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9:40 AM ET, July 3, 2024

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New York Times:
Biden's Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisome  —  People who have spent time with President Biden over the last few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday's debate, more worrisome.
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Bangor Daily News:
Donald Trump is going to win the election and democracy will be just fine  —  The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com  —  Jared Golden represents Maine's …
CBS News:
Trump gets edge over Biden nationally and across battlegrounds after debate as Democrats' turnout in question — CBS News poll  —  The race for president has shifted in Donald Trump's direction following the first 2024 presidential debate.  Trump now has a 3-point edge over President Biden across …
Discussion: The Hill
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The pundit class needs to get a grip  —  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 💭  —  After President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Electoral College Rating Changes: Upper Midwest Moves After Biden's Debate Disaster … KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — President Biden's debate performance was so bad that it has forced us to reassess some of our assumptions about the race.  — Michigan and Minnesota move to more competitive categories in our ratings.
Nate Silver / New York Times:
Doing Nothing About Biden Is the Riskiest Plan of All  —  After last week's debate disaster, some Democrats are trying to circle the wagons to protect President Biden, noting that Barack Obama lost his first debate as an incumbent president, too.  —  But this one doesn't pass the smell test.
Washington Post:
Obama voices concerns after shaky debate, offers Biden his advice  —  The former president told allies that Biden's already-tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his debate performance on Thursday.  —  Former president Barack Obama has privately told allies who have reached …
Axios:
Scoop: Inside House Democrats' anti-Biden vent session … - Much of the meeting was taken up by members expressing their irritation and misgivings toward Biden and his team, according to a member in the meeting and another source briefed on the matter.  — Biden was repeatedly referred …
ProPublica:
We're Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September  —  Following Biden's poor debate performance against Donald Trump, we're releasing the full and unedited 21-minute interview we conducted with President Joe Biden nine days before his interview with Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.
New York Times:   Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.
KATU-TV:
KATU Exclusive: Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez says “Biden is going to lose to Trump”
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
NOTUS:
Inside the GOP Effort to Make Sure Biden Is the Democratic Nominee
Discussion: Boston Herald
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden heads out on public events blitz as White House pushes back on pressure to leave the race
Reuters:
Biden faces growing doubts from Democrats about his 2024 re-election
Axios:
Scoop: Donors eye Senate, House to hedge against a Biden loss
Discussion: Semafor, Raw Story and Breitbart
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Biden team seizes on his history of resilience to justify staying in race
Discussion: CBS News, HuffPost and PBS NewsHour
Matthew Choi / The Texas Tribune:
Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw from presidential race
Stuart Stevens / The Atlantic:
The Absurdity of the Dump-Biden Uprising
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and ABC News
Washington Post:
Manchin threatened to break with Biden before senior Democrats intervened
NBC News:
She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money.  Now she might go to jail.  —  “The rabbit's got the gun now,” said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. plans to pursue Trump cases past Election Day, even if he wins  —  If Donald Trump is elected president, the finish line for federal prosecutors is Inauguration Day, not Election Day, people familiar with the discussions said  —  Justice Department officials plan to pursue …
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Reuters:
Trump hush money sentencing delayed to September, weeks before US election
Associated Press:
Judge delays Trump's hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling
Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Highlighting journalism on Mastodon  —  A new feature for media organizations, journalists and bloggers  —  To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism, we're launching a new feature today.  You will notice that underneath some links shared on Mastodon …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The reclusive plutocrat who became the biggest political donor of 2024  —  The largest donor of the 2024 presidential campaign, by far, is Timothy Mellon, the reclusive billionaire and heir to the Mellon banking fortune.  Mellon was already the largest donor after donating $25 million each …
Discussion: Robert Reich
Politico:
Trump campaign blocks pair of anti-abortion activists from RNC platform committee  —  The shakeup, which has not been previously reported, comes as anti-abortion groups petition Trump, his campaign advisers and members of the RNC not to make significant changes to the party's platform on abortion.
The Hill:
Trump immunity decision shows that conservative ‘originalism’ is a farce  —  In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court's far-right majority showed Americans once again that “textualism” and “originalism” are a ruse.  —  Writing for a 6-3 majority, Chief Justice Roberts announced …
 
 
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Liz Crampton / Politico:
Democratic lawyers get ready: ‘If Trump wins, there will be chaos’
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Akhil Reed Amar / The Atlantic:
Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Court
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Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA
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Associated Press:
Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he'll seek a recount
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Delta Force asks candidates if they would follow an order to kill a political opponent
Discussion: RedState
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’
Philip Marcelo / Associated Press:
Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss
 

 
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Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
ABC News plans to air an interview with President Biden “in its entirety as a primetime special”, at 8pm ET on July 5; a transcript will also be available

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Netflix, Disney, and other US streaming companies ask a Canadian court to block imposition of a fee of 5% of sales to help finance local news and other content

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