05.18.2023 - By Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
* “Zero-to-insane in the first three minutes” * The terrible 2024 election * The right’s bizarre infatuation with RFK Jr. * The immigration crisis in NYC * The cruelty isn’t always the point * How the average American thinks about illegal immigration * Eli Lake joins to wish us all a Happy Durham Week * Takeaways from the Durham Report * The “heroes of democracy” are, in fact, the villains of democracy * David Frum’s Atlantic piece * Eli on Robert Kennedy Sr., the cop * Diane Feinstein, John Fetterman, Joe Biden * That insane LA Times piece (that we will talk about more later)
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