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Punching Down and Republican Corruption

Heather Cox Richardson Letters From an American: August 16 2024
Republican dominance is cracking as Trump struggles and Vance offends people, and as that dominance falls away, the many things it covered are starting to get attention—among them, stories of Republican corruption. And they’re doozies.  

Friday Nite Videos | August 23, 2024

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How the Democratic Message Is Shrinking Trump. Palestinian American Lawmaker Gives Speech the DNC Wouldn't Allow. Undecided Voters Say Harris' Speech Made Up Their Minds. Law and Order: The Case of Donald Trump. Single Use Planet | Documentary.

Kamala Harris’ $5 Trillion Tax Plan

Andrew Duehren New York Times
Kamala Harris' campaign has rolled out its most ambitious economic policy proposal to date: a highly progressive set of tax reforms that would raise nearly $5 trillion over a decade. Here's who would pay and what it might buy.

Here’s the New Poem Amanda Gorman Recited at the DNC

Siladitya Ray and Amanda Gorman Forbes
Poet-activist Amanda Gorman recited an original poem on the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, a follow-up to the historic recitation of her original “The Hill We Climb” poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
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