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Behind the Curtain: Unbendable Biden vs. breaking-point Dems … Both plan fierce public and private campaigns to see who buckles. — It won't be him, Biden says publicly and privately. … These Democrats, further deflated by Biden's high-stakes ABC interview, believe there's nothing …
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Election 2024 latest news Bidens hit campaign trail; Trump nears VP pick — President Biden's campaign is planning two events in Pennsylvania on Sunday as he and his staff remain defiant against calls to drop his reelection bid after a damaging debate performance.
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Washington Post:
Biden thought he had it under control. Then it got worse. — The inside story of the Biden team's failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Trump. — President Biden's top aides awoke after debate night with a plan to contain the damage: A raucous North Carolina crowd …
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PoliticusUSA and Eschaton
NBC News:
'It's Shakespearean': Long-simmering tensions between Biden's family and aides spill out
'It's Shakespearean': Long-simmering tensions between Biden's family and aides spill out
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Twitchy, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail and HotAir
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The lingering focus on Biden's shaky debate obscures Trump's major verbal miscues — President Joe Biden dug himself a hole and now he is trying to climb out. But many fellow Democrats and some in the media keep shoveling dirt on him.One 20-minute TV interview was never going to swing …
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Politico:
Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump — In 2016, no one in the world was ready for President Trump. America's NATO allies aren't making the same mistake this time. — In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock …
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Associated Press, Politico and New York Times
Politico:
Playbook: Biden's lesson in political first aid — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — MUST READ — “Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump,” by Paul McLeary, Christoph Schiltz, Stefanie Bolzen, Jacopo Barigazzi and Philipp Fritz:
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The Detroit News and Sputnik News
David Axelrod / CNN:
Biden's defiant delusion
Biden's defiant delusion
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The Message Box, RedState, Mother Jones, New York Times, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Fox News, Washington Examiner, So What, ABC News and HotAir
Mark Thiessen / Associated Press:
Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race — U.S. President Joe Biden could make a decision within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection, said Hawaii's governor who participated in a recent meeting with Biden and other Democratic governors …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
At Essence, Black Democrats rally behind Biden and talk up Kamala Harris, but she avoids the drama — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As President Joe Biden tries to revive his embattled reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris led a parade of Black Democrats who warned Saturday that the threat …
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Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
America may soon be subjected to the country's first DEI president: Kamala Harris — There is a raging debate in corporate America on the future of DEI, aka Diversity Equity and Inclusion, because it is literally destroying businesses that go there. — And yet the American public may soon …
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Raw Story, Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
Annie Karni / New York Times:
McCarthy's Revenge Tour Rolls On, With Mixed Results … Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker, held his leadership role for 269 days.T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times — During the awkward interlude after he was ousted from the speakership but before he resigned from Congress …
Laura Italiano / Business Insider:
Trump's hush-money sentencing will still happen in September despite his new immunity superpowers, New York legal experts predict — Trump wants his hush-money verdict nixed in the wake of the Supreme Court immunity opinion. — But Trump's new immunity superpowers won't derail his September sentencing, experts predict.
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mike Lee spreads fake claim of Biden medical emergency on Air Force One — Utah Senator then attacked media for being untrustworthy, during frenzied posting on social media — On Friday evening, Utah Sen. Mike Lee used his personal X/Twitter account to amplify a baseless claim …
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Alternet.org and PoliticusUSA
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Rep. Adam Schiff says Biden needs to ‘win overwhelmingly’ or ‘pass the torch’: Full interview — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) exclusively joins Meet the Press to talk about the state of President Joe Biden's re-election campaign.
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Politico and New York Post
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX's Ambitions … Starship, the upper stage of SpaceX's new rocket, at its launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas. Conservationists are concerned with the environmental impact space operations have on the area. — As Elon Musk's Starship …