Trump’s Final Days Sound Completely Insane

The former president* was scaring the daylights out of the uniformed military, and the attorney general was chasing internet hecklers. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       The Last Days of the Last Administration* Were Absolute Bedlam   "I don't want to alarm anyone, but apparently, the latter days of the former administration* fall somewhere between bedlam and the House of Usher," writes Charlie P. Pierce. "The former president* was scaring the daylights out of the uniformed military, and the attorney general was spending out money chasing internet hecklers." Read More           The Best Pants and Shorts on Sale at Lululemon Right Now   Lululemon does a lot of things well. The tees? Solid. Tanks? Solid and sleeveless. The sweats are sleek but still cozy, and some of them are even dyed with lower-impact dyes sourced from food-production byproducts. But for some folks—and I really can't fault them on this one—Lululemon will always be about the pants. And the shorts. Basically anything that starts covering your waist and extends downward. If you're looking for the rare opportunity to score some pants and shorts for less than you'd normally pay, it's here. Don't sleep. Read More           The 26 Best Affordable Clothing Stores for Stylish (and Savvy) Guys to Shop Online   Money, as the adage goes, can't buy happiness. It can, however, buy your next favorite pair of WFH sweat shorts or the latest version of the walking shoes you now have reason to wear—and you don't even need a whole heap of it, either. Turns out, the most expensive version of any given item isn't always the one you should be investing in, especially when it comes to rounding out your wardrobe with a few well-priced essentials. After all, having piles of money to drop on any piece that catches your fancy does not a stylish man make. Luckily, we live in the era of the internet, and there've never been more options when it comes to copping super-covetable menswear on the low. Read More           26 Pairs of Shorts to Keep You Cool This Summer   Get some damn shorts. Ease up and cool off and enjoy the warm weather without encasing your legs in unnecessary swaths of fabric. Throw a tank top on with some workout-friendly shorts for a day at the park. Pair your trusty Patagonia Baggies with a breezy button-down at the beach. Try some cargo shorts that look genuinely cool, thanks to slimmer silhouettes and smart, technical detailing. Swap your sweatpants for sweat shorts or just throw on some classic chino shorts with a tee and call it a day. However you want to play it, though, start with this list. Read More           The 8 Best Outdoor Speakers—Wired and Wireless—of 2021   An outdoor speaker has to be as tough as the undercarriage of a four-wheel-drive SUV in the Rust Belt. Snow nor dew nor torrential downpour should make its wires futz out. It has to be powerful, too, to fill the open air with the sound of a carefully curated summer playlist (alt hits from the '90s mingled with country bangers from the '00s mixed with a few uptempo viral top 40 numbers). And it must do that playlist justice with audio quality that doesn't sound muddied no matter how loud it's playing or how far it's projecting. What the dedicated outdoor speakers and portable Bluetooth speakers on this list share in common is toughness appropriate for the outdoors; they're resistant to water, weather, and gunk. Here, you'll find the best of both options. May you never have to sit through another moment of silence. Read More           Michael Jordan Reveals His Last Texts With Kobe Bryant   If you've watched any basketball over the past 20 years, you know how linked Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant will always be. But people didn't know exactly how close Jordan and Bryant were until the Lakers great died in a helicopter crash in January 2020, along with his daughter, Gigi, and seven other people. No stranger to loss himself, Jordan gave a powerful speech at Bryant's memorial service, where, to some people's surprise, he called him his little brother. "When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died. And as I look in this arena and across the globe, a piece of you died, or else you wouldn't be here," he said in February of last year. Now, thanks to ESPN's Jackie MacMullan—who interviewed Jordan before Bryant's Hall of Fame induction—we know what the last conversation between the two men looked like. 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