Have to admire the smooth way Ossoff rolled that hand grenade under the tent flap. Excellent killer instincts.

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I'm so old I remember when "US signs nuclear pact" was generally good news.

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Bill Clinton used to be derided by his enemies as "Slick Willie" but there's never been anyone slicker in political life than JD Vance, a vacuous compilation of preening mannerisms. The way he crooks his finger and thumb to frame a point, just for example.

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I usually roll my eyes at people who do the “this is a genius move to distract us from what matters” stuff (DC is much more like VEEP than the West Wing), but the escalating absurdity of the reflecting pool every day makes me hedge a bit.

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Sad news about Mark Singer, which sent me back to this excellent interview/profile of Singer done during The New Yorker's Tina Brown era, much of which I still hazily recollect. creativenonfiction.org/writing/mr-p...

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