Mr Ramirez seems dubious that it's entirely voluntary:
Jeff Maurer urges patience, fruitlessly:
Democrats Get out of Bad Relationship, Immediately Rebound While Still Emotional.
Democrats’ relationship with Joe Biden turned toxic. Though things worked beautifully for years, after the debate, it was clear that Biden could no longer provide what the party needed. This was traumatic for Democrats; we had imagined a future with Biden, and accepting that we had to move on was hard. For a while, we even considered sticking with an obviously-doomed relationship because making a change seemed too difficult. But in the end, we did what we had to do and broke up with Joe.
The paperwork for the breakup went through late on Sunday. As I write this, it is mid-Monday, and Democrats are already with someone else — we’re swooning over Kamala! We’re suddenly realizing that our dream candidate was right under our noses the whole time! The endorsements are flying in — liberals haven’t been this eager to publicly express enthusiasm for something since Hamilton. From bicycle shops in Brooklyn to juice bars in LA — and shockingly few points in between — blue America is Krazy for Kamala!
But, at the risk of being the fungus on the coconut tree, I’d like to speak to Democrats for a minute. Folks…friends. I understand that right now, you’re buzzing — you’re liberated and feeling optimistic for the first time in a long while. The past month was an emotional roller coaster, and you’re invigorated now that Joe is gone — please remember that I was one of the people saying that you should break up with him! But maybe, just maybe it would be wise to just tap the breaks [sic]. Maybe don’t rush into a new candidate right away. Because I sort of think that your sudden infatuation with Kamala might be a reaction to how things went with Joe.
There, I quoted three whole paragraphs without a single dirty word! Unusual for Jeff.
Also of note:
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Fifty seconds of cringe. Here's one of the things Jeff cites as an example of "Kamala fan art that makes North Korean state media look subtle."
My TikTok feed is covered in Kamala fancams. I've never seen anything like this (a thread) pic.twitter.com/fVozbh9W4L
— Joe (@JoePostingg) July 22, 2024As Abe Lincoln probably did not say: "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like."
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This doesn't appear to be all that likely a prediction. But nevertheless, a must-read from Kevin D. Wilson: And Now, Dump Harris.
All the Democrats really need to have a real shot at beating Trump (again) is to nominate someone halfway normal and competent. They have many promising options from which to choose. Kamala Harris, whatever her virtues as a human being, is not one of them. She’s damaged goods from an unpopular administration that effectively has just come to an early end, a California weirdo who talks like some weird mix of yoga instructor, horoscope, and vice principal. Biden’s withdrawal is one piece of evidence that at least some Democrats really believe what they say they believe: that Donald Trump is a unique threat to the republic. If it is really the case that Democrats sincerely believe that, then they should act on that belief.
And that means dumping Harris, too.
Harris, if she were smart, would save them the trouble. California has a governor’s race coming up in 2026. And who knows, Harris might actually turn out to be good at that job. But she could do her party, her country—and, realistically, herself—a favor by following the boss’ lead one last time and getting out of the way.
You may have noticed: unlike, KDW, I try not to give advice to pols or parties. Why would they take advice from someone who despises them so much?
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A reminder: Joe came in fifth place in the 2020 New Hampshire Primary. Jim Geraghty looks at The End of an Error. It's a long essay, but here's what I want to excerpt:
As I wrote in November 2021, “Harris’s presidential campaign ran into trouble in part because of flip-flopping on big issues — abolishing ICE, sanctuary cities, Medicare for All, independent probes of police shootings, banning fracking. Flip-flopping on issues is ultimately a reflection of a political leader who isn’t entirely certain what he or she wants.”
When she withdrew from the presidential race, our Charlie Cooke concluded, “Everything that is wrong with American politics is summed up in Kamala Harris. She’s a weather vane. She’s dishonest. She’s a coward. She’s condescending. And she’s a phony. She’s the answer to no useful or virtuous question.”
Kamala Harris wants to be popular and great, and her first instinct is to push the country further to the left.
So we'll see how that works out for her.
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And now for something completely different. You may have heard about the event: Blue Screens Everywhere Are Latest Tech Woe for Microsoft. You can find all sorts of finger-pointing and recommended remedies that uncannily resemble remedies that people were advocating before the outages.
But this little nugget was buried at the end of the WSJ article linked above:
A Microsoft spokesman said it cannot legally wall off its operating system in the same way Apple does because of an understanding it reached with the European Commission following a complaint. In 2009, Microsoft agreed it would give makers of security software the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets.The Register has slightly more: EU gave CrowdStrike keys to Windows kernel, Microsoft claims.
Y'know, it might not be a great idea to enable bureaucrats to make design requirements for AI software.
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