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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’ — One prominent operative texted, “Time for an open convention.” — President Joe Biden opened the debate with a raspy voice and disjointed, rambling answers, reigniting Democratic concerns about his age and ability to take on former President Donald Trump.
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Politico:
Playbook: Democrats wake up to a nightmare — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — The mass panic among Democrats began last night about 12 minutes into the debate. — President JOE BIDEN was answering a question about the national debt.
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The true losers of this presidential debate were the American people — We didn't need this show. Each candidate has had time to show us who they are, and one is a felon trying to destroy democracy — The American people lost the debate last night, and it was more painful than usual …
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CNN:
Fact checking the CNN presidential debate — Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made false and misleading claims during CNN's presidential debate on Thursday - but Trump did so far more than Biden, just like in their debates in 2020. — Trump made more than 30 false claims at the Thursday debate.
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Not great, Joe — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 🎤 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎤 — I think we can all agree that President Biden …
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FiveThirtyEight:
Who Will Win The First Biden-Trump Presidential Debate? — We're partnering with Ipsos to poll voters before and after the candidates take the stage. — On Thursday night in Atlanta, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in the earliest presidential general-election debate …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race. — I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform — The first question about January 6 was asked at minute 41. — Donald Trump replied with a barrage of crazy lies, ending by seeming to blame Nancy Pelosi's documentarian daughter. — Then, just to be fair, CNN moderator Jake Tapper followed up with a question to President Joe Biden.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden's Shaky Debate Performance Has Democrats Panicking — President Biden's shaky, halting debate performance has Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket. — Leer en español阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Biden looks like a basket case in shocking debate performance — he can't continue on — It's a good thing for Joe Biden that the debate wasn't held in Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. The audience would have given him the hook and hooted him off the stage. — That's how bad he was.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN debate moderators didn't fact-check. Not everyone is happy about it. — The network's political director said a debate “is not the ideal venue for a live fact-checking exercise.” Jake Tapper and Dana Bash stuck to that. — Earlier this week, CNN's political director said not to expect …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 27, 2024 — Tonight was the first debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and by far the most striking thing about the debate was the overwhelming focus among pundits immediately afterward about Biden's appearance and soft …
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Privately Discuss Replacing Biden on Presidential Ticket — Halting debate performance spurs turmoil in the party over 2024 candidate — ATLANTA—President Biden's halting performance against Donald Trump on Thursday left the Democratic Party in turmoil, with officials trying …
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CNN:
READ: Biden-Trump debate rush transcript
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Debate-watchers in the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on something: Biden had a bad night
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Nancy Vu / Washington Examiner:
Trump tips hand on climate talking points ahead of debate
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Gallup:
Age, Issues Working to Trump's Advantage Pre-Debate
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Politico:
The stakes are sky high
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
SCOTUS pushes Trump immunity decision to after debate
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
SCOTUS is going into July, destroying executive agency powers along the way — In SEC and EPA decisions, the conservatives are on a “power grab,” as Justice Sotomayor told us in dissent. Also: We got the EMTALA disposition. — “You had one job.” — By 10:30 a.m. Thursday …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court just lit a match and tossed it into dozens of federal agencies
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Sotomayor Torches Supreme Court's Short-Sightedness in SEC Ruling
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CNN:
Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back on idea that more hearings will delay Trump classified documents case — Judge Aileen Cannon wants to hold additional hearings on Donald Trump's attempts to challenge key evidence in his classified documents case and will allow the former president's lawyers …
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Oklahoma's State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible — The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document” that must be taught in certain grades. — Oklahoma's state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on emergency room abortion-access dispute — The court opted against deciding whether Idaho's abortion ban conflicts with a federal law that sets standards for hospital emergency room care, leaving legal question unresolved. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
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