Remind Voters: Trump's ex-VP and Former Speaker Won't Support Him
Plus: 'Inside Out 2' Reviewed
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BILL KRISTOL & ANDREW EGGER: Trumpās Triumphal Return to the Scene of the Crime
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Mike Pence and Paul Ryan donāt support Trumpā¦ And while they might not support Biden (they should), Biden and allies should make sure Republican voters are constantly reminded they think he is beyond the pale.
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SONNY BUNCH: Sony Buying the Drafthouse Is (Probably) Good
The biggestāand, frankly, most surprisingānews in the world of entertainment this week has to be Sonyās decision to purchase the Alamo Drafthouse from the private equity firms (and founder Tim League) who currently owned it.
SONNY BUNCH: āInside Out 2ā Review
THE JOKE ABOUT INSIDE OUT WAS THAT after giving toys feelings in Toy Story and giving cars feelings in Cars Pixar had decided to give feelings feelings in Inside Out. Itās funny because itās true: the literalness of character names like Joy (Amy Poehler) and Anger (Lewis Black) gave the whole thing a fairly obvious text-for-subtext vibe. Still, it pulled the Pixar trick of hitting you right in the feels throughout, most particularly when Rileyās childhood imaginary friend, Bing Bong (Richard Kind), consigned himself to deletion to save Joy from the shadowy ball pit of lost memories, or some such.
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Happy Friday! The heat dome is coming. Some say itās here! Stay cool and hydrated this weekend. Little Caesars says itās the āSummer of Hot-n-Ready.ā They may be right.
Top GOPer Accidentally Wrecksā¦ Trumpās Biggest Lie About Jack Smith (Greg Sargent, TNR).
These Three Politicians Once Looked Like the Future of the GOP... 72 Hours Later the Dream Was Dead. Michael Kruse with this depressing (but important) look in Politico.
You have no idea how hardā¦ it is to be Donald Trump. Dana Milbank in The Post on the emerging hazards.
The US ran a secret anti-vax campaignā¦ To undermine Chinaās vaccine (Reuters).
Politics is all about compromiseā¦ No, not with them (h/t Bulwark Reddit).
The āJimmy Clean Handsā Electionā¦ Tom Nichols argues in The Atlantic that Criticizing Trump without trying to stop him is meaningless.
Making the Band: An Oral History of the Livestrong Bracelet (Texas Monthly)
How the USA upset Pakistanā¦ in cricket. š
Panther sticksā¦ Are everywhere (Defector).
Everything must go! The Alex Jones empire to be liquidated. For now.
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