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Scene from Part 6 of HBO’s miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015).

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Written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi.

>The Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe reported on Saturday that Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. European Command, sent a written warning to leaders at the Pentagon saying that “without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to choose defense of the United States ‘homeland’ over that of Israel,” according to officials speaking on the condition of anonymity.

>Grynkewich is requesting another Navy destroyer ship in order to “protect” Israel.

A tough choice for sure! /s

>French MEP and presidential hopeful Raphaël Glucksmann’s attempt to shed his elitist image is at risk after an internal campaign document recommended limiting efforts to court working-class voters.

>The memo, branded “confidential” but seen by POLITICO, aims to identify potential voter bases for Glucksmann ahead of his likely bid to replace term-limited President Emmanuel Macron. The 46-year-old European lawmaker is expected to soon join the crowded field of candidates in next year’s presidential election, and polling currently shows him within striking distance of making the runoff against far-right candidates Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella.

• It says that the voters most likely to back Glucksmann — a more moderate social democrat who bucks his leftist peers on pension reform but is staunchly pro-Europe — are well-off, white-collar workers older than 50 or retired who identify with the Socialist Party or lean left-of-center.
• The document advises avoiding “for now” voters ages 18 to 25, single parents and those with lower incomes, all of whom are deemed “more difficult to mobilize.”
• It also recommends not trying too hard to woo voters from poorer, multicultural suburbs surrounding major French cities with strong immigrant populations, who are likely to support hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He announced his campaign earlier this month.

>Those internal findings risk reinforcing the image of Glucksmann, the romantic partner of one of France’s most famous journalists and the son of a prominent philosopher, as a member of high society who is out of touch with the middle class.

>But Glucksmann’s team downplayed the memo’s significance and stressed that it was merely a “working document.” Campaign strategist Mathieu Lefèvre-Marton, who drafted the memo, said that Glucksmann himself rejected the conclusions about which voters should be avoided, stressing the importance of “speaking to everyone,” including “those who don’t vote for the left.”

>Polls show that Glucksmann and Mélenchon are currently the strongest left-wing candidates in the field, though a lot can change between now and the election next spring.

>TRUMP: He’s central casting. You couldn’t find a guy like him. Even his physical features, you know. He’s tall, very tall. And especially for this country, because they tend to be a little bit shorter. You look at the military. I mean, the military today was incredible. That military marching was incredible. But no, if you went to Hollywood, you would not find that. You aren’t going to find a guy to play the role who’s good.

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