Just about everybody on the wrong side of this culture war is embarrassing, but Tom Slater’s glazing of a Harry Potter actor earlier this week was impressively pathetic.

Leading Off: J.K. Rowling celebrates on her yacht, but the backlash over an anti-trans ruling begins in the US and the UK. Is Trump tired of losing? The top story lines as the week begins.

A prominent British anti-trans activist got caught reading explicit Harry Potter fanfic on a public train. No, we’re not making this up.