Michael Cohen’s Exploding Toilet

[View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( [images-hive-logo (1).jpg]( Michael Cohen’s Exploding Toilet Good morning! It was yet another temple-scratching day in the Hive newsroom, dear reader, as the Russophilic leader of the free world continued to vacillate about what [he did]( or didn’t, mean in Helsinki with all the candor and credibility of a hostage reading a ransom note. Meanwhile, Gabriel Sherman [reported]( on the post-Putin summit delirium within the West Wing. Peter Hamby [castigated]( the feckless ninnying on Capitol Hill. And Maya Kosoff [catalogued]( the headache that Jeff Bezos’s $150 billion fortune is creating as he negotiates with workers unions. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today, we lead with Emily Jane Fox’s latest report on the foibles of former Trump lawyer and putative America hero, Michael Cohen—and the unknown exploding toilet that launched his year of magical thinking. Also, Isobel Thompson reports on Theresa May’s most recent potential Brexit ruination. We’ll be discussing it all on the latest episode of V.F. Hive on Cheddar, which you can watch [here]( at noon Eastern. We hope that you are enjoying what you are reading. Have a great day! [michael cohen]( [“There’s Your Metaphor”: How Michael Cohen’s Exploding Toilet Set Off a Year of . . . Disappointment]( By [Emily Jane Fox]( [The bomb cyclone, Stormy Daniels, and the unknown story of Cohen’s yearlong attempt to distance himself from Trump.]( [Will Britain Renounce Brexit?]( By [Isobel Thompson]( [As the pendulum of power swings from the Brexiteers to the Remainers and back, Theresa May’s lack of strategy means that each of her successes is painfully incremental. Returning from the summer recess to a bitterly shattered party, she will be six weeks closer to having to take her hobbling Chequers deal to the E.U.—and to the prospect of losing her leadership.]( [Putin’s “Incredible Offer” to Trump Is Even Worse Than We Feared]( By [Tina Nguyen]( [The White House is considering handing over American diplomats to Putin for questioning.]( [Fortune 500 C.E.O. Insists Holocaust Deniers Be Given “a Voice”]( By [Bess Levin]( [Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to alienate people who claim the murder of 6 million Jews never happened.]( [With Trump in Thrall to Putin, the N.S.A. and Cyber Command Go Rogue]( By [Maya Kosoff]( [Absent any direction from the White House, both organizations are going forward with their own anti-Russian-hacking initiatives. But as one former N.S.A. official put it, “As good as it is, it’s not good enough.”]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. 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 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.