This week we’re trying to keep up with madness in the Monkey House (aka White House), the latest tech news, happenings in the 2020 Presidential election, what AOC has been up to and who is attacking her (and failing), the best cartoons we could find and a hodge-podge of interesting stories from around the globe.
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Opinion
Stop the Knee-Jerk Liberalism That Hurts Its Own Cause
We liberals need to watch our blind spots.
Gibson’s Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio. Credit Dake Kang/Associated Press
Note: This opinion piece should be read in its entirety, here are some teasers that hopefully pique your desire to read more
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Opinion
MAUREEN DOWD
Kamala Shotguns Joe Sixpack
Joe Biden felt the sharp end of Kamala Harris’s criticism when she put her foot down at a Democratic debate on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen: the love affair of a lifetime
The pair met on the rocky Greek island of Hydra in 1960. Their romance inspired countless Cohen songs – and now a poignant documentary by Nick Broomfield
Norwegian expatriate Marianne Ihlen, right, with Leonard Cohen and friends on a donkey trek on Hydra, 1960. Photograph: James Burke/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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SCOTUS is packed and stacked

Opinion – Frank Bruni NYT
And Now, the Dream of a Harris-Buttigieg Ticket
Two new Democratic stars outshone Biden and Sanders on the debate stage.
Kamala Harris spoke to reporters after the second Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times
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From the “Tough love for Democrats” department
A Wretched Start for Democrats
The party seems interested in helping everyone except the voters it needs.
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Jimmy Carter: ‘illegitimate’ Trump only president because of Russian meddling
Trump ‘put into office because Russians interfered on his behalf’
Carter says investigation would show Trump didn’t win in 2016
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Supreme court to rule on whether Trump can end Daca
Court expected to hear arguments late this year, with a decision on Dreamers likely to come before 2020 election
Students at the University of California Irvine demonstrate in support of Daca in 2017. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
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Second Democratic Debate
Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s second night
The second round of the first Democratic debate became heated June 27, as candidates went head-to-head on a number of issues. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)
The first Democratic debate is over, after the second installment featuring the second set of 10 candidates concluded Thursday in Miami.
[Highlights: Night 2 of the Democratic debate]
Below are our winners and losers.
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Second Democratic Debate
Five takeaways from the second Democratic presidential debate
Kamala Harris makes a decisive intervention, Joe Biden stumbles and the generation gap yawns
It was the second and last night of Democratic presidential debates in Miami, and sparks were flying. Here are the five big takeaways:
Kamala Harris, obviously.
Joe Biden, obviously.
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Second Democratic Debate
4 winners and 3 losers from the second night of the Democratic debates
One moment was instantly historic.
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I suggest skipping to the last section on how to counter Russian propaganda first and then read why they have been so successful and why Trump uses the same method.
That’s what I was thinking.
Nonsense repeated often enough starts to sound like truth, even to people who should know better. Sometimes surprises me that we ever get over believing in Santa Claus. 😉
Maybe Shannon can do another project to explain the undeniable problem the Russian propaganda barrage poses for all of us?