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WARMING THE COCKLES OF THE HEART Watch Kamala’s speech in Atlanta, as carried by Fox News. Experience the energy, up one hundredfold from last week (that’s saying something). Click here: Fox 5 Atlanta Pete Buttigieg’s Fox interview went viral this week. Democratic strategist Lis Smith wrote on X, “@PeteButtigieg just led an absolute masterclass on […]

EXTRA! EXTRA! You’ve heard the great news. But have you watched Kamala’s first campaign rally in Wisconsin? Don’t settle for soundbites and journal tidbits—catch the whole thing. (Warning: watching this might give you seventeen minutes of joy and relief.) YouTube A moment of gratitude for the strength, wisdom, and sacrifice Joe Biden has summoned to

THE GOOD NEWS, A SHORTENED EDITION Don’t worry. It’s only the Dog Days of summer. In ancient Greece and Rome, the Dog Days were thought to be a time of bad luck and unrest, when dogs and men alike were driven mad by the heat. They coincide with the annual sunrise appearance of Sirius, the

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK    But before we get there, it must be said… …it has been a heartbreaking two weeks in America, between the presidential debate where nobody won, and America lost, and three Supreme Court decisions—including permission to accept bribes, and giving a president official criminal immunity and

ABOUT THE DEBATE In case you didn’t watch, or turned it off early, Biden started weak and finished stronger. Trump started stronger, got weird, and opened a fire hose of hair-raising lies. You can read this if you’re needing fortitude: Robert Hubbell. “In many ways, this is the start of the fight, not the end.”

BIDEN AND HARRIS “From One Old Guy to Another.” Biden is wishing Trump Happy Birthday this week! Need talking points? These are included in Biden’s YouTube birthday message, linked below: Trump personally dismantled Roe v Wade—Biden is fighting to restore it; Trump gave tax cuts to Big Pharma—Biden lowered the price of prescription drugs; Trump

BIDEN, PRESIDENTIALLY President Biden is delivering speech after stirring speech—uplifting, uniting. This week, it was in Normandy, France, where Americans joined many nations in 1944 to defeat fascistic dictators. “To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators is simply unthinkable. Were we to do that, it means we’d be forgetting what happened here on

A GOOD WEEK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY Trump stared blankly ahead as the verdict was read. “Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.” Heather Cox Richardson, The New York Times