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By Lucas Shaw

June 30, 2019 at 10:30 PM UTC

Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be. Happy NBA free agency to all the Knicks fans out there.

The 2020 presidential campaign began this past week with the first two Democratic debates. I am in no way ready for 15 months of non-stop election coverage, and am doing my best to manage my intake of information about candidates for the time being. There is no reason for a presidential campaign to last this long, nor for it to be so expensive.