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There’s a pile up on memory lane. Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents, released a report exonerating the president. But that exoneration included a political hit job, targeting the Biden campaign's biggest vulnerability: the perception that he's too old for the job. Hur described Biden as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." (You had me at well-meaning.) If nothing else, we now sure as hell know Biden doesn't control the Justice Department. Biden, who should have brushed it off with a one-liner instead responded with an angry press conference that included a gaffe or two. And then the salivating media, suffering from an incurable case of bothsidesism, went into overdrive. NYT (🎁): Eight Words and a Verbal Slip Put Biden’s Age Back at the Center of 2024. I suffer from a notoriously poor memory. Before hosting a dinner party, my wife regularly reminds me of the name of a key guest and adds details such as, "We've know him for more than 20 years, he's been to our house many times, he's one of your closest friends, and he's a longtime subscriber." Though my open Internet tabs have turned my memory to mush, I do remember how terrible the Trump presidency was and I remember what a great job Biden did turning things around at home and with our allies. And he did that long after his verbal miscues became an issue. The Atlantic (🎁): What Biden’s Critics Get Wrong About His Gaffes. That said, this special counsel's report, and the broader response to it, is politically damaging. It's "but her emails" on steroids. But that news came just before the election. These headlines are coming months (or about a billion psychic damage years) before the election. You know who has a worse memory than both Biden and Trump? The electorate. And like it our not, in the end, this election isn't about Biden. Like everything else in today's politics, the election is about Trump. His opponent is American democracy. And don't you forget it. 2I Can't Contain MyselfMaybe the worst part of the special counsel Biden story is that it forced me to lead with politics on the Friday before my 49ers are playing in the Super Bowl. Their week in Vegas has already included a remarkably bad practice field and a hotel fire alarm. I pretend to be an expert on the news, but I'm actually an expert on the 49ers. The key to the game will be the Niners ability to stop the run. Drilling down, there is one key thing to watch. Can the Niners maintain their contain? For non-obsessives, contain means keeping runners from getting around the edge and forcing them back to the middle of the field. It's been the 49ers' biggest weakness in recent weeks and the Chiefs will test it early. The key for the Chiefs? Same as it ever was: Mahomes. I could list a few hundred other keys to the game, but I'm already late to my tailgate party. 3Mountain Doo"The municipality, which covers most of the Everest region, has introduced the new rule as part of wider measures being implemented. Due to extreme temperatures, excrement left on Everest does not fully degrade. 'We are getting complaints that human stools are visible on rocks and some climbers are falling sick. This is not acceptable and erodes our image.'" Mount Everest: Climbers will need to bring poo back to base camp. 4Weekend WhatsWhat to Watch: Expats starring Nicole Kidman is an excellent series on Prime. It features great cinematography of Hong Kong (where it's not being shown). 5Extra, ExtraBorder Patrol: "The biggest spectacle in Washington this week was the unraveling of an immigration deal in Congress, a border security bill that Republicans pushed for, only to turn against it because former President Donald Trump didn’t want any legislation that might help President Biden stay in the White House this fall. But more complicated and consequential is what’s been happening on immigration far from Washington." Vox: 7 questions about migration and the US-Mexico border, answered. 6Feel Good Friday"How the cartoonist Raina Telgemeier, the author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, turned the anxious kid into a hero for the 21st century." The Atlantic (🎁) The Magic of Raina Is Real. (I recently had dinner with her and I can confirm.) Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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