In today's #MitchellMinute I note that the unhinged ranting Trump we saw last night was Donald Trump on his best behavior. https://youtu.be/P5wZ6KgvIRk

In today's #Mitchell Minute I discuss how the electoral college has made the debate a spectator event. https://youtu.be/90vMkfjf1Pg

In today's #MitchellMinute I once again kvetch about false equivalencies and the media's coverage of the election. https://youtu.be/tIXgpU9Ua3g

"Would the larger baseball world have been better served if Bumgarner were wrapping up another solid 11 win season in which he pitched his usual 140 or so innings, but had never had the World Series championships or heroics." My new Kibitizing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/looking-back-on-madison-bumgarner

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss the need to be prepared when Trump does not accept his defeat. https://youtu.be/Xma-Vwc7K60

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss the Cheney's endorsements of Kamala Harris. https://youtu.be/M8mkAIqX0lI

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss JD Vance's comments on school shootings. https://youtu.be/cq_3iKcozgE

"Speaking of the Chinese American vote as if it were a block that will get behind one of the mayoral candidates is not only lazy and shoddy political analysis, it is also somewhat odd and borders on exoticizing a major segment of San Francisco’s population." My new Kibitizing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/misunderstanding-the-chinese-vote

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss four ideas that are essential for thinking about the war in Gaza. https://youtu.be/vvbzEZ-f_xY

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss the absurdity of the narrative that Kamala Harris has not proposed sufficiently specific policies. https://youtu.be/40dMWvynHo0

In today's #MitchellMInute I discuss Donald Trump's unsubtle attacks on Kamala Harris. https://youtu.be/bqgp9faM00o

"These murders are also a reminder Hamas like the criminal, corrupt and extremist Israeli regime does not want a ceasefire." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/hamas-does-not-want-a-ceasefire-either

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss how Hamas has made it clear they do not want a ceasefire either. https://youtu.be/lNU5zpBziOE

In today's #MitchellMinute I disuss Donald Trump trying to have it both ways on reproductive freedom. https://youtu.be/UJOgBx0K0p4

“In recent weeks, there has been so much change and disruption in this election that it is tempting to overlook the continuity, but in many respects this election looks a lot like it did a year ago with Trump and the Democratic nominee virtually tied and the party coalitions largely unchanged.“ My article “Change and Continuity in the 2024 Election” was published by the Institut de Relations Internationale et Strategique today. https://www.iris-france.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ObsEU_2024_08_12_Harris_Trump_LaborDay_Note.pdf

"Soto and Judge are playing a different game in a different century than the Yankees greats from the 1920s and 1930s, but that makes their accomplishments even more impressive. It is very likely that we are seeing the greatest slugging season from two teammates in modern baseball history." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/judge-and-soto-in-some-historical

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss the false equivalency between Fox and CNN. https://youtu.be/Pz92yscW-7I

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss parallel deep red and blue spaces. https://youtu.be/RHECudjuQqs

In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss how the electoral college makes most of us feel like spectators of, not participants in, democracy. https://youtu.be/OXtN-PSmdBY

"Imagine you are watching the local news, a ballgame, someting on broadcast television, or simply visiting a news or social media website and the following ad appears." My new Kibitizing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/the-speech-we-did-not-hear-at-the