Let’s Bring This Baby Home August 18, 2026 But first . . . “THE ECONOMIC SCOREBOARD THEY NEVER SHOW YOU” If you missed this last week: The Solo cups never lie — or, as this grandfather in short pants puts it: “Cups talk, bull—t walks” (150 seconds). Watch! FAREED ZAKARIA The Iran war is a master class in squandering a superpower’s credibility. Worth reading in full, it concludes: Credibility is an asset, painstakingly accumulated over generations and astonishingly easy to spend and squander. During the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy sent former secretary of state Dean Acheson to Paris to brief Charles de Gaulle on the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Acheson brought reconnaissance photographs to prove the case. De Gaulle, hardly an American supplicant, waved them away. He said he did not need the evidence. The word of the president of the United States was enough. That scene is unimaginable today. SETH MYERS Knowing that you may not have 12 minutes, I start the clip here . . . after Myers’ wonderful takedown of MAGA film critics (and their prediction that The Odyssey would totally flop) . . . to bring home Fareed’s point about our squandered credibility. Otherwise, start here. So now . . . “LET’S BRING THIS BABY HOME!” That’s how the irrepressible Terry McAuliffe wound up his remarks to the DNC membership in Austin Saturday (15 minutes). He is a great cheerleader — and if we all continue to lean in, we’re going to have a lot to cheer about 78 days from now. Join Indivisible! Support the opposition!