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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Widens Lead After Biden's Debate Debacle, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  Donald Trump is ahead of President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters in a new national survey.  Overall, 74 percent of voters view him as too old for the job, an uptick since the debate.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Tells Allies He Knows He Has Only Days to Salvage Candidacy  —  The president's conversations are the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta.  The White House said the report was false.
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race  —  The president's conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday.  —  President Biden has told …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Time to Roll the Dice  —  November's election has very high stakes: the nature and, indeed, the continued existence of the American republic, at least in the form that we've known it for the past century.  Around the world, the United States under a second Trump presidency would cease …
Discussion: CNN
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Clyburn says he would support ‘mini-primary’ ahead of DNC if Biden steps aside  —  “You can actually fashion the process that's already in place to make it a mini-primary, and I would support that absolutely,” Rep. Jim Clyburn said.  —  Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn, a top ally of Joe Biden …
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.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Democratic rage at Biden rises … Some of these members believe the White House wants to shield Biden from people who'd try to argue why he should drop out.  — “I don't know who's making decisions,” said one House Democrat who's exasperated with the West Wing.
NOTUS:
Inside the GOP Effort to Make Sure Biden Is the Democratic Nominee  —  “We would make it extraordinarily difficult” for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the ballot, a Heritage Foundation leader told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  President Joe Biden's Democratic allies could get a boost to keep …
New York Times:
Election Updates: Amid uncertainty over Biden, both campaigns duke it out in ads.  —  Republicans' House campaign arm launched an ad targeting Vice President Kamala Harris, an acknowledgment of the prospect — far from certain, but possible — that President Biden will end his campaign and she will take his place.
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Biden vows to keep running after his disastrous debate.  ‘No one is pushing me out,’ he says  —  President Joe Biden defiantly vowed on Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Biden Must Resign  —  Joe Biden must resign the presidency.  The last person to do so was Richard Nixon, who left in disgrace after abusing the powers of his office.  Nixon had to resign because he led an assault on American democracy.  Biden must resign for the opposite reason …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
President Kamala Harris  —  1. Skating, Pucks  —  I am now convinced that President Biden will step aside as his party's nominee.  This isn't a value judgment, just an analysis of reality.1 As I explained on Monday, if that happens, Kamala Harris is—far and away—the most likely replacement.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump  —  Joe Biden refuses to drop out of the presidential race even as some liberals, rattled by the incumbent's frightening debate performance last week, keep pressuring him to do so.  —  Who's surprised by that?
Discussion: CNN, MSNBC, Power Line and Political Wire
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 …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Biden's latest excuse: Blame it on the travel
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A shift in how Democrats talk about Biden's dropping out
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: NYT Reports Biden Mulling Withdrawal — If ...
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: Joe Biden Gives Definitive Answer About His Future, and Democrats Are Going to Need a Stiff Drink
New York Times:
Big Donors Turn on Biden. Quietly.
Discussion: Raw Story and Eschaton
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
On private call, Democrats weigh ‘comatose or dead’ Biden and alternatives
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Kamala Harris top choice to replace Joe Biden if he steps aside, sources say
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Man Behind Project 2025 Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud  —  SMELLING BLOOD  —  Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts gave what appeared to be a disturbing warning to the left.  —  The president of the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday declared that a new revolution is already underway in the U.S. …
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Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Fully MAGA-Pilled. The Time for Action Is Now or Never.
Discussion: Raw Story and Grist
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The target of the right's ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itself
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Default:
A Decision of Surpassing Recklessness in Dangerous Times  —  The Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States would have been wrong and dangerous at any time.  It's uncommonly so with Trump poised to retake power.  —  Meet The Authors … The United States has gone …
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   The Supreme Court Term That Fundamentally Changed America
Noah Keate / Politico:
UK election: Tories set to suffer total annihilation, final mega polls predict  —  Keir Starmer's Labour will romp to victory, according to pollster YouGov.  —  The final United Kingdom election polls make grim reading for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives.
 
 
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
White House Reporters: Biden Handlers' ‘Credibility’ Is Shot
The Hill:
Zelensky challenges Trump to release plan to end Ukraine war with Russia
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Post
MacKenzie Guy / Mountain States Legal Foundation:
Biden's Title IX Changes Temporarily Halted
Discussion: IJR and Washington Times
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republican glee over “immunity” decision shows they don't fear Donald Trump — they desire a dictator
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Associated Press:
Pro-choice advocates set to turn in around 800,000 signatures for Arizona abortion ballot measure
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Don't Be Hysterical, Ladies. Daddy Chief Justice Knows Best.
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Democratic lawyers get ready: ‘If Trump wins, there will be chaos’
Discussion: Blaze Media and Raw Story
NBC News:
She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
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