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November 22, 2021

Cover Story

Biden in Free Fall

Why is the president having such a hard time? It’s not just milk prices and COVID counts. By Jonathan Chait

On the Cover: Photo-illustration by Joe Darrow for New York Magazine.

features

Kathy Hochul’s Got Seven Months

Will a looming primary force the governor to flesh out her politics?

By Laura Nahmias
‘You Don’t Cancel Me. I Cancel You.’

Every awful thing Barstool’s Dave Portnoy has done only empowers him.

By Reeves Wiedeman
A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person

How to navigate the currencies and their cultures.

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