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New York Times:
To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race  —  President Biden has repeatedly and rightfully described the stakes in this November's presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy.  —  Donald Trump has proved himself to be a significant jeopardy …
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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 …
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.
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
A Newly Energized Joe Biden Addresses The Elephant In The Room  —  “I don't debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth,” Biden said at a North Carolina rally.  —  LOADING  —  At a rally in North Carolina on Friday, President Joe Biden brought …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Obama Rode to Biden's Rescue—but Intervention Could Yet Come  —  TIME TO GO, JOE?  —  The 44th president is one of four big names Democrats think could persuade his successor to stand aside.  The others are Bill Clinton, Jill Biden and Valerie Biden Owens.
Bloomberg:
Panicked Emails, Gallows Humor: The Aftermath of Biden's Debate Disaster
Hadas Gold / CNN:
47.9 million viewers tuned in to CNN's presidential debate with Biden and Trump
CNN:
CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Trump outperformed Biden
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Some Democrats start calling for Biden to step aside and ‘throw in the towel’ on 2024
Politico:
‘WTF’: Panicked Dems start looking for alternatives to Biden
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
How To Process Biden's Debate Disaster
Discussion: Associated Press
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
US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision in Fischer v. United States  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the Supreme Court's decision in Fischer v. United States:
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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.
Geoff Weiss / Business Insider:
Donald Trump could be in for a ‘huge windfall’ after the Supreme Court narrowed charges against January 6 rioters
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Executes Massive Power Grab From Executive Branch In New Ruling  —  The Court's conservatives overruled Chevron Friday, a right-wing legal world quest years in the making.  —  The Supreme Court overruled a key pillar of federal agency authority Friday, appropriating a massive amount of executive branch power to itself.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators
Natalia Mesa / High Country News:
Supreme Court gives cities and towns power to criminalize homelessness  —  The Oregon case has been closely watched by Western cities and states.  —  On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
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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.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Bannon Is ‘Quite Concerned’ About His New Prison Digs: Source  —  DO NOT PASS GO  —  He was ordered to report to jail on Monday after his last-minute plea to the Supreme Court was rejected. … MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon is dreading his soon-to-be-reality of being housed alongside sex offenders …
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Joe Biden / YouGov:
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Zach Everson / Forbes:
New Jersey Does Not Renew Trump Liquor Licenses In Wake Of Felony Conviction  —  The state issued interim licenses and scheduled a hearing for two clubs to prove they still qualify to serve alcohol.  —  The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control decided against renewing liquor licenses …
Robert Reich:
Final thoughts on tonight's debate  —  Thanks for joining Heather and me tonight.  It was a painful evening.  —  Let me leave you with these quotes:  —  “The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.”  — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson says Biden's Cabinet should discuss invoking 25th Amendment  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that President Joe Biden's Cabinet should discuss invoking the 25th Amendment in the wake of a politically disastrous debate that compounded age and acuity questions.
 
 
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