Plus: The Supreme Court has a conservative supermajority. But all Samuel Alito can talk about is defeat.

Friday
November 13, 2020

A Coup Is a Coup

It’s still an illegitimate power grab, even if Republican operatives are only doing it to protect Trump’s fragile ego.

By Alex Pareene

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	Samuel Alito Is Tired of WinningThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority will reign for decades to come, but one of its members can only talk about defeat.By Matt Ford

	My Quest for a Job at the Trump White HouseOur correspondent goes undercover to find out whether the defeated incumbent really is delusional enough to staff up for a second term.By Timothy Noah

	Waiting for Diana What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”By Jennifer Wilson

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	Republican Malice Has Turned the Pandemic Into a Deadly LoopThe GOP blocks the stimulus. Nonessential businesses reopen and people go back to work because they need money. Cases surge. People die.By Nick Martin

	Philadelphia’s Election Results Are a Warning to the Democratic PartyBiden underperformed Clinton among Black voters within the city, and many of his white supporters in the suburbs voted for Republicans down ballot.By Samir Sonti

	Can Book Publishers Afford to Publish Donald Trump? A Trump post-presidency memoir would be a mega-bestseller. But is the industry prepared to deal with the fallout?By Alex Shephard

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