It’s the charming vs the charmless ticket. It’s compassion and decency vs cruelty and violence. It’s the pro-democracy American ticket vs the pro-autocracy, pro-Putin ticket.

This is quite a list of terrific policies. But it is the *politics" that give me hope for the Harris-Walz ticket. Walz has a way of making all these "progressive" policies seem like simple common sense for America.

Send Tim Walz to a swing state high school football game every Friday night, college football game every Saturday, and NFL game every Sunday until November.

Hard agree.

Walz has deep roots in a long tradition of mid-western progressive reformers who champion dignity for all in the face of economic monopolies & powerful elites. He is a reclaiming a long proud tradition in US politics.Time for journos & pundits to catch up. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

A high school newspaper editor can see what’s wrong with this headline. The The New York Times is getting weirder by the day.

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A good take by Chris Lehmann on what Walz means for the Dem ticket and perhaps the party (and our politics) are a whole. thenation.com/article/politi…

Epic & very useful thread on the most recent Catalan separatist drama.

It’s being discussed more and more, but I truly think one of the most powerful and still underrated forces in the election is going to be the joy and relief millions feel watching Coach Walz and imagining that their dads and uncles and neighbors could wake up from their hatred.

She responded one way yesterday. It was criticized. Others defended her. She and her team clearly absorbed criticism, sifted through what they wanted to listen to and address, adjusted their approach, and did it differently today. That shouldn’t be rare in politics, but it is.

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"Harris plans to call for the construction of three million new housing units in the next four years, an increase from the two million new homes that Mr. Biden promised during his re-election campaign." Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Tankersley on Harris econ plan. nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/…

Currently making the most ridiculous spreadsheet I've ever made.

well, this is just dumb

Andy Bennett (Andrew Bennett) and I were thrilled to recognize Dr Rochelle Terman’s impressive book with this year’s Lepgold Prize for the best book in IR. Looking forward to her talk and award ceremony in November Mortara Center Georgetown SFS

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What if Taylor Swift uses the DNC to announce a new album that she’ll only release if Kamala wins