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On the warpath

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DIARY

The deep state vs Nixon • His downfall led to Donald Trump’s rise

The Turn-On

The great survivor • Nixon never gave up

Fraudulent coalition • The unfathomable depths of blue-state swindling

Labor pains • Official figures are masking the real crisis in the jobs market

Who doesn’t want a better life?

All the rage • Are cross-sex hormones contributing to the rise in trans shooters?

Trumponomics is working

Family man • Is James Fishback the right’s answer to Zohran Mamdani?

Under the rainbow • The life and times of Jesse Jackson

The biolab next door • Shouldn’t we be more alarmed about secret virology labs in America?

SPECTATOR ACADEMY READING LIST • Each issue we ask a different contributor to recommend ten books every American should read to revive their minds and our shared culture. Here are Daniel McCarthy’s.

Post-mortem • How Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post

Post-script

Jelly babies • Why are adults buying so many children’s toys?

My Epstein confession • Not everyone who knew him was wicked by association

Game theory • Internet sleuthing has turned true crime into a sport

Chat, are we cooked? • I don’t trust AI’s built-in ‘safety systems’

Keyboard warriors • How Silicon Valley is calling the shots on the battlefields of Ukraine

We’re p(doomed) • Where will AI strike first?

Upper crust • Alice Cockerell investigates the literary appeal of the English upper classes

Starman

Speaking his mind

The Death of the Autocrats

Succession crisis

Testament to ignorance • Damian Thompson is appalled by the new biopic of Ann Lee, leading founder of the Shakers

Rank outsiders

Some write it hot

An incomplete picture

The Private of the Bluffs

Palm life

Prejudices

American life

Country life

Raising the bar • Americans have perfected the art of countertop cuisine

Pit stop

Poor taste • Epstein’s childish diet reveals a deeper sickness

No man’s land • Jeffrey Epstein couldn’t get control of his testosterone

Charge it, please • I embraced my inner Eloise at the Plaza

Hairpieces

Myself