EM Simpson

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I am not a committee. Defense, lightly eclectic Gen-X interests, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.

What are you reading?

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What if, ok, hear me out: Biden steps down, names Harris President, then Harris names Biden as her VP. Then Harris steps down, naming Biden as President, and Biden, annoyed now, names Harris as his VP and steps down. Then Harris, furiously names Biden as her VP, and steps down, forcing Biden to

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I'm a sports fan. I'm an Olympics fan. I'm a Paris fan. But any updates I get on the Paris Olympics, my only question is, "When do the sharks in the Seine start eating people?" That, kids, is the power of cinema.

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Graham W. Jenkins

Ok what does this mean

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I’m firmly in the he-should-step-aside-as-long-as-plan-b-is-solid camp but they’re quickly establishing plan b is as solid as pancake batter

the only good thing about the dump-Biden set is that their inherent cluelessness, which has provoked a lot of self-disqualifying suggestions that's plays hell with their already limited credibility

Indeed!

Said a little bit differently: we’ve seen extraordinary willingness to abandon precedent in the last 2-10 years.

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What a sentence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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“[Vance’s] argument that America is a ‘nation’and not an idea is much more sinister than perhaps it sounds at first listen. If America is a creedal nation, then anyone can be an American. But if real Americans are those who share a specific history, then some of us are more American than others.”

Wrote about JD Vance trying to insert a grandfather clause into our conception of American citizenship www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

J. D. Vance’s Empty Nationalismwww.theatlantic.com To believe that “people will not fight for abstractions” is to forget what makes America special.

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I hope this reminds people of what I have said all along. Trump is beyond beatable whether it’s Joe, Kamala, or someone else. Fucking act like it.

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As Trump and his allies plan for stuffing the government with loyalists, the convention is a reminder of what that looks like: respected officials kicked to the side and criminals brought close. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The other issue with Trump’s plan to stuff the government with loyalistswww.washingtonpost.com The former president and his allies want to let him remake the bureaucracy. So it’s worth remembering his hiring track record.

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Bob Newhart deserved better than to have to share a news cycle with Lou Dobbs.

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In addition to praising Alex Jones as a truth-teller, Vance told the audience that "Peter Thiel is one of the most important sources of non-conventional truth in our society." www.propublica.org/article/jd-v...

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Tellerwww.propublica.org Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business a...

“Sounded better in the original German”

I'm old enough to remember a media that in 1992 treated the defining story of the whole RNC as being the terrifying extremism of Pat Buchanan, who was not the nominee or VP nominee but GHWB's defeated rival. And that was for a level of extremism that Trump or Vance tweet out before breakfast.

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These people really don’t get what happens if Trump takes power again.

NYT's immigration beat reporter examined Trump's plan for mass deporation thru the lens that policies and rules and courts matter The people she interviewed are in that same bubble They don't Trump and Miller aren't going to follow laws. They intend to wreak havoc and expect no one to stop them

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Jacob Harris

it's not that it's super great, just that it's super specific (and one of Donna Tartt's classmates there was Bret Easton Ellis).

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Hello DMV Civil War buffs! I'll be giving a book talk at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on July 26. Please do spread the word. I'd love to see some familiar faces in the audience! www.civilwarmed.org/event/milita...

Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of Warwww.civilwarmed.org Author and university professor Tanisha M. Fazal discusses her book, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War.

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Jacob Harris

have you listened to the podcast about that book (and Bennington)?

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Amazon spamming everyone like "it's prime day motherfucker, do you want to buy a dropshipped charging cable that bursts into flames? We've got all the best brands: IFLUGIGUU, WAYAZZFFFLI, UNGILITECEH, and more"

40 - wow!

Oh god you’re right, it’s Kandahar hot

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On the table: * term limits for Supreme Court justices * an enforceable ethics code * constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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Possibly my favorite WW reference

the only explanation for why I'm watching MTG at RNC is bc I hate myself (and I already have a headache)

finally turned it off (after stress baking). re-watching ted lasso.

ted lasso, s1e3 is perfection. it has phoebe, a wrinkle in time, and keeley eyeing roy. i love it.

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RIP, NYT Pitchbot.

This truly embarrassing garbage is why I unsubscribed from the NYT.

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it's cool how everything is like this now

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A great illustration of how class is just vibes is that only one major party ticket is entirely Ivy League alumni and it’s the one that yells about the elites selling you out