Team Biden Prepares for the Worst; Killer Mike’s Modern-Day Wakanda; and More

Plus: Reexamining the 2000 Election View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks October 16, 2020   Review: Two Plays for Our Dying Democracy The West Wing's reunion show offers a fantasy, while the filmed version of What the Constitution Means to Me puts the future in our hands. R E A D  M O R E »   Why Biden's Campaign Is Preparing for the Worst Internal numbers showing a tight race have kept anxiety high—and the campaign is bracing for a president who won't leave office. "This is Donald Trump," one ally says. "We don't know what's going to happen." R E A D  M O R E »   What Melania Trump's Lovely COVID Message Left Out The first lady took a reflective tone in her official statement on her COVID-19 experience. R E A D  M O R E »   "America Is Better When the Black Economy Is Better" With Greenwood, rapper and activist Killer Mike wants to revolutionize banking, reaching a population underserved by the big banks. R E A D  M O R E »   The Trial of the Chicago 7 Puts Aaron Sorkinism to Good Use The writer-director's new Netflix film tells a story from 50 years ago that is bracingly relevant to today. R E A D  M O R E »   Half a Year After Broadway Went Dark, the Moulin Rouge! The Musical Cast Returns Home Nominated for 14 Tony Awards, including best musical, the musical about "the fortitude and resilience of show people" suggests that, eventually, the show will go on. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: The Path to Florida As the Florida recount ate away at George W. Bush's margin of victory, the machinery of political power sprang to life. In Washington, stunned U.S. Supreme Court clerks watched justice become partisan, while in Florida, tens of thousands of citizens—thousands of them African American—found themselves disenfranchised by misleading, faulty, and uncounted ballots, or inexplicably purged from the rolls. Zeroing in on the frenzied 36 days that followed the 2000 election, David Margolick, Evgenia Peretz, and Michael Shnayerson investigated the "Brooks Brothers riot," Jeb Bush's high-tech felon hunt, and the voting machines that left no paper trail, and asked, Could it happen again? R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.