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View this email in your browser Thursday August 6, 2020 The Fall of the NRA How New York officials brought the powerful gun rights group to its knees By Adam Winkler Advertising Death by a Thousand Cuts for One of America’s Last Great Institutions Mail carriers tell the story of how the destruction of the U.S. Postal Service would mean the end of a connected country. By Casey Taylor What I Learned From the Worst Novelist in the English Language Robert Burrows was once the subject of a devastating book review. He was also much more than that. By Barrett Swanson “Family Life Coaches,” Private Jets, and the One Percent’s Pandemic Economy As the rest of the country bears the brunt of the coronavirus crisis, the wealthy are scrambling to protect their comfortable lives. By Nick Martin Advertising Climate “Realism” Is the New Climate Denial Climate change deniers like Naomi Seibt claim to be fighting Greta Thunberg’s “alarmism,” but their real target is climate action itself. By Stella Levantesi and Giulio Corsi The Problem With MSNBC Isn’t That it’s Too Liberal It’s that it’s not very good. By Alex Shephard The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art? By Kate Wagner Advertising Support Independent, Issue-Driven Journalism Special Countdown to the Election Sale: 3 Months for $5 Donate Twitter Facebook Instagram Copyright © 2020 The New Republic, All rights reserved. Try one of our new newsletters by updating your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.