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Kevin Durant Explains How ‘The Stars Were Kind Of Aligned’ For Team USA To Lose Its Early Exhibitions

The United States men’s basketball team’s tune-up for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo could be going a little better. While the team picked up a win in its most recent exhibition, a 28-point drubbing of Argentina, things got off to a rocky start with losses to Nigeria and Australia.

While both national teams are impressive — Nigeria is an ascending team with NBA talent and a former NBA head coach in Mike Brown, while Australia has legitimate aspirations of medaling at the Olympics — the bar is set so high for the Americans that it was shocking to see them lose back-to-back games to just about anyone. In the eyes of the team’s best player, though, there is no need for alarm.

Kevin Durant spoke to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and made clear that he believes the team simply got caught by two teams that are farther down the road than them.

“We’re a team that’s still coming together and trying to find our identity,” Durant said. “We have so many great players that you can play so many different ways, and we are indecisive at times on defense and offense. In the midst of us figuring it out, these teams are established and they’re running their sets. We’re working on our sets. The stars were kind of aligned for us to lose early on.”

Durant then went a little deeper, explaining the handful of ways that this sort of thing was possible.

“It’s easy to say that after two losses without any context,” Durant said. “Let’s just go down the roster of each team and you can find the answer. If you’re looking for NBA talent, those teams have it. Understand where we’re at as a team and then you can make assumptions for yourself. We do have all the best players in the league, but these national teams have NBA players, too, who are now No. 1 options and they’re used to playing that role internationally. We’re still adjusting as a team, and that’s not making excuses. There’s a lot of context people need to understand. We didn’t expect to lose a game, but losing games happen. We’ll get it right.”

The United States’ next game will come on Friday evening when they attempt to exact a measure of revenge against the Australians.

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International Dominatrix Eva Oh Shares Her Kink (And Non-Kink) Travel Guide

As more people become fully vaccinated and ready for travel, countries around the world are beginning to open up and loosen restrictions. Music festivals, bars, and clubs are slowly making a return. So are kink spaces like dungeons, swinger hotels, and sex-centric clubs where leather and latex dominate the dress code. We’re talking true hedonism; summer of love ’21.

Eva Oh, aka Mistress Eva, has been a bondage pro since 2011, when she left her vanilla corporate job to train at Sydney’s famous Salon Kitty’s dungeon. In the years since, she’s taken her enthusiasm for BDSM slave training and power exchange to select cities around the world. Currently based in Bali, Indonesia, Mistress Eva also runs the online BDSM space YouWillPleaseMe, hosts the Safeword Podcast and the #teakink webseries, and continues to tour the world for select engagements.

We hit up Mistress Eva for an extensive list of her favorite kink spaces around the globe, and since her travels have taken her pretty much everywhere, she also offered her favorite non-kink travel spots — from bars and restaurants to outdoor spaces and her favorite Bali locales. Let’s dive in!

Dungeons and Playspaces

Residenz Avalon — Berlin

This is one of my favorite places to play worldwide. Residenz Avalon is a massive standalone building that can be rented out entirely for yourself or your party. It has a diverse range of spaces that include a human pony yard and stalls and an underground dungeon of prison cells with CCTV access from the upstairs domestic quarters. It also has direct access to the river off of a small dock.

It is such a surprisingly picturesque spot for an industrial part of Berlin.

Alpha Inn — Tokyo

I keep returning to this very kitsch BDSM-themed love hotel in the center of Tokyo. It has definitely seen a lot going on within its walls and it can come across as a little dated and worn, but its many rooms, convenient location, and nice variety of kink BDSM furniture make it an easy and fun go-to for me when I’m in Tokyo.

Innana Studio — London

This beautiful and serene playspace belongs to my dear friend Adreena Angela. It is one of the most minimalist and modern spaces that I’ve gotten the pleasure to play in, and it’s conveniently located in north London. A range of BDSM furniture is surrounded by plants and thoughtful touches.

It’s a comfortingly devious space.

Kink Parties and Events

German Fetish Ball — Berlin

The German Fetish Ball is a heaving event held in Berlin each year. Kink community from across the world fly in for this multi-day extravaganza of parties, workshops, shows, and a bazaar of BDSM gear and fashion. I have yet to see another event that brings together such an international group of heavy fetishists like this does.

Klub Verboten — London

Dark warehouse spaces, brutalist dungeon furniture, and techno lead the way at this members-only kink club night in London. Their great passion for kink culture has also since expanded their offering to talks and non-club events that merge art, BDSM, political critique, and cultural education.

Kink Out — New York

The Kink Out crew is made up of some of the leading elders and activists of BDSM and sex work culture. They have held a massive event at MoMA PS1, rallied for sex worker rights, and host so much more that brings together kink, art, activism, and hedonism.

Department H — Tokyo

Tokyo’s grandest monthly kink gathering. Department H always serves up a raging latex-clad time with skillful and often fantastical performances. A lot of people come together and so many of them always know how to bring it, dress up and cause a sweet ruckus.

Kink Shops

Style Fetish — Frankfurt

My favorite BDSM furniture maker so far. Their showroom is outside of Frankfurt and although they do have distributors worldwide there’s nothing like seeing their intricate bondage devices, chairs, pillories, cages, cells, and more in the flesh.

The level of detail that goes into elements such as finger and head bondage attachments is too fabulous.

Le Boutique Bazaar — London

A luxury kink shopping event that is held a few times a year in venues around London. Custom latex, corsetry, millinery, hand-made lingerie, luxury leather, and avant-garde couture reign; and the community tends to use it as a fun opportunity to dress up as well.

Blackstyle — Berlin

This is such a convenient go-to in Berlin with a fairly massive range of heavy latex fashion, hoods, and bondage gear. They also have a really nice selection of heavy irons that includes balls and chains which is unusual for stores worldwide and delights me every time.

Kink and Sexuality Resources

UK Fetish Archive — London

The UK Leather and Fetish Archive is housed at the Bishopsgate Institute in London. They offer open access to a deep history of fetish, kink, and BDSM and they have an archive on my work as Mistress Eva too!

Project X — Singapore

Project X is a great resource and organization for sex workers and on sex work in Singapore. They have a couple of locations that you can drop in to for support and community if you are a sex worker or traveling sex worker in Singapore.

Tea

Plantation — Hong Kong

My favorite tea shop in Hong Kong, their selection is bold yet elegant and their store hosts very thoughtful tasting events. I have also gotten some of my most favorite teaware from them – they stock unusual and minimalist pieces made locally and from China and Taiwan.

Tea Chapter — Singapore

This is where I send my submissives so that they can learn traditional Chinese tea service and ceremony for me. It is a traditional Chinese tea house, where you can go, order tea and pour it yourself with friends – but they also have some short tea ceremony courses that are quick and informative.

29B Teahouse and Ceramics — New York

The tea list at 29B is stellar. The owners have such an intricate palette and that really comes through in the tea, cocktails, and food that they have at this seemingly casual yet smart teahouse in New York. Their selection of teaware is also impressive.

Museums

The Feurle Collection — Berlin

This is one of my favorite spaces to be in, worldwide. The Feurle Collection is a WWII bunker that houses a private art collection of contemporary art, imperial Chinese furniture, and Khmer sculptures that are lit in the most perfect ways. There is an incense ceremony room, they host gong baths and the enveloping darkness and curated way of navigating it are just perfect to me.

MONA — Hobart, Tasmania

I may have a thing for underground spaces. The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania lives inside a hollowed-out cliff and the architecture is breathtaking. There is a labyrinth of exhibition rooms to be wowed in. I could write about this space for days… You must visit it.

Nature

Gordon’s Bay — Sydney

When I first started out as a Dominatrix I worked long days, sessioning with multiple and many clients all day most days. I loved it and learned a lot — but I would need to counterbalance the dungeon with Gordon Bay on my off days. It was perfect to sit on the wide rocks and swim across the cold waters.

Hangover Bay — Nambung, north of Perth

This is the beach that spoiled all other beaches for me. I am usually the only one there with the resident dolphins. The sand is white and pristine, and the water is still, clear, and sparkles. It’s definitely got a touch of my nostalgia attached, but it’s my favorite beach for just that reason.

Topanga — Los Angeles

This is definitely also nostalgia at work, but whenever I’m in LA I always rent a house on a high point of its hills, surrounded by quiet, with a wide view in Topanga. The picturesque solitude saves me from what is usually horrendous jet lag from flying in from Asia before getting stuck into LA’s offerings.

Restaurants and Bars

Gen Yamamoto — Tokyo

A deeply delightful cocktail omakase bar in Tokyo. The clarity of the ingredients presented in their cocktail tasting menu is outstanding. Flavors sit more on the essence of single seasonal ingredients than the multiple layered cocktails that you may be used to. But that is where you can spot the nuance that they do so well.

Vespertine — Los Angeles

This may have been my favorite dining experience yet. Vespertine lives in its own site-specific structure in Culver City, Los Angeles. The attention to detail reminded me of being in Japan but within an American brutalist and meditative approach. They think deeply about smell, how you move through the space, the heat of the seat and so much more.

It may also have had the most on-point wine pairing that I’ve gotten to have so far.

Cafe Gray at Upper House — Hong Kong

I don’t usually eat here, what I use Cafe Gray for is my first drink whenever I fly back into Hong Kong. I go to her top floor, look out onto the city below and the skyline across and feel instantaneously at home and in awe. She still gets me every time.

Bali, Indonesia

I travel a lot. Sometimes I can be on the road for months and other times I will travel for two weeks a month and then retreat to my house in Bali. These are the things that I do to relax and turn off there.

Mejan Bar x Desoner — Bali, Indonesia

A rickety shack on the beach that plays world-class electronic music by roving DJs every single sunset. I’ve been in Bali for years and to have this newish quality yet quaint spot come about for us is such a treat.

Nusantara — Bali, Indonesia

My favorite Indonesian restaurant on the island. They serve a seriously tasty menu of dishes from all across the massive Indonesian Archipelago and I’ll often take myself there and demolish their huge tasting menu very happily on my own. It’s run by a fantastic local restaurant and bar group (Locavore).

R4D, Room 4 Dessert — Bali, Indonesia

It is always such a delightful experience going to Room 4 Dessert. This place is helmed by Will Goldfarb and the team that he has created is so impressive and passionate. You can dive into their 21-course dessert tasting menu that starts with a tour of their edible garden and ends by their outdoor fire pit – or there are a la carte options available at the back restaurant as well.

Their cooking may be my favorite on the island.

Tangkup Waterfall — Bali

I discovered this on a photoshoot and thanks to the photographer who scouted the location it is now my favorite waterfall in Bali. It is an easy but rickety trek in, and it is a smaller waterfall compared to some others – but it is so serene, gorgeous, and feels a little bit magical.

BAWA — Bali, Indonesia

BAWA are a great organization that works to save, protect and improve the lives of all animals in Bali. I foster with them when I get the chance, and their shelters have a volunteer program that is also available to tourists and visitors.

Cappella Ubud — Bali, Indonesia

Bali is a big island and so when I feel like heading north to spend time in Ubud I enjoy the very luxe and well serviced tented camp of Capella Ubud. The view from the Architect Tent and it’s pool are such a treat.

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Yves Tumor Shares The Off-Kilter EP ‘The Asymptotical World’ As A Surprise Release

Experimental art-rocker Yves Tumor’s 2020 LP Heaven To A Tortured Mind was described by Uproxx’s Philip Cosores as “a masterpiece.” It’s now been less than a year since released eerie-yet-affecting project, and they’re already ready to serve up some new music. The musician returned this week to drop the surprise-released EP The Asymptotical World.

Tumor’s six-track The Asymptotical World project features their recently released song “Jackie” as the opening track. The remainder of the project boasts skittering beats, mind-melting electric guitars, and layered production Tumor has perfected on their previous efforts. Along with dropping the surprise EP, Tumor has expanded their 2021 and 2022 tours, adding a handful of shows to an already packed schedule.

See Tumor’s The Asymptotical World album art, tracklist, and expanded 2021 and 2022 tour dates below.

WARP

1. “Jackie”
2. “Crushed Velvet”
3. “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them”
4. “Tuck” feat. Naked
5. “…And Loyalty Is A Nuisance Child”
6. “Katrina”

09/11 — Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
09/12 — Chicago, IL @ Chicago IL Pitchfork Festival
09/12 — Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
10/22— Miami, FL @ III Points Festival
10/24— Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/25— Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/26— NYC @ Webster Hall
10/28— NYC @ Webster Hall
10/29— Philadelphia, PA @ Warehouse On Watts
10/30— Austin, TX @ Levitation
10/31— San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
11/02— Denver, CO @ Stanley Hotel
11/03— Seattle, WA @ Numos
11/07— Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
11/08— Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
11/13— Las Vegas, NV @ Day N Vegas
11/14— Joshua Tree, CA @ Desert Daze
02/23/2022— Warsaw, PL @ Praga Centrum
02/24/2022 — Prague CZ @ Meet Factory
02/26/2022 — Prague CZ @ Meet Factory
02/28/2022 — Prague CZ @ Meet Factory
03/01/2022 — Amsterdam NL @ Paradiso Noord
03/02/2022 — Gent BE @ Balzaal Vooruit
03/03/2022 — Paris FR @ Trabendo
03/05/2022 — Bristol UK @ Strange Brew (Early Show)
03/05/2022 — Bristol UK @ Strange Brew (Late Show)
03/06/2022 — Glasgow UK @ Stereo
03/07/2022 — Dublin IE @ Whelans
03/08/2022 — London UK @ Electric Brixton
03/09/2022 — Brighton UK @ Chalk
03/10/2022 — Manchester UK @ Yes (Early Show)
03/10/2022 — Manchester UK @ Yes (Late Show)

The Asymptotical World is out now via Warp. Get it here.

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Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan Is Back With A New NatGeo Show: ‘Better Human Better Dog’

Dogs, like their human counterparts, are not always perfect. And that is your fault! No, really. “When I started my journey, I wanted to teach people that there’s no such thing as a bad dog,” says the so-called “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan. But there are bad pet parents—even if they don’t mean to be. For his new NatGeo show Better Human Better Dog, Millan is helping pet parents better understand the connection that dogs have with their humans, and how our actions can influence just how well, or poorly, our pups behave.

The 10-episode series couldn’t come at a better time, as the past year has seen an enormous rise in the number of pet adoptions. And as anyone who has ever rescued a pup knows, the details on where a dog came from and what sort of conditions it lived in are often a guess at best. So building trust with your pooch is the first step in creating a happy home life. But no two dogs are alike, nor are their specific needs. In Better Human Better Dog, Millan will feature some of the toughest and most unique post-pandemic cases he has encountered. According to a press release:

“Transformations include cases like Goliath, a dog that was once so unpredictably aggressive he blocked paramedics from entering his home during a family emergency. He is now a medical companion animal, able to seek assistance when his owner suffers a seizure. Also, follow Insta-famous Ducky the Yorkie as he em‘barks’ on a journey with Cesar to gain comfort and composure with his second owner so that the newlyweds can finally pursue their dreams of starting a family. A rottweiler named Kuma is also transformed from an unstable liability to a calm, confident member of a family with five young children. To complement his efforts, Cesar’s own exotic animal ‘paw’sonal assistants pitch in to assist in the rehabilitation process—including llamas, a parrot and a miniature horse—all full-time residents of the Dog Psychology Center.”

(Those puns are all NatGeo’s.)

Better Human Better Dog will premiere on National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD on Friday, July 30. You can watch the full trailer above.

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Foo Fighters Are Postponing Their LA Forum Show After A Team Member Contracts Covid-19

Foo Fighters have announced that “out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band” they will be postponing this Saturday’s show date at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Posting a note to their social media accounts, the band said, “Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew, and most of all, the fans, Saturday’s show at the Los Angeles Forum is being postponed to a later date.” The band did not specify who had tested positive. A new date at The Forum will be announced soon, and tickets for the July 17 show will be honored.

The band has been performing live since June 15, notably playing a show at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California, to a vaccinated audience of 600. They also were the first band to play Madison Square Garden in New York, where they played to a crowd of 15,000, as Billboard notes. Everyone at the MSG show had either been vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid. After the show, Dave Grohl & Co. posted a triumphant photo to Instagram, captioning, “THANK YOU MADISON SQUARE GARDEN!!! IT WAS A NIGHT WE’LL NEVER FORGET!!! YOU WERE THE LOUDEST @thegarden HAS EVER SEEN!”

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Madonna Is In Full Spy Mode In The Trailer For Her ‘Madame X’ Tour Documentary

Madonna has announced a new concert film, Madame X, documenting her tour of the same name. The documentary will stream on Paramount+ this fall. Directed by Ricardo Gomes, Madame X features footage of the iconic pop singer performing music from her 2019 album of the same name, plus 48 on-stage performers (including Madonna’s children), and the all-female Orquestra Batukadeiras.

Paramount+’s description reads: “Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, the film captures the pop icon’s rare and rapturous tour performance, hailed by sold-out theatrical audiences worldwide. The unprecedented intimate streaming experience will take viewers on a journey as compelling and audacious as Madonna’s fearless persona, Madame X, a secret agent traveling around the world, changing identities, fighting for freedom and bringing light to dark places.”

“Sharing my vision with global audiences has been profoundly meaningful to me,” Madonna added of the film in a press release. “The opportunity to bring its message and the incandescent artistry of all involved to an even wider audience comes at a time when music is so deeply needed to remind us of the sacred bond of our shared humanity.”

Watch the trailer for Madame X above. Madame X arrives on Paramount+ on 10/8.

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Tom DeLonge Describes His ‘Monsters Of California’ As A Coming-Of-Age Film With ‘Dick Jokes’

Former Blink-182 member and current UFO conspiracy theorist Tom DeLonge is set to make his directorial debut with the upcoming film Monsters Of California. Actor Richard Kind, who stars in the film, previously said DeLonge wouldn’t stop talking about UFOs and aliens on set. But, according to DeLonge, that’s not all the film is about. He describes it instead as combining the paranormal and a coming-of-age story riddled with dick jokes.

DeLonge recently sat down with NME for a conversation about his band Angels And Airwaves and Monsters Of California. During the interview, DeLonge was able to give a succinct synopsis of the project:

“About 14 years ago when I started Angels [And Airwaves], I was telling people how we were going to put out books and make movies. Everyone said ‘you’re high, you’re crazy and you’re chasing aliens!’ but I’m just doing the stuff I said I was going to do. Monsters is really the beginning of the mainstream version of what I want to do, which is to put out films that have a much larger appeal that are a lot of fun, that are based on a point of view I have. […] The movie, by the way, is like if Spielberg went back and made an indie [movie] that’s rated R, that’s just paranormal and dick jokes and coming-of-age John Hughes type stuff. So I think people are going to like it, it’s fun.”

Elsewhere in the conversation, DeLonge talked about the possibility of collaborating with Travis Barker. DeLonge said they have recorded some music and hope to one day tour together, but there are too many logistics. “Travis and I, we never really talked about doing a whole album or anything like that, but we do have a song laying around that we did,” he said. “We have talked about not only releasing it, but what would it be like to play shows but everyone’s so busy, how do you do that? How do you assemble the band, get all the songs back up there, figure out where you’re going to tour, when you’re going to tour. Travis has a million things going on, I have a million things going on. It’s not that we don’t want it, but it’s not the priority. It’s a nostalgic, awesome thing, but nostalgic, awesome things don’t really run your life. You’ve got to fit them in.”

Watch DeLonge’s full interview with NME here.

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Rico Nasty Gets In Her Rock Bag On Love Ghost’s Haunting ‘Wolfsbane’

Rico Nasty joins genre-bending rock band Love Ghost to indulge her own hard-rock tendencies on the band’s new song “Wolfsbane.” Grinding guitars that shift from punk to metal to trap back a track that dips into folklore and horror iconography to compare being a werewolf to living with a mental health condition. That sounds heady, but between Rico’s devil-may-care demeanor and frontman Finnegan Bell’s deft songwriting, the concept holds up pretty well.

Bell explained as much to Rolling Stone, saying, “I wanted to write a song about werewolves but from a mental health perspective. I wanted to write about something that you wish you could change and you have to fight every day. But unfortunately, it’s what you become — whether that’s mental illness, demons, addiction, etc. It’s for the listener to decide.”

For her part, Rico gave an enthusiastic co-sign. “‘Wolfsbane’ wanted to get me in my rock bag,” she said. “I love when bands want to bring me into their world and let me rock out. The production behind this song is fire. It gives two different vibes when the beat switches, bringing a hard-rock element.” Longtime Rico fans will certainly enjoy her indulging her punk-rock proclivities as she does on “OHFR?” from her own debut album Nightmare Vacation, but more recently she’s been going pop with songs like “Magic.”

Listen to Love Ghost’s “Wolfsbane” featuring Rico Nasty above.

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Tucker Carlson’s Resurfaced 1999 Comments On Trump Being The ‘Single Most Repulsive Person On The Planet’ Are Really Something

Tucker Carlson’s apparently duplicitous ways recently gained the spotlight when The New York Times‘ Ben Smith reported that the Fox News host is secretly “a great source” for unsavory stories about Donald Trump. Don’t forget, though, that he’s also a master deflector. In response to Smith’s inquiries (mentioned in the article) about whether Tucker’s received the Covid-19 vaccination (which he vilifies on-air), Tucker deflected with a question about Smith’s sex life. And now, it seems that Tucker’s vigorous on-air support of Trump (including the whole insurrection subject) might be an illusion, too.

At the very least, Tucker seems like he opportunistically hopped aboard the Trump train in an extreme way, if some resurfaced remarks are any indication. The Washington Post has unearthed some 1999 remarks that Tucker made to fellow Slate blogger Evan Smith. The conversation revolved around the possibility of Trump entering the 2000 presidential race under the Reform Party. Smith initially called Trump “repulsive,” and Tucker agreed while doubling down, bigly. Via Slate:

“I’d love to add something even meaner to your description of Donald Trump — he’s the sort of person I want to keep kicking once he’s down — but I don’t think I can. You’ve said it all: He is the single most repulsive person on the planet. What a wonderfully pithy, accurate sentence. Congratulations.”

Interestingly enough, Insider contacted Fox News for comment and received a response that pointed towards a 2016 Politico column penned by Tucker, who called Trump “imperfect,” although he was a fan of his populist ways. And it appears that Tucker decided to seize upon that wave, too, and he’s not giving up anytime soon. All those wild rants about UFOs, sprinkled with pro-Trump rhetoric, made Tucker Carlson Tonight the top-rated show during last quarter’s cable-news competition. He’s wildly veered out of reality, but why would he ever change course now?

(Via Slate, Washington Post & Insider)

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America’s Top General Warned That Trump Was Preaching ‘The Gospel Of The Führer’ As He Desperately Clung To Power In His Final Days In Office

In the days, weeks, and months following Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election, you didn’t have to be Freud to notice that the lame-duck president wasn’t ready to relinquish power—and would stop at nothing to try and keep his tiny orange hands on the nuclear button. But as New York Magazine notes, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley was actually so concerned by Trump’s unpredictable behavior and attempts at power-grabbing that he issued a warning to his colleagues that the 45th president of the United States was starting to sound an awful lot like Adolf Hitler.

The story comes courtesy of a new book, I Alone Can Fix It, co-penned by Washington Post colleagues Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. The book recounts how just days ahead of the January 6th Capitol riots, Milley was concerned about the potential threat Trump posed to our democracy and warned that the president seemed to be right at the edge of his own “Reichstag moment.”

According to the book, Milley received a call one week after the 2020 election from an “old friend” who sought to warn him that the MAGA faction was attempting to “overturn the government.” Initially, Milley dismissed the claim, telling his aides, “They may try, but they’re not going to f*cking succeed. You can’t do this without the military. You can’t do this without the CIA and the FBI. We’re the guys with guns.” But as Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day loomed closer, and Trump’s repeated attempts to actually, yep, overturn the election kept failing, Milley became a bit more concerned. As Ben Jacobs writes for New York:

Still, Milley was disturbed by the sight of Trump supporters rallying to his cause in November, calling them “Brownshirts in the streets.” Leonnig and Rucker wrote that Milley “believed Trump was stoking unrest, possibly in hopes of an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military.” The general likened the U.S. to Germany’s fragile Weimar Republic in the early 1930s. “This is a Reichstag moment,” he said, referring to the arson attack on Germany’s Parliament that Hitler used as a pretext to assume absolute power and destroy democracy.

On January 6, Milley watched with disgust as Trump addressed his supporters. Soon after Trump finished speaking, a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the presidential election by a joint session of Congress—and many promised to return for Biden’s inauguration. “These guys are Nazis, they’re boogaloo boys, they’re Proud Boys. These are the same people we fought in World War II,” Milley said a week after the attack on the Capitol.

Following Biden’s inauguration, and the official ousting of Trump from the White House, former First Lady Michelle Obama apparently asked Milley how he was feeling about the change in leadership. “No one has a bigger smile today than I do,” Milley told her.

I Alone Can Fix It will be released on July 20, 2021.

(Via New York Magazine)