Author: Jim

And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-campain-election-2024-susie-wiles-chris-lacivita/678806/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Even if he could prove that his debate performance was an outlier, he would remain a deeply unpopular president with a deeply unpopular record.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/biden-harris-age-popularity/678956/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The secret to satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-are-never-satisfied-happiness/621304/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Why Biden Is Unlikely to Defy the Naysayers

Trump’s refusal to quit in 2016 won’t work for the incumbent in 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/opinion/biden-2024-trump-2016.html?smid=em-share

Trump Now Has ‘Carte Blanche to Do Unspeakable Things’

In the case of the former president, it is far more dangerous to underestimate than to overestimate his capacity to wreak havoc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/trump-project-2025-supreme-court.html?smid=em-share

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James Carville: Biden Won’t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here’s One.

The party needs a new presidential nominee and can’t rig things for any one candidate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/biden-democratic-nominee.html?unlocked_article_code=1.500.0CWx.5D_TfHZv0UjU&smid=em-share

Trump’s Lust for Expulsion, Explained

It is no accident that he is talking about immigrants’ “poisoning the blood of our country.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/opinion/trump-illiberalism-american-history.html?smid=em-share

Whoever the Democratic Candidate Is, Americans Have Already Lost

The American republic feels fragile.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/opinion/biden-debate-scotus-immunity.html?smid=em-share

This Is What Elite Failure Looks Like

A revolution is about to swallow U.S. politics, and it’s based on the simplest and most radical theory of power.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/opinion/populism-power-elites-politics.html?smid=em-share