memeorandum: Liberal Democrats Ruled the Debates. Will Moderates Regain Their Voices? (New York Times)

9:40 PM ET, June 29, 2019

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NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Fox News ‘Democrat’ Helps Network Attack Kamala Harris — If Jessica Tarlov claims to be a Democrat, she should start by refusing to help Fox News launch an unwarranted, baseless attack on Senator Kamala Harris. — We know why Fox News began attacking Sen. Kamala Harris after her breakout performance …

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:

Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate — WASHINGTON — Senator Kamala Harris of California raised $2 million online in the first 24 hours following the start of Thursday's presidential primary debate, a total that suggests her performance resonated with many Democratic donors.

Discussion: Breitbart and Axios

CNN:

Kamala Harris raises $2 million in 24 hours after breakout debate — Harris explains why she got personal with Biden — (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign announced Saturday that it raised $2 million in 24 hours following her breakout moment in Thursday's 2020 Democratic debate.

Discussion: Townhall, Politico, CNBC, Big League Politics and Breitbart

Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post: Biden's spin doctors, Beto's flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates.

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post: 2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race

The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back

Discussion: HuffPost, Axios, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Mercury News, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News and New York Times

Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump: Kamala Harris got ‘too much credit’ for Biden attack

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Daily Kos

Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Set To Raise Money With Former Wells Fargo Executive

Discussion: Breitbart and Politico

Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:

Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn't Biden's — AUSTIN, Tex. — For much of the last three months, the most popular Joseph R. Biden Jr. website has been a slick little piece of disinformation that is designed to look like the former vice president's official campaign page …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone and Mediaite

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Trump's apparent ignorance of basic political terms is on full display overseas — Liberal democracy appears increasingly in the balance around the Western world, but the president of the United States doesn't seem to even know what it is. Neither does he seem to grasp what “busing” means.

Discussion: BBC, Financial Times, The Mahablog, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Rolling Stone and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:

Trump just publicly proved he couldn't pass a middle-school civics test — He thinks “Western liberalism” literally means liberals on the west coast. — President Donald Trump embarrassed the country yet again on the international stage this past week during the G20 summit.

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it.

David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In Japan, Trump calls Jimmy Carter a ‘terrible president’ and says Kamala Harris got ‘too much credit’ in debate

Discussion: CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, POLITICUSUSA, Slate, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Balloon Juice, Big League Politics and The Hill

Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump escalates spat with ‘forgotten president’ Jimmy Carter

Discussion: One America News Network and ABC News

Bret Stephens / New York Times:

A Wretched Start for Democrats — The party seems interested in helping everyone except the voters it needs. … Translation for the linguistically benighted: “Democratic friends, if you go on like this, you're going to lose the elections. And you'll deserve it.”

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState, Hullabaloo and PJ Media Home

Kate Cronin-Furman / New York Times:

The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’ — Children are suffering and dying. The fastest way to stop it is to make sure those responsible, including the foot soldiers, face consequences. — Dr. Cronin-Furman is an assistant professor of human rights.

Discussion: Hot Air, PJ Media Home, Big League Politics, The American Conservative and Instapundit

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

NYT Op-Ed Calls For Public Shaming Of Border Protection Agents — A New York Times op-ed calls for the public shaming of U.S. government employees working in migrant detention facilities. — “These agents' actions should be publicized, particularly in their home communities,” writes Kate Cronin-Furman.

Susie Cagle / The Guardian:

Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore — Temperatures lead to what appears to be largest local die-off in 15 years, raising fears for broader ecosystem — In all her years working at Bodega Bay, the marine reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones had never seen anything like it …

Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:

Trump Bows to Xi Jinping's Huawei Demands at G20 — Selling American chips to a company branded as a security risk was only one of the areas where Trump gave ground. — The United States will resume sales of products to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer …

Discussion: Breitbart, Foreign Policy and Fox News

Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox:

Federal judge blocks new stretch of the US-Mexico border wall — A 79 mile stretch of new wall in California and Arizona has been put indefinitely on hold. — A federal judge has ruled construction on a 79-mile stretch of the wall on the US-Mexico border cannot proceed.

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. judge expands ban on constructing sections of Trump's border wall in Calif., Ariz. …

Discussion: Axios and Associated Press

Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:

Trump Says He Found Census ‘Shocking’ Because Of The Price Tag — Just days after asking to “delay the census,” President Donald Trump harped on the costs behind conducting it during a press conference in Osaka Saturday. — “The census was shocking to me,” Trump said.

Stephanie Wilkinson / Washington Post:

When it comes to high-profile collisions in restaurants, new rules apply — Stephanie Wilkinson is the co-owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Va. — In recent weeks, we've witnessed two high-profile collisions between the food service industry and an unwelcome potential patron.

Discussion: Conservative News Today and twitchy.com

Eileen AJ Connelly / New York Post:

Former NYPD detective and 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez dead at 53 — Luis Alvarez, the former NYPD detective who became a prominent fighter for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 53. — “Please remember his words, 'Please take care …

Discussion: Townhall, WPIX 11 New York, 6abc and CBS New York

Robert Gearty / Fox News:
Hero 9/11 first responder with cancer dies at 53; testified to Congress with Jon Stewart

Discussion: Breitbart

Public Pool:

Subject: Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference | Osaka, Japan — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN PRESS CONFERENCE — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. It's been a really great period of time. I'll be leaving now, as you know, for South Korea.

Discussion: UPI and Bloomberg

New York Times:

Liberal Democrats Ruled the Debates. Will Moderates Regain Their Voices? — The Democratic debates this past week provided the clearest evidence yet that many of the leading presidential candidates are breaking with the incremental politics of the Clinton and Obama eras …

Discussion: New York Times

Washington Post:

Trump says he is ‘very angry’ over murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi but again defends Saudi crown prince in the case — OSAKA, Japan — President Trump on Saturday professed to be “very angry” over the murder last year of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate …

Discussion: New York Times

CBS News: Trump calls Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman a “friend of mine”

Allie Malloy / CNN:
Trump says he is ‘extremely angry’ about Khashoggi murder, but defends MBS relationship

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Political Flare and Politico

Miriam Jordan / New York Times:

Judge Orders Swift Action to Improve Conditions for Migrant Children in Texas — LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has ordered a mediator to move swiftly to improve health and sanitation at Border Patrol facilities in Texas, where observers reported migrant children were subject to filthy conditions that imperiled their health.

Discussion: Axios and UPI