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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The unusual legal risk Trump will have to navigate at the RNC  —  There's a high likelihood that others involved in Trump's alleged crimes could be in Milwaukee.  —  Donald Trump will be rubbing elbows in Milwaukee with a crowd that may include dozens of witnesses and alleged co-conspirators …
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Nikki Haley invited to speak at the Republican convention  —  As of Tuesday, an aide to the former Republican presidential candidate told NBC News that she had not yet received an invitation.  —  MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been invited to speak …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC, AP sources say
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump skeptics planning to skip the GOP convention
Discussion: Democrats
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Joe Biden for President  —  I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected.  Why?  Despite my disagreements with him on particular issues, he has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump — a demagogue and pathological liar.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Biden grilled in “tense” call with moderate Democrats … - “It was awful,” said one lawmaker, summing up the session.  — Said another: “Members were not holding back ... it got tense with Crow for sure.” … - Reps. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) …
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Washington Post:
Biden's path to victory narrows in wake of damaging debate performance
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
UAW Chief Suggests Trump Is Headed for Victory Over Biden
Discussion: Semafor, IJR and New Republic
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Trump Returns to Pennsylvania as Biden Looks to Steady His Campaign  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and Jill Biden will also hold events in the key battleground state following the president's fiery speech in Detroit on Friday.  —  Trump will rally in Pennsylvania, as Biden allies hit the trail, too.
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump heads to Pennsylvania for pre-convention rally as VP announcement looms
ProPublica:
Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country  —  Co-published with Documented  —  A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12 million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a million people …
Discussion: Diane Duane
New York Times:
Unbowed by Jan. 6 Charges, Republicans Pursue Plans to Contest a Trump Defeat … Nearly four years ago, Mr. Trump's attempt to challenge the election results was chaotic and improvised.  This year, his allies are systematically searching for any vulnerability in the nation's election system.Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
Kyler Alvord / People:
What Is Project 2025?  Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word ‘Gender’ to Public Education  —  Trump's allies started Project 2025 as a blueprint for marrying church and state at the highest levels of government if he's elected  —  A sweeping proposal for how Donald Trump …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:   A Second Term for Trump Could Go 4 Different Ways
Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96  —  Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.  She was 96.
Alice Herman / The Guardian:
‘Rule of the lawless’: what does the authoritarian playbook look like?  —  Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and professor, speaks to the Guardian about the contemporary threat of authoritarianism in the US  —  Donald Trump has glibly remarked that he would be “a dictator on day one” …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
U.S. set to see another deadly year for mass shootings … - “Regardless of what the numbers say — whether they are trending upwards or downwards — we have really good research and we know that these are preventable,” Kelly Drane, Giffords Law Center's research director, told Axios.
Adrienne Westenfeld / Esquire:
The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time  —  See if your favorites made our expanded list.  —  Since time immemorial, mankind has been looking up at the stars and dreaming, but it was only centuries ago that we started turning those dreams into fiction.  And what remarkable dreams they are …
Discussion: Space and Whatever
Politico:
Can Biden run out the clock?  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  As Democrats frantically debate whether President JOE BIDEN should be the party's nominee, they're racing against an uncomfortable — and uncertain — deadline.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben Krauss / Slow Boring:
What happens when party leaders step aside?  —  International case studies to inform our current political misfortune  —  Imagine President Biden acquiesces to the wishes of his fellow elected Democrats, millions of hand-wringing voters, the illustrious George Clooney, and decides to step aside.
 
 
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on S. 138, the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act”
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