The Political Scene | The New Yorker

How the Epstein Conspiracy Theory Took Over Politics

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The New Yorker contributor Jon Allsop joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how President Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files has fractured his base, and how the Democratic Party has increasingly weaponized the Epstein conspiracy theory in its attempt to combat the MAGA movement. How do we proceed given that our country’s politics are increasingly defined by conspiratorial thinking?

This week’s reading:


  • “Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories,” by Jon Allsop
  • “Behind Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein Problem,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  • “What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Means,” by Vinson Cunningham
  • “Coldplaygate Is a Reminder That There’s No Escaping Going Viral,” by Kyle Chayka
  • “In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?,” by John Seabrook


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