A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on August 23, 2024.
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The headline on August 23 was supposed to be momentum. Instead, it was a reminder that every Trump gain comes stapled to a new ethical, political, or reputational mess. That’s not a bug in the system anymore; it’s the system.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump on Aug. 23, 2024, in Phoenix. The move put Kennedy’s long record of vaccine skepticism and anti-institution rhetoric directly into Trump’s orbit.