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7:40 PM ET, July 18, 2024

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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Top Dems now believe Biden will exit … - The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden's legacy and Democrats' hopes in November. … - Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention …
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Politico:
Biden allies retaliated against a Dem who called for him to step aside  —  The decision to remove battleground Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten from a coordinated campaign was reversed after POLITICO contacted the Biden campaign.  —  Democrats in Michigan cut off a vulnerable House Democrat …
Axios:
DNC's mad dash to finalize virtual voting plan for Biden nomination … - The goal is to use their convention week to talk up their candidate and tear apart former President Trump.  —  Behind the nasty public debate on whether Biden should be nominated early, there are private conversations …
Reuters:
Once defiant, Biden is now ‘soul searching’ about dropping out of race, source says  —  U.S. President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is a matter of time, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Sharpton Says He Told Biden That Staying in Race Could Imperil His Legacy
Discussion: Mediaite and CBS News
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The VP is clearly the stronger candidate
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Schumer privately urged Biden to step aside in 2024 election: Sources
CNN:
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness
Washington Post:
Obama tells allies Biden needs to seriously consider his viability  —  The former president, hugely influential in the party, has told associates that Biden's path to victory has significantly shrunk.  —  Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden's path …
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Washington Post:
Pelosi has told House Democrats that Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race  —  The former House speaker has stepped up her behind-the-scenes role in working to persuade the president to bow out of campaign  —  Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi has told some House Democrats …
Fox News:
Trump won't use word ‘Biden’ once in GOP convention speech: sources  —  Trump address at Republican National Convention likely to more than hour long  —  MILWAUKEE — Former President Trump will refer several times to the “current administration” or the “current leadership” …
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Rubio says if Biden exits the race, he should also resign as president
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Sununu says ‘I told you so’ on Biden
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Axios:
What Secret Service and FBI told Congress about attempted Trump assassination … - FBI and Secret Service officials briefed House lawmakers on Wednesday on their preliminary findings.  — The Secret Service said they identified the building used in the assassination attempt as …
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Blackburn slams Secret Service chief for ‘celebrating herself’ at RNC after Trump assassination attempt
Wired:
J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public.  Here's What It Shows  —  The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America will never be the same after Milwaukee's tent revival for the cult of Donald Trump  —  MILWAUKEE — I came to the American Heartland to cover a political convention, but all I found was a tent revival, Brother Trump's Traveling Salvation Show.The Republican National Convention took …
Discussion: WisPolitics
Holly Yan / CNN:
‘Treated like a convict’: NFL legend Terrell Davis describes getting handcuffed on a plane near his kids after asking for ice  —  Terrell Davis and his family were looking forward to vacationing in California when pro football Hall of Famer was handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines plane - for no apparent reason.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Hunter Biden cites Trump ruling in seeking dismissal of gun and tax cases … Lawyers for Hunter Biden on Thursday asked federal judges in California and Delaware to dismiss the criminal tax and gun cases against him in their courts, citing a recent opinion by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
If the Trump classified documents case is reinstated, Judge Aileen Cannon would be difficult to remove
Discussion: Raw Story and WHDH-TV
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
MAGA Enters Racist Meltdown Mode Over J.D. Vance's Wife … The past week has seen an outpouring of hate from the far right over the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.  The unremarkable fact that Vance is married to Usha Vance, a woman of Indian heritage, has become a fixation for white nationalists online.
CNN:
Investigators now believe account on gaming site in would-be assassin's name is fake  —  Investigators now believe that the Steam account in the name of the man who shot at former President Donald Trump over the weekend is fake, a US official briefed on the matter told CNN.
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Anti-party in a ghost town: Trump's undead GOP holds an un-convention  —  Donald Trump's Republican Party has no history, no principles and no ideology — because it's just a front  —  MILWAUKEE — I don't know whether the folks who tried to sell “vegan barbecue” from a booth in the strip …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Emma Fraser / The Daily Beast:
Brutal: ‘The Boys’ Season Finale Violently Kills a Shocking Character  —  SPOILER ALERT!  —  As is its wont, the gruesome “The Boys” season finale let loose a geyser of fake blood.  But the fate of one young, progressive character is particularly shocking.  —  (Warning: Spoilers for The Boys season finale.)
Deepak Puri / The Democracy Labs:
BIGGEST LAND GRAB EVER: Project 2025 To Sell Off Your Public Lands!  —  Public lands are ‘public’.  That means those lands belong to all Americans, not just billionaires.  —  The Republican Platform calls for “open limited portions of Federal Lands” (Page 14).
 
 
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Ross Barkan / Persuasion:
Overconfidence at the RNC  —  The Republican Party is ascendant but may be more frail than it looks.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
A changed Trump? Some allies detect an ‘existential’ shift after the shooting
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Project 2025 *is* the GOP platform
 

 
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