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4:50 PM ET, July 5, 2024

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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 …
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Press
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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.
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 …
Politico:
Playbook: The biggest interview of Joe Biden's life
New York Times:
A Third House Democrat, Seth Moulton, Calls on Biden to Drop Out
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Embattled Biden Hits Trail and Sits for Crucial Interview
Ashanti Martin / WURD Radio:
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out
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
Discussion: RedState
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 …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:   Charlie Sykes on the GOP's Trump cult
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!”
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: WisPolitics
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
‘The claims are just outrageous’: Republican ex-governor condemns Arizona election lies  —  Jan Brewer has had it with election denialism - and she's speaking out to defend poll workers across the political divide  —  The fight for democracy is supported by
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” …
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 …
 
 
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Business leaders, pro-Democracy activists send letter asking Biden to withdraw
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Staffer Alleges Campaign Settled Seedy Suits in Bombshell Filing
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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When the Supreme Court Gets Mixed Up With Trump Derangement Syndrome
Discussion: Balkinization and Reason
Financial Times:
Viktor Orbán to meet Vladimir Putin after Kyiv trip
 

 
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