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11:40 PM ET, July 3, 2024

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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.
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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.
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
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Biden wins crucial support of Democratic governors to continue campaign: 'We're going to have his back' - as it happened  —  This blog is now closed  —  ABC to air full Joe Biden interview on Friday Newsom on Biden: 'He's all in - and so am I'  —  Whitmer gives backing to Biden: 'He's in it to win it and I support him'
The Daily Beast:
Trump Caught on Video Claiming ‘Broken-Down’ Biden Has Quit: 'It's Kamala'  —  ‘SO F***ING BAD’  —  In a leaked video, Trump offers a frank analysis of his rival's performance in the first presidential debate, calling Biden a “broken-down pile of cr*p.”  —  Donald Trump delivered …
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?
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 …
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 …
Bloomberg:
House Democrats Consider Demanding Biden Withdraw From Race  — Disastrous debate risks unchecked Trump presidency, they warn  — Congressional Democrats distancing themselves from Biden  —  Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are considering signing a letter demanding that President Joe Biden withdraw …
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Netflix Co-founder Becomes One of the Biggest Democratic Donors to Call for Biden to Step Aside  —  A public declaration from a megadonor is another crack in the armor in the president's foundation of support.  —  Reed Hastings, the Netflix co-founder who in recent years has become …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
President Kamala Harris
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Biden's latest excuse: Blame it on the travel
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: Joe Biden Gives Definitive Answer About His Future, and Democrats Are Going to Need a Stiff Drink
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Inside the GOP Effort to Make Sure Biden Is the Democratic Nominee
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Biden Must Resign
Discussion: Reason and The Gateway Pundit
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Vice President Kamala Harris' past donors privately strategize in case Biden drops out
Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
The press vs democracy
Discussion: Associated Press
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: NYT Reports Biden Mulling Withdrawal — If ...
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Democratic rage at Biden rises
Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Fully MAGA-Pilled.  The Time for Action Is Now or Never.  —  “We are in the process of the second American Revolution,” Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts thundered on Tuesday in celebration of the Supreme Court's decision granting Donald Trump, and all future presidents …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   The Supreme Court Term That Fundamentally Changed America
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
White House Reporters: Biden Handlers' ‘Credibility’ Is Shot  —  TELL THE TRUTH  —  One journalist said while Biden press reps' credibility had been “eroding” for a while, the lack of transparency over his health “has kind of been a bit of an iceberg falloff.”
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The spinelessness of John Roberts  —  Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't want to lead.  He is, though, carefully setting up a path to allow the right-wing court to respond to whatever comes its way in 2025.  —  When it comes to leading, Chief Justice John Roberts has chosen: No.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and SCOTUSblog
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say  —  Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state.
Jonathan Ayestas / KQCA-TV:
Thompson Fire: Thousands evacuated, firefighters injured and homes destroyed in Butte County wildfire  —  California governor issues state of emergency in response to wildfire that forced 28,000 people to evacuate  —  A wildfire continuing to burn in Butte County has led to thousands of evacuations …
 
 
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Don't Be Hysterical, Ladies. Daddy Chief Justice Knows Best.
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