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Kamala and America; plus the Fight for Arizona

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols examines the tasks facing the Democrats, and Sasha Abramsky reports on politics in the swing state of Arizona.

Jon Wiener

July 24, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for president as the presumptive Democratic candidate during an event, on July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wisconsin.(Kayla Wolf / AP Photo)

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Everything You Need to Know About Nevada | See How They Run
byThe Nation Magazine

On this episode of See How They Run, Jon Ralston on one of the most complicated swing states of 2024.

Today we bring you the first in a series of special in-depth episodes about the swing states that will decide the 2024 election. We're starting with Nevada, a state that Joe Biden won in 2020 but is struggling to retain this year. To understand what makes Nevada tick and what hurdles Biden has to overcome, D.D. Guttenplan spoke to Jon Ralston, editor and CEO of the Nevada Independent and the dean of Nevada political journalists.

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Is America ready to elect a Black woman president? On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols examines the opportunities facing Kamala Harris, and the obstacles to be overcome.

Also on this episode: Democrats in Arizona are engaged in massive organizing to win an abortion rights referendum, elect a senator, and flip a House seat. And they are facing an Arizona Republican Party that is pretty crazy, to say the least. The Nation‘s Sasha Abramsky has our report.

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The Dems After Tuesday’s Primaries, plus Elmore Leonard’s Bad Guys / Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols analyzes this week’s primary results in California and elsewhere, and, from the archives, Elmore Leonard talks about where his characters and plots came from.

California’s jungle primary on Tuesday set the stage for the next Democratic governor of the state, and primaries in Iowa, New Jersey and elsewhere tested the strength of progressives in the party. John Nichols has our analysis.

Also: from the archives: Elmore Leonard, who died in 2013 at age 87, was unpretentious about his massive accomplishments: 45 novels, more than a dozen turned into movies, and a reputation as one of the great writers of dialogue. When we spoke in 2000, he had just published Pagan Babies, and his movies Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, and Out of Sight had been hits.

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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.


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