The Tide Is Turning August 2, 2024August 1, 2024 Trump is falling apart. This video gets pretty rough — but c’mon. After all the damage he’s done to the dignity of the presidency, and to so much else, is it so wrong to mock him as the dreadful man he is? Kamala, by contrast, is on fire. The optimism! The excitement! The joy! The sense of possibility! She is so good . . . so stable . . . so morally centered. And the team behind her is so good and competent and morally centered — namely, the 4,000 Biden appointees who have helped build the remarkable Biden/Harris record. Electing the Harris team will disappoint Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un . . . disappoint Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon, David Duke and Michael Flynn . . . even disappoint folks who save said horrible things about him in the past like Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson, and JD Vance (a “con man,” “America’s Hitler,” a “pathological liar” “who destroys everything he touches”). But for most voters it will mean the brighter future that they, like everyone else, deserve. And the freedom to pursue happiness as they see fit. VENEZUELA Following up on Wednesday’s post: U.S. says Maduro lost Venezuelan election, calls for talks, transition. “Maduro claims that he won the vote Sunday, despite exit polling and, the opposition says, the government’s own records, which indicate that Edmundo González won twice as many as votes.” Trump — who claims he won the last election by a landslide and plotted to hold onto power even though he lost — is our Maduro. GYMNASTICS Glenn Sonnenberg: “Watching the men’s gymnastics team reminds me of what often is forgotten about this great country of ours. Most national teams are homogeneous (or nearly so). But America’s team is extraordinarily diverse. The men’s gymnastics team includes Black, Asian, and white men, some recent immigrants, cheering each other on. It’s enough to make one proud. We are a nation of diversity and a nation of immigrants.” Have a great weekend.