Good morning. Tell us what you think of this new version of the newsletter at opiniontoday@nytimes.com. NotableYou beat Trumpism by banding together. “The struggle over regime change is about whether the aspiring authoritarians can subdue civil society. Their strategy is to play divide and conquer, rewarding friends and brutally punishing opponents.” — Henry J. Farrell, professor of democracy and international affairs at Johns Hopkins Read now → Making the most of a mandate. “I thought it might be worth offering a case for bread-and-butter governance as a necessary — though by no means sufficient — path to ideological transformation, by simplifying that case to an even simpler rule: A true revolution should be seeking a minimum of 12 years in power.” — Ross Douthat, Opinion columnist Read now → Is Trump doing a good thing for animals? “Animal research has saved countless lives, but a concerted federal push to reduce its use and support reasonable alternatives is long overdue.” — Deborah Blum won a 1992 Pulitzer Prize for writing about animal research Read now → Spotlight
The Gaza I Knew Is GoneAfter two years of war, one Gazan tells of what has been lost. In Case You Missed ItDon’t Be So Quick to Dismiss That Hegseth Speech. “Mr. Hegseth did not prove last week that diversity arguments are always wrong. But he made a powerful case that in one walk of American life, they are wrong more often than not.” — Christopher Caldwell, contributing Opinion writer and the author of “The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties.” Read now → Watch (or Listen)
What the Shutdown Is Really AboutObamacare premiums could double for millions of Americans if the current law isn’t changed. Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress, one of the largest progressive think tanks, walks Ezra Klein through the shutdown’s policy stakes. Listen (or Watch)
More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants” The headline poses the wrong question. The question is not whether Trump can deploy troops to anywhere he wants. The question is whether anyone will stop him. — A comment posted by Barbara8101 from Philadelphia Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. From the ArchivesIn 2017, the columnist Frank Bruni bemoaned the omnipresence of pumpkin spice. But it’s still with us.
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