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11:40 AM ET, July 12, 2024

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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged  —  The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite President Biden's dismal debate performance two weeks ago, a new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.  —  Biden actually gained a point since last month's survey …
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and ABC News
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CNN:
Obama, Pelosi privately expressed concerns over Biden  —  Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden and the future of his 2024 campaign.  Both the former president and ex-speaker expressed concerns about how much harder they think it's become for the president to beat Donald Trump.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Committee to Unelect the President … - Former Obama aides: The strained relationship between Obama and Biden extends to their former aides, including David Axelrod (Obama's ruthlessly pragmatic chief strategist) and the influential “Pod Save America” guys.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Politico:
Playbook: Biden's presser leaves Dems in ‘purgatory’  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT — “The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite [President JOE] BIDEN's dismal debate performance two weeks ago …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Calls Kamala Harris ‘Vice President Trump’ at Crucial Press Conference  —  OH JOE  —  The president's make-or-break press conference started with a mix-up after he called Ukrainian President Zelensky “Putin.”  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Joe Biden started …
Politico:
Biden does some damage control with House Dems — but not enough  —  President Joe Biden delivered a steady performance at a high-stakes press conference Thursday but still fell short of assuring jittery Democrats concerned about his future, prolonging painful questions across the party.
Politico:
Trump allies view Biden's press conference as ‘best of both worlds’  —  They say Biden performed well enough to stave off calls to drop out but managed to provide campaign ad fodder.  —  Former President Donald Trump's advisers and allies viewed President Joe Biden's press conference …
Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
The conspiracy to replace Biden is real  —  Under the headline, “How Biden's Stumbles Collided With a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory,” the New York Times reports Friday that “far-right social media is rife with outlandish, unproven stories of Democratic crimes and rigged elections.
Ben Jacobs / Politico:
'It's Like Being Liberated': Republicans Bask in the Glow of a Democratic Meltdown  —  After years of answering for their own party's dysfunction, GOP lawmakers are delighted to watch Democrats squirm over what to do about Joe Biden.  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.
New York Times:   Live Election Updates: Donors Freeze Roughly $90 Million as Long as Biden Stays in Race
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Potentially dozens of Democrats expected to call on Biden to step aside after NATO conference
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway, Breitbart and Vox
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
‘Worst Case Scenario’: Biden Avoids Total Collapse In Gaffe-Heavy Presser
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:   How Biden's Stumbles Collided With a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Biden poised to face “deluge” of fresh calls to drop out
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden's press conference will be a key test for him. But he's no master of the big rhetorical moment
CNN:
Angry and stunned Democrats blame Biden's closest advisers for shielding public from full extent of president's decline
New York Times:
Trump's Team Plans to Go After Kamala Harris at Republican Convention
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
GOP Push To Fine Merrick Garland $10,000 A Day Over Biden Audio Fails
Anna Conkling / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep Delivers a House Floor Speech Straight Out of 'The Handmaid's Tale'  —  BLESSED BE THE FRUIT  —  In a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 11, 2024  —  Yesterday, Raw Story reported that Ivan Raiklin, Trump's self-declared “Secretary of Retribution” has compiled a “Deep State target list” of 350 people he wants to see arrested and punished for “treason” if Trump is reelected.  The list includes Democratic and Republican elected officials …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance
Discussion: Raw Story and Wide World of News
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Where are the Radical Republicans when we need them?  —  America once understood the necessity of uniting against existential threats. … History teaches a clear lesson: When a nation's democratic institutions are facing an existential threat, relentlessly opposing it should be the sole focus.
NBC News:
AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cellular customers' calls and texts  —  The data contains records of calls and texts between approximately May 1 and Oct. 31, 2022, and on Jan. 2, 2023.  —  Hackers stole six months' worth of call and text message records of nearly every …
emptywheel:
Trump May Attempt to Disavow Project 2025 — but He's not Disavowing Viktor Orbán  —  The press has been a bit befuddled by Trump's repeated attempts to disavow Project 2025.  —  One of the best debunkings of Trump's false disavowal came from CNN, which made a list of the 140 Trump associates involved in Project 2025.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
AOC understands the stakes: The “high crimes” of Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito must be prosecuted  —  The corruption of Supreme Court justices is about more than greed.  It “constitutes a clear danger to our democracy”  —  Corruption is one of those issues that tends to rile …
Anna Conkling / The Daily Beast:
The Kremlin Is Angry at Biden's Remarks About Putin at NATO Summit  —  ‘IMPERMISSIBLE’  —  “We continue to consider it absolutely unacceptable and impermissible behavior for a head of state to make such disrespectful remarks about other heads of state,” the Kremlin said.
Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee radio station says it agreed to edit interview with Joe Biden  —  Jessie Opoien Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  MADISON — Civic Media, a Wisconsin-based progressive talk-radio network, said Thursday it had agreed to make two edits to an interview with President Joe Biden …
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Sage Weil / Civic Media:
Civic Media  —  Statement regarding edits to the July 4th interview with President Biden
 
 
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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. apologizes to woman who accused him of sexual assault
Reuters:
Nepal PM Dahal loses parliamentary vote of confidence
Discussion: The Kathmandu Post and Bloomberg
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Republican Senate Candidate Sam Brown's Pastor Demands Gays ‘Repent’
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Politico:
Lot Sixteen adds a Republican
Discussion: Raw Story
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John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
Project 2025's plan to upend Medicare should set off alarm bells
Discussion: MSNBC and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mark Sumner / Daily Kos:
Donald Trump is dangerous. The media is finally talking about it
Andrew Leahey / Forbes:
IRS Collects $1 Billion In Back Taxes From Millionaires
Matthew Kaminski / Politico:
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