Joe Biden

It started with vague honks in the streets — a not uncommon staple of reality in some of America's largest cities. Then there were the shouts, cheers, cowbells, whistles and a lot more honking. Chants of “this is what democracy looks like!” Pots clanking, people hollering, music blaring.

“President Biden's election would provide a welcome relief from the daily trauma,” one Senate veteran said, but achieving top policy goals would become infinitely more complicated.

The margin of litigation, the margin of error, and the margin of organizing: The courts probably won’t decide this presidential election, but organizing might have.

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I am a big believer in nuance. Broad strokes are dangerous, limiting and do little to advance productive societal conversations or close gaps or fend off the spread of disinformation.