Steve Bannon Ousted From White House: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Trump dumps Steve Bannon, top proponent of his nationalist agenda
“Bannon has told associates in recent days that if he were to leave the White House, the conservative populist movement that lifted Trump in last year’s campaign would be at risk. One person close to him said the coalition would amount to “Democrats, bankers, and hawks.” Bannon also has predicted that Trump would eventually turn back to him and others who share the president’s nationalist instincts, especially on trade.”
+1: Trump Untethered: As the president cuts ties with establishment staffers, and forces out his populist firebrand, what’s left of Trumpism other than white identity politics? – The Atlantic
+1: Inside the rise and fall of Steve Bannon – Politico
+1: Bannon’s next move: A return to Breitbart, and possible war with Drudge – BuzzFeed News
2. Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, and his path to the far-right
“The incendiary, slur-spitting Canadian celebrity has found a new posse to ride with him out on the frontier. Is it all an act to play to the emotions of a divided time? Does it matter?”
+1: Chapo Trap House’s Amber Frost: How to write about Nazis – Current Affairs
+1: Antifa’ grows as left-wing faction set to, literally, fight the far right – New York Times
3. Canadians among victims of Barcelona attack, Spanish officials say
“Global Affairs spokesman Austin Jean says the government is in contact with family members affected by the attacks and is trying to gather more information.”
4. Saudis in talks over alliance to rebuild Iraq and ‘return it to the Arab fold’
“Iraq and Saudi Arabia are negotiating a new alliance that would give Riyadh a leading role in rebuilding Iraq’s war-torn towns and cities, while bolstering Baghdad’s credentials across the region.
“Meetings between senior officials on both sides over the past six months have focused on shepherding Iraq away from its powerful neighbour and Saudi Arabia’s long-time rival, Iran, whose influence over Iraqi affairs has grown sharply since the 2003 ousting of Saddam Hussein.”
5. Nobody knows what lies beneath New York City
“Because of data from satellites, we can now map the world down to about 6 inches. We’ve almost reached the point Jorge Luis Borges describes in his short story On Exactitude in Science, in which cartographers built ‘a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire, and which coincided point for point with it.’ But the world beneath our feet remains shrouded in darkness. ‘Light and radio waves don’t go through dirt like they do air,’ says George Percivall, chief technical officer for the Open Geospatial Consortium, which is helping to develop global standards for underground mapping. ‘The next frontier, in both a literal and figurative sense, is underground.’
