Knicks joy, Trump’s Iran losing deal, and why 45% of America is independent
Two million people flooded the Canyon of Heroes to celebrate the Knicks — and on the same day, the president was overseas selling what hawks on his own side are calling a losing deal with Iran. Paul Rieckhoff connects the joy on the streets of New York to the rot in Washington, and lays out why 45% of the country has now walked away from both parties. The game is rigged. The Angry Middle knows it. And the data is finally catching up.
It was a split-screen American day. In New York, two million people packed the Canyon of Heroes for a Knicks parade that felt closer to VE…
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