Michael Kaplan

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Writer. Teacher. Scholar of rhetoric, media and democracy.

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Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

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"RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TELEVISED MILITARY TRIBUNALS" is, to me, a deranged and instantly disqualifying thing for a presidential candidate to say, but on the other hand joe biden looks and sounds very old

In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

the MSM: Biden must step down because he's senile also the MSM: Harris can't hack being the nominee

Kroos should have been sent off or replaced in the first half. that would have changed the game.

This just in: the reason Harris is not ready for the role of democratic nominee is…Biden evidently it was his job to get her ready.

Should we stay up past midnight to greet the final year of the American republic?

Seems to me Elaine Kamarck is hopelessly out of touch if she thinks an open convention would be appealing to democratic voters

www.thecut.com/article/why-...

Not good

Am I going to have to abandon The Atlantic now?

confession: I voted for Nader in 2000. I lived in Chicago, and I knew Gore would easily carry Illinois, so it would be a purely symbolic vote. but damn!

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/u...

When violence seems the only option, the first people to take it will be those most comfortable with violence—and those are the last people anyone should want to let off the leash

Darwin doesn’t play like this for Liverpool.

Fuck this ref. This is criminal

Get fouled, see yellow. At least our soccer players aren’t immune

No, one is above the law

That PK call was garbage. Oblak made sure it didn’t count

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Slovenia’s GK has clouded things for Portugal

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Slovenia’s GK has clouded things for Portugal

“Elect me and I will rein in this Supreme Court” makes a nice slogan

France!

SCOTUS gives Biden permission to rendition Trump for treason, as an official act flowing from his national security responsibilities. Tell me I’m wrong

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maybe seizing and arresting the Supreme Court majority for aiding and abetting an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government can be a "core constitutional duty" and an "official act," why not

"The goal is to illustrate something Lefebvre believes has been lost: the idea that liberalism is not merely a political philosophy, but rather a set of implicitly shared values and norms that define social life in advanced democratic societies." Funny, I wrote that 15 years ago.

You’re a liberal and you don’t even know itwww.vox.com A new book explains how liberalism shapes all of our lives — and lights a way towards a better political future.

Kamala Harris was not invited to join Biden's ticket to woo Black voters (who already liked Biden); she was put there as insurance against calls to replace him in 2024. The main reason party leaders have been reluctant to issue that call is that no one wants to see her as the nominee. It worked.