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From Michael Liss. I write for @3QD. This month, Boomer obligations to the generations that followed them. Time to give back.

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Top of the morning to you, fellow Boomers. A few random thoughts about our obligations to our children and grandchildren. Yes, Trump, Biden, Ballrooms, Deals, civic virtue, astonishingly bad polls, but also about us.

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@klaasm67 This made me laugh...both of them. Well stuck, @klaasm67

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@washingtonpost Pity he can't pay attention to war, job loss, affordability, the plight of the farmer, etc...

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RFK assassinated June 5, 1968. "My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it" Ted Kennedy

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@WSJ One would think, regardless of one's personal opinion of the war against Iran, that the statute applies and is not tolled every time the Administration determines it is.

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This is very good, comprehensive but compact. From @kkondik for @LarrySabato @Center4Politics The (ruthless?) sorting is eye-opening: "Republicans now hold all 50 Senate seats in the 25 states Donald Trump won all three times he was on the ballot."

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@John_Hudson Makes him extra-qualified. He won't need orientation? One might as, how could Republicans let this occur?

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@bresreports John Mitchell looking better in retrospect

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Iowa gets (even) more interesting. @kkondik @JMilesColeman for @LarrySabato @Center4Politics Attractive D candidate (Rob Sand) moves Gov from lean R to Tossup. Retiring Sen Ernst cracks door open: R-Likely goes to Lean. Trump hasn't done well by the state
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@BarbMcQuade Sunlight being the best disinfectant, yes, but let's not underestimate the possibility that this is a temporary setback, put on the back burner, but not extinguished.

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@ianbremmer Trump has unlimited self-confidence in his own gut. Most of the time, when he's evaluating what motivates others (fear, gifts) it's a pretty good gut.

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@SeanTrende It makes a certain amount of sense if you fill in the back story of what was going on in America (and the world) during that period

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@rickhasen SCOTUS rides to the rescue, again, to their political soulmates in the GOP. Intentional discrimination is perfectly acceptable--even laudable if it helps keep The House Red.

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@LarrySabato In the pale moon of an early June evening, hope gently edges itself out to bray.

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@Acyn That would be a unique endgame. Fighting continues, the US achieves virtually none of its goals, but the Secretary of State declares total victory. Take a lap!

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@MarkHalperin Scrutiny, perhaps. A withdrawal in favor of someone more qualified?

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@lrozen Shaheen is telling truths, but Trump genuinely doesn't care--and is making that increasingly clear.

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@LarrySabato There's so much going on, so much noise, so many late-night rambles, so many excesses, so much norm-breaking, the electronic media doesn't want (boring) dignity when it can cover (literally) a cage match.

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@JoyceWhiteVance Not clear to me that Trump and his Cabinet feel obligated to folllow court rulings if they don’t agree.

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@davidfrum What makes no sense is the celebration itself carriers it’s own dignity. Go along for the ride. Show respect. Trump couldn’t l