On the Bus With the RFK Jr. Bros
The day before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the presidential contest, a pair of his most ardent supporters were circling the Democratic National Convention in an ancient RV repurposed into an unofficial campaign bus—a fact largely hidden by the explosion of red, white, and blue graphics and slogans like “Kennedy Across America” adorning its exterior.
Most of my time in Chicago was devoted to covering the influencers who were there, but I so deeply needed to get on that bus and find out why two dudes were dedicating all this time driving around the country in support of Kennedy. Luckily, my colleague Dhruv Mehrotra ran into them and had them pick me up.
PLUS: I had to have Vittoria Elliott write the Chat Room section for this week, detailing her new story about the astrologers predicting the outcome of the election.
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