Watching a town hall in Plymouth, NH with Deval Patrick. Another underrated candidatepic.twitter.com/zdTYYK26B9
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There was a lot of discord around James Carville's Vox interview, because he dealt with the political third-rail topic of Bernie, but I think his assessment that Biden's vanity run foreclosed on a lot of otherwise viable centrist candidates was right on the money.
Depoliticizing Bernie Sanders will be the great challenge of Hot Take Bernie Summer
Patrick had a great quote when asked about debating Trump: "There's a lot of chatter about who's going to look good in the episode of the reality TV show where the President and the nominee are co-stars." He is critical of playing into the president's desire for spectacle
Patrick also had a fine imitation of Trump roving around on the debate stage. But his larger point—why play-act in things like debates or press briefings if Trump is going to turn them into a travesty?—is one I wish more people in the political-journalism complex would reflect on
This is a pretty intuitive fact in a country that spends a greater % of GDP on healthcare than any other. But if you're interested in the history behind military social services broadly, there's a book for you:https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674286139 …
Since the Navy has capital expenditures on things like aircraft carriers, it still had the power to shock me! But that book looks right up my alley; thank you!
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