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Soon after it ended, I debriefed the DNC with Kevin Kruse, a history professor at Princeton. We discussed the evident joy of the convention, why speakers went light on policy, and heavy on Trump attacks. We also explored the inroads the left has made on the Democratic agenda—with glaring exceptions like Gaza. Overall, I was maybe more skeptical of how m…