A Funeral In Milwaukee

The GOP You Knew Is Dead.

Well, it’s only taken nine years, but the media and a swath of Republicans are finally noticing that the old GOP is dead, buried, and pushing up daisies.

We’ll start with Drama Donnie and then get to the meat of the convention’s first two days.

The Battle of Wounded Ear

We are now two days into Donald Trump wearing an absurd bandage over his largely uninjured ear. Whatever struck him in the terrible moment on Saturday didn’t cause enough damage to seemingly require a bandage while he golfed the day after the attack — and didn’t, one must note, call the families of those killed and injured in the shooting — but for the convention, Drama Donnie came to play.