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2:10 PM ET, July 2, 2024

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New York Times:
Manhattan Prosecutors Agree to Delay Trump's Sentencing  —  Donald J. Trump's lawyers want to argue that a Supreme Court decision giving presidents immunity for official acts should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star.  —  Manhattan prosecutors …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's disastrous Trump immunity decision, explained  —  The Court's six Republicans handed down a decision on Monday that gives Donald Trump such sweeping immunity from prosecution that there are unlikely to be any legal checks on his behavior if he returns to the White House.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Better Way To Respond To The Supreme Court's Intolerable Immunity Decision  —  Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.  —  ∙ Paid  —  If you're about my age or older, and a subscriber to this newsletter, you're familiar with this uncanny sensation of living through a moment when history turns.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Trump-SCOTUS Doom Loop  —  Orbánism is already here.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Clarity  —  I have a theory about the Supreme Court's reasoning:  —  Had the subject of presidential immunity come to the High Court concerning any normal president—Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush …
Discussion: Slate and Mother Jones
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A five-alarm fire for democracy  —  On Monday, six members of the Supreme Court granted Donald Trump — and every future president — broad criminal immunity.  The court found that, as president, Trump was free to use his “official” powers to commit crimes.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling poses risk for democracy, experts say
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Manhattan Prosecutors Agree to Postpone Trump's Sentencing
Discussion: CBS News and DNyuz
New York Times:
Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decision
Associated Press:
Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence
Politico:
'We've all enabled the situation': Dems turn on Biden's inner sanctum post debate  —  The senior team's management of Biden has grown more strictly controlled as his term has gone on.  —  Over the course of his presidency, Joe Biden's small clutch of advisers have built …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Democratic senator criticizes Biden campaign's ‘dismissive attitude’ after debate  —  A Democratic senator chastised President Biden's re-election campaign for their aggressive attempt to quell intensified age concerns in the wake of a disastrous debate performance which sent tremors through the Democratic Party.
USA Today:
How much did debate hurt Biden's re-election bid?  New poll offers insight.  —  Trump's new, narrow advantage signals a close contest, not a decisive lead.  But other exclusive poll findings raise red flags for the president.  —  Susan Page Rachel BarberUSA TODAY
Politico:
First Democrat in Congress calls on Biden to withdraw from reelection  —  Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said the president needs to step aside and usher in a “new generation of leaders.”  —  Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Tuesday became the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for President Joe Biden …
CBS News:
Biden to meet with Democratic governors as White House works to shore up support
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Apocalypse Not  —  The great operational question before us is not “Is Joe Biden too old?”
Discussion: Alternet.org
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Biden Reads Teleprompter For 5 Minutes, Takes No Questions In First Major Post-Debate Appearance
Politico:   Playbook: Dems' SCOTUS split-screen
Tom Boggioni / Alternet.org:
Justice Roberts buried for smug ‘sit down, little ladies’ smear of liberal colleagues  —  Lost in the shuffle of the outrage over the conservative majority Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to hand Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card with their expansive presidential immunity ruling on Monday …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
SCOTUS: Actually, Presidents Are Kings  —  “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”  With these words, Justice Sonya Sotomayor concluded her dissent from the majority opinion in Trump v. U.S. She was joined by Justices Jackson and Kagan.  She is right.  —  In today's decision …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The imperial presidency in waiting … - A re-elected Trump would quickly set up vast camps and deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally. … - In Washington, Trump would move to fire potentially tens of thousands of civil servants using a controversial interpretation of law and procedure.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:   Trump amplifies radical retaliatory message targeting Liz Cheney
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
‘Elites will not save you’: Rallying cry issued for mass action against ‘Dictator Trump’  —  America faces an immediate future of military occupations, political executions and concentration camps unless millions of its citizens unite against “dictator” Donald Trump, a furious and frightened political analyst wrote Tuesday.
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:   Day two of Donald Trump's dictatorship
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
RFK Jr.'s Family Doesn't Want Him to Run.  Even They May Not Know His Darkest Secrets.  —  A shocking photograph.  Blowback from a Trump meeting.  Alleged sexual assault.  The Kennedys have voiced support for Joe Biden, but certain aspects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s character are only just now coming to light.
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani disbarred over ‘false and misleading’ statements on 2020 election  —  The former New York City mayor has lost his law license.  —  Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York, attends a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York, Sept. 11, 2022.
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says content moderation is speech  —  Happy Tuesday!  I'm celebrating my independence from waking up every morning to see if the Supreme Court has finally ruled in the NetChoice cases.  Send news tips and fireworks emojis to: will.oremus@washpost.com.
 
 
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Ariel Wittenberg / Politico:
Biden to announce heat rules as climate-related deaths rise
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Leonard Peltier Denied Parole After Nearly 50 Years In Prison
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
David Corn / Mother Jones:
How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa
Ryan Shucard / Cygnal:
Pennsylvania Poll: First Fielded Straddling the Debate - Trump with Strong Lead and McCormick within Striking Distance of Casey
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump would return to the White House unfettered and unassailable
Discussion: CBS News
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place as it sidesteps new cases on the right to bear arms
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Progressive advocacy group plans $10M offensive targeting Supreme Court
Discussion: Alternet.org
Kevin M. Kruse / Campaign Trails:
The Radical Roberts Court
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SCOTUS gives Trumpian autocrats a map for abusing power
 

 
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