memeorandum: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump (Meryl Kornfield/Washington Post)

3:00 AM ET, August 25, 2024

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A Manufactured Fight over Incumbency Hides Trump's Fascism — Thinking of Trump in terms of presidential administrations — reading this race as a fight over incumbency — is a category error that serves to hide the threat Trump poses to democracy. — Yet a slew of reviews of the DNC …

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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump — The scion of one of the most famous Democratic families had attracted voters dismayed with a Trump-Biden rematch, but Biden's exit and Harris's nomination upended the race. — PHOENIX — Independent presidential …

Washington Post:

Trump allies try to energize him as he struggles to adapt to Harris — The Republican nominee has fixated on Biden's withdrawal: “It feels like he's lost his mojo.” — Republican nominee Donald Trump looked cheerful playing golf at his New Jersey club one day earlier this month …

Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:

We removed RFK Jr. from our model. But it didn't hurt Kamala. — Harris's convention bounce has offset any impact — so far. — ∙ Paid — Like everything else about his presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy's withdrawal from the presidential race was weird.

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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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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Is Trump OK? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris worries supporters

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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s out. Does it change the race?

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Al Weaver / The Hill: Democratic convention energy, Harris hot streak making Republicans nervous

Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Democrats once strove to ‘go high’ against Trump. Not anymore.

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New York Times:
Trump's Carefully Scripted Week Kept Veering Off Script

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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
RFK Jr., environmental warrior, backs the ‘drill, baby, drill’ ticket

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Bloomberg:

German Police Arrest Suspect After Deadly Attack at Festival — Three stabbed to death and eight wounded in city of Solingen — Latest incident poised to fuel debate about immigration laws — German police have arrested a man who is “to the highest degree” suspected …

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Reuters:

Islamic State claims responsibility for knife attack in Germany's Solingen — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people on Friday. — The militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account …

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Eliana Johnson / freebeacon.com:

For Tim Walz, a Pattern of Prevarications Stretches Back Almost Two Decades — When Tim Walz launched his 2006 campaign for Congress in rural Minnesota, he boasted in his public biography that in 1993, he “was named the Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce …

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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:

Foo Fighters Say Trump Didn't Have Permission to Use ‘My Hero’ at Arizona Rally — Band will take “appropriate action” as well as donate royalties from usage to Harris/Walz campaign

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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters Slam Trump for Using Hit Song at Rally

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Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Foo Fighters Deny Letting Donald Trump Use Their Song at RFK Jr. Rally

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Yacob Reyes / Axios:

Rick Scott dials up election denialism … - “We just had an election stolen in Venezuela. … Scott also recently echoed a right-wing talking point falsely suggesting noncitizens often vote in elections. — If Democrats win in November, “They won't have to commit fraud to win elections anymore …

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:

Audience signs and chants at the DNC were all about America. At the RNC, it was the Trump show. — The Democratic and Republican national conventions concluded this week. — Between party speeches and celebrity appearances, audience members held signs and led chants.

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:

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Rachel Dobkin / Newsweek:

Kari Lake Trolled With Photo of Her Urged Off Stage at Trump Rally — U.S. — candidate — was trolled on Friday by her Democratic opponent, Representative — , with a photo of her being urged to get off the stage while speaking at a rally for former President — .

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Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:

How Tim Walz's dumb taco joke broke MAGA brains — Tough-talking right-wing pundits leaned into victimhood culture with their collective freakout over an anodyne joke. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz broke MAGA brains for the second time in a month — and he wasn't even calling them “weird” this time.

Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:

Suspect arrested after arson attack on French synagogue — French police arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue on fire in La Grande-Motte, France, on Saturday following a lengthy manhunt. — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the arrest in a post on X …

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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:

Fauci hospitalized with West Nile virus, now recovering at home — The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases became the public face of the government response to the coronavirus pandemic. — Anthony S. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus this month …