Welp, Texas Gonna Texas...

Forget it, Jake. It's Texas. Nine people in Ken Paxton's own office mutinied and gave him up for his relationship with struggling Austin real estate investor Nate Paul. He was overwhelmingly impeached by the massive Republican majority in the Texas House. The week of live-streaming from the legislative chambers pretty much fitted him for a political shroud. Then, when it came time for the Texas Senate to step up, it bailed out. Texas became Texas again, and Ken Paxton seemed to know it all along. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [Ken Paxton's Impeachment Trial Wrapped Up and, Well, Texas Gonna Texas]( [Ken Paxton's Impeachment Trial Wrapped Up and, Well, Texas Gonna Texas]( Forget it, Jake. It's Texas. Nine people in Ken Paxton's own office mutinied and gave him up for his relationship with struggling Austin real estate investor Nate Paul. He was overwhelmingly impeached by the massive Republican majority in the Texas House. The week of live-streaming from the legislative chambers pretty much fitted him for a political shroud. Then, when it came time for the Texas Senate to step up, it bailed out. Texas became Texas again, and Ken Paxton seemed to know it all along. [Read More](   [Has Anyone Seen an F-35 Strike Fighter Jet Lying Around?]( [Has Anyone Seen an F-35 Strike Fighter Jet Lying Around?]( We seem to have lost one over the weekend when it went down somewhere in South Carolina. [Read More]( [Should Meet the Press Be Having Trump On?]( [Should Meet the Press Be Having Trump On?]( I don't know how you avoid it. Without a decent alternative, this guy may have his party's nomination wrapped up by Easter. [Read More](     ['It Feels Like a Prolific Time': Aaron Dessner on The National's Laugh Track]( ['It Feels Like a Prolific Time': Aaron Dessner on The National's Laugh Track]( “This album feels like the end of something and the beginning of something,” band member Aaron Dessner tells me from his dressing room at The McKittrick Hotel in Manhattan, where he just finished an acoustic VIP performance with the young pop artist Gracie Abrams. For Dessner in particular, it’s been a surreal few years, full of transformative experiences. In addition to performing a VIP show for 100 screaming fangirls, he's also embarked on a string of high-profile collaborations with pop artists such as Abrams, Ed Sheeran, and, of course, Taylor Swift. It’s the kind of experience a group that is more than two decades into its career would kill to have and cannot consciously cultivate. “It’s like lightning,” Dessner says. [Read More](   [The 20 Best Chelsea Boots to Buy Now and Cherish Always]( [The 20 Best Chelsea Boots to Buy Now and Cherish Always]( The style is a classic that you can wear with just about anything. [Read More]( [Can Dune Save the World?]( [Can Dune Save the World?]( With more movies, books, and a television series ahead, Dune is taking over the next decade. It might also be the roadmap to the future we want to live in. [Read More](     [Whatever Happened to Well-Dressed Villains?]( [Whatever Happened to Well-Dressed Villains?]( Among a particular cohort online today, there’s a sense that the disappointing present can’t hold a candle to the glories of the recent past. “We used to be a proper country,” they’ll meme with varying levels of sincerity, sharing images of a 1990s Pizza Hut salad bar or the well-stocked shelves of a Blockbuster Video. Those pining after an America that existed before Covid, Trump, and possibly their own arrival on earth may add one more complaint to the list: a total dearth of well-dressed villains. [Read More](   [ESQ Membership]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779