Trump Wants to Steal This. It's Clearer Every Moment.

It is fitting that it came to this in the White House East Room in the dead of night, the cameras rolling on another all-American scam. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Join Us for a Conference Call to Cut Through the B.S. of the 2020 Election Results   The last 24 hours have been … stressful. On Thursday, Nov. 5—tomorrow!—we're hosting a live conference call with Charles P. Pierce and Esquire Politics Editor Jack Holmes to make (some) sense of the 2020 election results. The call is from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET, and it's available only to annual subscribers of Politics with Charles P. Pierce or our new program, Esquire Select. Jack will have some questions for Charlie, but more importantly, we'll be taking your questions live throughout the call, as well as picking up questions submitted when you sign up. We're thrilled to open up the shebeen again to you and all the regulars to chat with Charlie. If you're already an annual member of Esquire Select or Politics with Charles P. Pierce, keep an eye for your email for a registration link. If not, learn more here, and sign up by Wednesday to join. Read More           The President Is Focusing His Towering and Shameless Mendacity on One Last Job   It was at 2:30 a.m. on November 4, 2020 that Donald Trump, the President of the United States, dropped the match. He had been setting the fuse for weeks, months even, suggesting with blatant conspiratorial intent that there would be widespread fraud with mail-in ballots, then loudly demanding that the vote-counting stop on Election Night. After another election marked by Republican-orchestrated voter suppression across the country, the president said it was his voters who'd been "disenfranchised." It was his opponents who were stealing the election because states were still in the process of counting legitimate ballots, even if he had telegraphed his intent to steal it himself in this exact way. He declared himself the winner of Georgia and North Carolina when it was, at that time, simply impossible to say that. He demanded the count continue in Arizona—even as he insisted it stop in other states—because he considered it to his benefit. And then he just out and said it, with millions of votes still uncounted in the crucial states: "We will win this, and as far as I'm concerned, we already have won it." Politics Editor Jack Holmes reacts to the overnight moment we all knew was coming. Read More           He Got More Votes Than Last Time   As a self-governing people, we have failed, miserably, again. The Muslim ban. The kids in cages. The 22,000 (and counting) lies. The authoritarian cosplay. The blundering into a trade war. The coziness with dictators, especially with Vladimir Putin. The impeachment. The grotesque of a presidency that will hang like a gargoyle on history forever. And, finally, a feckless and inhumane response to a public-health calamity that has killed a quarter-million people. We spent four years watching these things, and more people voted for him this year than voted for him four years ago. Almost half of the country looked at the way he has functioned as president since 2017 and said, definitively, that they wanted four more years of it, and that they wanted to inflict four more years of it on the rest of us. Here's Charles P. Pierce on why we are what he thinks we are—a huge proportion of us is, anyway. Read More           How to Get Through the Next Few Days of Chaos   Acrimony and political tribalism are currently poisoning our shared humanity, driving us further apart from our neighbors. A pandemic is threatening lives and the jobs that sustain us. Climate change presents an existential emergency. And journalism and social media have become weaponized, leaving us ill-equipped to differentiate between objective fact, partisan fiction, and outright conspiracy theory. Indeed, the consequences are dire: a dismantling of trust in institutions and each other, and a complete breakdown in our ability to effectively communicate. Meanwhile, we struggle, some with valor, others in bilious, bad faith. Everywhere we turn, we see fear, anger, confusion, anxiety, disenfranchisement, division, depression, disillusionment, and sometimes even despair. It's a condition we medicate by doubling down on outrage. Addictive, incessant scrolling. Netflix and chill. Shitty food. And, when that doesn't do the trick, there's always booze and pills. Rich Roll knows. He's been there. And now he's here with some advice on "letting go of the uncontrollables," and a few more tips to make it through the next few weeks without losing your mind. Trust him, he talks about this sort of thing for a living. Read More           It Was a Big Night for Recreational Weed. Here's Everything That Went Down—and Where It's Legal Now.   Last night sure was a fun one. Light nihilism turned to outright dread as the electoral college system blundered through another election day, the President declared a victory he did not net, and peace of mind alluded a sickly nation yet again. But good news came in small doses—good drug news, particularly. Nice. In New Jersey, voters chose to legalize recreational marijuana for personal, non-medical use for adults 21 and older, making it the twelfth state to do so in the U.S. It chose to legalize it at a striking margin at that, with nearly 70 percent voting in favor. It will be a while before a dispensary network is set up, as the state has to figure out its regulatory system, but once it does, New Jersey could potentially have the lowest tax rate on marijuana in the country. But New Jersey wasn't the only weed story—here's what went down elsewhere, including Oregon, where a historic vote on shrooms took place. Read More           Todd Snyder and Timex Are Back in the Studio Making Classics   Man, Todd Snyder really doesn't stop, does he? The dude is indefatigable. Fresh off the heels of a history-making, internet-breaking collaboration with your favorite American brand's favorite American brand, the Midwestern Master of Modern Menswear is back at it again, this time tapping an old friend to reinvigorate a tried and true timepiece style. Turns out, while we were salivating over the brand's tie-up with L.L.Bean, Todd Snyder was working with Timex on a watch the duo have dubbed the Colorblock Milano, a handsome, Art Deco-inspired silhouette that serves as a worthy follow-up to the style they dropped a little over a month ago. The watches riff on the type of vintage-y sweater you should already be rocking this season. They're billing the Colorblock as a slightly sexier addition to the Deco Milano family, done up with a touch more graphic flair that is, frankly, exactly what the doctor ordered. For those already familiar with the other members of the clan, rest assured all the details you've come to expect are present and accounted for. The classic stainless-steel case is there, as is the mineral glass crystal. Ditto the genuine S.B. Foot leather strap, a rugged touch that nicely offsets the otherwise artful design. The result is a watch that blends the same elements of retro style that inform Snyder's approach to menswear with a timeless sensibility that'll look as good wrapped around your wrist in a decade as it does now. 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