Mr. Adams Goes To Istanbul

Presenting our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s going down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done and where they must bust in early May, orders from the DA. Of course, the big noise in local news is the federal indictment of Eric Adams, the pile of bluster now d/b/a the mayor of New York City. 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 How Did the Government of Turkey Get Sideways with the NYC Fire Marshals??? How Did the Government of Turkey Get Sideways with the NYC Fire Marshals??? Presenting our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s going down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done and where they must bust in early May, orders from the DA. Of course, the big noise in local news is the federal indictment of Eric Adams, the pile of bluster now d/b/a the mayor of New York City. [Read More]( [I Feel Compelled to Point Out That Donald Trump Sounds Absolutely Insane]( [I Feel Compelled to Point Out That Donald Trump Sounds Absolutely Insane]( The former president* of the United States, who also is the current Republican nominee for president, got up on stage in North Carolina on Wednesday and said something insane. I just thought I'd take note of that. (Note On Context: I don't know what "guns that are beyond even military scope" are. Jewish space lasers? Sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads. I guess if you're making up the Venezuelan takeover of the real estate market in the Denver suburbs, you can make up the weaponry, too.) [Read More]( [How The Democrats Got Their Groove Back]( [How The Democrats Got Their Groove Back]( It took Trump’s misbegotten (and criminal) presidency to shake the Democrats out of their 40-year flinch and 
remind them what the role of a real opposition party should be—not the mindless “No!” that summed up the conservative Republican concept of opposition but rather the measured confidence of a party bolstered by public support. Small-d-democratic real­politik became the order of the day. The Democrats even had the self-confidence to ditch an incumbent president of their own party four weeks before their convention and elevate the vice president to the nomination without dancing the tarantella all over their own dicks in the process. [Read More]( [Well, Well, Well, Jack Smith Will Get to Present His Jan. 6 Findings After All]( [Well, Well, Well, Jack Smith Will Get to Present His Jan. 6 Findings After All]( Judge Tanya Chutkan is plainly ready to get on with presiding over something. Since the Supreme Court’s unconscionable decision regarding presidential immunity dumped the case back in her chambers with one of its legs chopped away, Judge Chutkan seems to have responded by getting it on. So on Tuesday afternoon, she ruled in favor of special counsel Jack Smith and allowed him to present a nearly two-hundred-page brief of the evidence his office compiled supporting the insurrection charges against the former president*. [Read More]( [JD Vance Worries Me More Than Trump]( [JD Vance Worries Me More Than Trump]( Over the weekend, it became clear to me that the very real threat to the republic on the Republican ticket is not the former president*. Oh, he’s a danger for sure, because he is reckless and half mad, but he’s also almost eighty and massively overweight. Whatever threat he poses is odds-on to lose to the actuarial tables. And he’s becoming less coherent by the day. If he ever had a consistent political agenda beyond enriching himself, it long ago vanished into the fog banks of his mind. He’s going to need a lot more help to do his damage this time around. [Read More]( Follow Us [Visit Esquire on Facebook]( [Visit Esquire on X formerly Twitter]( [Visit Esquire on Instagram]( [Visit Esquire on YouTube]( [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