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VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS A light moment with Kamala. Maybe you only have 60 seconds and need a smile? Try this: YouTube Oprah and Kamala on YouTube. Or maybe you need buoying up. Nearly 2 million people have already streamed Oprah’s “Unite for America” rally as she interviewed Kamala. You can join them with a click […]

DOG DAYS—DONE! The Democratic Convention was fabulous. Those midsummer days that aligned with the daybreak appearance of Sirius, the Dog Star? To which ancient Greek and Romans ascribed to bad luck and unrest, where dogs and men were believed driven mad by the heat? Those days are over. Dogs (and Democrats) are feeling good, and

A MOMENT OF CALM Kamala and Tim sit down for a chat at Aretha’s Jazz Cafe in Detroit. Regular folk, talking tacos to 8-track players. Aretha and Springsteen. Coaching stories. How division in America pains them and what unites us. Teasing. Laughing. American optimism. YouTube “I believe in hope.”Ted Lasso.

THE NEW, NEW KID ON THE BLOCK—TIM WALZ! (It’s only been days. The news is moving so fast.) A star is born. Read no further. Watch the whole video. 5 minutes of Tim Walz being funny, genuine, serious, and awesome. Click here: YouTube Have you watched the video above yet? Then we have one more,

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