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For our latest cover story, @svzwood reports on how Donald Trump’s rising popularity in New York City (and everywhere else) exposed a Democratic Party deep in denial: trib.al/G8I0r8D

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Brilliant essay Michael Clune in @the_point_mag : "With dark comedy, satire is something the critics only think about once they’ve stopped laughing." thepointmag.com/criticism/celi…


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Good piece in @the_point_mag on dark comedy in @avecsesdoigts’ translation of Céline’s WAR by the inestimable Michael Clune. thepointmag.com/criticism/celi…


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Really enjoyed this unflinching and challenging review of WACF by @RKoganzon, who raises the strongest conservative challenge I've seen so far to our project: does the left have the resources to defend the role of having children in human life? hedgehogreview.com/issues/in-need…


"Missouri State provided 'calm jars' and 'coloring pages.' The University of Puget Sound gave stressed-out students a chance to 'pause for paws,' which meant playing with dogs, which does sound nice." Important post-election reporting from @GutkinLen chronicle.com/newsletter/the…


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Democrats have a shallow conception of democracy that not only failed as messaging but is preventing folks from processing this legitimate loss on a level beyond wanting to throw the country to the wolves. People need to think seriously about what that word actually means.


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There may be a mass will to be misinformed (HT Brad DeLong), but if so, it's as evident in the liberal intelligentsia as in Trump voters, so we can't base an anti-M*GA strategy on overcoming or addressing it--that just gives jobs and exposure to more professional blabbers.


"One’s preferred positioning can never fail, it can only be failed." New on the site, David Sessions on blame games and political fantasies, past and present thepointmag.com/politics/again…


"A model for this kind of governance can be found in the paradoxical narrative of Christianity and its messiah: already but not yet." thepointmag.com/politics/never…


Predictably this post makes no attempt to answer this question beyond insinuating it's because they don't know how to read. Please DM if you are from this demographic and / or would be interested in writing about these developments with genuine curiosity

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How did Kamala Harris lose young male voters by this much? trib.al/gseWzqy



“Are there any politicians who you really trust?” Morgana asked. “Josh Shapiro,” Brian said. “He’s the fucking man.” In case you didn't make it to Pennsylvania this weekend, @_jtprice_ reports: thepointmag.com/politics/hello…


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In the spirit of Halloween & knocking on strangers’ doors, a narrative essay abt my week talking to voters in Philadelphia for Harris-Walz (the good, the bad, the unknown) thepointmag.com/politics/hello…


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"...the historian William McNeill proposes that the University of Chicago buy the Chicago Bears so that it can “sponsor lectures during halftime” in order to “demonstrate its intellectual prowess to millions of viewers tuned into the football game.” thepointmag.com/criticism/part…


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Congratulations to @JRichWords! If you (like us) wanted to read more of Castaldi’s fiction in Jamie’s translation after reading “The Hunger of Women,” we excerpted her novel “Per quante vite” in our latest issue: thepointmag.com/literature/the…

Announcing the winner of the 2024 National Translation Award in Prose: THE HUNGER OF WOMEN by Marosia Castaldi, translated from Italian by @JRichWords, published by @andothertweets! bit.ly/4fhPqON

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Could never have predicted in 2016 what an evergreen this would be: "At that table, the cohering principle was a commitment to the uncomprehending ignorance of it all. Staying shocked at the Donald keeps us all in it, eroticized by our own disgust." thepointmag.com/politics/under…


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Come keep me company on the college book tour in @rachelcwiseman's temporary absence

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Excellent description of Juan Soto's menacing comportment at the plate

New on Forms of Life, @derekcrneal on the eccentric hitters starring in this year’s World Series: thepointmag.com/forms-of-life/…



"I am often fooled by the egocentric pseudo-bliss of aloneness into thinking it makes me perfectly happy." thepointmag.com/advice/does-lo…


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