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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Is Trump OK? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris worries supporters — Rambling speeches peppered with insults, narcissism and an obsession with crowd size have raised questions about the former president's fitness for office — Even some of Donald Trump's supporters are now asking …
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CBS News, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump's Carefully Scripted Week Kept Veering Off Script — Despite calls by his advisers to focus on the issues, former President Donald J. Trump has made it clear that he intends to keep running his campaign his way. — Donald J. Trump's political endurance this year has been attributed …
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Raw Story, RTÉ, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters Slam Trump for Using Hit Song at Rally — KILL THE MUSIC — The band said that any royalties generated by Trump's use of “My Hero” would go to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. — Journalist — The Foo Fighters called out Donald Trump …
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TMZ.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Melinda Newman / Billboard:
Foo Fighters Did Not Allow Donald Trump to Use ‘My Hero’ at Rally, Will Donate Any Royalties to Harris Campaign — Trump played the 1997 hit to bring Robert Kennedy Jr. to the stage in Glendale, Arizona. — Donald Trump may consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his hero, given he played …
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Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, The Flag, PoliticusUSA, TMZ.com, RedState and Breitbart
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Democrats once strove to ‘go high’ against Trump. Not anymore.
Democrats once strove to ‘go high’ against Trump. Not anymore.
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Althouse, New York Magazine and Washington Examiner
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
DNC ratings thump Trump as 29 million TV viewers watch Harris' acceptance speech
DNC ratings thump Trump as 29 million TV viewers watch Harris' acceptance speech
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Foo Fighters Deny Letting Donald Trump Use Their Song at RFK Jr. Rally
Foo Fighters Deny Letting Donald Trump Use Their Song at RFK Jr. Rally
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CBS News, RTÉ, Washington Examiner and Consequence
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Fumes When Fox News Asks About Harris's Momentum After DNC
Trump Fumes When Fox News Asks About Harris's Momentum After DNC
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PoliticusUSA, Axios, The Western Journal, Vox, The Daily Caller, HotAir, Twitchy, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, The Daily Beast, ComingSoon.net, The Root, HuffPost, DNyuz and The Hill
Kurt Andersen / The Atlantic:
RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer — he leading third-party candidate for president—an environmental lawyer and activist, a son and nephew of legendary liberal Democratic politicians—just quit the race and announced that he is joining the campaign of the most anti-environment president …
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s out. Does it change the race? — EXIT STAGE RIGHT — Some third-party presidential campaigns are noble endeavors driven by the loftiest of principles. Others are vanity projects, exercises in cynicism that leave our politics slightly more soiled for the experience.
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
RFK Jr., environmental warrior, backs the ‘drill, baby, drill’ ticket
RFK Jr., environmental warrior, backs the ‘drill, baby, drill’ ticket
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Los Angeles Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. suspends his campaign — with an appropriately bizarre theory
RFK Jr. suspends his campaign — with an appropriately bizarre theory
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ABC News, NBC News, Washington Examiner, New York Post and DNyuz
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Cornel West can't be on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, court decides
Cornel West can't be on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, court decides
Elizabeth Wagmeister / CNN:
Cheryl Hines comments on husband RFK Jr.'s decision to drop out of race, does not mention his Trump endorsement
Cheryl Hines comments on husband RFK Jr.'s decision to drop out of race, does not mention his Trump endorsement
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Robert F. Kennedy suspends his independent presidential campaign and backs Trump
Robert F. Kennedy suspends his independent presidential campaign and backs Trump
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Democratic convention energy, Harris hot streak making Republicans nervous — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
GOP strategist cautions Trump on joining forces with RFK Jr: 'He's kind of a looney tune' — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters
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Mediaite, Fox News and The Guardian
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
These Young Women Didn't Want to Vote for Biden. They're All In on Harris. — In new polls, a large majority of young women plan to vote for the vice president. We talked with eight of them. — Constance Lancelle, 22, of Milwaukee, was “definitely not interested in voting for Biden,” she said.
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ABC News
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Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
Former Republican FBI director James Comey backs Harris for president
Former Republican FBI director James Comey backs Harris for president
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IJR, Breitbart, Twitchy, The Hill and Associated Press
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Defines the Democrats' New Normal
Kamala Harris Defines the Democrats' New Normal
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twitchy.com, PoliticusUSA, Louder With Crowder, CBS News, Al Jazeera, So What, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Harris Faces Challenge of Translating Convention Joy to Fall Momentum
Harris Faces Challenge of Translating Convention Joy to Fall Momentum
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American Compass, HotAir, Freddie deBoer and The Bulwark
CNN:
Fauci recovering after hospitalization for West Nile virus — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recovering at home after being hospitalized with West Nile virus, a spokesperson said. — Fauci, a longtime public health official …
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RedState, Fox News, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, MLive.com and New York Post
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Fauci hospitalized with West Nile virus, now recovering at home
Fauci hospitalized with West Nile virus, now recovering at home
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Axios, New York Daily News, New York Post, CBS News, UPI and The Gateway Pundit
Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones:
Raphael Warnock Told the DNC to “Keep the Faith.” He Restored Mine in the Process. — The senator from Georgia made space for hope—and righteous cynicism. — This week, at the Democratic National Convention, the speeches of Michelle Obama and the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff …
Politico:
Are Republicans losing the culture wars? — School board candidates who ran on parental rights in classrooms are suffering defeats in states like Florida, once a leader in the “anti-woke” movement. — Republicans are confronting a decisive moment in the battle over public education: proving they can still win a culture war.
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The Post Millennial and Miami New Times
Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Trump Is Behind Not Because the Press Is Hyping Kamala but Because He's Unpopular — Let me stipulate for the record: The American press is an embarrassment. Journalists are being unfair in their coverage. CNN and Politico and the New York Times and the Associated Press and NBC Nightly News …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Corum / New York Times:
Words Used at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions — Speakers at the Democratic National Convention used more than 109,000 words over four days in Chicago this week. Their choice of words and phrases contrasts the themes and ideas of last month's Republican National Convention.
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IJR, Diane Ravitch's blog and Forbes