"The heckler also mocked Dershowitz for, among other things, claiming that, although he’d once received a massage from an adult woman at Epstein’s house, he’d kept his underwear on during the experience. “You’re still a schmuck,” Dershowitz shouted.

Donald Trump has bent many democratic traditions, but there’s one he’s discarded all together—he’s put his name and face on things while still in office, @RoseSheinerman reports. See the places where he’s affixed his name and image, and where he still hopes to.

Thinking about Jim Foley. He was murdered by ISIS militants 12 years ago today in Syria. He covered American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Reported on the “Arab Spring” in Libya and later on the civil war in Syria.

Julia Curlee devoted her life to serving her country. She briefed Mike Pence and served as a director on the National Security Council. But when her gender identity became public, she was told she was no longer needed.

Donald Trump has been putting his name on buildings since before most Americans were born—but by doing it as president, he has created something entirely new in the nation’s history, @RoseSheinerman reports.

As the war in Iran stretches on, Donald Trump is in disagreement with the vice president, military leaders, and long-standing American allies—but also with reality itself, @GrahamDavidA argues in The Atlantic Daily:

"This summer, Beckwith, the lieutenant governor of Indiana, told the podcast Conservative Review that Islam is 'a more dangerous ideology than even Nazism.' I had been wondering whether he might ever apologize for saying 'I hate Islam.' Eventually I emailed his office to ask. An aide replied that 'Lieutenant Governor Beckwith does not regret his comments and has not had a change of heart.'” -- @asmamk:

Make time for this. The article is as absorbing, and striking, as everyone says. See what you think. You don't even have to tell anyone what you think. The article involves the messiness of life and the politics of our times. It tells us something about patriotism and something about individuality (again, that messiness of life). Reading about Mike Pence -- whose decency and honor does not surprise me -- I thought of George W. Bush, another man of decency and honor. In 2003, Bush hosted his 35th college reunion at the White House. A trans person came up to him and said, "You might remember me as Peter when we left Yale." Extending his hand, Bush said, "Now you've come back as yourself." It ain't all Ozzie and Harriet, you know. Never has been, since caveman days. Anyway, great thanks to Julia Curlee.

"As for the five-year-old confrontation at the Chilmark store, David added this: 'I have lots of confrontations on my show but rarely in life,' he said. 'And then only if I think I can take them in a fight. Hence the Dershowitz dust-up.'”

I went looking for all the things that President Trump has put his name, face, or signature on—and all the things still on his wish list. Gift link (and immense gratitude to the visual team at @TheAtlantic that made this possible):

"The Dershowitz story has become a familiar seasonal menace on Martha’s Vineyard; as pernicious as ticks, and as hard to kill. “I don’t know why he’s still thinking and talking about me,” Larry David told me."

I am proud to call Julia and her family friends. She has spent her entire adult life loyally serving her country, and the way she had been treated in the past few years is unconscionable.

I wrote an essay that’s been on my mind for a very long time. It’s not the whole story, but it’s a snapshot that chronicles what I’ve personally witnessed and experienced over the last several years. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read it.

Trump has bent many democratic traditions, but there’s one he’s discarded all together—he’s put his name and face on things while still in office, @RoseSheinerman reports. See the places where he’s affixed his name and image, and where he still hopes to.

“No one has affirmed my gender identity quite like Mike Pence. On my last day, I gave him a letter. I wrote: ‘I’m a trans­gender CIA officer, a wife and mother—­and I served the Vice President. Anything is possible in America.’ I told him many people at the CIA hadn’t believed that a trans officer like me could serve someone like him. “‘Well,’ he said, ‘I’m glad I passed the test.’”

“No one has affirmed my gender identity quite like Mike Pence. On my last day, I gave him a letter. I wrote: “I’m a trans­gender CIA officer, a wife and mother—­and I served the Vice President. Anything is possible in America.””