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The Washington Post
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Perspective by Candace Buckner: The Chicago Sky rookie’s game proves her worth. She doesn’t have to pretend to be the heel anymore.
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Simon Lester@simonlester.com |
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Co-founded WorldTradeLaw.net & ChinaTradeMonitor.com. Posting about trade policy, US politics, Philly sports, cheesesteaks, etc.
My custom trade policy feed (in beta!): bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqzu2eazvxb5fohoc4nap33y/feed/aaab5ctu4u4fc
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The Washington Post
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Perspective by Candace Buckner: The Chicago Sky rookie’s game proves her worth. She doesn’t have to pretend to be the heel anymore.
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The Washington Post
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President Biden will sit down Monday for his second TV interview since his faltering debate performance set off concern across the Democratic Party. NBC News anchor Lester Holt will conduct the interview.
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Philip Bump
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Bennet has a point: Biden is running worse than any Democrat at this point since Gore — and far worse than he was four years ago. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Julia Angwin
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One of the most impactful and infuriating algorithms in our lives is the routing algorithm on Google Maps. With 80% market share, it offers us very little control over our routes. If we want better, we will need to support competition like OpenStreetMaps. My latest for NYT Opinion (gift link):
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Rick Hasen
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My new one @Slate: Democrats Sure Aren’t Acting as if Trump Beating Biden Is an Existential Threat to Democracy
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Kevin M. Kruse
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“Colored”? They’re going to be causally saying the N word on air by September
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Tom Nichols
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Have to love the self-righteous doofuses who prefer to think that the issue is whether people here are going to desert Biden for Trump, when the problem is that the electoral college count is already plunging toward disaster in the handful of states that will actually decide this thing.
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Simon Lester
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Nice to see Stott get one. Would be great if he could heat up.
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Simon Lester
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Trea Turner grand slam. I like it.
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Simon Lester
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He hasn't seen enough, but he has seen something.
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Simon Lester
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"Job Approval July 8th (4th Year) Biden 38.8 | Trump 41.5 | Obama 47.4 | Bush 47.2"
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Aaron Ross Powell
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We should of course be wary of overselling the merits of old ways of doing things, but it really would be better if we shifted away from social media and back to blogging.
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Simon Lester
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Trump's position on abortion is whatever he thinks will help him get elected at that moment.
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Alec Stapp
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Solve your housing affordability crisis with this one weird trick
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Alan Beattie
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OK EVERYONE TIME TO ADJUST THE NARRATIVE - CENTRE-LEFT NOW ASCENDANT IN EUROPE, POPULIST RIGHT IN DISARRAY, WE’VE ALL GOT THAT CLEMENT ATTLEE/LEON BLUM FEELING. THAT IS ALL.
amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Simon Lester
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He probably has an "aggressive antitrust enforcement will solve racism" piece somewhere.
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The Washington Post
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Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.
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Simon Lester
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What the hell is Stoller talking about here? What exactly is a "a neoliberal-style Civil Rights era institutional fabric"?
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Simon Lester
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There are too many important elections these days. Need to stagger them a bit more.
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Jonathan Ladd
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I'd be shocked if data came back showing a new desire for Biden to step down is a top down phenomenon. Every relatively normal (non political junkie) Dem I talk to, every one, thinks the debate showed Biden needs to step aside. NY Times coverage is annoying, but the debate created this.
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Awful Announcing
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Simon Lester
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"PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Look. I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I have that test. Everything I do. You know, not only am I campaigning, but I'm running the world. ... "
www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/a...
If that's the case, maybe the rest of the world should get a say too?
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Daniel Drezner
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“Remember, even though the term is directed at him a lot, Trump is not an isolationist — he is a mercantilist who prefers using force in this hemisphere.” danieldrezner.substack.com/p/world-poli...
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Simon Lester
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From what I see, the internet and the media are all over the place on this, with a wide range of opinions. By contrast, actual real life people I talk to are almost uniformly of the view that he seems too old and will probably lose (even though they will vote for him).
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Dannagal G. Young
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As you watch Biden’s interview on ABC tonight, remember that just 4 years ago this was how he performed in an interview on 60 minutes:
youtu.be/kSAo_1mJg0g?...
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Simon Lester
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It's way too hot at 9:54 am. Let's just skip ahead to tomorrow and see if that's better.
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Simon Lester
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I don't seen how the Dems can win without a candidate who can (1) articulate a clear vision and (2) attack Trump effectively. And right now it doesn't seem like Biden can do either of those.
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Jacob T. Levy
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*There's* the schmuck I've disliked since 1988. I don't know what the right thing to do is, but good lord is that now what this is about. The correct answer is "defeating Donald Trump is a matter of the gravest national importance. I'm the one who has done it and I believe I'm the one...
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Simon Lester
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Here's the problem. On July 5, 2020, Biden was +8.7, but as of today Trump is +3.3. www.realclearpolling.com/polls/presid...
Biden has a long way to go for an electoral college win, and it's not clear how he can get there.
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Simon Lester
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I would brush off those questions, and then hammer home clearly refined talking points on things like immigration, the economy, and abortion.
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Simon Lester
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He mentioned "keeping NATO together", but how many swing state voters care about that?
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Simon Lester
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I suppose it could have been worse. But I don't understand why Biden doesn't come up with some clear talking points on issues people care about (e.g. the economy, immigration, abortion) and hammer them home regardless of the question. Weakly defending his mental abilities isn't going to help much.
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Simon Lester
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Really? I think he needs to be talking more substance and attacking Trump, and instead he's weakly fending off questions about his capabilities.
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Simon Lester
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I'm actually shocked at how bad this is going.
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Simon Lester
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Update: It's not going well.
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Simon Lester
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Let's see how it goes.
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Simon Lester
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Just got back from 3 days in Chicago, during which my diet consisted of hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and deep dish pizza. It was delicious but how do Chicagoans live past 50??
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Simon Lester
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Yep.
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Simon Lester
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20 years ago, the media had a lot more control of the narrative. These days, it's much easier for candidates to talk to the public directly, and it's on them if they don't do it.
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Simon Lester
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There are a lots of prime ministers around the world. Helps to identify which one you are talking about.
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Simon Lester
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Harris: "And we need a two-state solution. And we need to have a cease-fire to get to a place where we can start building toward a two-state solution. ... And we must fight what we have seen as a rise of antisemitism around the world. And we must fight Islamophobia."
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Simon Lester
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"The rise of the GOP’s anti-intervention faction has been led in large part by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." I'm not sure any of the people mentioned in this piece are "anti-intervention" as a general matter. Their views are mostly about Ukraine (for whatever reason).
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Simon Lester
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I need an explainer on that guy. It feels like his position is "we need to avoid a war with China, and we can only do that by having a war with China," or something like that. But it's hard to make sense of.
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Simon Lester
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I propose a one question interview: Can you spell Stephanopoulos? If he gets it, he stays in. If not, he drops out.
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Simon Lester
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I was offline for an hour. What's the state of the Biden may or may not run panic?
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Simon Lester
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Some people make the mistake of thinking that all these free trade agreements mean we have free trade, but when you read the actual terms, it's clear that we do not.
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Lydia Polgreen
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CNN poll post debate finds that Harris outperforms every other Democratic contender *including* Biden. www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/p...
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Simon Lester
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Instead of posting on TikTok, why doesn't everyone just publish their views in a NY Times op-ed? Problem solved!
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Taniel
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A post-debate, New Hampshire poll by St. Anselm:
wmur.com/article/poll...
Trump up 44% to 42% over Biden.
(Biden led by 10% in their last poll, in December.)
54% of those who are aware of the debate say Trump won; 6% say Biden won.
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