U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as she meets Evan Gershkovic, who was released from detention in Russia, upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Identity-based calls to action have been all the rage in this season of Democratic politics. Although Swifties are not an ethnic or racial group, they are arguably a religious one.
My latest, from last night's Swifties for Kamala call:
Above all Democrats are looking for a VP who appeals to the white working class—a skilled politician of Irish or perhaps Italian origin. A diversity hire, if you will. Someone named Andy, perhaps, or Mark.
One WH official told
@MarkLeibovich
he hopes Biden face-plants today at the NATO presser.
“This is a terrible thing to say...But that might be the only thing that could force him out at this point, while there’s still time to rewrite the ending.”
“She chose the least threatening person,” Prentice Bush, a 49-year-old caterer, said, making his way to the doors of the Liacouras Center, downtown. “He’s a soft glove, and he’s a good guy. I don’t mind Katz at all.”
lol, via
@mccrummens
My latest for
@TheAtlantic
is a profile of Allie Beth Stuckey, a conservative podcast host and a leader in the movement to make womanhood less feminist and more feminine
One thing you can say about the Trump era is that it made hatred toward and general mischaracterization of the "US political press" a bipartisan pastime
Just an interesting tidbit: Most of the RFK-curious and Trump-supporting women I interviewed back in April hated Biden but loved their governor, Josh Shapiro. They told me then that they wished HE would run for president instead.