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A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version.
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My productivity has been precipitously falling every day this week in anticipation of this event.
You want to see disarray.? I will show you disarray.
I quit watching pretty early on. The audience should have been silenced. It had the vibe of a high school pep rally. Some like Pence sounded like they were at a church revival. The Republican Party should be dissolved.
Passive aggressive regressive.
Other than his increasingly aggressive approach to immigration, Ron DeSantis – meant to be Trump’s most likely challenger – remained relatively passive.
Here’s why this is bad news for Joe Biden!
Had a mechanic replace the seals. /s

Conan O’Brien’s evil doppelganger!
The deer in the headlight look.
The debate opened with a focus on the economy, as Fox News moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum played a clip of the viral conservative folk hit Rich Men North of Richmond, in which country artist Oliver Anthony describes his economic struggles while lamenting poor people “milkin’ welfare”.
Also from The Guardian.
Poor people may or may not be “milkin’”, but Anthony ain’t thinkin’.
The best part was the absence of tfg. I eagerly look forward to many more of his absences.

Chris Christie spends most of his time touring media trying to create the impression he’s the sole sane, mainstream Republican in the race. Then last night he lets us know he may believe the Earth is flat and 6000 years old.
holy shit. Moderators ask for a show of hands of how many candidates believe in human-caused climate change. Not a single candidate raises their hand.
Brilliant opening message, David! These mediocrities waste our time. The NYT & Wapo inflations waste our time. How much of this crap are we gonna hafta scrap off our chins?