Biden to speak at Morehouse commencement, risking backlash as campus protests over Gaza grow usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

'Both Lee and her opponent, Edgewood Borough council member Bhavini Patel, dispute the idea that Tuesday’s election is primarily about the war. But voters here volunteer their thoughts on the topic without prompting.'

via Dylan Wells: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Trump will meet with former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, the deputy head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at Trump Tower today, two campaign officials told CNN -- the latest in a series of meetings he's held with foreign leaders in recent weeks

Summer Lee's primary will test the shifting politics of Israel-Gaza war -- her criticism of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks initially set her apart from the party, but public opinion has shifted, including among some voters in her district. wapo.st/3w5hxQu

A liberal ‘Squad’ member’s primary tests shifting politics of Israel-Gaza war. Dylan Wells parachutes into Rep. Lee's Pittsburgh district, where her constituents now say her early remarks against Israel are 'not so out of the mainstream.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

“There is no room for people who would use our communities against each other for their own political ambitions,” Summer Lee says at a rally ahead of Tuesday’s #PA12 primary.

Rep. AOC frames Summer Lee’s primary as sending “a message to the one percent,” repeatedly criticizing GOP megadonor Jeffrey Yass who has contributed to a PAC supporting Lee’s primary opponent.

Attendees of Summer Lee’s rally today booed when AOC mentioned AIPAC — the group spent heavily against Lee last cycle but has so stayed out of this primary.

Speaking at a canvass launch for Rep. Summer Lee ahead of the #PA12 primary, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says “On Tuesday what we must do is show her and show the world and show the people in that big White House that she is not alone.”

“It’s not about winning, it’s about winning big.”

Campaigning for Summer Lee in Pittsburgh ahead of the #PA12 primary, Rep. Justin Jones says she “is somebody who knows that sometimes confrontation is confirmation that we are on the right path toward victory.”

A small group of counter protesters are gathered outside the Summer Lee/AOC rally at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers.

Awaiting a Summer Lee rally and canvass kickoff at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers ahead of the #PA12 primary on Tuesday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones are among the speakers expected here today.

A group of at least 10 men wearing the uniform of the Proud Boys, a violent extremist group, appeared outside the entrance of a rally in N.C. for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, prompting condemnation from President Biden’s campaign.

via Isaac Arnsdorf
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine

Taylor repeatedly saying Dylan??? 🫢🫢

Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Kennedy family members endorse Biden at Philadelphia event. The move is a rebuke of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is pursuing the White House as an independent, by Dylan Wells Cleve R. Wootson Jr. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Biden, taking the stage in Philadelphia alongside members of the Kennedy family, says he spoke by phone with Ethel Kennedy recently to wish her a happy birthday and that it’s an honor to have the family’s endorsement.

“Biden has been a champion for all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncles stood for,” says Kerry Kennedy in Philadelphia.

“The Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.”

Members of the Kennedy family are filing in for Biden’s event in Philadelphia.