<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: The Real and the Virtual
What We’re Following
Alleged Abuses: A number of Republican officials and conservative commentators are defending Roy Moore, the U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, against allegations that he had sexual contact with an underage girl when he was 32, and pursued other teenage women. Meanwhile, in response to accusations of sexual misconduct against the comedian Louis C. K., distributors canceled the release of his new film, I Love You, Daddy—whose plotline illustrates the ubiquitous pop-culture trope of sexualizing young girls.
The leaked financial documents known as the Paradise Papers reveal that the Russian businessman Yuri Milner invested in Facebook and Twitter with funds from two banks controlled by the Kremlin—and help tell the story of how have evolved. And in Spain, members of the Russian Mafia have developed powerful networks in politics and business. , and how investigators have tried to stop it.
