine Pairings for the Real World.

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recaps The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang. By Rachel Sugar
streeteries Inside the Bubbles: Everything You Need to Know About Those Plastic Dining Tents Do they count as outdoor dining? By Valeria Ricciulli
features The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food The restaurant’s chefs preached kindness. Behind the scenes, it was a different story. By Chris Crowley

field notes
The Odeon, Four Decades On “None of us was thinking of this as a career. It was just sort of a fun idea.” By Adam Platt

best of new york 101 Things We Hope to Eat Again Soon Celebrating restaurants at a time when they can use all the support they can get. By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite

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