04:23 Bill Gates isn’t even close to America’s largest private landowner. It’s ‘Silent Stan’ Kroenke, Walmart husband and LA Rams owner (news.google.com)
01:29 Anthony Scaramucci thinks Trump’s ‘hard-left’ move to cap credit-card fees is because he’s ‘texting back and forth with Mayor Mamdani’ (news.google.com)
07:09 Nia DaCosta Injects New Blood Into “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” - In this gory sequel to Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later,” an undead threat that has ravaged Britain turns out to be no match for the reality of living human evil. (www.newyorker.com)
03:00 With the Podcast “I’ve Had It,” Jennifer Welch Goes “Dark Woke” on Politics - A left-wing, atheist reality-TV host from Oklahoma is one of the most popular liberal podcasters, channelling outrage with MAGA and with Democrats she views as complacent. (www.newyorker.com)
03:00 How Betting Took Over Sports - The reporter Danny Funt discusses his new book, “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.” (www.newyorker.com)
01-16 The Mental Pratfalls of Anne Gridley, in “Watch Me Walk” - Also: Jodie Foster’s new movie, New York City Ballet’s winter season, music inspired by the poetry of the Black Arts Movement, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
01-16 A D.H.S. Shooting Puts Portland Back Under the Microscope - After a year under siege, the city’s police department contends with the tactics of federal immigration agents. (www.newyorker.com)
01-16 The Minnesota War Zone Is Trump’s Most Trumpian Accomplishment - The President may have started out by trash-talking America; one year into his second term, he is simply trashing it. (www.newyorker.com)
01-16 Album Review: Zach Bryan’s “With Heaven on Top” - The singer-songwriter has become one of the most popular musicians in America without much changing his no-frills approach. (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump - The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House. (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 Have You Saved Enough for Retirement If Your Life Culminates in Decades of Escalating Misfortune? - You need assets that grow in value constantly, like original paintings by legendary artists, or houses that haven’t been carried away by drones or invaded by mastermind insects. (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 Why Football Matters - It remains far and away the most popular sport in the U.S., even in the face of growing concerns about players’ safety. What do we get from the spectacle? (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 How Colombia’s President Reached an Uneasy Détente with Donald Trump - After the attack in Venezuela, its neighbor state reckons with U.S. aggression. (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE - A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.” (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 Is Everything Going According to Marco Rubio’s Plan? - The Secretary of State is often described as the architect of U.S. policy toward Venezuela. How much control he actually exercises remains uncertain. (www.newyorker.com)
01-15 In Two Films About Palestinian Struggle, Time Is of the Essence - In “All That’s Left of You” and “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” medical emergencies beget agonizing moral conundrums. (www.newyorker.com)
01-14 The Lights Are Still On in Venezuela - After the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro, some residents fear that one unelected despot has been swapped for another. (www.newyorker.com)
01-14 “The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début - Kristen Stewart’s first feature, based on a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, packs great emotional power into its boldly original form. (www.newyorker.com)