What Hasn't Been Said About Trump

It is beyond doubt that the current president has 'failed to put his nation's interests first.' If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Every Newspaper Should Be Calling on Donald Trump to Resign   As press critic Eric Boehlert points out, none of the guardians of the people's liberties have called for the resignation of a president* who dishonors the presidency just by getting out of bed in the East Wing every morning. It probably wouldn't do any material good; Clinton ignored the calls for his resignation, too. But, as Charles P. Pierce points out here, it would be a demonstration that another institution was pushing back against a criminal presidency*, the fundamental incompetence of which has contributed to the deaths of over 200,000 citizens. Read More           'A Flat Out Disregard for Human Life'   Someone who left the president's Coronavirus Task Force just two months ago(!) says he has "a flat-out disregard for human life." This is not some anonymously sourced report: Olivia Troye was an adviser to Mike Pence for two years, and says she attended "every single meeting" of the White House pandemic task force from February to July. Troye joins a growing list of people who worked directly with Donald Trump on a daily basis who have since publicly denounced him. There are photos. And she spoke to the Washington Post on the record. Read More           Some of Levi's Best-Selling Jeans Are Marked Down as Low as $28 on Amazon Right Now   In case you and your sweatpants need some space after *checks to see what day it is* having too much time together these last few months, Amazon is having a sale on Levi's jeans right now with some of the steepest discounts we've ever seen outside of Black Friday. Among the most notable deals? Levi's legendary 505 Regular Fit jeans are on sale for a whopping $36. But that's not all. Here's what else you can get right now (while they last). Read More           The 16 Best Peacoats to Buy Now and Wear All Damn Fall   Sure, you might've missed out on the great peacoat craze of the mid aughts, when people were snapping 'em up by the dozen in an Americana-induced frenzy, but that's why now's the time to go all-in on the style. Calling the peacoat a mere "trend" is a grave disservice to an outerwear silhouette that's stood the test of time better than almost any other. (Like, literally any other.) And now, a decade-plus after images of rugged-looking dudes rocking the style first started making the rounds on a small subset of the blogosphere, the peacoat's suddenly starting to look pretty, pretty good again. This time around though, there's no reason you need to stick to a classic military-inspired take on the style. Hell, you can even go really crazy and—gasp!—opt for a color other than navy (you daring sartorial daredevil, you). Either way, we've rounded up a few of our favorite options to get this particular round of the peacoat's resurgence started in style. Read More           In Defense of Letting Go of Black Icons (For Now)   One function that myths serve is to limit the parameters of our imaginations, argues Mychal Denzel Smith in an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Stakes Is High. The infallibility of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy is related to the message he has been chosen to deliver, his words reduced to grade-school bromides. He's used as a tool to divert attention away from structural inequality and injustice. Here, Smith argues that any attempt at reclamation must contend with his usefulness to the system. Restoring King's radical legacy will make him as unpopular in death as he was in life. What, then, to do with Dr. King and other icons like him? We could let them go. We could stop turning to them in times of distress, stop arguing with those who have never read their work, stop inviting the celebration of their hollowed-out memory. Stop making them a piece of it at all. At least for a time, Smith says. Long enough so that when we return to King, no longer will he be so useful to the system that killed him. Read More           Super Mario 64 Is Nintendo's All-Time Greatest Game. It's Also Its Creepiest.   There is something so spooky about Mario 64. It takes place inside an abandoned castle where Mario's completely alone, except for the ghosts in the basement and the colorful wall paintings that are portals to other worlds. Upstairs, there's a long, quiet room full of mirrors. Downstairs, a white rabbit bounces away when you look at it. In the courtyard, you might get sucked inside a miniature house that transports you to the underworld. And deep in the interconnected hallways of the castle's highest levels, there's a staircase that stretches upward, unendingly, called the Never Ending Staircase. I'd often wonder what kind of looming terror would greet me if I ever reached the top. Hell, the game even has the white-and-black checkerboard floors from the Black Lodge in Twin Peaks. Esquire's Dominick Nero reflects on the game on Mario's 35th birthday. 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