Get Ready for Weeks of Campaign Quakes
Plus: One Year Later, the Prigozhin Mutiny Still Leaves a Mark
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A.B. STODDARD: Get Ready for Weeks of Campaign Quakes.
SOMETIMES EVENTS THAT REMAKE the political landscape canāt be seen ahead of time. But a series of dramatic events in the 2024 presidential campaignāones that we know ofāare set to unfold in the days and weeks ahead. Finally the dreaded, and seemingly immovable, rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could see a shakeup.
From the first debate to the Supreme Courtās decision on Trumpās bid for immunity, from Trumpās July 11 sentencing in the New York court that found him guilty of 34 felonies to his announcement of a running mate and then his nominating convention on July 15, developments will come swiftly that could alter the strategies of both campaigns as well as the candidatesā poll positions.
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BACK IN 2015, IT WAS REASONABLE to believe that folks in the Midwestern United States wouldnāt be drawn to Donald Trump. Midwestern voters favor real punches over mindless talk, solidity over frivolityāand here comes a haughty rich guy from New York who literally started his campaign riding down a golden escalator. What could a suburban voter from the part of the country where folks make big metal things for businesses that make littler metal things see in a guy as pretentious as Donald Trump?
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CATHY YOUNG: One Year Later, the Prigozhin Mutiny Still Leaves a Mark
A YEAR AGO TODAY, the world watched in amazement as, for the first time since 1941, an army marched toward Moscow. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the onetime Vladimir Putin crony and head of the infamous Wagner mercenary group whose clashes with the Russian Ministry of Defense and army brass had grown increasingly vocal over the preceding months, was leading a column of several thousand Wagner fighters in a self-styled āMarch for Justice.ā
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IN 1835, P.T. BARNUM BOUGHT an enslaved black woman named Joice Heth and marketed her as George Washingtonās 161-year-old, forty-six-pound nurseāāThe Greatest National and Natural Curiosity in the World.ā She was āthe first human oddityā his circus ever exhibited, but far from the last.
Nearly a century later, circusgoers could see spear-carrying men in loincloths; Clicko, āthe wild dancing bushmanā of Africa; and āGenuine Ubangi Savagesā with āmouths and lips as large as those of full-grown alligators,ā also advertised as āmonster-mouthedā savages and the āWorldās Most Weird Living Humans From Africaās Darkest Depths.ā There were Asians, Africans, and Native Americansāactual human beingsāon display at fairgrounds, theaters, and zoos across America and Europe.
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Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend as the #HeatDome (hopefully) comes to an end soon. Believe it or not, it was not very hot in Denver this past week, at least when we were there. It was actuallyā¦ pretty awesome. Thanks to all who came, and those who stayed at the Tivoli Brew House with us afterwards until the wee hours. Here are some behind the scenes shots.
Game 7ā¦ I have two friends who, when we lived in Alexandria, were also big hockey fans. During my time there, the Caps won the Cup, my Blues did (I called it here!), and now, their two teams are facing off. What a Finals it has been! Itās easy to say now, but as a Cleveland fan, I had a bad feeling after the blowout Game 4. Nothing against Edmonton, but Iām pulling for Florida. (I always root for the team that has never won.)
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Aileen Cannon is Who Critics Feared She Isā¦ The judge handling Trumpās classified-documents case has shown that sheās not fit for the task. (David Graham, The Atlantic)
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Far-right blogger Jim Hoft used The Gateway Pundit's company funds to buy himselfā¦ a Porsche and an oceanside Florida condo (Insider).
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Blind waiter buys New Jersey dinerā¦ That was home, recently, to a catchy music video.
Newsweek steals The Federalist playbookā¦ Decline is a choice.
Three F-18sā¦ And a Great American Ballpark.
Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workersā¦ it suspects could resist Trump plans (AP).
The Supreme Court's ongoing assaultā¦ on American elections, by Kim Wehle.
Whatās insideā¦ Secret Service HQ?
Kristi Noem does not want to be vice presidentā¦ There are tells. Definitely tells.
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