Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’ (news.google.com)
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Musk-run companies like SpaceX and Tesla have flourished in Texas thanks to white-glove treatment from elected officials. But that is about to change, Texas Democrats say. (on.wsj.com)
President Trump has chosen one of his most loyal and divisive advisers as the new White House chief of staff: Stephen Miller, an advocate of the no-holds-barred style of governing that was repudiated by much of the country on Election Day (on.wsj.com)
A California electric utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway is asking regulators for a rate hike that would boost the typical residential bill by 120 a month (on.wsj.com)
With the midterms over, President Trump’s advisers and foreign allies have been racing to shape his decision on whether to end the Iran war or reignite it (on.wsj.com)
Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’ (news.google.com)
“Club Kid” Is a Disarming Cocktail of Grit and Fantasy - In Jordan Firstman’s assured filmmaking début, he plays a gay New York party promoter who gets an improbable shot at fatherhood. (www.newyorker.com)
Pete Buttigieg on the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress, and Where They Go from Here - The former Transportation Secretary, who is a likely Presidential contender, talks about how a Democratic Congress will try to make an impact, even with an angry lame-duck President. (www.newyorker.com)
What Does a Blue Texas Mean for America? - The staff writer Jesús Rodríguez on the way in which the midterms played out in the state, the effects of gerrymandering, and how both parties have courted Latino voters. (www.newyorker.com)
Who’s the Real Victim? - More than ever, we resort to sweeping statements about “good people” and “bad people,” the innocent and the evil. What’s lost in that process will take work to regain. (www.newyorker.com)
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Linguistic Art - Also: Bill Irwin and Rachel Bloom in Molière, a new movie from Kogonada, the torrid post-punk of Sweeping Promises, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
“Paper Tiger” Views Family as Deadweight - In James Gray’s new crime drama, starring Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, and Adam Driver, a Queens couple’s life is turned upside down by a scheme for easy money. (www.newyorker.com)
The Enduring Lesson of the Exploding Whale - In Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s film “Oh, Whale,” a journalist reflects on a weird, odorous story that defined his career—and on what it taught him about fate. (www.newyorker.com)
A Rare Chance to See a Turner Masterpiece Up Very Close - The painter’s “Rome, from Mount Aventine,” currently in private hands, is showing in New York, prior to being sold at auction in December. (www.newyorker.com)
The Cozy Conservatism of “The Gilded Age” - Now in its fourth season, Julian Fellowes’s period drama smoothes out the class struggles and social tensions of eighteen-eighties New York City, offering a fairytale of American progress. (www.newyorker.com)
“Regime Change Came in Texas Before Tehran” - Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran—a strategic debacle that has hurt ordinary Americans—is at the heart of a historic rebuke to his Presidency and his party. (www.newyorker.com)
In “The Heart” and “I Became We,” the Rise of the Hive-Mind Musical - In this new kind of show, an ensemble tells an individual’s story in unison, sometimes down to the thoughts inside her head. (www.newyorker.com)
The Democrats’ Big Night and the Repudiation of Donald Trump - A previously unimaginable Democratic victory has reshaped the political landscape. Does it signal a lasting shift in the electorate? (www.newyorker.com)