memeorandum: Liz Truss Caps List of High-Profile Conservative Seat Losses (Eshe Nelson/New York Times)

11:50 AM ET, July 5, 2024

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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

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.”

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, Digby's Hullabaloo, Blaze Media and The Gateway Pundit

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 …

Discussion: HotAir, The Guardian, Quartz, RedState, Fox Business, Breitbart, The Hill, Variety, The i Paper, Semafor, Twitchy, American Greatness, Sputnik News, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, HuffPost, KSNG-TV, New York Post, Business Insider, Axios and The Hollywood Reporter

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 …

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: New Republic, Punchbowl News, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner, Blaze Media, New York Magazine and Breitbart

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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Discussion: Business Insider, Vanity Fair, RedState, Blaze Media, Alternet.org, New York Post, The Times of Israel, Bloomberg, New York Times, Metro.co.uk, Politico, Forbes, The Daily Beast and Mediaite

WBUR:
Moulton: Biden should exit election ‘and let new leaders rise up’

Discussion: Boston Herald, ABC News, Washington Times and Blaze Media

The Daily Beast:
Trump Turns Kamala F-Word Rant into Ad: ‘No Tax on Tips’

Discussion: Raw Story, Breitbart and Blaze Media

Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

Discussion: Telegraph, New Republic, The Times of Israel, UPI, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Cointelegraph, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Times, Business Insider and Forbes

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, The Guardian, Raw Story, Twitchy, Alternet.org and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: Townhall, HotAir, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Fox News, RedState, National Review, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Read Max, The Free Press, Althouse, Twitchy and Alternet.org

NBC News:
Some Democrats say Biden's debate performance wasn't an anomaly

Discussion: The Bulwark, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour, Wall Street Journal and Politico

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

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.

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

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Alternet.org

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

Associated Press:
Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Semafor, Washington Examiner, Fox News and Press Herald

Greg Sargent / New Republic:

MAGA Gov Candidate's Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!” … Mark Robinson, the extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence in a bizarre and extended rant he delivered on June 30 in a small-town church. — “Some folks need killing!”

Eshe Nelson / New York Times:

Liz Truss Caps List of High-Profile Conservative Seat Losses — Ms. Truss, who was forced out as prime minister after 49 chaotic days, lost by 630 votes in a district she previously held by more than 26,000. — Liz Truss, the former Conservative Party prime minister, lost her seat Friday morning.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, City A.M., Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk, Politico and PinkNews

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 …