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The deadline for dropping out of the North Carolina governor’s race was last night, which means Mark Robinson (R) remains the Republican candidate. Robinson was already one of the worst candidates put up in decades. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising.

“If the election does not go his way, the economy will tank, Christmas will be canceled, and America as we know it will be ‘finished,’ Donald Trump promised in the run-up to the 2020 election,” NBC News reports. “That race did not go his way, of course, and none of Trump’s prophesied cataclysms materialized under Joe Biden’s presidency.

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“President Biden will summon his Cabinet Friday for the first time in eleven months and direct them to speed up their efforts to implement his agenda,” Axios reports. “From implementing clean tech tax credits to spending billions of dollars to build roads, bridges and semiconductor facilities, top officials know that there’s more work to do.”

Stephen Collinson: “The question of whether Mark Robinson’s political disaster will seriously hurt Trump’s chances in one of the most tightly fought and important battleground states is a complex one. Trump voters are hugely loyal to their candidate — so it doesn’t necessarily follow that if they disdain Robinson, they won’t vote for the ex-president.

“The stars of Democratic politics were aligning behind Kamala Harris. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and assorted liberal luminaries had sung her praises at the Democratic convention. Megawatt endorsements from Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish would soon follow. But there’s another pop star who has not weighed in — and whose endorsement could hold unique power in November,” the Washington Post reports? “By late August, political consultant Maria Cardona’s phone was buzzing with texts from people in Latino Democratic circles, asking the same question.” Said the messages to Cardona: “Where’s Bad Bunny?