memeorandum: McCarthy's Revenge Tour Rolls On, With Mixed Results (Annie Karni/New York Times)

9:20 AM ET, July 7, 2024

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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: Fox News

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian, ABC News and New York Daily News

Alex Thompson / Axios:

Biden's team drafted the questions for his first post-debate interviews … - WURD is the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania, but the White House's director of Black media was not part of the process. — It is the latest instance of the White House continuing …

Discussion: ABC News, CNN, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Associated Press, NBC News, Washington Examiner and Breitbart

New York Times:
As Biden Digs In, More Supporters Look to Push Him Out

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Aides Provided Questions in Advance for His Radio Interviews

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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 …

Discussion: ABC News

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 …

Discussion: Politico and New York Times

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 …

Discussion: Alternet.org and PoliticusUSA

Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:

FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One — False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit.

Discussion: Raw Story 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 …

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 …

Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:

Former Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Denies Involvement With Project 2025, Ad Says Otherwise — WE GOT THE RECEIPTS — Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller claimed he has “never been involved with Project 2025” in a post on X on Saturday, however, a video on the Project 2025 YouTube channel says otherwise.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Alternet.org and Washington Examiner

Robert Reich / The Guardian:
We should all be terrified of Trump's Project 2025

Discussion: Can We Still Govern?, Alternet.org, The Daily Beast, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Metro.co.uk and Rolling Stone

Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump's Project 2025 — We know that Donald Trump was fixated on polls Friday morning.

Discussion: UPI, USA Today, Business Insider, CNN, RedState, Raw Story, Alternet.org, The Guardian, One America News Network, HuffPost, NOTUS and Fox News

NBC News:

'It's Shakespearean': Long-simmering tensions between Biden's family and aides spill out — Biden has taken full responsibility for his debate performance, saying in an interview on Friday it was “nobody's fault but mine.” — President Joe Biden's family is attempting to become more involved …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Twitchy, Washington Examiner and HotAir

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 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story

Lauren Floyd / Axios:

Trump wins delay in classified documents case … - It's an opinion that Trump has used to throw a wrench in prosecutors' plans although the SCOTUS decision on July 1 failed to clarify whether his alleged conduct on Jan. 6 was protected. … - Trump's attorneys have also used presidential immunity …

Discussion: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Mediaite, One America News Network, The Daily Beast, RedState, Raw Story, UPI, Washington Examiner, CNN and Sun-Sentinel

Associated Press:

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say — (AP video/Abdel Kareem Hana, Production: Wafaa Shurafa) — ‘Even if we had money, there are no goods’: Palestinians at Gaza refugee camp suffer food shortages