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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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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 …
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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Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Governors Undermine Efforts by Congressional Democrats to Nudge Biden Aside
Associated Press:
Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful
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Associated Press, RedState, Twitchy, HotAir, HuffPost, New York Times, Fox News, Blaze Media, Los Angeles Times and Politico
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden
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RedState, Twitchy, Alternet.org, CBS News and New York Times
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
How Biden's Struggles Are Factoring Into Trump's V.P. Selection
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Forbes and Florida Politics
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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Raw Story, Alternet.org, CatholicVote org and NBC News
The Daily Beast:
Trump Caught on Video Claiming ‘Broken-Down’ Biden Has Quit: 'It's Kamala'
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC News Moves Biden-Stephanopoulos Interview to Friday Primetime
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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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The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
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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.
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New York Times, NPR and The Atlantic
New York Times:
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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CNN, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, ABC News, The Daily Beast, NBC News, NBC4 Washington, Forbes, RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
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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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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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.
Henry Foy / Financial Times:
The untold story of the most chaotic Nato summit ever — Told by the people who witnessed the 2018 Trump show first hand — Donald Trump was going to pull out of Nato. As the president's motorcade powered through the early morning light of July 12 2018, bound for a summit …
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Semafor, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy Research …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The partisan gap in views of American greatness — Democrats are more proud of the U.S. Republicans are more likely to view it as the greatest country on Earth. — America, we are often told, is less a country than an idea. That idea can be nebulous in its formulation, but it generally centers on opportunity and around freedom.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
American Pride Remains Near Record Low
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