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WaPo: Pelosi discusses Biden's exit and says he did not have a path to victory. (Non-paywalled) It is pretty candid.

I know, it's Morning Joe but this is the earliest link for this WP piece:

That's my primary concern at Netflix. I would've been happier with its long-term chances on Hulu, as much as any streaming show that isn't Stranger Things or a Taylor Sheridan show has a shot. But I'm pleased it's finally moving ahead, as I have been deep in rewatching the original series.

The deathless Frank Luntz, GOP focus group Wormtongue of the ages, tells them the truth:

Damn!

Can you record on Plex? I'm guessing no.

Before the rally.

I think FV and Ron were actually cocky enough to try it with Robin at that point in the early-mid 2010s when they were hailed as the saviors of GH/all daytime and had been casting big names like Stafford, etc left and right. This was also after her initial return from the dead, around 2014-15. There was a fan contingent that was still high on them hiring anyone and everyone before the bottom fell out. But I do hope they were never serious.

Lovely news, but I do hope they put it on demand. I'm not waiting for it to catch up lol

Lisa also said she thinks they were never actually serious about the Brenda recast. And she's right. It was a feint to try to lure VM. It's never going to happen, ever. FV (allegedly) tried to get Budig to be NuRobin after they kept stalling out the Robin story in the early 2010s (even though Kimberly repeatedly made herself available!). That would've gone over like the Tet Offensive, but for some reason there's one guy on GH Twitter who has been obsessed with it for years.

Kamala shuts down some Palestine protestors at her latest event doing a "we won't vote for genocide" chat. The very online far left will squeal about this, but they're wrong. She did this same thing to Pence four years ago in their debate, and she's right to have zero tolerance for people chanting about genocide in the middle of her rally, especially after she took a harder line than Biden about Netanyahu and Israel like a week ago. I agree that ear is weird.

This is baffling.

That's been Frank's way for many years. He shuffles the guarantees and throttles story with them to keep costs down so that they fade in and out for weeks at a time, that goes all the way back to OLTL. There was often story stop/start whiplash both at OLTL and in those early years at GH. He just used to be better at it, and had more overall interesting casts/stories before GH became entirely his domain post-Carlivati.

I mean, the shooter appears legit (and per investigation was apparently angling to shoot any candidate he could get to first, not just Trump) but damn if the idea that it was rigged wasn't my first or second thought. I don't know how Trump could be broke already given the massive money Thiel, etc. have been pumping in lately, but if anyone could pull it off it's his team.

I think Lulu is an essential character who hasn't always been cast right or had the greatest stories. The creepy little toddler never drew my interest lol. Berman could be obnoxious but she was still skilled. It's just a question of the right actor and material. I am not going to complain about beefing up Laura's (and Luke's) family again.

Sums it up.

NYT does its own BTS dive into how Harris chose Walz. (non-paywalled)

Deck chairs on the Titanic. Who cares.

I'm glad they've started asking - Trump staying at Mar-a-Lago most of the week over and over is very strange.

Oh, is that Steve Christy from Friday the 13th?? I didn't recognize him. They tried to put him over as a leading man?

I'm pleased about it if Netflix lets it get beyond 10 episodes.

Here's a headline you don't see everyday: The adorable Jason Tam (Markko, OLTL) is playing John McCain(!) in the afterlife off-Broadway.