memeorandum: Biden DHS docs suggested Trump supporters, military and religious people are likely violent terror threats (Kyle Morris/Fox News)

9:45 AM ET, June 23, 2024

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Trump floats UFC-style migrant league amid border crisis — At the Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering in Washington, D.C., Trump called migrants “tough people” who could beat the country's best fighters. — Former President Donald Trump suggested in two speeches Saturday that migrants coming …

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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:

Trump tries some debate prep on the campaign trail — Over the course of nearly 90 minutes, Trump kept coming back to talking about Thursday's debate in Atlanta. — Donald Trump might be eschewing formal preparations for Thursday's debate — but that doesn't mean he isn't thinking about it.

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New York Times:

For Biden and Trump, a Debate Rematch With Even Greater Risks and Rewards — The matchup on Thursday will be the earliest presidential debate in American history, and any potential missteps could linger for weeks or months. — The debate between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump …

Discussion: Bloomberg, NPR, OutsideTheBeltway and The Atlantic

Greg Sargent / New Republic:

Trump Just Revealed How He'll Attack Biden at Debate—and It's Vile — You can't say you weren't warned: At the upcoming presidential debate on June 27, Donald Trump plans to highlight a handful of horrific murders—allegedly by undocumented migrants—and blame them on President Biden.

Discussion: Alternet.org

David Corn / Mother Jones:

Here's How Biden Could Rattle Trump in Their First Debate — My opponent likes to pose as a tough guy. But where I come from—and it may be old-fashioned—if you lose, you take the hit. You don't whine and cry about it and blame everybody else. You take responsibility, you move on.

Washington Post:

Trump campaign seeks to head off convention revolt from its right flank — Aides scrambled to foil a plot to throw the nominating process into chaos as suspicions abound about potentially disloyal delegates. — PHOENIX — Arizona delegates to the Republican National Convention gathered …

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Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Who Is on Donald Trump's Revenge List?

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Mathew Murphy / The Daily Beast:

Trump ‘Tiny Hands’ Joke Rules Out VP Contender: Ex-Aide — Anthony Scaramucci said that Donald Trump will pick “a white guy” to be his running mate. — FREE SPEECH? — Attendees of a May 31 panel on antisemitism at a Columbia University alumni event captured pictures of texts …

Discussion: Raw Story

Nguyen Xuan Quynh / Bloomberg:

US, Vietnam Discuss Boosting Cooperation in Wake of Putin Visit — The US and Vietnam discussed ways to develop their strategic partnership, according to a statement from the Hanoi government, in a meeting that follows a visit to the Southeast Asian nation last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Discussion: Associated Press

David Smith / The Guardian:

In Trump we trust: religious right on crusade to make their man president — America's evangelicals sense a chance to impose a radical agenda and resist what they see as a tide of liberal secularism — God's army is on the march. And many of its foot soldiers are wearing …

Discussion: Raw Story

Kyle Morris / Fox News:

Biden DHS docs suggested Trump supporters, military and religious people are likely violent terror threats — Internal documents show that the board suggested ‘most of the Domestic Terrorism threat’ in the U.S. comes from Trump supporters — Join Fox News for access to this content

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S.V. Date / HuffPost:

Florida Dems Hope Fourth Time Is A Charm Against Rick Scott And His Bank Account — The U.S. senator and former governor has won all three of his statewide races, but never by more than a single percentage point. — TAMPA, Fla. — As Democrats gear up for yet another run …

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New York Times:

Bowman, in Fight for His Political Life, Embraces the Left's Star Power — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders rallied with Jamaal Bowman on Saturday, three days before the primary on Tuesday. — He cracked jokes on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” …

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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:

DeSantis Vetoes All Arts Grants in Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers. — For the past 10 days, Richard Russell has been rattled, poring over budgets and working the phones in an attempt to limit …

Discussion: Twitchy and Florida Politics

Politico:

Trump keeps flip-flopping his policy positions after meeting with rich people — Top CEOs were seen nodding their heads when Trump talked about finding ways to keep American-educated talent at home. — Donald Trump privately hinted at a shift in immigration policy at a Business Roundtable meeting last week.

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Times, National Review and ABC News