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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that will begin with a lightning round of commentary on news stories we didn’t otherwise have big thoughts about: The Gaza ceasefire is good! The Young Republicans’ group chat is bad. The ongoing government shutdown is definitely a thing that is happening.

What do we have thoughts on? Various old Democrats running against various young Democrats in Senate primaries. The war on Caribbean boats potentially expanding to Venezuela(??). A new prosecution of someone Trump dislikes on cable news. Plus, Republicans’ free advertisements for the No Kings protests.

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