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1. "What her friends say she couldn’t understand was why, this time, many people weren’t buying it—why it was no longer the authenticity they saw, but the cultivation.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
2. There’s a ton in this @elainaplott profile of Ivanka. But one thing it captures particularly well is the tale of two cities. There's NYC, where wealth purchases standing: “The only unpardonable sin in New York society is poverty.” 
3. And then there’s DC, which revolves around power. And that brings a focus on how it’s accrued and exercised. For Ivanka and her circle, this is the distinction between “accomplishments” and “process.” Process criticisms are “noise.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
4. Read the whole thing. And bear in mind: Any well-executed portrait—and this one is brilliantly drawn—will tell you at least as much about the environment in which the sitter dwells as it will about its nominal subject. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
