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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.”
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New York Times, Vanity Fair, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Digby's Hullabaloo, Blaze Media and The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Sen. Mark Warner seeks to assemble group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to exit race — There's increasing sentiment among Democratic senators that Biden cannot stay in the race. — Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Joe Biden …
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.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal and Washington Post
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats start moving to Harris as Biden digs in — Amid the ongoing fallout from Joe Biden's debate performance, talk in many top Democratic circles has already moved to who Kamala Harris' running mate would be. — That's how certain a widening group of leading party officials …
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California Globe, RedState and New Republic
Politico:
Playbook: The biggest interview of Joe Biden's life
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution and HotAir, more at Mediagazer »
Steven Shepard / Politico:
We now know how bad the debate was for Biden
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Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, The Bulwark and CNN
New York Times:
A Third House Democrat, Seth Moulton, Calls on Biden to Drop Out
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Fox News and Washington Times
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Embattled Biden Hits Trail and Sits for Crucial Interview
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CNBC, New York Post, Twitchy, Diane Ravitch's blog and CBS News
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Battleground Map Shows Signs of Expansion for Trump as Biden Struggles
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Biden ramps up campaign spending ahead of make or break interview
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RedState
New York Times:
Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside
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Punchbowl News, New Republic, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner and Blaze Media
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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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Los Angeles Times
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Axios:
Trump torches Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 … - Trump's disavowal comes two days after Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts drew outrage from Democrats with his comments about a “second American Revolution” on Steve Bannon's radio show. — “[W]e are in the process …
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Claims Republicans' Project 2025 has Nothing to Do With Him: ‘Abysmal’ — OK, SURE — The 900-page conservative wish-list includes a massive abortion crackdown. Now Trump claims he knows nothing about it. — Donald Trump rushed to distance himself from the Republicans …
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Washington Examiner and New Republic
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
MAGA ‘freak out’ starts as Trump game plan threatens to ‘backfire’: analyst — A controversial campaign tactic is backfiring on former President Donald Trump as powerful celebrities warn of a imminent authoritarian regime that could put an end to “recreational sex” as part of a “fascistic game plan …
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Mediaite
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!”
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, NC Newsline, Rolling Stone and Crooks and Liars
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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HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, The Guardian, Alternet.org, Breitbart, Raw Story, Fox News and New Republic
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Anti-Abortion Laws — The pair of 5-1 decisions suggests that other abortion restrictions — even ones decades on the books — might not withstand legal challenges. — LOADING — Kansas' highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday …
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Associated Press, Oklahoma Voice and New York Times
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Ballot drop boxes could return to Wisconsin following top court decision
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WisPolitics
Lawrence Douglas / The Guardian:
The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy — According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief — In its extraordinarily disturbing decision earlier this week granting presidents wide-ranging immunity …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump seeks new pause in classified documents case, citing Supreme Court's immunity ruling — Trump is trying to wield immunity as a shield in all of criminal cases. — Donald Trump says the Supreme Court's ruling that he has blanket immunity from prosecution for his “official acts” …
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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