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Just a short follow-up on yesterday’s post: As I noted last time, the Democrats have been moving closer to an embrace of the capacious meaning of freedom advanced by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War. In his famous formulation of “The Four Freedoms,” FDR championed “freedom of
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The third night of the Democratic National Convention was framed around the theme of “freedom,” a word that has increasingly become a mainstay of the Harris campaign (and not just because it’s great walk up music). And a night focusing on “freedom” marks the culmination of a subtle but
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The second night of the Democratic National Convention kicked off with a raucous roll call of the states, set to a soundtrack of hit songs (and a live appearance by Lil Jon) and orchestrated by a literal DJ on stage. It was all fun, but also a fitting start for
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As I noted yesterday, the first night of the Democratic National Convention turned into a pretty defiant and pretty impressive union rally. And that was crystal clear even before the incumbent president took the stage and basked in chants of “Union Joe!” Not surprisingly, President Biden gave one of the
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Just as I did with the bizarre train wreck that was the Republican National Convention, I’ll be posting each day of this week’s Democratic National Convention. Joe Biden is technically the headliner for the first night of the convention, which is an unusual spot for an incumbent president,
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For those of you who wisely decided to avoid the conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, or who were unable to tune in due to Twitter’s crapulence, or who were unable to understand Trump’s mouthful of marbles, I’m sad to report that there’s a full
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Wow. What a year this past month has been. After weeks of Democrats in Actual Disarray, the 2024 race was basically reset with the announcement yesterday that Joe Biden would be stepping aside and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place. (If you’re only learning this now,
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As I noted last time, the Republican National Convention has been fairly boring — psychotic, but boring — and not even last night’s speech from the vice presidential candidate managed to shake that up. Tonight, however, promises to be different as we’ve got a WWE style Main Event in the
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So, when I decided I’d do daily updates through the Republican National Convention, I just assumed that there would be a steady stream of big breaking news coming out of the convention, but so far it’s been fairly uneventful? Well, for most attendees. I know that’s an
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In my last post, I argued that the people who were claiming that the assassination attempt against Donald Trump meant the election was suddenly all wrapped up for the Republican Party were panicking without any reason. It’s early, but the first polls released since the shooting seem to support
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I’m on the road this week, taking my daughter to visit some colleges, but given this week’s insane flurry of activity in the presidential campaign, I’ll try to post when I can. First and foremost, let me beg Democrats to stop the goddamn doomerism. We all know
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In recent months, the breathtaking radicalism and brazen corruption of the current Supreme Court has reignited the longstanding debate over reforming the Court by expanding the number of Justices. As often happens, these discussions about a potential change in our government are shaped significantly by our understanding — or misunderstanding — of