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9:55 PM ET, July 12, 2024

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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Biden's Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails  —  The call ended abruptly after Rep. Mike Levin asked Biden to withdraw from the race.  Soon after, Levin formally called on Biden to step down as the nominee.  — Copy  —  As President Joe Biden tries to talk with Democratic lawmakers …
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New York Times:
Live Election Updates: 'I Am Running and We're Going to Win,' Biden Says in Michigan  —  President Biden capped a tumultuous week by attacking his rival, Donald J. Trump, in a key battleground state.  But the fallout from his poor debate performance continued on Friday …
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Connecticut's Lamont appears to become first governor to turn on Biden
Discussion: CT Mirror and Hartford Courant
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
24 former Dem lawmakers to Biden: Allow an open convention
Discussion: NJTODAY.NET
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Another battlground Dem calls on Biden to withdraw
Michael Williams / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
Ben Jacobs / Politico:
'It's Like Being Liberated': Republicans Bask in the Glow of a Democratic Meltdown
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Musk Donates to Trump, Tapping Fortune to Swing 2024 Race  — Tech mogul contributed to group backing Trump in swing states  — Move demonstrates Musk's growing influence in Washington  —  Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee working to elect Donald Trump …
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Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:   Elon Musk donated to a pro-Trump super PAC, Bloomberg reported
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Breaking from NYT: The $90 Million Shoe Just Dropped on Biden
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted process with a lack of transparency.
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
New York judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case  —  The decision paves the way for two former Georgia election workers who won a defamation claim against him to pursue and potentially seize his assets.  —  A federal judge in New York on Friday threw out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case …
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
Biden's Path to Re-election Has All But Vanished  —  President Biden has spent much of 2024 with a more challenging path to winning a second presidential term in November than Donald Trump.  But for reasons that have become glaringly obvious, that path has all but vanished.
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New York Times:
Democrats Fear Safe Blue States Turning Purple as Biden Stays the Course
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Shocker Poll Suggests Trump's Lying May Be Huge Weakness for Him  —  A new Marist poll takes the novel step of asking registered voters which is more off-putting in an occupant of the Oval Office: dishonesty or excessive age.  The results are surprising, and along with other polling along these lines …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election … - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts were the only ones that have so far been subject to those restrictions, a spokesperson confirmed.
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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.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Rightwing claim of ‘0% chance’ of fair US election previews effort to undo 2024 result  —  Mike Howell makes comment at Heritage Foundation event where implausible post-election scenarios were shared  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  A major conservative thinktank previewed rightwing efforts …
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Majority of economists say inflation would be higher under Trump than Biden: WSJ survey … A majority of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal said former President Donald Trump's policies would be more likely to reignite inflation than President Joe Biden's would.
Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's shrinking inner circle … - Democrats inside and outside the White House tell Axios they're worried that Biden isn't receiving a 360-degree view of his — and his party's — perilous political situation.  — In the two weeks since Biden's disastrous debate …
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu and HotAir
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Moms for Liberty seeks order blocking federal LGBTQ school protections nationwide  —  A Friday filing from the extremist organization seeks a ruling that would block the Biden administration's Title IX rule in more than 850 counties across the U.S.  —  The far-right extremist group Moms …
Laura Collins / Daily Mail:
Jill Biden's grudge against Kamala Harris REVEALED: Power-hungry first lady's grudge is so deep that the only thing worse than Joe stepping down is the VP replacing him  —  By LAURA COLLINS CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and JOSH BOSWELL FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and KEN SILVERSTEIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Discussion: RedState and HotAir
Ashley Judd / USA Today:
I'm calling on Biden to step aside.  Beating Trump is too important.  —  My folks are not bad people, in spite of what you may now think of them.  They are facing bad options.  We must give them a different choice.  —  Wednesday evening, I was visiting, as we say in the South, with some of my beloved chosen and biological family.
Jennifer Shutt / Michigan Advance:
A presidential nominee drops out.  What happens to states' ballots?  —  Experts say it's likely the Supreme Court would settle the resulting mess  —  This special report was written with contributions from States Newsroom's 39 state news bureaus.  —  WASHINGTON — The Electoral College …
Discussion: Votebeat and Chicago Sun Times
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Rupert Murdoch Lobbies Trump to Pick Doug Burgum for VP — and Not J.D. Vance  —  The retired media mogul has been calling Trump multiple times a day, a source close to the former president told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  Rupert Murdoch has launched a full-scale lobbying effort to get Donald Trump …
 
 
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Marquise Francis / NBC News:
Young content creators drive messaging on Project 2025: ‘It just needed to be out there’
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Josh Siegel / Politico:
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