Plus, the destructiveness of Republicans' disregard for knowledge, and more...

View this email in your browser Monday July 13, 2020 The Most Corrupt President in American History Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence confirms his place atop a pantheon of ignominy. By Matt Ford Advertising The GOP’s Murderous Anti-IntellectualismThe twenty-first century’s version of the Know-Nothing Party has taken the wanton disregard for knowledge to dizzyingly destructive heights. By Bruce Bartlett The Government Is Walking Blind Into the Coronavirus Housing CrisisThe 2008 financial crash offered some stark lessons about evictions and foreclosures, but lawmakers didn’t learn a thing. By Alexis Goldstein The Great Germ War Cover-UpWhen Nicholson Baker searched for the truth about biological weapons, he found a fog of redaction. By Daniel Immerwahr Advertising The Two Sides of Biden’s Economic PlanOn paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats. By Timothy Noah What Was the Dive Bar ? A new movie invokes the lurid charm of the local drinking hole—and challenges our conception of what makes a documentary. By Josephine Livingstone Support Independent, Issue-Driven Journalism Special Countdown to Election: 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.