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6:15 PM ET, June 28, 2024

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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Sum of All Fears  —  No Secret podcast today.  This stuff is as serious as a heart attack, so Sarah and I sat down with Tim and did an emergency pod for the flagship instead.  We didn't want it hidden behind a paywall.  The moment is too important.  —  That conversation …
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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 …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
CNN fails the nation  —  The signal failure of the American media during the Trump era has been the refusal to hold Donald Trump accountable for his behavior - and, in particular, his endless lies.  —  That has never been more obvious than it was at Thursday night's presidential debate.
CNN:
CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Trump outperformed Biden  —  Registered voters who watched CNN's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump largely think Trump outperformed Biden, according to a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS, with most saying …
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Biden acknowledges bad debate performance and age … - The president appeared to address some of those criticisms head-on Friday in an attempt to assuage Democrats' concerns. … - “I don't walk as easy as I used to, I don't speak as smoothly as I used to, I don't debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know.
Axios:
Biden's debate is a “DEFCON 1” moment for Democrats … - With breathtaking speed, private discussions about Biden's expected performance against Donald Trump went from optimism to shock and even questions about whether Biden could continue his campaign. … - A “disaster,” one former Biden administration official called it.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
How To Process Biden's Debate Disaster  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Say It Ain't So, Joe  —  I loathe theater criticism-style debate coverage, but by any standard it was a disastrous performance by President Biden.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
10 options if Democrats actually try to replace Biden  —  It remains a fraught and seemingly unlikely happening, even as Democrats fret about Biden's debate performance.  But here's who has surfaced before — and could again.  —  The Democratic Party has spent much of the 2024 campaign burying …
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.
Hadas Gold / CNN:
47.9 million viewers tuned in to CNN's presidential debate with Biden and Trump
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 27, 2024  —  Tonight was the first debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive …
Discussion: CNN, Vox and Fox News
NBC News:
Democrats are talking about replacing Joe Biden. That wouldn't be so easy.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Biden Team Hits Back After Debate With Whopping ‘50 Lies Trump Told On The Debate Stage’
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Some Democrats start calling for Biden to step aside and ‘throw in the towel’ on 2024
NBC News:
‘Babbling’ and ‘hoarse’: Biden's debate performance sends Democrats into a panic
The Guardian:
Biden acknowledges shaky debate performance and vows to stay in race: ‘when you get knocked down, you get back up’ - as it happened
Politico:
‘WTF’: Panicked Dems start looking for alternatives to Biden
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Biden Just Put On The Most Disastrous Debate Performance In Presidential History
Discussion: New York Post
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces  —  The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Before the ruling, prosecutors and some judges adjusted their approach to the charge in Jan. 6 cases.
Discussion: Asia Times and Mother Jones
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision  —  The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court's Chevron Ruling Limits Power of Federal Agencies
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Oregon city policy targeting homeless people  —  The justices ruled that ordinances in Grants Pass do not violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a constitutional challenge …
Joe Biden / YouGov:
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Reuters:
Exclusive: US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7  —  The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza …
 
 
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Robert Reich:
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William Morris / Des Moines Register:
6-week abortion ban can take effect, Iowa Supreme Court rules, ending injunction
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home
Discussion: The Guardian
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Rep. Thomas Massie announces passing of his wife Rhonda
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