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The silver lining is that Putin's friends often fare worse than his enemies.

Kudos to legal eagle Harry Litman for bagging his LA Times op-ed post on the principle that he can't lend his support to a billionaire who kowtows to Trump.

But he jumped to the odious Substack, which Trumpist billionaires funded and which helps extremists monetize their hate.

Anti-kudo for that.

I miss when ‘sticking it to the man’ didn’t mean sticking it to science, history, and basic empathy.
Beyond parody: "GOP states quit the program that fights voter fraud. Now they’re scrambling."
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/09/gop-states-program-voter-fraud-fight-00105252
GOP states quit the program that fights voter fraud. Now they’re scrambling.

The program, known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, was arguably the best nationwide tool states had to catch people trying to vote twice.

POLITICO

JD Vance ADMITS he KNEW the story of Haitian immigrants eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio was completely FALSE.

The Haitian-American community in Springfield now has a SLAM DUNK legal case for DEFAMATION against Vance — and they should pursue it immediately.

Kamala Harris’s housing plan is the most aggressive since post-World War II boom, experts say

"Our lack of affordable housing will continue to depress savings, opportunity and growth in ways that will do long-term harm to the nation’s economy."

Fortune

BREAKING: Trump is hosting a Gala for the January 6 insurrectionists.

Someone should alert Trump's probation officer -- because convicted felons are legally prohibited from associating with other felons.

@dankennedy_nu Didn’t you say a long time ago it might best serve America if we went to a parliamentary system? Or at least in theory? Check out this piece. https://www.threads.net/@brendan.j.nyhan/post/C9sUYPCJXDb
Brendan Nyhan (@brendan.j.nyhan) on Threads

"Almost everything happening in both our major parties right now is an excellent advertisement for the parliamentary system of democracy. Juan Linz said it best 35 years ago, and the perils of presidentialism are just dripping from our politics right now." https://mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-two-observations-about-american?r=110ak&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Threads
"Almost everything happening in both our major parties right now is an excellent advertisement for the parliamentary system of democracy. Juan Linz said it best 35 years ago, and the perils of presidentialism are just dripping from our politics right now." https://mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-two-observations-about-american?r=110ak&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Twenty-two observations about American politics

The last few weeks have been quite a decade

Matt’s Five Points
That sound you hear is the age discourse shifting to Trump (and Biden staying on through January)