Trump Lackey Lou Dobbs Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

This is not how things traditionally go in a constitutional republic. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Trump Lackey Lou Dobbs Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Americans Have 'Obligations to The Leader'   For a while now we have mocked the metastasizing cult of personality on the American right by suggesting there's a Dear Leader thing going on. Any day now, a Fox News special report will announce the president just shot 38-under with 11 holes-in-one. Every president can count on the support of his people, and Democrats in the Obama era were all too happy to overlook, say, his expansion of extrajudicial executions via the drone program, or his decision to bail out the bankers over ordinary homeowners in the depths of the Great Recession. But the sheer recklessness and mendacity of Donald Trump, American president, has brought this dynamic to a new level. The president's word is not exactly bond, and he ends up twisting his supporters into knots as they labor to offer their support for whatever it is he's up to today, even if it directly contradicts what he said yesterday. Staying aligned with an inveterate liar who may be a few sandwiches short of a picnic requires unrelenting devotion. Read More           Susan Collins Has Once Again Decided She Is a Republican and, Therefore, Crazy   There is no deader horse to beat in the gutters of Blogistan than Susan Collins's endless fandango with her amazingly malleable political conscience. Entire generations, it seems, have been born and gone to dust in the time it takes for Collins to make up her mind and come to the usually inevitable conclusion that she's a Republican and, therefore, crazy. If Collins were a weathervane, she'd spin so fast that the entire roof of the barn would come off and sail away across the landscape. Read More           The 6 Best American Single Malt Whiskeys to Drink Right Now   In the whiskey world, opinions are like hangovers: After a few too many, everyone's got one. Strong stances and hot takes abound about what's good and what's bad—whether or not Pappy Van Winkle is actually worth the cost, if brands that are sourcing whiskey are being transparent enough, and how much Bob Dylan really had to do with creating his Heaven's Door whiskey. The latest hot button topic in whiskey is the growing, but still niche, American single malt category. Read More           Start 2020 Stylishly With These 12 Picks From Nordstrom's Huge Sale   We are not just at the beginning of a new year here, but of a new decade. It's exciting! But maybe your closet isn't. Maybe your closet is begging for a refresh—not of anything particularly crazy or garish, but good, stylish stuff that'll make sure your 2020 looks even better than your 2019 did. Lucky for you, this is a great time of year to be shopping, with loads of steals to be found from all the post-holiday sales going on. One of our favorites? Nordstrom's, which is chock-full of wardrobe essentials that currently cost much less than they used to. Here are 12 of our favorites. Read More           How J.J. Abrams Pulled Off Carrie Fisher's CGI Flashback in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker   Next to the Death Star run, Star Wars: Rogue One almost had the best ending of any Star Wars story. After a tragic-but-beautiful ending for Jyn Erso and friends, we finally got to see Darth Vader go beast mode on a bunch of tiny, non-force-using dudes. But, in one odd moment, Rogue One ends with a Leia Organa cameo that feels a little off. The filmmakers CGI-pasted '80s-era Carrie Fisher on a double's face, and the results are what you'd expect: A weird, glossy sheen on Leia's face, and buggy eyes that look taken from a poorly-rendered video game cutscene. Read More           Timothée Chalamet Playing Bob Dylan Is the Perfect Harmony of Millennial Thirst and Boomer Nostalgia   The Classic Rock Cinematic Universe is getting a new member, and the casting choice is nothing short of perfect. Monday evening, Deadline reported that Timothée Chalamet is set to take on the role of Bob Dylan in an upcoming biopic currently titled Going Electric. The film is still in early stages, but it comes at a time when legacy music biopics are the hot award season trend (same goes for Chalamet himself, to be fair). Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019