Colin Powell’s Legacy

Steele Defends Russia Dossier • Manchin’s Ultimatum • Florida School Against Vaccines [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Colin Powell’s Legacy Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Joe Manchin’s reported opposition to programs aimed at helping working families and combating climate change is bad news for West Virginians—outside of the coal industry, perhaps—and the planet, [writes]( Eric Lutz, as Bess Levin [explores]( an anti-vax Florida school that’s “run by idiots.” The death of Colin Powell inspired remembrances of his distinguished, trailblazing career, [writes]( Charlotte Klein, along with how he “played an instrumental role in the country’s decision to invade Iraq—a move he came to regret.” Meanwhile, Fox News, and others on the right, used Powell’s passing from COVID complications to question the efficacy of vaccines, Caleb Ecarma [finds](. Thanks for reading! [Colin Powell’s Death Has Officially Been Hijacked by Anti-vaxxers]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Not long after the former secretary of state’s family announced he’d died of COVID-related complications, right-wing personalities began to pile on. “We’re seeing data from across the world…that fully vaccinated people are dying from COVID,” said one Fox host.]( [Read more button]( [Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State, Dead at 84]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The former military leader died of complications from COVID-19, his family said.]( [Read more button]( [Florida School Run by Idiots Says Vaccinated Students Must Stay Home for 30 Days After Each Shot]( By [Bess Levin]( [This is the same school where a teacher told students not to hug their vaccinated parents for more than five seconds.]( [Read more button]( [Joe Manchin Is About to Make Life Worse for His Own Constituents—And the Planet]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The West Virginia senator’s reported opposition to programs aimed at helping working families and combating climate change would dramatically dilute the Democrats’ infrastructure plans.]( [Read more button]( [Christopher Steele Defends Russia Dossier, Says Trump Golden Shower Tape “Probably Does” Exist]( By [Bess Levin]( [According to Steele, the tape was never released because Russia got what it wanted from Trump when he was president.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [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]( [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](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2021 Condé Nast