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In 2016, Donald Trump bragged he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and he wouldn't lose any voters. In 2024, he's inventing legal delays in hopes of preventing voters from learning the true horrors of his claim to have authority to get Mike Pence killed on January 6.

In 2020, Joe Biden, a member of the Silent Generation, offered a defense of democracy as democracy, which was enough for people who remember fascism and actual communism. In an era when many have forgotten that history and lost faith in democracy, GenX Kamala Harris has to do something more: She has to sell democracy, which Trump has been discrediting for a decade, itself.

The two encryption related crimes charged against Telegram founder Pavel Durov pertain to an affirmative requirement to register encryption Telegram provided. That's a distinction that hasn't been incorporated in most American reporting.

The "influencers" that Kamala Harris has prioritized up to this point not only reach audiences that many mainstream audiences do not, but they provide other ways to communicate that will be critical to any attempt to beat Donald Trump.

Jack Smith did supersede the January 6 indictment against Trump: but it is simply a pared down indictment, mostly removing Jeffrey Clark.

The Proud Boys' sedition trial and the prosecution of Enrique Tarrio's DC cop buddy, Shane Lamond show that Telegram can be absolutely central to a successful prosecution. Where it may provide criminals their greatest advantage, however, is in trying to prevent future crime.

Just as the Alito-authored Dobbs spawned a host of ugly laws, regulations, and ripple effects across the country, the Thomas-authored Bruen is now doing the same. Welcome to the Federalist Society Judicial System.

Hear what Nicole and I had to say about the Democratic National Convention.

We got Leon Panetta last night instead of Beyoncé because Kamala Harris had to check off that Commander in Chief box in the job description to be America's President. But at this moment, we're overdue for a reconsideration of what it means to be the Leader of the Free(dom) World.

As happened with Obama (and in response to the Iraq War), Kamala's race has the power to convince ordinary Americans that they can be a different kind of citizen, and that kind of citizenship can improve people's lives. There's a lot of Democrats celebrating other Democrats at the convention. But there's also a real effort to offer something for those low-turnout voters who could decide the race.