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Biden announces 2024 reelection bid, saying he wants to ‘finish the job’ — President formalizes his intent to seek another term, setting the stage for a tumultuous election — President Biden officially announced his bid for reelection Tuesday morning, saying in a solemn launch video that he wants to …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History — While the president once pitched himself as “a bridge” to a new generation of Democratic leaders, he has decided that he is not ready to turn the torch over yet. — WASHINGTON — President Biden formally announced on Tuesday …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's never-Trump campaign for '24 … But Biden sees Trump as a lethal threat to America — the reason to run and the issue to build his campaign around. … - “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America - and we still are,” Biden says in the video announcing his reelection.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
First look: RNC slams Biden in AI-generated ad … - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party, followed by a series of imagined reports about international and domestic crises that the ad suggests would follow a Biden victory in 2024.
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NBC News:
Biden announces he is running for re-election, framing 2024 as a choice between ‘more rights or fewer’ — Biden, who at 80 is already the oldest commander-in-chief, said “MAGA extremists are lining up” to take away the social safety net and personal freedoms.
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CBS News:
CBS News poll finds Democrats meet Biden reelection bid with acceptance, more than excitement — Ahead of his reelection announcement Tuesday, Democrats liked and approved of President Biden. They said they would greet that announcement, though, with more acceptance than excitement.
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez as his campaign manager. — Ms. Chávez Rodríguez, a veteran of Vice President Kamala Harris's political orbit, also worked on the president's 2020 campaign before becoming director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Washington Post:
Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement — He has selected political veterans Julie Chavez Rodriguez and Quentin Fulks to run his campaign operation — President Biden will buy television ad time later this week to push his re election message after announcing …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's Exit Shows Who's the Real Star at Fox — No one is irreplaceable at the network. It was designed that way. — If you're wondering did Tucker Carlson jump, was he pushed or were he and Fox News wrestling on the ledge of a skyscraper, and the two of them fell 57 stories …
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Demise — Fox “parts ways” with a uniquely toxic voice. — It was as abrupt as it was shocking. No goodbyes, no real attempts to make it look amicable, negotiated, or especially well planned. — Tucker Carlson was fired. And he didn't see it coming.
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Why Fox News Is Going to Get Worse—a Lot Worse
Why Fox News Is Going to Get Worse—a Lot Worse
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
Tucker Carlson's ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
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Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Fox Dumps Tucker to Go Woke
Fox Dumps Tucker to Go Woke
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson, Fake Populist and Genuine Racist
Tucker Carlson, Fake Populist and Genuine Racist
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Black Monday: Inside the Carlson-Lemon Double Shocker
Black Monday: Inside the Carlson-Lemon Double Shocker
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
What Tucker Carlson's Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network
What Tucker Carlson's Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Rupert Murdoch's management grows erratic
Rupert Murdoch's management grows erratic
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property — The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court. — For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.
New York Times:
Major G.O.P. Donor's Commitment to DeSantis Is Murkier Than Thought — The hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, who seemed set to be a powerful financial backer of the Florida governor, is said to still be evaluating the Republican primary race. — Nearly six months ago, Kenneth Griffin …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Ron DeSantis Bubble Deflates — You know it's hard out there for a Florida governor... Remember six months ago? The Republican Party had just massively underperformed in the midterm elections, and a lot of GOP power brokers were grousing that the blame lay with one Donald J. Trump.
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ … It was, perhaps, an impossible job. Make one man the face of public health amid an unprecedented pandemic, in a country as fractious as the United States, and there were bound to be disappointments and frustrations, and they were bound to get personal.
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New York Times:
Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist — In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights. — By Peter Keepnews — Harry Belafonte …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96
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Ava Sasani / New York Times:
North Dakota Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban — The governor approved the state's prohibition on Monday, just a month after the State Supreme Court blocked an earlier ban. — North Dakota became the latest state on Monday to enact a near-total ban on abortion …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Losing the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case Even Before It Starts — Trump tried to prevent jurors from hearing about another incident when he allegedly forced himself on another journalist. It didn't work. — With the rape trial of former President Donald Trump just days away …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
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Lauren Steussy / Insider:
Clarence Thomas didn't recuse himself from a 2004 appeal tied to Harlan Crow's family business, per Bloomberg — But a case involving Trammell Crow Residential made its way to the Supreme Court in 2005, per Bloomberg. — Thomas didn't recuse himself at the time, per the report.
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Washington Post:
Mallory McMorrow has a ‘bench’ warning for Democrats — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. On this day in 1983, the U.S.S.R. made public a reply from Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov to 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Maine, inviting her to visit his country.
Silja J.A. Talvi / The Appeal:
Women Report ‘Rampant’ Sexual Abuse at Federal Prison Where Ghislaine Maxwell Is Held — Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. — The word spread like wildfire in July 2022 throughout FCI Tallahassee, a low-security federal women's prison in Florida: Ghislaine Maxwell had arrived.
Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
Biden's “freedom” pitch and the coming political realignment — As the right retreats from the theme of “freedom,” the left sees an opening — In the final days of the 1964 presidential campaign, a profesional pitch man and public speaker named Ronald Reagan recorded a video on behalf …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Democrat becomes first senator calling for Justice Thomas' resignation — A Democratic senator just called on the Supreme Court's justice caught jet-setting on his billionaire friend's dime to resign at the kickoff of a national tour to demand a fair and ethical Supreme Court. (video below)
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Russian Lawmaker: Let's Bring Back ‘Stalinist Repressions’ — HOT TAKE — A Russian lawmaker has openly called for the return of Stalinist methods to crack down on dissent. “It's time to introduce the concept of the ‘enemy of the people’: there's no need to be shy about this,” …