Pence Is Still Pushing the Big Lie That Nearly Got Him Killed

Sure, the mob was chanting, 'Hang Mike Pence.' But if you want a future in Republican politics, you've got to push The Lie, and for the former vice president, there's no going back now. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Sunk Cost King Mike Pence Is Still Pushing the Big Lie After It Nearly Got Him Killed   It's not exactly news that Donald Trump continues to hold some sway over the Republican Party, but Wednesday may have delivered a new high-water mark on that score. Michael Richard Pence, the former Vice President of the United States, is a living monument to the sunk-cost fallacy. When his political career was close to death in Indiana, his interests momentarily converged with those of a comically heathen real-estate grifter from Manhattan who needed some Evangelical credentials on the Republican ticket. Pence signed on to resuscitate his own ambitions without perhaps fully grasping that he'd also agreed to take out a mortgage on his soul. He certainly did not know that, by the end, his new boss would become president, lose his re-election bid, and send a mob to take him hostage—or possibly kill him—in an attempt to overturn the election. At various points, said mob could be heard chanting, "Hang Mike Pence." And yet, after all that, it seems the same Mike Pence who narrowly avoided running into that mob within the Capitol can still be found pushing The Big Lie that fueled the insurrection. Pence's instincts for physical self-preservation have taken a back seat to those for political self-preservation, maybe because he feels he already sold too much of his dignity to get nothing out of the deal. Sunk cost. So here he is in an op-ed for the Daily Signal, and here's what Politics Editor Jack Holmes has to say about it. Read More           Todd Snyder Just Released a Pretty-Much-Perfect Lineup of New Jeans   Todd Snyder's been doing denim for years—he's an American designer working in menswear; it's not like he was going to not make jeans—but he just relaunched his entire selection of five-pocket standbys. One might be tempted to say this was a reactive thing, that Snyder is thumbing his nose at the ubiquity of sweatpants in the age of lockdown. But it's not. Snyder sells sweatpants, too! (Don't tell me you haven't seen his collab with Champion.) In fact, there's no grand design to the timing, other than the fact that Synder synced up with Eric Goldstein—a denim veteran who helped launch Ralph Lauren's RRL line and Gap's 1969 collection before co-founding Jean Shop—and decided to perfect his selection. Now there are three tiers, ranging from an everyday Stretch option to a special-occasion Small Batch offering. Lucky us. Read More           Timberland's 3-Eye Lug Shoe Is the Sneaker-Replacing Stomper You Need This Spring   As no less a songstress than Selena Gomez once put it: The heart wants what it wants. And as a light at the end of this long pandemic-y tunnel begins to show itself, what a lot of us want is a return to the idea of actually going out and doing shit once again. Sweats and sneakers are great, for sure, and anyone who tells you they're not going to remain firmly embedded in our general style lexicon for years to come is looking at a very different world. But they aren't the whole story, and thank god for that. Because right now, more than we want to ride on a cushion of foam designed to step lightly on the world, we want to step out the door and start making some goddamn noise. We are (so very nearly) outside and enjoying life and instead of creeping along, we're stomping around and just waiting for anyone to tell us we haven't earned a little rollicking over the past year. During the winter, sturdy boots helped us all put our foot down. This spring, Timberland's classic 3-Eye Lug Shoe will step in to keep the party going. Read More           A Bluetooth Speaker Will Change Your Showers. These Are the Best.   One of life's little luxuries is blasting music while you shower off the bad news and gross subway gunk accumulated over a day out in the world—or the dust mites accumulated over a day of sitting on the couch. Maybe it's the loudest, most head-rattling songs you collected in a single playlist to sing, or rather scream, along too. Maybe it's soulful slow jams, because shower time is also solemn reflection time. Maybe it's "Drivers License" on repeat, forever. No judgement. These are sad, "Drivers License" kinds of days. What really injects unnecessary stress into that experience is the precarious balancing of your very expensive smartphone on the edge of the tub or the top of the shower door so you can hear the music properly. It's going to fall. It's going to get water damaged. You're not going to want to pay a lot of money to fix that. Instead, pay a little money for a Bluetooth speaker that you can keep in the shower. Since you're probably not interested in unloading a bunch of cash on an intense speaker system for the shower—you'll only need it for a few minutes every day, after all—we rounded up a range of wireless, waterproof Bluetooth speakers that aren't too expensive. And then we also chose a few that'll give your bathroom a nicer sound system than your TV room, for kicks. All 10 are easy to anchor in your shower to stream all your shower songs without fear of droplets infiltrating the gadgetry. Read More           Baxter Wood's Affordable ($140!) Raincoat Has Us Praying for Precipitation   Rain used to be a crucial piece of evidence in the trial of "should I go out or not?" and it will be again. This time, though, you'll be stepping outside with a vengeance. Rain won't stop you; rain is small potatoes now. We'll be stepping out, and after being reduced to inside clothes for an entire year, we'll be looking to make some noise when we do it. It's time to be noticed, and I want people to notice my rain gear. That's why we're so stoked on sustainable rainwear start-up Baxter Wood right now. The brand makes the kind of stuff you can't wait to show off, and its Trawler Raincoat is the star of that show. Read More           What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?   An exclusive story for members of Esquire Select. Regarded as perhaps the finest piece of sportswriting on record, the furious saga of Teddy Ballgame — from boy to man and near death — is an unmatchable remembrance for an American icon. Read Richard Ben Cramer's iconic story in its entirety here. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2021 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019