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12:45 PM ET, July 7, 2024

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Axios:
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BBC and NBC News
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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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Eschaton
Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: WVEC
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Biden's team drafted the questions for his first post-debate interviews
New York Times:
As Biden Digs In, More Supporters Look to Push Him Out
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:
The world wasn't ready for Trump in 2016.  It's not making that mistake this time.  —  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 in long-term military support …
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:
Discussion: The Detroit News and Sputnik News
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
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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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico and New York Post
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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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
 
 
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