Rereading the Starr Report in the Age of Trump

[View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( [images-hive-logo (1).jpg]( Rereading the Starr Report in the Age of Trump Good morning! It was a rollicking week—and [long weekend]( reader, as George Papadopoulos [shivved Jeff Sessions]( Meghan McCain [took up her father’s mantle]( and Donald Trump spent Labor Day [attacking labor leaders](. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today, we lead with T.A. Frank’s gripping retrospective of the Starr Report, the prurient 20-year-old document that redefined American politics and prefigured the rise of Trump. Plus: Abigail Tracy explains why Trump’s odds of impeachment just skyrocketed. We hope that you’re enjoying what you’re reading. Have a great day! [starr tout]( [“This Is Unfortunate”: Rereading the Starr Report in the Age of Trump]( By [T.A. Frank]( [Twenty years after its release, the Starr Report is surprising in how much it reinforces the old cartoons. But as another impeachment trial looms, it also offers important lessons for a largely self-created national crisis.]( [Chinese Spies Finally Find a Use for LinkedIn]( By [Maya Kosoff]( [Is no social-media platform safe, no matter how uncool?]( [The Trump Impeachment Threat Gets Real]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [A new poll shows that the majority of Americans back Robert Mueller—and nearly half of independent voters support impeachment.]( [The Kavanaugh “Cover-Up”]( By [Emma Stefansky]( [Chuck Schumer calls the Supreme Court’s decision to withhold a large portion of documents pertaining to Brett Kavanaugh the “Friday night document massacre.”]( [From the Archive: Hitchens on Labor Day]( By [Christopher Hitchens]( [As Wisconsin prepares to jettison Scott Walker, revisit Christopher Hitchens’s perspicacious account of the brewing labor battle in Madison at the height of the Tea Party’s power.]( [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.