The Far-Right Chat Room Next Door; Harry and Meghan’s Delayed U.K. Return; and More

[Plus: The West Wing’s Lasting Legacy]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks October 14, 2020 [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Human, Person, Headband, Hat, and Bandana]( [In the Tangled World of Far-Right Chat Rooms, White Supremacists Are Getting Organized]( [Writer Talia Lavin spent about a year catfishing white supremacists online. The result: personal trauma, predictions of a “bloody” election season, and the realization that many extremists aren’t holed up in basements—they’re bit players in our daily lives.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [A West Wing Special to Benefit When we All Vote cast]( [The West Wing’s Charlie and Donna Look Back]( [On the eve of the West Wing reunion, Dulé Hill and Janel Moloney talk about what the show means in the era of #MeToo, BLM, and Trump.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Finger, and Hand]( [How QAnon Crept Into the Mind of Donald Trump and Turned Conspiracy Into Reality]( [The wild and impossible theories that fuel QAnon are as dangerous as if they are real.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Clothing, Apparel, Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Military, Military Uniform, Suit, and Coat]( [Harry and Meghan Will Travel to the U.K. for Court—Not Christmas]( [The Sussexes plan to spend their first Christmas together in their new Montecito home, then return to Frogmore Cottage in January.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Dance Pose, Leisure Activities, Human, Person, Performer, Clothing, Apparel, and Dance]( [Tragedy and Triumph: The Dorothy Dandridge Story]( [In Everything and Nothing: The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy, the star and cowriter Earl Conrad recall a singular Hollywood life cut devastatingly short.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: China Shavers, Human, Person, Wheel, Machine, Transportation, Vehicle, Bicycle, and Bike]( [Hawa Hassan on the Matriarchs of East African Cuisine]( [The Somalia native behind the condiment line Basbaas talks about her new cookbook and gives Vanity Fair a tour of her Brooklyn kitchen.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [From the Archive: West Wing Babies]( [Just as All the President’s Men made newspapers seem cool—imagine!—and propelled legions of baby boomers into journalism, so Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing has inspired a new generation with its vision of a Washington brimming with lofty ideals. In 2012, six years after the series finale, the Sorkinization of politics was still under way.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.