“My stories are true stories. I’m telling you.... Benny! I don’t know why you always doubt me, son.... I thrust forward with vigor, I thrust forward with vigor, my boy.”

What a Ben Terris ride: washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

My latest: a dispatch from Bucks County, PA, where I spent an evening with women who are frustrated with their 2024 choices—and are giving some serious thought to RFK Jr.

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For a lot of human history, an earthquake followed a few days later by a total eclipse would be taken as a pretty good sign of the end times

Why did America demolish the world's most beautiful train station?

And what it says about us... (thread) 🧵

This well-done Jesús Rodríguez profile of César Chávez’s granddaughter - Julie Chávez Rodríguez, manager of Biden’s campaign - is particularly important and timely given Trump’s gains with Latinos. washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

“Biden told attendees that he will not call for a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas until all the remaining hostages are released.” nbcnews.com/politics/white…

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President Biden’s campaign manager was thinking about what it would mean for the November election to go wrong. “In one word. Wow. It’s hard,” said Julie Chavez Rodriguez. “For me, it’s like, either damage or devastation.” wapo.st/3VIgikt

.Jesús Rodríguez profiles Biden campaign manager.

One bit. “On immigration, Biden recently pushed for legislation that would’ve given him greater power to, as he described it, “shut down” the southern border if necessary. But Chavez Rodriguez was adamant that “the president…

SCOOP: 'A confidential memo circulated among top Democratic donors has sparked a furious debate in Democratic circles about whether to narrow the focus of voter registration efforts to avoid signing up likely Republicans.' Sabrina Rodríguez + Michael Scherer: wapo.st/3VAAEw9

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The victims in the bridge collapse were natives of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador — not the Dominican Republic.

Macron confirms he married Lula

Read this, in which Kamala Harris talks with Sabrina Rodríguez and responds to whether she can be an effective messenger for voters souring on Biden.

“They’re going to decide that, right? I’m not going to decide that. But I view it as my responsibility…” washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

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