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Donald Trump is in our heads. I traveled halfway around the world to try to get out, and he keeps pulling me back in. The story that never stops is on our minds, around our dinner tables, in our social media, and (ironically, given Trump’s reading aversion) lining our bookshelves. Consider this: Every top New York Times best-seller this year has been about Trump. (I look at it this way. If he’s not going to read them, I’m not going to read them.)
+ The Atlantic: “Genuinely stunning moments are hard to come by these days, but one arrived on Monday in a courtroom in New York City.” Michael Cohen tried to keep the name of one of his clients secret. The judge said no. And it turned out to be Sean Hannity. (This is the first time Hannity has ever been linked with an actual news story…)
+ A lot has happened in Trumpworld in the last week. The New Yorker’s Adam Davidson does a great job summing up where we are now. The collusion case might not make it all the way to the top, but as Davidson writes: “However, I am unaware of anybody who has taken a serious look at Trump’s business who doesn’t believe that there is a high likelihood of rampant criminality.” Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency.
+ Meanwhile, from the NYT: “President Trump rejected, for now at least, a fresh round of sanctions set to be imposed against Russia on Monday, a course change that underscored the schism between the president and his national security team.”