| The president is lawless, and has violated his oath to defend the Constitution. Make Republican senators defend him and what he's done. | If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. | | | | | Democrats Must Impeach Donald Trump to Defend the Republic. Also, It's Good Politics. | | At the risk of sounding a bit repetitive, Democratic leaders must come to grips with who and what Donald Trump is—and the nature of the Republican Party he leads—before this crew tramples what's left of the republic. One of our two major political parties is now an authentic authoritarian outfit, where the political playbook at both the state and federal levels consists of using the mechanisms of democracy to strangle the popular will and entrench minority rule. Anything is acceptable if it helps you maintain your grip on power. Read More | | | | | | | | | Sylvester Stallone's Rambo Has Devolved Into a Hyperbolic Symbol of Right-Wing Politics | | "Rambo is a war machine that can't be turned off," Sylvester Stallone told Time's Richard Zoglin in 1985. At the time, the multi-hyphenate action star was riding high on the success of First Blood: Part II, just months before Rocky IV's almost-as-impressive holiday release ($85 million over a month vs. First Blood: Part II's $150 million over almost three months). Before that, First Blood was (and mostly still is) fairly well-regarded as a psychodrama about John Rambo (Stallone), a traumatized Vietnam vet who feels ostracized after returning to America. But First Blood: Part II—which Stallone had greater creative control over, after rewriting James Cameron's original script—was dismissed by several critics as ahistorical propaganda: The New York Times's Vincent Canby said that the film was "not about the war as it was fought and as it came to an end 10 years ago, but as it has come to look to the macho mind of today." Read More | | | | | | | | | Dan Levy Just Perfectly Executed a Brown-and-Black Tuxedo at the Emmys | | Traditionally speaking, pairing brown and black—especially with formalwear—is regarded as a no-no. But we now exist in an era where most style rules are enjoying retirement, leaving room for admirable levels of creativity. And Schitt's Creek star Dan Levy put on a master class in this sort of rule-breaking when he stepped onto the red carpet at the 2019 Emmys. Read More | | | | | | | | | In Defense of a (Very) Cold Glass of Vodka | | I went to Siberia once. That's not a metaphor. I flew to Novosibirsk, a Russian city northeast of Kazakhstan, and then ventured out into the taiga to experience the Siberian ritual known as the banya, which is sort of a sauna treatment with a touch of Fifty Shades of Grey. The banya involves sitting in a room as hot as a pizza oven and being smacked with branches from a birch tree until you can't take it anymore, at which point you flee the steam, douse yourself with cold water, and lie naked in the snow. I recommend it. Read More | | | | | | | | | Logitech's Mouse Pad Will Revolutionize Your Desk with Wireless Charging | | Do you ever think about how much time we'd save if we didn't have to worry about finding batteries or charging our electronics? We'd be borderline unstoppable. We're nearly there, though. Logitech is trying to save us time—and make us as close to immortal beings as possible—starting with our mouse and mouse pads. That's why its G Pro wireless mouse and G Powerplay wireless charging pad are worth buying for your office desk or gaming setup. And just like all great inventions, the pad and mouse duo will provoke a "well, duh that should exist" or a "shit, I should have thought of that" mindset, proving it's absolutely brilliant. Read More | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | |
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