memeorandum: If Joe Biden Were as Ruthless About Immunity as Donald Trump ... (Sidney Blumenthal/New Republic)

7:10 PM ET, July 4, 2024

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Biden Tells Governors He Needs to Sleep More and Work Less at Night — The president's opening remark to a group of key Democratic leaders — that he was in the race to stay — chilled any talk of his withdrawal, participants said. — President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors …

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The Daily Beast:

Trump Turns Kamala F-Word Rant into Ad: ‘No Tax on Tips’ — LET'S ROLL — The Daily Beast revealed Trump's foulmouthed verdict on his Democratic rival and his possible replacement. But Trump focused on the tip he gave his caddy. — First Donald Trump was caught on video …

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Gil Duran / George Lakoff and Gil Duran:

Criminal Trump is clearly unfit for office — It's been a brutal week for American democracy. President Joe Biden's surprisingly poor performance in the presidential debate has thrown many in the Democratic Party into full panic mode. — In the aftermath of the debate …

Associated Press:
Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful

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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
How Biden's Struggles Are Factoring Into Trump's V.P. Selection

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Politico: Playbook: Biden goes from bunker to blitz

Politico:
Biden tells governors he got a medical checkup

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC News Moves Biden-Stephanopoulos Interview to Friday Primetime

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NBC News:
Biden privately remains torn between defiance and acceptance amid calls to step aside

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Axios:

Behind the Curtain: Kamala Harris' epic edge … - Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who chaired the House Jan. 6 committee, told Axios' Hans Nichols that Harris is “incredibly strong ... You can't say Biden has done a good job without saying she's done a good job.” … Of course, all this may take a while.

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Governors Undermine Efforts by Congressional Democrats to Nudge Biden Aside

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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
GOP revs up political attacks on Harris

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Washington Post:
Biden's delegates pledged to support him. Some are having doubts.

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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Tries to Prove He Is Still Democrats' Best Bet

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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Netflix Co-Founder Becomes One of the Biggest Democratic Donors to Call for Biden to Step Aside

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Sidney Blumenthal / New Republic:

If Joe Biden Were as Ruthless About Immunity as Donald Trump ... Picture if you can, imagine if you will, this Oval Office address by President Biden: — Good evening, my fellow Americans. With the close of the current session of the Supreme Court, I want to report to you on my compliance …

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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:

Strongman, Weak State — The dispiriting vision of American governance offered by the Roberts Court — The hinges of history, the moments that determine the shape of our world, are usually only obvious in retrospect. Sometimes, dramatic political events, like assassinations, announce their own importance.

Discussion: New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic and Reason

Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press: House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision

Jennifer Kraus / WTVF-TV:

State of Tennessee tells U.S. Navy veteran he's not an American citizen and cancels his driver's license — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As we celebrate the nation's birthday and what it means to be an American, a U.S. Navy veteran who has lived in the U.S. for more than seven decades …

Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:

‘Bitter old man’: Trump shredded for egocentric and rambling July 4th rant — Former President Donald Trump kicked off the Fourth of July with a lengthy screed on Truth Social praising himself and lobbing insults at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris …

Discussion: Politico

Associated Press:

Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say — Brazil's Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during …

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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:

The Supreme Court Has Murdered the Constitution — America's founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper. Happy Fourth! — Chief Justice John Roberts is seen before the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on March 7, 2024.

Ruth Graham / New York Times:

Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across America — Pro-Trump professionals aren't just talking about remaking Western civilization. Some are uprooting their lives to show that they mean it. — Fed up by what they see as an increasingly hostile and disordered secular culture …

National Center for Immunization …:

COVID-19 can surge throughout the year — AT A GLANCE … Summary — What CDC knows — In the United States, respiratory virus illnesses typically peak during the fall and winter. These peaks are due to several factors, including human behaviors and environmental conditions …

The Economist:

Why Biden must withdraw — The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise — The presidential debate was awful for Joe Biden, but the cover-up has been worse. It was agony to watch a befuddled old man struggling to recall words and facts.

Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

There Is Apparently No Accountability — Ever — for Donald Trump — We tell children — or at least we used to — that actions have consequences. What goes around comes around. Watch your behavior. You'll answer for it someday. — Donald Trump is the living, lying contradiction of that.

Megan Brenan / Gallup:

American Pride Remains Near Record Low — Republicans continue to express more pride in the U.S. than Democrats and independents — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two in five Americans, 41%, say they are “extremely proud” to be American, the fifth consecutive year this reading has been in the 38% to 43% range.