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Politico:
Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden — One adviser to major Democratic donors keeps a running list of reasons Biden could lose. — A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's reelection prospects …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Biden Beat Trumpflation And The Trump Crime Wave — It'd be nice if Dems would just say so! — ∙ Paid — At the outset we should stipulate that if Donald Trump were in office today—presiding over full employment at a time when Americans enjoyed more purchasing power than ever before …
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Washington Examiner, Baltimore Sun, PJ Media and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Trump trial ends, Biden alarm accelerates
Trump trial ends, Biden alarm accelerates
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, CBS News and Outside the Beltway
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
If Trump Is Convicted, It's Democrats' Job to Make Sure America Cares
If Trump Is Convicted, It's Democrats' Job to Make Sure America Cares
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Forbes, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, The Dispatch and RedState
New York Times:
Eyeing Trump, but on the Fence: How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024
Eyeing Trump, but on the Fence: How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024
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Business Insider
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
The first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 features new fights between old rivals
The first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 features new fights between old rivals
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Orlando Sentinel, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues — The move came before the Ohio Senate addressed Biden appearing on the ballot. — This is a breaking news story please check back for updates. — The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual party proceedings …
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Fox News, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Chicago Tribune, WSVN-TV, Ohio Capital Journal and Plain Dealer
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
DNC prepares to nominate Biden via ‘virtual roll call’ before convention — The move is designed to ensure the Democratic nominee will meet a certification deadline to appear on the ballot in Ohio. — The Democratic National Committee is preparing to nominate President Biden …
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CBS News, USA Today, New York Times and Associated Press
Frank LaRose / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Blame Me for Biden's Ballot Problem — It's my duty as Ohio's chief elections officer to uphold the law. — In Ohio we say that if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes. The same can be said lately of our politics. — The Democratic Party's antics after its failure …
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ABC News, Chicago Sun Times, Ohio Capital Journal, Washington Examiner, The Hill and IJR
New York Times:
Live Updates: Defense Urges Jurors Not to Believe ‘Lies’ in Trump's Criminal Trial — Closing arguments have begun in the trial of Donald J. Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in connection with a hush-money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election. The jury could have the case by Wednesday.
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Full panic mode”: Experts say Trump mad he's “finally being treated like any other defendant”
“Full panic mode”: Experts say Trump mad he's “finally being treated like any other defendant”
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USA Today, Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Dan Nowicki / USA Today:
Biden campaign dispatching two ex-Capitol police officers to Arizona to warn about Trump — Two former police officers who came under attack from a pro-Trump mob in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot are coming to Arizona to warn about the possible political violence that might follow former …
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NBC News:
‘You are gangsters’: Robert De Niro clashes with pro-Trump protesters
‘You are gangsters’: Robert De Niro clashes with pro-Trump protesters
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith's request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors' efforts to confer …
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Politico, NBC News, New York Times, CBS News, USA Today, Axios, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, acecomments.mu.nu, Forbes, Fox News, emptywheel and PoliticusUSA
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
EXCLUSIVE: Florida educators trained to teach students Christian nationalism — Training materials produced by the Florida Department of Education direct middle and high school teachers to indoctrinate students in the tenets of Christian nationalism, a right-wing effort to merge Christian and American identities.
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and 24sight News
Harry Davies / The Guardian:
Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry — Mossad director Yossi Cohen personally involved in secret plot to pressure Fatou Bensouda to drop Palestine investigation, sources say — The former head of the Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency …
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Theatre Apologizes for Actor Richard Dreyfuss Exercising His First Amendment Rights — A theatre in Massachusetts apologized for doing an event with actor Richard Dreyfuss on Saturday night. The nattering nabobs on social media are trying to cancel Dreyfuss so The Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts issued an apology.
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Republicans irked that Herschel Walker is sitting on millions in unspent campaign funds — They say his money could go a long way to help the GOP. — Few are clamoring for Herschel Walker's return to politics since he flamed out in his Georgia Senate bid nearly two years ago.
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner and IJR
Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:
At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare — At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching Christian nationalism and approving rules that would give them unprecedented control of elections. — SAN ANTONIO — From his booth …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and NewsNation
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. had a ‘visceral’ reaction to tear-downs of Confederate statues — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on a podcast that he doesn't think “it's a good, healthy thing for any culture to erase history.” — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr …