Brainwormed independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr on Friday announced he was not leaving the race just yet, claiming he's "in it to win it. I lead in popularity and independents are now the largest voting bloc. Momentum is shifting in my favor as I close in on ballot access in all 50 states, I look forward to challenging President Trump and the DNC nominee at the next debate," the New York Post reports on a sign he hasn't sold the Orange Slob on nominating him Secretary of Health Human Services in a future MAGA Reich in exchange for dropping out and endorsing Donald.

Kennedy was responding to that "Students for Trump" shitbag Ryan Fournier claiming, based on some Politico article, that Kennedy had canceled several campaign events, which is probably true but more because he's running out of money rather than ending his doomed third party bid.

In related news, Nebraska's Secretary of State on Friday announced that Kennedy had qualified for the ballot in the state. Just to speculate semi-baselessly here it's probably because Republicans there were hoping Joe Biden would still be on the ballot and it was assumed that if he squeaked it out against Trump in November the election would have been won or lost in the state's 2nd District.

The New York Times' national poll this week actually put Kennedy at taking more votes away from Trump than Harris, the conventional wisdom being that since Biden dropped out all the lib-leaning Kennedy fans came back home to her while the anti-vax freaks are sticking with Señor Brainworms.