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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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

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 …

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 …

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.

Two versions of masculinity are on the 2024 ballot … - But now rather than an aging President Biden, he's running against the potential first woman president.  — Vice President Kamala Harris rarely mentions her gender, but the men at her side have embraced their second-fiddle roles in supporting a woman's rise to power.

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  —  .

Kristi Noem rejects more than $70 million in federal funds  —  Governor Kristi Noem's administration recently turned down more than $70 million of federal funds from energy efficiency and environmental programs, according to her top budget official.  —  The Home Energy Rebates program …

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 …

Joy Is Not a Strategy  —  If the Republican convention's message for America last month had to fit on a bumper sticker, it would read, “Trump is God.”  Delegates deified him relentlessly as the risen Trump after the assassination attempt.  They told me over and over that he was spared to save the country with his re-election.