5,000 miles away, a Michigan mayor at the center of the Gaza storm. Classic Yasmeen Abutaleb dispatch—>
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Today’s must read: Trump on trial - Personal anguish, political defiance and a loss of control. A retrospective on the first two weeks of the former president’s criminal trial in NY via Hannah Knowles Josh Dawsey Ashley Parker: washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

First grade soccer is actually so exciting, like one player just grabbed a couple of sticks and started rubbing them together at midfield to try and start a fire

Paging Gail Collins… 🐶

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'If all people were always good, courts probably wouldn’t need to exist, but jury selection is a reminder that most people are good.'

Don't sleep on Perry Stein + Devlin Barrett's The Trump Trials newsletter. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Why does No Hands In The Toilet Water even need to be a house rule???

My 5-year-old, loudly, as we’re boarding a packed plane: “Can you tell me the story, again, of what the — what are they called? terrorists? — did with the planes and those tall buildings?”

(I did not).

I just think Caitlin Clark should be earning more than I did as the Assistant Director of Social Media at Random House.

When it came to The City, Trump was real-life Gatsby, perpetually stretching toward the green light, just out of reach.

From me and Josh Dawsey: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Come @ us, fellow English majors. (Jk, jk — direct all your ire to Robert Samuels + Nick Baumann).

Trump’s New York is one of big brassy skyscrapers, big buxom blondes and big red ties.

Now, w his Manhattan trial in full swing, his relationship w the city is crashing down. W Josh Dawsey: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Donald Trump was a certain type of New Yorker — brash, boorish, bombastic.

Now, w his Manhattan trial starting, Trump and New York seem to have hit irreconcilable differences. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trip prep at my house:

*“No, you cannot wear a wedding dress on the plane.”

*“You packed… two pairs of underwear? And one pair… isn’t even yours?”

*“Yes, you probably do need to bring shoes.”

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Mike Pence refused to endorse Trump. What does it mean for the direction of the Republican Party — and does it even matter?

Deep dive from me, Michael Scherer + Josh Dawsey: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Donald Trump’s perfect vice president looks the part: attractive and telegenic. They are ideally Black or a woman, though that’s not required. And they are most certainly not taller than Trump himself.

Veepstakes latest w Marianne LeVine + Josh Dawsey: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

'Where is my Cary Grant?' Trump is in no rush to decide who he'll pick as veep. And the list is growing, not shrinking. Our look at veepstakes w/ ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ ⁦Ashley Parker⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

'It’s a fucking bridge. Like it’s a bridge, and how interesting is the bridge? It’s a little interesting but it’s not a lot interesting.” politi.co/4aLJHOZ via POLITICO

“Aren’t you embarrassed to be wearing that? No, no, wearing it with pride.” How Trump’s scowling mugshot became the ultimate symbol of defiance among his supporters — and the small industry that’s now behind marketing and selling it, w/Isaac Arnsdorf & Marianne LeVine:…

“I like Trump-Kennedy,” the former president recently told one person. “I like the way that sounds.”

Fun Michael C. Bender story on Trump’s (highly unlikely) musings about choosing RFK Jr. as his VP.

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