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12:20 PM ET, July 20, 2024

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New York Times:
Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies' Pressure to Drop Out of the Race  —  As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama.  —  Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Searing Reminder That Trump Is Unwell  —  Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the RNC shows why the pro-democracy coalition is so worried about beating him.  —  Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the Republican National Convention shows why the prodemocracy coalition is so worried about beating …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
Discussion: ABC News, Democrats and WisPolitics
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
There are still key questions about Trump's injuries after attempted assassination  —  It has been nearly a week since gunfire erupted at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, resulting in an injury to the former president, the death of one attendee …
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NBC News:
Trump shooter flew drone over venue hours before attempted assassination, source says  —  The gunman was killed after he shot former President Donald Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt.  A motive remains unknown.  —  The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear …
CNN:
Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside  —  No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside - but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.
Discussion: Forbes
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed  —  The progressive New Yorker spoke on Instagram about the potential risks of pressuring President Joe Biden to end his campaign.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has issued a dire warning …
Politico:
Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 19, 2024  —  Today a Russian court sentenced 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage in a secret three-day trial.  The U.S. government considers Gershkovich “wrongly detained,” …
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
Daniel McCarthy / The American Conservative:
Why Did Trump Give a Bad Speech?
Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:
In the Blood  —  “That was some weird shit.”  So said George W. Bush after watching Donald …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Eric Levitz / Vox:   The RNC clarified Trump's 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo
Michelle Shen / CNN:
Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74  —  Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died.  She was 74.
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now  —  Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump.  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon's stunning dismissal this week …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Federalist and USA Today
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women  —  At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP  —  MILWAUKEE — On the third night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's WWE-inspired entrance to the came complete with a trollish musical cue …
Discussion: Raw Story and Ms. Magazine
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else?  The Convention Rules Might Decide.  —  The rules might determine who gets the nomination.  —  It's been decades since America last witnessed an actual contested convention, so it's easy to forget something important as Democrats barrel toward …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
JD Vance's wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts  —  Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants.  —  Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, July 17, 2024.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside  —  Family members seek to provide private support while confronting a new level of scrutiny amid Democratic calls for Biden to end his candidacy.  —  President Biden had just arrived back at the White House following …
Alia Shoaib / Newsweek:
‘Anti-Psychopath PAC’ Set up Against Donald Trump  —  George Conway has launched a new anti-Trump political action committee, called the Anti-Psychopath PAC, on the  —  (RNC).  —  Serving as a mobile billboard, a truck circled the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee ahead of former President
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
This is how Secret Service protection has changed for presidents over the years  —  During Abraham Lincoln's presidency, anyone could come to the White House and see him.  Come they did: mothers looking to have their sons released from military service, wives urging that their husbands …
 
 
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
RNC calls for unity ring hollow for some in LGBTQ community
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR and Axios
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: ‘When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.’
Discussion: Raw Story
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Florida OKs Misleading Statement To Print Next To Pro-Choice Ballot Measure
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scientificamerican.com:
Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Science
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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