Don’t Listen to the Right. The Kamalanomenon Is Real. by Michelle Goldberg

Writing for The New York Times editorial page, Michelle Goldberg goes out and does some reporting, a fairly basic step too many oped columnists, include many of her direct colleagues, don’t bother with. Rather than merely fire off theories about Kamala Harris’s appeal, Goldberg journeyed to Atlanta and talked to the attendees of one of the first proper rallies headed by the sudden presidential candidate for the Democrats. Goldberg makes a compelling case that the surge in support is genuine and honestly arrived at, a reflection of the right person being ready to step up at the right moment.

Blackness Doesn’t Need to Be Explained or Defended by Salamishah Tillet

A couple days after Harris’s triumphant rally in Atlanta, her Republican opponents took their first sharp turn in abject bigotry in their rhetoric, questioning the legitimacy of her racial identity. Although too much of the news media remains skittish to plainly name it as such, it was a blatantly racist attack, surely one of many that will rain down during this campaign season. Salamishah Tillet writes about the pervasive unfairness of Black people who are commanded to defend their Blackness, commending Harris for thus far rejecting that premise. This piece is published by The New York Times.

Supreme Court Puppet Master Accuses Dems of Corruption, Lists His Nefarious Tactics Instead by Andrew Perez

The Supreme Court of the United States has been poisoned by corruptions and one of the main poisoners wants everyone to know that the Democrats are being incredibly unfair when they suggest that maybe we should do something about a judiciary that by all appearances pushes aside law books to decide cases on the basis of what’s in the envelopes that their rich buddies slide across the table to them. As usual with Republicans these days, every accusation this sputtering fool puts forth is actually a confession. Andrew Perez writes all about it for Rolling Stone.