Any Politician Who Utters This Word Right Now Should Be Turfed Into Retirement

It turns out that if you give poor people money, they become...less poor. If you have trouble reading this message, [view it in a browser](. [Any Politician Who Utters This Word During a Pandemic Should Be Turfed Into Retirement]( Longtime regulars of the Politics Blog with Charles P. Pierce long ago memorized the blog’s First Law of Economics, to wit: Fck The Deficit. People Got No Jobs, People Got No Money. From this law flow many surprising corollaries. For example, if you give poor people money, they become...less poor. Also, the more poor people there are who have money, the fewer poor people there are. It’s like magic, how that works! And so any politician who moans about The Deficit before this pandemic passes should be turfed into retirement, and any politicians still trying to make hay on the backs of "lazy poor people" should be hung by their thumbs with their own bootstraps. Here’s what had Pierce citing the blog’s law once again this morning.[Read More]( [Our Top 15 Picks From Mr Porter’s (Now Even Bigger) Summer Sale]( Heads up, folks: Mr Porter's infamous seasonal sale is back, and as per usual the beloved retailer isn't playing around. The site's currently offering up to a whopping 60 percent off a seemingly endless array of enviable product and shit is going fast. If you're trying to finesse that one piece you've had your eye on since it dropped way back when, we highly recommend getting in on the action sooner rather than later because people are really going for it out there, man. It's an all-out buying bacchanalia. Esquire’s Avidan Grossman selected 15 items worth acting fast on.[Read More]( [The 7 Best Gifts To Round Out Dad’s Home Bar]( [Created by Esquire for Bulleit Bourbon]( Whether he’s a budding mixologist or an IPA aficionado, Dad's home bar could always use an upgrade.[Read More]( [Some Psychedelically Bizarre Decisions Will Soon Come Before the Supreme Court]( With the unconscionable assistance of Mitch McConnell, the administration has salted the federal judiciary’s lower courts with unqualified political coatholders and think-tank fanatics freshly emerged from their chrysalises within the Federalist Society terrarium. It is unavoidable that some truly psychedelically bizarre decisions are going to come before the Supreme Court over the next decade or so. If Justice Roberts really does have a tiny institutionalist’s conscience that pings away from time to time, it’s guaranteed to be ringing like a Chinese gong pretty regularly. So there will be incoherence and chaotic legal thinking in the federal courts long after this president* is kicking his ball onto the fairway in the Beyond. Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce on how lasting impacts, you know, tend to last.[Read More]( [Is Hopper Stranger Things’ Next Big Villain?]( When Season Three of Stranger Things wrapped up, it looked like the Duffer Brothers might’ve finally delivered a much-needed, shocking blow to the show’s huggable OG cast. In the season finale’s boss battle, the mysterious Russian machine explodes—vaporizing a ton of bad-guy minions, but also, it seemed, Police Chief Jim Hopper too. The twist ending didn’t last for long: When Netflix released a preview of Season Four in March, we saw Hopper alive and well, working away on a Russian railroad. Now, the question is: What the hell is he doing there? Since that teaser debuted, many have speculated that Hopper will break bad—we’ll get to that shortly—but David Harbour, who plays the chief in the series, just gave fans their best idea of what to expect going forward.[Read More]( [The Easiest Way to Elevate Your Summer Style? A Simple, Unassuming Chain.]( In a period of time partly defined by its endless video conferences and oddly-angled FaceTime calls, any accessories visible from, say, the shoulders up, have taken on an entirely new significance. When so much of your once meticulous fits are left completely unappreciated, what other avenues do you have to flex your heightened taste levels? The clavicle very well may be the sleeper erogenous zone of the Zoom era. Esquire’s Avidan Grossman has extolled the virtues of investing in the right accessories before, especially come summer, but if you weren't convinced yet, you're in luck: a necklace is one of the easiest ways to get in on the action without feeling like you're making any life-changing commitments. And your luck doesn't end there, because he’s rounded up some of the best options available now so you, too.[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