This Billboard Is a Sign of the Dangerous Forces Surging Through America

Forces that Donald Trump, American president, is actively stoking. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       This Billboard Is a Sign of the Wild and Dangerous Forces Surging Through the Country   This country is sitting on a powder keg, and the president has decided his best chance at re-election is to start lighting matches and tossing them about. He's unleashed blatantly racist rhetoric towards a number of sitting members of Congress, most recently Maryland's Elijah Cummings. He has cast independent sources of information in our society—the free press—as enemies of the state. But his most virulent hate speech is often reserved for four congresswomen of color: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. The president will happily admit in private that he thinks doing racism is good politics, as he seeks to paint the four as The Other—foreign infiltrators trying to undermine America from within—and as standard-bearers of the Democratic Party. Read More           This Week's Biggest Sneaker Releases, and Where to Get Them   It's a somewhat quiet week for sneakers—and that's a good thing. Well, mostly. See, if you've been waiting to get your hands on a pair of " Cool Gray" Jordan 4s, you might have a tough time of it, seeing as everyone's paying attention to that one. But if you're in the market for a shoe that's a little left of center, this might just be the time to get it. Some lower-key releases from Puma, Adidas, and Reebok are hitting shelves, and they're all worthy of a second look. Check them out right here. Read More           Debating the Obama Presidency Instead of the Current One Seems Politically Suicidal   DETROIT—For a few minutes on Wednesday night, the second installment of Democratic SummerSlam forayed into a very interesting—and very perilous—area. The topic was immigration. Julian Castro, who had another solid, thoughtful performance that might still not get him onto the stage for the next debate in Houston, in his home state, was tangling with Joe Biden, who had a somewhat better night for himself. Castro advocates decriminalizing the act of crossing the border without documentation. And he was critical of the previous administration's deportation policies. Read More           These $34 Jeans Fit Perfectly, Have History—and Did We Mention They Cost $34?   It's more than likely that when you shop for jeans, where the denim came from isn't the first thing that pops into your head. The quality of that denim matters though—and that's directly connected to who makes it. (More on that crucial relationship in a moment.) After that, of course, they've got to fit just how you want them to. And a favorable price tag, whether that's the first or last thing you look at, is a crucial part of the equation. Read More           This Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Theory Says Kylo Ren Was a Double Agent the Whole Time   Things are always pretty black and white in the Star Wars saga. You have Jedi and Sith. Good and evil. The light side of the Force and the dark side of the force. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. But, The Last Jedi introduced a grey area between the light and dark sides of the force, with our new hero, Rey, not fully wanting to choose sides between the Jedi and the Sith. And, the complexity of The Last Jedi sets this new saga up for what could be a more nuanced idea of good and evil in the upcoming Rise of Skywalker. Read More           Little Book Chapter 3 Is a Blend of Four Powerhouse Jim Beam Bourbons   Could we be reaching peak bourbon? As this intrinsically American spirit continues to grow in popularity, brands are scrambling to come up with fresh products, whether it's a new barrel finish, a different mash bill, or another bottled-in-bond whiskey. Over at Jim Beam, the brains behind the bourbon have been experimenting with some of these tactics, but they've also been getting into blending. This past spring saw the release of Legent, a blend of Jim Beam bourbon overseen by Suntory's chief blender (Jim Beam of Kentucky and Suntory of Japan are both part of parent company Beam Suntory). And this month, Little Book Chapter 3, " The Road Home," will hit stores, the third installment in Freddie Noe's series of blended whiskeys. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2019 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019