Strange bedfellows: Kanye West and Donald Trump met in Trump Tower on Tuesday morning. (How could you, Yeezy?) It makes sense, Katy Waldman explains. Both men are fixated on “the heroic, and curiously amoral, promise of man hurtling toward perfection,” and both are determined to bend reality to their desires.
Strange bedfellows, part 2: Democrats eager for anti-Trump allies should not rely on Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, Jim Newell warns. Their affection for John Bolton, who will probably be nominated as deputy secretary of state, should be a red flag; Bolton is, Newell writes, “anti-diplomacy personified.”
Bad trend: Cities like Detroit are refusing support for public transit initatives, on the theory that ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft will fill in the gap. This is a terrible idea for a number of reasons, Henry Grabar writes. For one, we have no idea how much ride-sharing will cost in five years.
Thanks for the model: Sleeping Giants, a left-wing Twitter account, is coordinating boycotts against Breitbart, using tactics adopted from Gamergate. Osita Nwanevu thinks the approach has promise.
For fun: The full trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is now available.
Can’t wait,
Rebecca
