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10:05 AM ET, July 17, 2024

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Washington Post:
Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes  —  Plans include proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code  —  President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi privately fields battleground Dem calls as she works to address Biden crisis
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Race
Axios:
Scoop: Biden rebellion resurfaces on Capitol Hill
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Politico:   Playbook: New polling bolsters ‘Dump Biden’ push
NBC News:
Determined to push forward, Biden tightens his circle and grows combative
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
GOP Platform Author Admits There's a National Ban  —  Click to skip ahead: In WTF NYT, the paper of record deceptively edited a quote.  In the States, news out of Ohio, Michigan, Montana and more.  I Told Ya So on the GOP's abortion plank.  Ballot Measure Updates has more on the financial impact statement fight in Florida.
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
JD Vance on Abortion  —  Donald Trump's trad-husband VP pick wants women back in the kitchen  —  Donald Trump has chosen U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, anti-abortion loser galore, as his running mate.  It's an interesting choice, one that indicates that maybe Trump isn't as worried about abortion as he should be.
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ProPublica:
In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller
Discussion: New Republic and Rolling Stone
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
Donald Trump calls for Taiwan to ‘pay’ for its own defence  —  TSMC shares slide after Republican candidate's comments rattle island nation reliant on security guarantee  —  Former US president Donald Trump has said Taiwan should pay the US for its defence guarantees, a statement …
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Reuters:
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defence, sending TSMC stock down  —  Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defence as it does not give the country anything, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek, sending shares of Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC (2330.TW) lower on Wednesday.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Japan Times
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The phony populism of JD Vance  —  It's a cynical branding exercise. … Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate this week, and a certain segment of the news media immediately rushed to declare the start of a new kind of working-class Republicanism.  —  “JD Vance pick unnerves GOP's business elite …
emptywheel:
Boiled Frog Journalism: Is Trump an Agent of Saudi Arabia, and Other Pressing Questions Buried under Biden's Age  —  A jury found Robert Menendez guilty on all charges yesterday, including those alleging he accepted payments from Egypt and Qatar (I didn't follow the trial closely enough …
CNN:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro released from prison after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress  —  Former Donald Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was released from a Miami federal prison Wednesday after completing his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 congressional committee.
Discussion: CBS News
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Cop Fatally Shoots ‘Armed’ Suspect Just Outside RNC  —  CHILLING  —  The officer who opened fire was from Columbus, Ohio, and was attending the RNC.  —  An Ohio cop dispatched to help secure the RNC fatally shot an “armed” man just outside the convention's perimeter in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon …
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Trump calls widow of firefighter who died protecting his family: ‘He was very kind’  —  Helen Comperatore says Trump phoned her on Tuesday after husband Corey was killed in Butler, Pennsylvania  —  The widow of the volunteer firefighter who was shot and killed over the weekend at the Trump rally …
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump  —  Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life.  He says he has endorsed and voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Margery A. Beck / Associated Press:
Organizers expect enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters to repeal private school funding law  —  Public school advocates believe they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist …
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting  —  US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led …
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Wall Street Journal:   Security Detail for Ex-Top Trump Official Denied by Biden Administration
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The extraordinary duplicity of Musk's $180 million donation to support Trump  —  Billionaire Elon Musk will reportedly spend $180 million to encourage former President Donald Trump supporters in swing states to vote absentee, a practice Musk has publicly described as “insane,” “too risky,” and a recipe for “large-scale fraud.”
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Court ‘Going To Remove’ Aileen Cannon From Trump Case: Anti-MAGA Lawyer  —  's classified documents case will be removed from the proceedings following her latest ruling, a legal expert has said.  —  Ben Meiselas, attorney and frequent Trump critic, hit out at the “horrific” decision from Judge
Discussion: Raw Story, Salon and The Status Kuo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘They’ didn't shoot Donald Trump  —  Despite the lack of any clear motive, the actions of Thomas Crooks have been attributed to the Democratic Party at large.  —  On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Crooks, 20, climbed onto the roof of a building in Butler, Pa., carrying an AR-style rifle purchased …
Julia Ioffe / Puck:
Biden Group Therapy  —  Fresh reporting on the collective private mourning of top Democrats after the tragic “events”—as they are known in Washington-speak—of the weekend.  Nevertheless, some cling to hope.  “He also said he would drop if he saw data saying he can't win,” said a campaign source.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Megadonors Are Plotting to Change Biden's Mind With Money.  Will It Work?  —  They're calling politicians.  They're dangling money to members of Congress.  But major Democratic donors who want President Biden to step aside are also learning the limits of their powers.
Discussion: Wide World of News
Fox News:
Armed man in ski mask arrested while approaching Republican National Convention perimeter in Milwaukee  —  Man had AK-47 pistol, ski mask, tactical bag and full magazine  —  A man armed with an AK-47 pistol and wearing a ski mask was arrested on Monday just blocks from Fiserv Forum …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
MAGA Makes Racist Attacks Against JD Vance's Wife  —  Extremist figures and members of the Make America Great Again movement have criticized the  —  named him as his running mate in the 2024 election.  —  Usha Vance, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was raised in San Diego before meeting her husband at Yale Law School.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
ProPublica:
Trump Media Made a Deal That Could Secure a Major Financial Windfall for the GOP Candidate  —  The company behind Trump's Truth Social platform has the option to sell up to $2.5 billion worth of shares, easing the way for the former president to convert his paper stake into something more tangible.
Discussion: Forbes and Bloomberg
 
 
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Laura Gersony / USA Today:
‘Arm yourself accordingly’: What the GOP is saying about gun control after Trump shooting
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Progressive hero seeks political comeback in California
Washington Post:
Sen. Menendez convicted of bribery, other charges in corruption trial
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Thai Court to Rule on Top Opposition Party's Fate Next Month
Zoë Schlanger / The Atlantic:
The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Shows Up at Republican Convention
Discussion: Mediaite and The Bulwark
ABC News:
Biden, in 1st major speech after Trump shooting, accuses him of ‘lying like hell’
Adriana Gomez Licon / ABC News:
A Trump-owned company sells $299 sneakers with an image of his bloodied face after rally shooting
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Major New Actions to Lower Housing Costs by Limiting Rent Increases and Building More Homes
 

 
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Mike Janssen / Current:
Email: New York Public Radio's CEO announces 26 layoffs, including 12 voluntary departures, or 8.5% of jobs, as NYPR plans to cut back on podcasts and events

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
A Nevada court rules that hearings about Rupert Murdoch's effort to modify his family's succession plans will remain closed to the public and to the media

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
DMGT's Mail Online and News Corp's The Sun trim US newsrooms; sources: Mail Online's cuts hit up to 10% of staff, and The Sun's cuts were a larger percentage
 
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