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3:20 AM ET, August 25, 2024

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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 …
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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
Discussion: Mediaite
Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
RFK Jr., environmental warrior, backs the ‘drill, baby, drill’ ticket
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
emptywheel:
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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 …
New York Times:
Trump's Carefully Scripted Week Kept Veering Off Script
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
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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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters Slam Trump for Using Hit Song at Rally
Discussion: TMZ.com and Metro.co.uk
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:
Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban  —  In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” Vance argued that Trump has “explicitly” said he would veto an abortion ban.  —  Ohio Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, on Saturday said Trump would veto …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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  —  .
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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.
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Nadia Lathan / Associated Press:
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
Anne Bradbury / The Hill:
Voters deserve answers on Kamala Harris's true energy policy
Discussion: Politico
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
Discussion: NPR and Truthout
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Two versions of masculinity are on the 2024 ballot
Raw Story:
Kristi Noem rejects more than $70 million in federal funds
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Jonathan Corum / New York Times:
Words Used at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Discussion: IJR, DNyuz and New Republic
Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones:
Raphael Warnock Told the DNC to “Keep the Faith.” He Restored Mine in the Process.
Politico:
Are Republicans losing the culture wars?
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Democratic convention energy, Harris hot streak making Republicans nervous
Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Trump Is Behind Not Because the Press Is Hyping Kamala but Because He's Unpopular
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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