Remember June 27? That was when President Joe Biden delivered his bewildering and bewildered—empty eyes, mouth agape—performance in the now-infamous televised debate against former president Donald Trump. But as I am writing this, not even a month has gone by. The first presidential debate of 2024 was, instead, merely the starting point of a 24-day stretch during which America watched its political landscape mutate swiftly and irrevocably: a dizzying period of so many unprecedented events that the word may need to be retired because of overuse. In the weeks, even days, between the debate and Biden’s subsequent decision to exit the 2024 presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket on July 21, there have been stunning Supreme Court decisions, an assassination attempt, and an enthusiastically attended Republican National Convention.