George Clooney to President Biden: Good Night, and Goodbye!

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At 5 a.m. Eastern today, senior executive editor Tim O’Brien published an op-ed in Bloomberg Opinion titled, “Biden Needs to Accept That It’s Time to Step Aside.” Five hours and 46 minutes later, George Clooney published an op-ed in the New York Times titled, “I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.” There’s only one explanation! George must have read Tim’s thoughtful column and said, “Hey, I ought to do the same thing.”