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My batteries are recharged.
The sunflowers are where they belong—in the ground across the street from the Russian embassy.
They survived their first 24 hours with aplomb. I stopped by to visit them and take these photos yesterday afternoon on my way out of town.
Today’s #BeastOfTheDay is the bobak marmot:
Trump Trial Diary, May 28, 2024
Because we live in the most absurd timeline, I find myself sitting next to Jeanine Pirro in the overflow courtroom 55 minutes before summations are set to begin in the New York Trump trial.
I want to submit that this week matters in the 2024 presidential election and the polling surrounding it. I normally tell people not to fixate on polls. But this week is actually a good week to pay some attention to the polls.
As we begin it, Trump leads in national polling averages by a narrow one-point margin, and he leads in key states by larger—but still small—amounts.
Here’s the RealClearPolitics average of this morning:
And if you prefer, here’s the FiveThirtyEight average:
There are roughly six months to go before the election.
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