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In today’s newsletter,?Jeannie Suk Gersen on how Democrats could end the speculation about Joe Biden’s candidacy, and then: ??Nate Cohn on how bad the polling is for Biden ??Donald Antrim on the pain of memoir ??The terribly familiar politics of “The Boys”
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?Daily Comment
If Joe Biden doesn’t willingly resign, there’s another solution, which would allow Democrats to unite around a new incumbent.
By?Jeannie Suk Gersen
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Q. & A.
Nate Cohn Explains How Bad the Latest Polling Is for Joe Biden
The?Times’ chief political analyst on the unique challenges facing the President, and what the polls can tell us.
By?Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
The Bidens Can’t Let Go
The President’s family has defended him by invoking his past. But these arguments aren’t landing, since the case against his Presidency is that he isn’t even capable of leading as he could twelve months ago.
By?Benjamin Wallace-Wells
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From the Fiction Issue
Love & Heartbreak
Lost Stories
I promised myself that I would not write memoir again; it was too strenuous, too costly, too harmful, no matter how cathartic it might be.
By?Donald Antrim
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This year’s?Fiction Issue?features new stories from Sally Rooney, Haruki Murakami, and Annie Proulx. Subscribers receive unlimited access.?Upgrade today ?
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Editor’s Pick
?Daily Comment
Learned Hand’s Spirit of Liberty
Eighty years ago, Americans embraced a new definition of their common faith. “The spirit of liberty,” a then little-known judge said, “is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.”
By?Lincoln Caplan
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Culture Dept.
?A Critic at Large
Norman Maclean Didn’t Publish Much. What He Did Contains Everything
You could read his literary output in a single day, yet it includes almost all there is to know about what the English language can do.
By?Kathryn Schulz
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On Television
“The Boys” Gets Too Close for Comfort
The Amazon Prime series started as a fantastical, darkly funny sendup of the superhero genre. Now it’s set in a political landscape that looks distressingly like our own.
By?Inkoo Kang
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Dept. of Diversions
?Sketchpad
High-Roller Presidential Donor Perks
Give now to get your name on the wing of a fighter jet!
By?Brendan Loper
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Fun & Games Dept.
?Mini Crossword
A Smallish Puzzle
Tales that are spun: five letters.
By?Kate Chin Park
?Daily Cartoon
Thursday, July 4th
By?P. C. Vey
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Name Drop:?Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues??Play a quiz from our archive ?
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P.S. If you haven’t?quite yet figured out the menu for your Fourth of July cookout,?Susanna Wolff offers a few suggestions: Electoral College vegan dogs, public-school vegetables (ketchup, salsa, and mustard, of course), and alcohol. Lots of alcohol. “Hide from everyone and drink by yourself.” Cheers! ??
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