The crown prince is not the visionary leader that he would like the world to see. He is a tyrant who has turned Saudi Arabia from a soft autocracy where mild dissent was somewhat tolerated into a police state. By Keija Parssinen in NYR Daily nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

"What’s needed today is a popular front against populism." -- Gary Kasparov The New York Review of Books bit.ly/2S7dQBN

“That the highest executive in the land should never face consequences for his actions is the explicit position of the President Trump and his attorneys, public and private.” By @AndreaWNYC: nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via The New York Review of Books

“For Trump the Hamilton lyric should be rewritten: ‘Everything is legal. If you’re president.’” So writes @AndreaWNYC, author of the new book ‘American Oligarchs’: nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via The New York Review of Books

Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, Donald Trump—public officials right up to the Oval Office now have a waiver from both Congress and the Supreme Court to abuse their power for personal gain, writes @AndreaWNYC: nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via The New York Review of Books

@AndreaWNYC NYR Daily Thanks, this is really good.

Article by Keija Parssinen: "The US–Saudi Story, Through the Eyes of an Aramco ‘Brat’" nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… on NYR Daily

This is a superb read. I'm no philosopher, and have no interest in becoming one. But I do think we have departed Normsland, and it's unlikely many norms (read: handshake agreements, actions subject to stigma) will return. nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

Similar schemes, similar lack of consequences. @AndreaWNYC on Bridgegate & Impeachment: nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

Keija Parssinen’s frank & intimate memoirs of her life in Saudi Arabia: An eye-opener on the vagaries of the US-Saudi relations The US–Saudi Story, Through the Eyes of an Aramco ‘Brat’ nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via The New York Review of Books

This week we spoke with novelist Keija Parssinen, about being an “Aramco brat,” the short, angry poems of her juvenilia, and the wannabe despot in the White House: email.nybooks.com/t/y-0369FCB81D… via The New York Review of Books

Corruption with No Consequences, from Bridgegate to Impeachment nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

"It now appears that both abuses of power will be sanctioned, with potentially crippling consequences for fighting corruption in America," via @AndreaWNYC nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

"Wonderful" is too cuddly a word to use in connection with the Reichstagish events currently ongoing at the Federal level, but this connecting of a big crime to a small, absurd one is very helpful. nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

This story reminds me of my own childhood in "the Magic Kingdom." #Saudi #ARAMCO see Crossing Mandelbaum Gate The US–Saudi Story, Through the Eyes of an Aramco ‘Brat’ nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via The New York Review of Books

“The party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan is now slavishly loyal to a corrupt reality-TV host whose only demonstrable allegiances are to his own image and Vladimir Putin.” By ⁦Garry Kasparov⁩ nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/…

Remainers and Leavers alike have been caught off-guard by the strength of feeling aroused. And it’s not even remotely fanciful to imagine that the schism within Britain will haunt the polity for decades By ⁦Zia Haider Rahman⁩ in ⁦NYR Daily⁩ nybooks.com/daily/2019/03/…

I remain quarantined in Hubei, safe but unsure how long I’m stuck here. This is my The New York Review of Books story. Spoiler alert: the UK abandons me at the end. nybooks.com/daily/2020/02/… #coronaviruschina #nCoV19

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