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11:35 AM ET, July 5, 2024

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Varying Treatment of Biden and Trump Puts Their Parties in Stark Relief  —  Republicans and Democrats live in radically different universes, interpreting the same set of facts through radically different lenses.  —  One of America's political parties has a presidential candidate who is really old and showing it.
Discussion: Washington Post and RedState
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's Kamala Harris plan … President Biden insisted again Thursday in an unscripted remark, after a supporter at a Fourth of July event on the White House South Lawn yelled that they needed him, and to keep up the fight: “You got me, man!  I'm not going anywhere.”
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out … President Joe Biden is facing an uprising from some his own party's wealthy donors, including an heiress to the Disney family fortune, who say they will no longer fund …
Politico:
Playbook: The biggest interview of Joe Biden's life  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DEMOCRACY IN THE U.K. — The Labour Party is back in power after 14 years in the political wilderness following a landslide election victory …
New York Times:
Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside  —  The president appears intent on remaining on the ballot, while wealthy donors are discussing plans to put their money elsewhere.  —  After several days of quiet griping and hoping that President Biden would abandon …
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:   Battleground Map Shows Signs of Expansion for Trump as Biden Struggles
New York Times:
Biden Tells Governors He Needs to Sleep More and Work Less at Night
Ashanti Martin / WURD Radio:
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
How Biden's Struggles Are Factoring Into Trump's V.P. Selection
Discussion: Florida Politics and Forbes
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Biden staff “miserable,” alarmed as pressure builds … “Even if you're trying to focus on work, nothing is going to break through or get any acknowledgment” from bosses.  —  A high-ranking Democratic National Committee official told Axios: “The only thing that can really allay concerns …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden  —  The president's mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.  —  President Joe Biden walked before a row of flags and took his place at a lectern stamped with the presidential seal.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead  —  Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through the post-debate noise and it's starting to scare people  —  When Project 2025 was released, a number of progressives expressed surprise …
Discussion: Raw Story, Snopes and Los Angeles Times
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Charlie Sykes on the GOP's Trump cult  —  “In the minds of MAGA world, he has never lost.  There have been no defeats.”  —  ∙ Paid … President Biden is obviously in a quite precarious position right now, but that doesn't change the fact that a majority of voters are anti-Trump.
Washington Post:
Tempers flare as Trump team revises abortion plank for Republican platform  —  The former president wants the platform to endorse leaving the issue to the states rather than a federal ban in the wake of Roe v. Wade's demise.  —  Top advisers to Donald Trump have begun to discuss draft language …
emptywheel:
Brazil Charges Coup-Plotter Bolsonaro for Saudi Gifts as Trump Org Unveils New Saudi High Rise  —  Brazilian authorities will charge Jair Bolsonaro with money laundering for keeping $3.2 million in diamonds given to him and his spouse by the Saudi government.
Discussion: New York Times and Reuters
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Staffer Alleges Campaign Settled Seedy Suits in Bombshell Filing  —  ‘TELL ME THE TRUTH’  —  The texts, allegedly between A.J. Delgado and Jenna Ellis, claimed Donald Trump's campaign paid off a number of lawsuits for what could be a high-profile adviser.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Keir Starmer becomes UK PM as conservatives suffer record defeat in huge Labour landslide  —  It is being described as an “electoral apocalypse.”  —  Britain's King Charles III welcomes Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London, July 5, 2024.
William Baude / New York Times:
When the Supreme Court Gets Mixed Up With Trump Derangement Syndrome  —  At the end of another momentous term, the Supreme Court has issued major rulings that will reshape the law.  Like much that the court does today, these decisions, in areas like administrative law, have been widely criticized as corrupt or illegitimate.
Discussion: Balkinization and Reason
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Ballot drop boxes could return to Wisconsin following top court decision  —  After Trump's narrow loss in 2020, conservatives who then controlled the Wisconsin Supreme Court banned drop boxes.  The liberals who now control the court reversed that decision.  —  Liberals on the Wisconsin Supreme Court …
 
 
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