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Walter Shapiro@mrwaltershapiro.bsky.social |
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Covering my 12th presidential campaign for the New Republic. Columnist for Roll Call and teach at Yale. New Yorker whose idea of adventure travel is crossing West 86th Street against the light. And Twitter refugee.
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Walter Shapiro
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Not sure this is the best subject line for the Biden campaign fund-raising efforts today: "Trump is closer than ever to retaking power." And why is that?
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My favorite British columnist on the election: Marina Hyde
in Guardian. Her kicker invoking Sir Edward Gray saying in 1914, "The lights are going out in Europe," is powerful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I noticed the same thing. I was surprised by "cuppa" after the "tuppence" debacle. Chimney sweeps like Dick Van Dyke should sue.
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I assume if Sunak loses, Tory supporters will storm the Parliament.
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"After Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, a physician, asked Mr. Biden questions about the status of his health, Mr. Biden replied that his health was fine. 'It’s just my brain,' he added." Joke or reality? You make the call. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
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It says something about my mood over politics that my escape has been to belatedly binge watch "Babylon Berlin." When Berlin in 1929 looks good, boy, are we in trouble.
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Such an important point -- everything is up for grabs at an open convention. All you need is a majority to change the rules. And, yes, superdelegates can vote on rule changes.
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My latest in @tnr.bsky.social: "For years, party leaders mocked Republicans for sticking with Trump when it was clear he was unfit for office. Now that Joe Biden is unfit for office, they’re mostly silent." newrepublic.com/article/1834...
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Another day in which I better stay away from sharp objects and open windows.
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Barney Greengrass. Dagon. Nice-Matin.
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My current mood: "Bring it on."
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I have never been a panicked Democrat. But the Atlanta debacle changed the equation for me. Biden must withdraw to save the nation from Trump. Me in @tnr.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/1832...
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You have undoubtedly made the right life choice.
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Medical mystery: I can't tell if my sense of mal de mer is caused by Covid bounce-back or debate fears.
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Teddy White on JFK on debate day in 1960: "[He] lay on his bed in a white, open-necked T-shirt...and fired questions at his intimates. He held in his hand the fact cards that Goodwin and Feldman had prepared for him...and, as he finished each, he sent it spinning off the bed to the floor."
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I hope to hell that Joe Biden is happily sleeping right now and not staring at the ceiling thinking of debate one-liners.
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It has been an amazing four years for getting me to dramatically change my opinion of the Cheney family.
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I thought they would be writing the previews in finger paint without a particular political bias.
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Me in @tnr.bsky.social: "In keeping with the enduring principles of journalistic overkill, the only entities that have not yet weighed in with debate previews are two laggard preschools in Wichita, Kansas, and isolated pockets of Ukrainian soldiers in heavy combat." newrepublic.com/article/1831...
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Coincidence I am sure.
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Extra! Extra! Stunning news from the NY Times: "With less than five months to go, new poll averages from The New York Times, which debut today, show a very close race nationally and in the critical battleground states." www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/u...
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We are working out the details but I think you have a 2025 gig.
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Next year I will live out my dream and go on the road as a rock star. It will be my Errors Tour.
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I hate this headline formulation: "Why Do We Love ‘The Bear’ So Much?" I have never seen the show, so while I am sure it is great, I hate being lumped in with the "We." www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/d...
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Best thing that happened to the Democrats in 1924: Bad weather conditions knocked some of the convention sessions off the air in some places.
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This afternoon—a century ago—the Democrats began their 1924 convention that lasted 103 exhausting ballots and climaxed with a battle over denouncing the KKK by name. In two parts for the New Republic, I bring the chaos to life with the help of a fellow named Mencken. newrepublic.com/article/1830...
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No one should be enough of a martyr to rewatch a Trump 2020 super-spreader debate. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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That's a vicious attack on Burr. Our dueling VP had real talent, although horribly misapplied.
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Thank you for this. I overlapped with McPherson at the Post (though I only knew the byline) and remember the down-and-out piece about him.
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The Guardian on Will Lewis with a bit about the effort "codenamed Operation Save Big Dog – that tried but ultimately failed to salvage Johnson’s premiership. Lewis was awarded a knighthood in 2023 for his political service to the conservative prime minister." www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
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Probably played a much bigger role in obscuring his greatness.
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Throw into the mix the issue of whether tv ads five months before the election have much interest for meh voters who won't be paying attention for months.
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In a prescient column, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social highlights a key factor hurting Trump plus his GOP enablers and sycophants: "The Supreme Court’s rulings mean that politically inconvenient and sometimes traumatic reminders keep surfacing." And we're not done yet. www.thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-l...
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Sadly, the steroid-scarred Barry Bonds is now unequivocally the best living baseball player.
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About a year ago,I got a call my my best friend in the third grade. We had a dinner -- and, mostly relevantly, I got to apologize. For all the 8-year-old debates in which I so wrongly claimed that Mantle was better than Mays. Say hey. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Can't Nvidia (which sounds like an artificial sweetener just banned by the FDA) use some of its new-found wealth to find a new name in which the second letter is maybe a vowel. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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This is the best government document of the decades. Kudos to the FTC.
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Even Gummo?
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When "Waiting for Godot" made its American debut at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in 1956 starring Bert Lahr and Tom Ewell, it was advertised as "the laugh sensation of two continents. "
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I woke up this morning. Checked to see if my name was Will Lewis. When I realized that wasn't me, I went back to sleep with a smile on my face.
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How could Lewis not see what was coming? The arrogance to believe he could ride it out.
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I can'r say I would like to be Will Lewis tonight. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/w...
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In this unusual story, let me offer three cheers for the career employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who all did the right thing. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/n...
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Wouldn't it be more ethical if Harlan Crow simply took Thomas' seat on the Court? No scandal since Crow would just be flying himself around.
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The Bowling Stones.
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Do you know how many hours I invested in 2011 to teach myself that her name was spelled the opposite of what I would have expected: one "l" in the first name and two "n's" in the last name.
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Everything I know about the 2024 election, I tried to squeeze into a single Roll Call column. No, I don't have the temerity to predict who's going to win. But I do have some strong recommendations about how to navigate the next five months. rollcall.com/2024/06/11/t...
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Please read this harrowing report from the mostly ignored civil war in Sudan by Declan Walsh. Walsh's brave and compelling reporting represents the NY Times at its best. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/w...
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Me in New Republic on Democrats over-hyping Trump as a convicted felon: "A close election, with the future of democracy on the line, is not the moment to follow the 1960s mantra 'If it feels good, do it.' A consistent danger in politics is preaching to the choir." newrepublic.com/article/1823...
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Terrific column. And it explains why I have been getting three emails a week from "Eleni" for years.
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