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The narrative we have held up until mid-July has been broken. We need the team to do something to prove they are that plucky young group from October 2024. That will mean, more production from Riley and more crazy energy from everyone. That's hard to sustain.

Getting away with everything has been his strategy. The only thing he can't get away with is his slipping into dementia like his father.

Here is what happened

Its also very possible and extremely convenient as a narrative that they were plotting a coup against him.

The Tigers had more psychotic energy in that final push in 2024 than they have shown in July and August. That could be anything though.

Trump Flies Into Cursing Rage About Jeffrey Epstein Strategy Its interesting that these people would be meeting about strategy without him.

Sure wish we had another 5 WAR player though.

Anyway...the entire thesis that I took out of the Chuck Todd/Tim Miller exchange was that there is a chance that Trump is facing the normal political headwinds of a second term that gets off to a rough start. He's gotten off to a rough start. He can probably scare the RW media a bit more but if he has Murdoch turn on him. If he has Musk turn on him in any kind of coordinated way...he might slip into W.Bush territory.

people like to win even if it means they have to cheat.

Lesson learned that its better to be feared than loved. There are GOP pols who are credibly fearful for their lives and their families lives if they turn their back on Trump. The consequences of doing so are clearly obvious from Kinzinger and Cheney examples.

He and GHW Bush were third terms of popular presidencies. Biden had to deal with the fact that people were tired of that and COVID and he really wasn't super effective at communicating even before the things that burned the Dems in early 2024 when it was realized he was no longer able to come across as a vigorous political leader.

Kristin Welker has been worse. I cannot stand her.

Also, Microsoft Word - Final Report Compiled The final exodus of US forces was in August 2021 and the fall of Kabul occurred in August.

Do you see the drop ends toward the end of the summer and levels off in the fall? In either event, the rot of the summer was what ossified his disapproval.

assuming all that is true to the extent you lay out... the post above was provided for the discussion of what is going wrong politically for Trump now in the summer of his second term which appears to be going as badly as most second term summers (W. Bush in particular).

Not Biggs!

Fascinating GAO Warns Protesters of AI Sanctions | Burr & Forman - JDSupra The industry of smoking out fake legal citations is just getting started. The term "protestor" is regarding those filing protests with the GAO over government contract decisions. So, its not about some yarn-wearing grandmahippy in Ann Arbor protesting the local tesla dealership.

It was post Afghanistan withdrawal. The people didn't like that. There were other things that were not great but that stands out. Portal:Current events/August 2021 - Wikipedia

Depending on if the betting parlor was within earshot of Detroit radio.

Basically the Toddfather says that Trump is facing an August similar to Joe Biden's first. He's gummed up several important things. He thinks this will be a drag on the rest of his time in office as it was for Biden.

There were always scholars who were curious about the fringe people who they met at their cocktail parties who offered to sponsor their research (from both sides).

Huge relief to see Carlos M essay about how we should panic Bet the Tigers winning the division now.

He is the straw. Ne needs to get into the glass.

maybe we should have traded Jack Flaherty away at the deadline again.

you don't want to jinx his no-hitter?