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The Bronze Age of presidents |
"President Biden's efforts to remain the Democratic presidential nominee have sparked something of an unusual phenomenon," writes columnist and podcaster Matt Lewis. Biden is starting to look like Donald Trump – literally and figuratively. |
Chris Szagola and Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press |
Since his disastrous debate performance, Biden has appeared dramatically more orange. Unfortunately, Lewis writes, "the recent similarities between Trump and Biden don't end with spray tans or mere aesthetics." Whether it's railing against elites or the mainstream media, Biden, like Trump, has been trying to discredit his critics rather than answer them. "Biden is literally following the Trumpian populist playbook to survive — and Democrats are starting to respond similarly to how Republicans responded to Trump." The playbook: "Cast anyone who questions you as out of touch. Put your personal objectives ahead of the party and the country. Play the victim. Never ever accept defeat." None of this bodes well for November. "We have two old guys as the de facto major party presidential nominees, and neither is what you might call fit to occupy this great office." "Both are forcing their partisan supporters to defend the indefensible and pretend that two plus two equals five." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, July 12. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Chris Truax, appellate lawyer |
Party officials and elected Democrats, ask yourselves, "Do I really believe that the Joe Biden of 2024 is the best possible candidate to beat Donald Trump?" If the answer is "no," take a public stand and do your duty. |
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By Victoria Nourse, founder of the Georgetown Center on Congress and Democracy |
No one is calling balls and strikes on the Roberts Court. The conservative justices have moved the strike zone and announced that they are more important than anyone else on the field. They have changed the rule of law by fiat. Call a new approach to this crisis "democratic rule of law reform." |
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By Lisa Selin Davis, author of "Tomboy" and "Housewife" |
Rather than acknowledge the problems with youth gender medicine and create our own cautious, evidence-based guidelines, our country turned what should be a scientific controversy into a political battle. |
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By Steve Krakauer, NewsNation contributor |
What we're seeing post-debate from the Acela media is what it looks like when journalists stop being polite and start getting real — what happens when they are no longer burdened by the potential social penalty of covering the truth about Biden. |
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