Scenes From a Raucous RNC; How Real Tornados Tormented ‘Twisters’; the Fault Line Dividing Manhattan’s Elite

[Plus: The Best Beach Novels for Summer]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf)   [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour logo image | A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks]( [Image may contain: Clothing, Hat, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Jewelry, Necklace, Adult, Person, Photography, and People]( [Scenes From Donald Trump’s Republican Revival]( [By MICHAEL CALDERONE]( [At the Republican National Convention, photographer Bruce Gilden captures the party faithful lionizing the former—and, they hope, future—president.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Clothing, Pants, Nature, Outdoors, Adult, Person, Hat, Jeans, Storm, and Tornado]( [How Real Tornados Tormented the Making of Twisters]( [By ANTHONY BREZNICAN]( [Lee Isaac Chung, director of the Twister sequel, wanted to shoot in Oklahoma during storm season: “I was very naive.”]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Crowd, Person, People, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Clothing, Hat, Adult, and Electrical Device]( [J.D. Vance Never Was, and Never Will Be, the Voice of Appalachia]( [By TRACY MOORE]( [The place where I grew up is chronically misunderstood by conservatives and liberals alike. The vice presidential candidate’s self-serving mythology only made things worse.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Joe Biden, People, Person, Face, Head, Photography, Portrait, Electrical Device, Microphone, and Adult]( [The Democrats’ Revolt May Have Finally Pierced Joe Biden’s Defenses]( [By CHRIS SMITH]( [The negative numbers, on top of the latest push by Nancy Pelosi, are becoming harder for the president to bat away. “It’s all devastating,” says one insider.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Art, Painting, Neighborhood, City, Graphics, Urban, Book, and Publication]( [As Tensions Continue to Flare Over the War in Gaza, the Upper East Side Is Divided]( [By HANNAH SELIGSON]( [Talking about the war in Gaza is complicated for Jewish Americans. In Manhattan’s wealthiest circles, disagreement has created social cloisters.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Image may contain: Person, Art, Painting, Book, Publication, Helmet, and People]( [The Best Novels to Take to the Beach This Summer]( [By KEZIAH WEIR]( [Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Porochista Khakpour, and other authors are here to take you on some fantastic voyages.]( [R E A D M O R E]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.