memeorandum: In Trump we trust: religious right on crusade to make their man president (David Smith/The Guardian)

11:55 AM ET, June 23, 2024

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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.

Discussion: New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, American Greatness, Fox News, Washington Post, Raw Story and Newsbusters

Al Weaver / The Hill:

Republicans urge Trump to avoid 2020 debate pitfalls: 'Don't take the bait' — Senate Republicans are urging former President Trump to avoid a repeat of his much-maligned debate performance against President Biden four years ago when the two meet onstage Thursday for a pivotal moment in their rematch.

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

Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:

Donald Trump Proposes Migrant ‘Fight League’ During Bonkers Rally Speech — The presumptive GOP presidential nominee touted the dehumanizing idea at a Faith & Freedom Coalition event and at a Pennsylvania rally … Trump hit his usual marks, from attacking migrants and border complaints …

Discussion: Raw Story

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Trump goes to Tony & Nick's for a cheesesteak, completing a Philly trilogy — Official records are wanting, but on a grill-hot Saturday, Donald J. Trump may have become the first presumptive presidential nominee in American history to have purchased cheesesteaks from three different South …

Discussion: Fox Business, Bloomberg, Alternet.org and The Gateway Pundit

David Corn / Mother Jones:
Here's How Biden Could Rattle Trump in Their First Debate

Discussion: Althouse

Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Just Revealed How He'll Attack Biden at Debate—and It's Vile

Discussion: Raw Story

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

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo

Politico:

Disappointment and ‘depression’: Biden's biggest fundraisers watch their advantage vanish — Joe Biden's allies are bracing after Donald Trump erased the president's financial edge. — Joe Biden's campaign planned to bury Donald Trump in an avalanche of cash.

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Politico:

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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New York Times:

Michael Flynn Has Turned His Trump-World Celebrity Into a Family Business … Many of Donald J. Trump's allies have tried to turn political fame into private income. Few have done it on the scale that Michael T. Flynn has.Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Discussion: Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

CBS News:

America's new generation gap: Young voters say they'll inherit a more challenging world. But will they vote in it? — It's actually not all ok, Boomers — at least not in the eyes of America's youngest voters. — Many under 30 believe their elders are leaving them a more dangerous world …

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

Politico:

Conservatives rock race to replace McConnell with hardline push — Democrats once nicknamed Mitch McConnell the “Grim Reaper” for killing their bills. Conservatives say the next Senate GOP leader needs to go further. — Senate conservatives have a list of early demands for anyone who wants …

Discussion: Raw Story

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

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

Discussion: HotAir, The Maine Wire, Twitchy, Tennessee Star, The American Conservative and The Federalist