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Can’t make it to the Gang of 500 Lauriol Plaza Easter brunch this morning?
Never fear!
While I can’t deliver any of the annual special honey-baked ham fajitas or Peeps flan to your home, I am able to give you a sneak peek at the final results of the Gang’s weekly “Who’s Up/Who’s Down” survey.
So gab like an insider at your church service or late afternoon bridge club confab after studying the latest ratings.
Enjoy!
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JOE BIDEN
Grappling with the national and international implications of the massive leaking of Pentagon documents, but about to see the in-person manifestations of being the most Irish American president of all time.
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TAYLOR SWIFT
Her breakup with longtime sweetie Joe Alwyn is a sad face moment, but using a tour break to shoot a new music video in Liverpool is smashing and brilliant.
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KAMALA HARRIS
Can’t ever do anything right ever in the eyes of the conservative press, but her lightning trip to Tennessee continues to generate boffo enthusiasm on the left.
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ELON MUSK
At war with the BBC, but at war with Matt Taibbi.
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DONALD TRUMP
Frank Luntz gives the world a roadmap of how to beat the Master of Mar-a-Lago for the nomination, but Dan Balz says that third-time nomination is quite possible and in his Saturday night element with buddies at a Miami UFC event, while he dominates SNL’s “Weekend Update” and gets compared to Jesus in the cold open.
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BIBI NETANYAHU
Judicial overhaul protests continue, but retains a free hand to strike back at neighborhood foes.
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RON DESANTIS
New York Times frames meta candidacy in the negative terms of the current CW, while the Washington Post says there is a plan in place to smote the frontrunner, with the Super PAC poised to help build crowds and frame the electability argument.
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THE POPE
World is full of turmoil and hatred while the Pontiff remains under the weather, but Urbi et Orbi gets big audience and strong reviews.
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ADAM SILVER
Gotta investigate Mavs’ apparent effort to throw games, but exciting final day of contests sees four games that will determine which of 16 possible seeding scenarios happen in the West.
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