memeorandum: House, Senate elections are being fought on very different political terrain (Paul Kane/Washington Post)

8:35 AM ET, April 7, 2024

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Steven Shepard / Politico:

The polls are suggesting a huge shift in the electorate. Are they right? — It's a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones. — Something weird is happening beneath …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Colorado Newsline

Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:

Biden Waves His First-Term Résumé at a Skeptical America — With increasing urgency, the president is trying to impress upon voters that he has accomplished quite a bit — even if they don't see it in their lives yet. — President Biden is discovering that passing …

Discussion: New York Daily News

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
No Labels wanted a centrist ticket. Polarization, Trump stood in the way.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Outside the Beltway

Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:

Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015 — Tim Sheehy was cited for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park but says he made up the gunshot to cover up a bullet wound he received as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan that he never reported to superiors

Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast: GOP Candidate Says He Lied to Ranger About How He Was Shot

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

House, Senate elections are being fought on very different political terrain — The House and Senate majorities are both on the line in November and could easily flip in different directions — When it comes to this fall's battle for control of Congress, the House and Senate might as well be on different planets.

Discussion: al.com, Rolling Stone, KDFX-TV, Wisconsin Examiner, Daily Kos and New York Times

Barak Ravid / Axios:

6 months in, the Gaza war is in limbo — which may help Bibi stay in power … - Israel is conducting sporadic raids and airstrikes like the botched one that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers, but there are no major military operations going on in Gaza.

Discussion: Raw Story

Politico:

Navy cancels ship briefings after damning internal report — As China's fleet grows, the U.S. is struggling with fresh delays in building new subs and warships. — As the Navy's largest U.S. trade show gets underway on Monday, officers in charge of the service's marquee shipbuilding programs …

Discussion: nationalinterest.org

Jennifer Brown / The Colorado Sun:

Colorado Sun politics reporter kicked out of GOP state assembly — A Colorado Sun politics reporter was escorted out of the state GOP assembly by a sheriff's deputy Saturday after being told that party Chairman Dave Williams found her “current reporting to be very unfair.”

Discussion: Raw Story

NBC News:

Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio's general election ballot, state's top elections official warns — In a letter to Ohio's Democratic Party chair, Secretary of State Frank LaRose warns that the Democratic National Convention will take place after a state deadline to declare a candidate.

Discussion: Fox News, USA Today, WKYC-TV and New York Post

New York Times:

How Gaza Protesters Are Making Life Difficult for Democratic Leaders — From President Biden to the mayors of small cities, Democrats have been trailed by demonstrators who are complicating the party's ability to campaign in an election year. — In Detroit, a congressman's holiday party devolved …

CNN:

Biden hauls in $90 million in March as campaign embarks on general election blitz — President Joe Biden raised more than $90 million for his reelection campaign and the Democratic Party in March, a whopping haul in a month that saw him pivot to a general election posture …

Discussion: USA Today, KDFX-TV, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA, Hopium Chronicles, Rolling Stone, Daily Caller News Foundation, Associated Press, Fox News, New York Post, HuffPost, NBC News, CBS News, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Politico

Washington Post:
Trump in ‘full sprint’ to close Biden's money lead as legal bills mount

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Jon Levine / New York Post:

Sen. John Fetterman blasts squatters, violent crime: ‘I am not woke’ — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman ripped the idea of “squatter's rights” during an exclusive interview with The Post this week. — “Squatters have no rights,” Fetterman said, adding that the issue was one he often dealt …

Discussion: Twitchy, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information — NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed …

Discussion: Twitchy

Gayle Pollard-Terry / Los Angeles Times:

Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray, L.A. civil rights icon and spiritual leader, dead at 94 — The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, who made the First African Methodist Episcopal Church the most prestigious Black pulpit in Los Angeles, attracting presidents, governors and mayors to hear his dynamic sermons, has died.

Discussion: Variety, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and KTLA

Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:

Mass. GOP ousts veteran Republican power player Ron Kaufman from RNC post — Kaufman, a former treasurer for the Republican National Committee, was upset by Brad Wyatt in a narrow 37-35 vote taken at a Republican State Committee meeting. — BURLINGTON, Massachusetts …

Discussion: Washington Examiner