Trump's Arlington Fiasco Is Getting Weirder

Well, luckily for the former president*'s campaign, it wasn't raining on Monday, when he grotesquely used Arlington National Cemetery as a campaign prop because, as we know, he gets a little nervous around soldiers' graves in the rain, and he says things that require him to lie his ass off later. Most recently, of course, he devalued the Congressional Medal of Honor in favor of a bauble he draped on Rush Limbaugh and the wife of one of the sleaziest of his sleazy donors. If you’re having trouble viewing this email, [view in browser]( What the hell happened in politics this week? Esquire's legendary blogger Charlie P. Pierce has answers Who The Hell Let Trump Into Arlington National Cemetery? Who The Hell Let Trump Into Arlington National Cemetery? Well, luckily for the former president*'s campaign, it wasn't raining on Monday, when he grotesquely used Arlington National Cemetery as a campaign prop because, as we know, he gets a little nervous around soldiers' graves in the rain, and he says things that require him to lie his ass off later. Most recently, of course, he devalued the Congressional Medal of Honor in favor of a bauble he draped on Rush Limbaugh and the wife of one of the sleaziest of his sleazy donors. [Read More]( [Jack Smith Is Back with a New Trump Indictment, and This One Side-Elbows the Supreme Court]( [Jack Smith Is Back with a New Trump Indictment, and This One Side-Elbows the Supreme Court]( Comes now Jack Smith with the fifth indictment brought against the former president* by one prosecutor or another. (New League Record!) This is by far the most interesting one, because not only does it take aim against El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago, but it also throws a nice drive-by elbow at the carefully manufactured conservative majority on the Supreme Court and its misbegotten decision on presidential immunity. [Read More]( [I Can't Believe I'm Still Talking About Trump's Arlington Visit]( [I Can't Believe I'm Still Talking About Trump's Arlington Visit]( I hate to keep dwelling on the former president*'s tasteless fiasco at Arlington National Cemetery, but... oh hell, who am I kidding? I'm wallowing in the sumbitch and intend to do so as long as others perseverated on Hillary Rodham Clinton's server practices. Or as long as there are New Developments. And, yes, there are New Developments, including Speaker Moses' alleged involvement in greasing the skids for the whole business. [Read More]( [The Corporate Class Is Going Into Orbit Over The Idea Of Actually Enforcing Antitrust Laws]( [The Corporate Class Is Going Into Orbit Over The Idea Of Actually Enforcing Antitrust Laws]( The palpable terror among the country's corporate class that an incoming Democratic administration might treat antitrust laws as something more than suggestions is utterly delightful to watch. (Senator Professor Warren has had its handmaidens in the press running hysterical for a while now. However, this National Review writer seems to have confused "enforcement" with "weaponization," a common mistake in conservative circles since the rise of El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago.) When Vice President Harris made a campaign issue out of price-gouging, conservative pundits went into orbit. Price Controls! Socialism! Somebody get the jaws of life so we can get the guy from Heritage off the ceiling! [Read More]( [That DNC Could Only Have Happened in Chicago]( [That DNC Could Only Have Happened in Chicago]( Let me tell you about a couple of blocks in Chicago, two blocks that are not far from the United Center, where the Democrats held their dance party this past week. They are unremarkable blocks, but they contain history, good and bad, and thus are worthy of discussion. [Read More]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779