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View this email in your browser Tuesday August 18, 2020 The World’s Dumbest Authoritarian Most dictators rig elections to win. With his Postal Service gambit, Trump merely wants everybody to lose with him. By Adam Weinstein Advertising The Democrats Choose Politics Over Ideological Purity On the first night of its convention, the party showed it will invite anyone under its big tent in order to defeat Trump. By Walter Shapiro Sanders Has Become Biden’s Happy Warrior In what may be his final bow on the presidential campaign stage, Sanders tried to build a bridge between his movement and the man who bested it. By Libby Watson Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine How a decaying legacy magazine is being used to launder right-wing ideas and conspiracy theories. By Alex Shephard The Democrats’ Eternal Wall Street Ticket The Biden-Harris nomination represents the party’s return to free-market fealty. By J.C. Pan Advertising William Faulkner’s Southern Guilt In disastrous interviews and his most famous novels, he struggled to reckon with racism and white supremacy. By Evan Kindley Can Democracy Handle Charisma? From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them. By Ian Beacock Advertising Support Independent, Issue-Driven Journalism 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.