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Nancy talks about the protests outside Democratic National Convention, where the expected hordes did NOT show. After ten-plus years of fashionable dissent, have we moved beyond the activism moment? We discuss the limits and rewards of protest: big on catharsis, light on real change.

Also on the docket:

* Sarah’s birthday bash at Nancy’s

* The secret sartorial life of Steve Kornacki

* When pink was for boys …

* “It’s like masturbating when you can’t get off.”

* The man who will always be Sarah’s president

* When did the Dems hatch the Kamala plan? A debate!

* Martin Luther King Jr. writes one hell of a letter

* DON’T FORGET! Forty Bucks and a Dream available for pre-order