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6:25 PM ET, July 4, 2024

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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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:   Playbook: Biden goes from bunker to blitz
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
How Biden's Struggles Are Factoring Into Trump's V.P. Selection
Discussion: Forbes and Florida Politics
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Tries to Prove He Is Still Democrats' Best Bet
Discussion: RedState and Bloomberg
The Daily Beast:
Trump Caught on Video Claiming ‘Broken-Down’ Biden Has Quit: 'It's Kamala'
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Netflix Co-Founder Becomes One of the Biggest Democratic Donors to Call for Biden to Step Aside
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Some DNC delegates want more time before nominating Biden
Discussion: NOTUS and Politico
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: New York Times, NPR and The Atlantic
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision
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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Politico:
Biden tells governors he got a medical checkup
NBC News:
Biden privately remains torn between defiance and acceptance amid calls to step aside
Discussion: The Daily Beast and So What
New York Times:
Biden Tells Governors That He Is Staying in the Race
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.
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 …
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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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court rules
Discussion: Reason and USA Today
James Regan / Bloomberg:
Le Pen Rivals Set to Block Far-Right French Majority, Polls Show
Discussion: Channel 4 News, Politico and Euronews
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:
Ex-DOJ prosecutor: Trump could sell pardons for ‘a million bucks a pop’ — thanks to SCOTUS
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Portugal plans to reintroduce tax breaks for foreign residents
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fortune
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