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The Harris Gamble

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The documentarian Matt Ornstein interviewed two young Latino men in Long Beach, California, at the midpoint of the Trump presidency. They were both strong Donald Trump supporters. Why? One answered, “Trump’s smart. He knows right from wrong.” The other one scoffed, “No. No he doesn’t. He’s dumb as shit. But he’s got balls.” In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost to Trump among male voters by 11 points. In 2020, Joe Biden ran about even with Trump among men. Clinton lost. Biden won. Now Democrats are preparing again to nominate a woman…

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The Val Demings Gamble

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On a hot D.C. Wednesday in the middle of July, an 11-foot statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune—carved out of marble extracted from the same Tuscan quarry that Michelangelo used for his David—stood draped in a black cloak in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. A group of distinguished guests had gathered to honor Bethune, the prominent educator and civil-rights activist who founded a college for Black students in Daytona Beach, Florida, and later served as an adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is now the first Black American to…

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Trump’s North Korean gamble ends with ‘special bond’ with Kim – CNN

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The Independent Trump's North Korean gamble ends with 'special bond' with KimCNNSingapore (CNN) Nearly five hours of unprecedented and surreal talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un culminated on Tuesday with fulsome declarations of a new friendship but just vague pledges of nuclear disarmament …Trump and Kim Jong-un handshake begins historic US-North Korea summitThe Independent Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea MeetingNew York TimesTrump's summit with Kim Jong Un may give him some political benefits for midtermsUSA TODAYFox News –The Guardianall 13,917 news…

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