memeorandum: Trump jokes to Putin: 'Don't meddle in the election' (Associated Press)

6:20 AM ET, June 28, 2019

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Kamala's Killer Instinct, Biden's Glass Jaw, and Williamson's Mesmerizing Lunacy — The headline out of tonight's debate is going to be Kamala Harris starting off the second hour by turning to Joe Biden and just kicking the snot out of him on the previously long-forgotten issue of forced busing in Delaware.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications and Power Line

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Kamala Harris breaks out — MIAMI — For the first half of Thursday's presidential debate, Joe Biden looked as if he would somehow be able to stand at center stage yet not be the center of the bullseye of other candidates' attacks. — California Sen. Kamala Harris changed that …

Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart and Axios

New York Times:

Biden Comes Under Attack From All Sides in Democratic Debate — MIAMI — Joseph R. Biden Jr. repeatedly found himself on the defensive in the Democratic debate on Thursday over his record as well as his personal views, with the most searing moment of the night, and the primary campaign to date …

Discussion: Fox News and The Colorado Sun

Andrew Prokop / Vox:

This wasn't the way Joe Biden wanted the first debate to go — His exchange with Kamala Harris was the standout moment of the entire first debate. — The biggest single question going into the first Democratic debate was whether any candidate would manage to lay a glove on the frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Breitbart, Taylor Marsh and Daily Wire

Haris Alic / Breitbart:

Fact Check: Biden Did Praise Racists — Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed on Thursday at the Democrat presidential debate that he never praised segregationists. — “I did not praise racists,” Biden said after a testy back and forth with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) over previous remarks he made about segregationist Democrats.

Discussion: The Guardian

New York Times:
6 Takeaways From Night 2 of the Democratic Debate

Discussion: Vanity Fair

Washington Post:
Transcript: Night 2 of the first Democratic debate

Discussion: The Week, The Nation and Breitbart

Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Eric Swalwell swipes at Biden's age: I'll be a president that will ‘actually have to live with the decisions I make’

Discussion: Axios

New York Times:
Democratic Debate: Will Biden and Sanders Face Off?

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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Democratic Debate Live Updates and Analysis: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Harris face off on 2nd night

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ABC News:
Democratic debate night 2: Fact checking the candidates on the issues

Discussion: Axios

Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Debate night: Bernie Sanders attacks Trump as “a pathological liar and a racist”

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CBS News:
Democrats square off in contentious second round of first debate

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Nick Givas / Fox News:
Most Dems vow to decriminalize illegal immigration during Night 2 debate

Discussion: Politico

Michael Calderone / Politico:
Moderators step back, watch Democrats take each other on

Discussion: TVNewser

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Chris Matthews Asks Kamala Harris: How Do You Not Hate White People?

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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Debate night: 3 top candidates back abolishing private health insurance

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New York Times:

House Passes Senate Border Bill in Striking Defeat for Pelosi — WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a Senate humanitarian aid package without any of the House's strict protections for migrant children in overcrowded border shelters after Speaker Nancy Pelosi capitulated to Republicans …

Discussion: Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, Michigan Advance, Axios, Common Dreams, The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and The Week

Andrew Desiderio / Politico:

‘Everyone hates this place’: Border bill tears apart Democratic caucus — Democrats broke into open warfare Thursday over Speaker Nancy Pelosi's surrender to the Senate's emergency border aid package, with the caucus' long-simmering divide between progressives and centrists playing out in dramatic fashion on the House floor.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Roll Call and New York Times

Washington Post:
House passes $4.6 billion border bill as leaders cave to moderate Democrats and GOP

Discussion: Vox, The Week and Washington Monthly

Burgess Everett / Politico:
House clears border aid bill after Pelosi bows to McConnell

Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, HuffPost, Townhall, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Breitbart, New Republic, Daily Kos, WPIX 11 New York and The Hill

NBC News:

Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio. — Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan …

Discussion: The Federalist and The Gateway Pundit

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:

Tulsi Gabbard Is Having A MAGA Moment After Her Debate Performance — “I think a lot of people would vote for her over Trump,” Mike Cernovich said. “MAGA people.” Ann Coulter is considering it. — Among some conservative pundits there was one clear winner of Wednesday night's Democratic primary debate …

Discussion: Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Wire

Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:

First poll has Tulsi Gabbard as the shock winner of the first Democratic debate and Beto O'Rourke as the clear loser — Tulsi Gabbard is the winner of the first Democratic debate in Miami on Wednesday, according to a Drudge Report poll. — The popular news aggregation internet site took …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Liberty Unyielding, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit and Florida Politics

Richard L. Hasen / Slate:

Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work. — Despite a favorable ruling for opponents of the census citizenship question on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not definitively decide to exclude the citizenship question from the 2020 census.

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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
The Gerrymandering Decision Drags the Supreme Court Further Into the Mud

Discussion: Washington Post

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why the Supreme Court's split decisions may not mean what you think

Discussion: Slate and Politico

Washington Times:
Top conservative calls for impeachment of Chief Justice Roberts

Discussion: Politico, The Root, Washington Post and Press Herald

Associated Press:

Trump jokes to Putin: 'Don't meddle in the election' — OSAKA, Japan (AP) — With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia's Vladimir Putin “Don't meddle with the election” in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Russia extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign.

Discussion: Axios

Financial Times:

Vladimir Putin says liberalism has ‘become obsolete’ — Vladimir Putin has trumpeted the growth of national populist movements in Europe and America, crowing that liberalism is spent as an ideological force. — In an FT interview in the Kremlin on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka …

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Washington Post:

In Japan, Trump appears to make light of Russian interference during meeting with Putin — OSAKA, Japan — President Trump on Friday appeared to make light of Russian election interference during a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin, telling him “don't meddle in the election” …

Discussion: Politico

Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:

Bill De Blasio Roasted for Quoting Che Guevara at Miami Campaign Stop … New York politics and Miami politics are not the same. This may seem like an obvious statement. But at a rally today for striking workers at the Miami International Airport, New York City mayor and 2020 presidential …

Discussion: Babalú Blog, Mediaite, CBS New York, Bloomberg, Townhall, The Daily Caller, The Week, Washington Post, Daily Wire, Front Page Magazine, Florida Politics, Sean Hannity, RedState, twitchy.com and Vox

Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio apologizes for quoting Che Guevara as Florida Dems pounce

Discussion: New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, One America News Network and Washington Free Beacon

Twitter:

Defining public interest on Twitter — Our highest priority is to protect the health of the public conversation on Twitter, and an important part of that is ensuring our rules and how we enforce them are easy to understand. In the past, we've allowed certain Tweets that violated our rules …

Washington Post:
Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump's account

Discussion: The Week, Breitbart, Townhall, Daily Wire, Politico and Shareblue Media

Tara Golshan / Vox:

Pete Buttigieg gets put on the hot seat for his handling of South Bend shooting in the debate — “You should fire the chief,” Rep. Eric Swalwell challenged Buttigieg on stage. — Mayor Pete Buttigieg was put in the hot seat during the second Democratic presidential debate Thursday when …

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Times and CNN

Emma Green / The Atlantic: Pete Buttigieg Takes Aim at Religious Hypocrisy

Gerry Shih / Washington Post:

As U.S.-China relations fray, Beijing directs its fury at one target: Mike Pompeo — BEIJING — He spouts “lies and fallacies,” according to a Chinese government spokesman. “A cheerleader of hatred,” a Communist Party newspaper seethed. — He has “lost his mind,” a Chinese ambassador suggested in April.

Wall Street Journal:
China to Insist U.S. Lift Huawei Ban as Part of Trade Truce

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Owen Daugherty / The Hill:

Matt Gaetz says he will press charges against woman who threw drink at him — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said this week that he plans to press charges against the person who threw a drink at him earlier this month as he was leaving a town hall event. — Gaetz said during a Fox News appearance Wednesday …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Big League Politics, Washington Times and Mediaite

Emily Stewart / Vox:

Marianne Williamson's “girlfriend” call to New Zealand and her other best moments in the debates — And by best, we mean all of them. — Marianne Williamson did not speak for the first 27 minutes of the Democratic debate on Thursday. But when she finally did, everything she said was awesome.

Discussion: Mashable and Breitbart