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3:45 PM ET, July 2, 2024

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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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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most voters think Democrats have a better chance of keeping White House if Biden isn't the nominee  —  Three-quarters of US voters say the Democratic Party would have a better shot at holding the presidency in 2024 with someone other than President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket …
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 …
Washington Post:
Manchin threatened to break with Biden before senior Democrats intervened  —  “Nobody wants to be the first one to knife Julius Caesar,” one Democratic Party official said.  —  As panic and confusion over President Biden's faltering debate performance swept the ranks of Democratic lawmakers late last week …
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
CBS News:
Biden to meet with Democratic governors as White House works to shore up support
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A new national poll turns post-debate conventional wisdom on its head
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
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.
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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 Daily Kos
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
Holly Brewer / New Republic:
The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
New York Times:
Judge Delays Trump's Sentencing Until Sept. 18 After Immunity Claim  —  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.
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Associated Press:
Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
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
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.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Reportedly Shared Photos of Nude Women, BBQ'd Dog
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
President Joe Biden to sit down with ABC News on Friday for first TV interview since debate  —  The president has faced calls to drop out of the race following the debate.  —  President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the CNN Presidential Debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.
Philip Marcelo / Associated Press:
Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss  —  Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss.
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani disbarred over ‘false and misleading’ statements on 2020 election
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
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.
NBC News:
Hunter Biden has joined White House meetings as he stays close to the president post-debate  —  While he is regularly at the White House residence and events, it is unusual for the president's son to be in and around meetings that his father is having with his team.
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Amplifies Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials, Invokes Military Tribunals  —  A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend escalated …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:   Trump amplifies radical retaliatory message targeting Liz Cheney
 
 
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Thomas Catenacci / freebeacon.com:
Crossdressing Luggage Snatcher and Ex-Biden Official Sam Brinton Gets Sweetheart Plea Deal
Ariel Wittenberg / Politico:
Biden to announce heat rules as climate-related deaths rise
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
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Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Recall issued for mushroom-infused chocolates and gummies after dozens of illnesses, hospitalizations reported
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says content moderation is speech
Discussion: Engadget, The Verge and Axios
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
SCOTUS gives Trumpian autocrats a map for abusing power
Matthew Loh / Business Insider:
The US will pay for migrants' flights out of Panama to close a route used by over 700,000 people to reach the US-Mexico border
 

 
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