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  • We Can Disagree on Trump’s Motives. But a Pattern Is Still Emerging.

    08/23/2025 5:37:58 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 84 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Aug. 23, 2025 | Tressie McMillan Cottom
    It’s not just you. It really is impossible to keep track of all the political news. But one thing is pretty reliable: When Donald Trump has a bad week, he will use social media to make a presidential announcement.Last week was one of those bad weeks. President Vladimir Putin of Russia landed in America as if he had V.I.P. tickets to a private Taylor Swift meet-and-greet. He made no concessions in Russia’s war on Ukraine, and Trump belatedly realized that he had been played. Plus, that Jeffrey Epstein thing just won’t go away.So, true to form, the president took to...
  • How Kamala Harris Is Already Changing the Face of Presidential Power

    08/11/2024 11:28:06 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 43 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Aug. 11, 2024, 6:00 a.m. ET | Tressie McMillan Cottom
    I have not been the biggest fan of Kamala Harris, but to my surprise, the candidate who underwhelmed in 2020 is gone. I have watched all of candidate Harris’s public appearances since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for a sense of how she intends to run and possibly govern. The audiences have been vastly different, among them: the annual conclave of Zeta Phi Beta sorority, a National Federation of Teachers convention and the Philadelphia rally where the Harris-Walz ticket made its first official appearance.What I took away: Kamala Harris is a different candidate than we saw four years ago. She...