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12:40 PM 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 …
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Biden ramps up campaign spending ahead of make or break interview  —  President Biden has so far resisted mounting pressure to drop out of the 2024 race, announcing a $50 million media blitz that will target battleground state voters ahead of a make or break interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Friday.
Discussion: RedState
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 …
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:   Battleground Map Shows Signs of Expansion for Trump as Biden Struggles
Ashanti Martin / WURD Radio:
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New York Times:
Biden Tells Governors He Needs to Sleep More and Work Less at Night
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Turns Kamala F-Word Rant into Ad: ‘No Tax on Tips’
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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!”
Discussion: Alternet.org
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 …
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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.
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
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: Middle East Monitor
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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 …
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
It's time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results  —  When the 46th President of the United States took the debate stage a week ago, it became apparent, even from his first answer, that this would not be the performance he hoped for.
 
 
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