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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 12:44:13 JST Paul Cantrell

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   Pretty sure 1968 was front of mind as folks worked behind the scenes to set up yesterday’s lightning-quick coalescing around Harris.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 12:44:14 JST Matt Blaze

     Parallels with 1968 are obvious: the incumbent president bows out, ahead of a party convention in Chicago. But the way the party has quickly lined up behind Harris suggests the DNC is avoiding the chaos that characterized that year.