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And with RFK:

From the Atlantic, of all places, some honesty.

Still, she's handled it well in two ways that plays both angles and wins her the support she needs, both in showing steel for malcontents (which the Beltway, who hates anything vaguely liberal, will particularly love) and for opening dialogue. The unreachable will never be reached.

The media is actually picking up on both his absence from the campaign and the whole helicopter fantasy, including the usual noxious voices from the Times, etc. So this focus on his cognitive ability may start to stick with Joe out of the race, as disgusting as the double standard has been.

Willie Brown just bursting into laughter here is hilarious.

Too bad!

Actor-turned-director Justin Baldoni (Y&R, B&B, etc? not sure) is now embroiled in a public cold war with his star Blake Lively over their dicey-looking romantic drama It Ends with Us. Depending on who you ask Lively and Ryan Reynolds exerted overt creative control, or Baldoni was creepy:

Harris is handling another heckler in AZ, a bit more diplomatically (if less fun). She makes it clear she wants a ceasefire.

Clearly pissed about the Democratic momentum, infamous WP columnist Kathleen Parker sheds her veneer of seriousness and goes mask off re: Harris.

I think the way things were done re: Joe was often ugly and shameful. I do think we are in a very good place today, and frankly I wouldn't trade it. Everything else is very complicated and I can talk about it another time. We are apparently up by 2 in AZ, but that depends on what poll you believe.

So is it still only a live offering on FreeVee? Surely not.

Bidenworld guru Anita Dunn talks to Politico about the June debate and his exit. I agree with some of what she said, and I think other aspects are messy and complicated.

I never got over Kim and Matthew, honestly.

If she takes the WH, Joe's legacy will also be embedded in history even more than it already was, as he made the ultimate sacrifice of power and made certain to usher in the first Black female president.

Absolutely astonished and thrilled they did this lol It's time for yet another Republican moment of clarity with (checks notes) Meghan.

Since they apparently weren't the ones heckling Harris, I have no issue with them. He also persisted with 'asylum' being mental hospitals. He was also repeatedly essentially pleading with Biden to return again.

This is absolutely a panic press conference.