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re trump’s “won’t need to vote again…”

i had dinner with friends last night who pointed out that there wa a time when a. comment like that would have been met with 40-point headlines and editorials in major newspapers expressing outrage. 

but the news cycle is so crowded, it’s loss in the shuffle. but, you gotta love this from lindsey graham.

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A solid piece from the Post re: How Kamala Harris took control of the Democratic Party (non-paywalled).

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Really a remarkable demonstration of party discipline and something that should be studied in future - in addition to what I'm sure will be more painful and ugly exposes about how other parties drove Joe out. This fortunately seems largely separate from that.

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Gowdy Doody (remember when he was another hope of the future for the GOP) looks more like an Aeon Flux character than ever. 

Some on the right are gleefully trying to double down on what their favorite shiny new fascist said, but even Gowdy knew better.

Speaking of fascists, you can see how much Thiel is puppeteering Trump again, not only with the disastrous VP pick, but also Trump very, very belatedly endorsing Blake Masters, one of the worst candidates of all time.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2024/07/28/trump-giving-blake-masters-abe-hamadeh-total-endorsement/74578406007/

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