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Playbook: GOP eyes some Santos payback  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Gaza cease-fire talks appear to have collapsed following a Hamas rocket attack yesterday that killed three soldiers at an Israeli checkpoint …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP homes in on Biden as top 2024 punching bag … - In addition to citing Biden's underwater national approval, the memo posits that he is unpopular in evenDemocratic-leaning swing districts.  — “We expect Democrats to wake up and furiously backpedal away from Biden in the fall.
Discussion: Twitchy and NRCC
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
‘If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,’ says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections
Discussion: KRQE-TV and Washington Examiner
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Kristi Noem Cries ‘Fake News’ After Disastrous Interview on CBS  —  DOGGED BY SCANDAL  —  The South Dakota governor complained that the host of “Face the Nation” had interrupted her “once every 25 seconds”—something that would never happen to, say, Gretchen Whitmer.
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Kit Maher / CNN:
Noem suggests Biden's dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to Cricket, the dog she shot  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggests in her new book that President Joe Biden's dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to the working dog she shot on her farm.
Nandika Chatterjee / Salon:
Kristi Noem's animal cruelty is hurting the GOP financially
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: 6% of six states … - Those were the battlegrounds disputed by Donald Trump after the 2020 election. … - A seventh state, North Carolina, is included in some swing-state polls. … Republicans think they're winning.  The swing-state map is a big reason why.
Discussion: New York Daily News and Newsday
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USA Today:
It's a tie: Biden 37%-Trump 37% as Hispanic, Black and younger voters shift - Exclusive  —  Susan Page Sudiksha Kochi Rachel BarberUSA TODAY  —  It couldn't be closer.  —  Six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied 37%-37% …
Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and ABC News
Public Notice:
Hunter Biden's revenge  —  Smear campaigns have consequences.  —  ∙ Paid … Have you noticed that after years of saturation coverage, Fox News hosts have suddenly cooled it on the Hunter Biden stuff?  There's a reason for that.  —  Last week, Fox News pulled the six-part series …
emptywheel:
400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants  —  On Saturday, a bunch of people paid a lot of money — at least $40,0000 apiece, and one or two people took Trump up on an offer to speak if they gave $1 million — to hear Trump glorify cop assailants.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House: Trump Gestapo comment echoes ‘appalling rhetoric of fascists’
Dr. Thomas K. Lew / USA Today:
Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden  —  Some Republicans, refusing to give President Joe Biden a ‘win,’ voted against the renewal of funding for cancer research.  Vote for those who do not politicize Americans' health.  —  I'm afraid I have some bad news.
Jim Hᴏft / The Gateway Pundit:
'Is My Name Not Trans Enough?  " - Dana White Blasts Netflix as ‘Liberal F*cks’ Live on Air for Limiting His Time to Roast Tom Brady at Netflix Special (VIDEO)  —  UFC President Dana White is no stranger to controversy or speaking his mind, and he proved it yet again at the Netflix special, ‘The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.’
Associated Press:
Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate  —  Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money.
NBC News:
Democrats prepare to go on offense on immigration in the coming weeks  —  Key administration officials and top Democratic lawmakers discussed a path forward that would include forcing votes that Republicans would most likely oppose, two sources said.  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are preparing …
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Brit McCandless Farmer / CBS News:
Democratic leader Jeffries: “Pro-Putin faction” in GOP delayed Ukraine aid
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Jerusalem Post:
Four soldiers killed in Hamas rocket barrage toward Kerem Shalom, aid crossing closed
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The GOP's deep generational split on immigration
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