Mr. President: Surprise! We elected Paul Ryan, Jim Newell writes. As the transition limps forward, it’s all become clear: Ryan will treat Trump like a head of state, and act as prime minister.
Strategies of opposition: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are taking the wrong tone in their election postmortems, Jamelle Bouie thinks. They’re separating Trump’s racism from his economic populism, when the two are inextricable. That’s why the Democratic National Committee needs Keith Ellison at its head, Michelle Goldberg argues: He’ll lead a real resistance.
Strange bedfellows: If the Trump government won’t act on issues related to diversity, climate change, and women’s rights, maybe Fortune 500 companies will, Daniel Gross writes.
Finally: Isaac Chotiner has wanted to interview novelist Zadie Smith for years; at last, he got the chance.
For fun: Hark! Oscar Isaac’s dulcet tones, in a new scripted fiction podcast also starring Catherine Keener and David Schwimmer.
We miss your face, though,
Rebecca
