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11:25 AM ET, August 24, 2024

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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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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 …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
DNC ratings thump Trump as 29 million TV viewers watch Harris' acceptance speech  —  The momentum of Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign helped push the ratings for the Democratic National Convention past the Republican festivities for former President Trump.
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Fumes When Fox News Asks About Harris's Momentum After DNC … Donald Trump called in to Fox News to give his thoughts on Kamala Harris's speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, and he wasn't taking it well.  —  Host Martha MacCallum asked Trump what he would do to regain …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Disaffected Republicans and former Trump officials spoke at the DNC.  Fox News didn't air a second of any of their speeches.  —  Fox News did not air a second of the speeches from alienated GOP leaders and former Trump officials who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at this week's Democratic National Convention.
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Democrats Find Confidence Without Complacency
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. suspends his campaign — with an appropriately bizarre theory  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insisted he can somehow still be elected president.  Let's count the holes in his reasoning.  —  The promise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent 2024 campaign was always something of a mirage.
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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 …
Elizabeth Wagmeister / CNN:
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
Business Insider:
RFK Jr. suspends 2024 campaign, throws support behind Trump
NBC News:
RFK Jr. says in court filing that he's endorsing Trump as he ends presidential campaign
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 …
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 …
Discussion: ABC News
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.
Discussion: ABC News
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Harris, Walz lean into erasing medical debt  —  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  —  Descriptions
Discussion: DNyuz
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Politico:
‘Throwing money down a well’: McCarthy's revenge tour comes to an end  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz's decisive victory this week capped off multiple losses for allies of Kevin McCarthy, and they're unsure if they'll continue their vendetta in 2026.  —  Kevin McCarthy's revenge tour is over — and it might be for good.
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Cornel West can't be on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, court decides  —  Independent presidential candidate Cornel West lost a legal challenge Friday in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.  Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer, in a 15-page opinion …
Discussion: HotAir and Althouse
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Kamala's Harsh Takedown of Trump Points the Way to a Post-MAGA America  —  Kamala Harris just showed us the promise of a post-MAGA future.  Now it's up to the voters to decide to take us there.  —  In her rousing convention speech on Thursday, Harris offered many olive branches to right-leaning independents and Republican voters.
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's Lawyers Quietly Subpoena Public Interest Groups  —  The billionaire's legal war over lost X advertisers takes a “really cynical” turn.  —  Lawyers representing Elon Musk and X, previously known as Twitter, have quietly begun sending subpoenas to a host of public interest groups, Mother Jones has learned.
Associated Press:
Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status  —  Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Trump Is Behind Not Because the Press Is Hyping Kamala but Because He's Unpopular
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Ukraine uses Kursk success to press Biden on lifting weapons restrictions
Discussion: Politico and nationalinterest.org
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
What Kamala Harris Was Really Saying in Her Convention Speech
Discussion: Washington Post
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Judge dismisses felony against former Louisville officers behind Breonna Taylor search warrant
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Gus Walz Sobbing With Pride Is the Most Important TV Moment of the Year
Discussion: The Flag