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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law — We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore the public's faith in our judicial system. — The writer is president of the United States. — This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law — From his first day in office—and every day since then—President Biden has taken action to strengthen American democracy and protect the rule of law.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden endorses Supreme Court reforms, amendment to limit immunity — For Biden, who has long resisted calls to reform the Supreme Court, the announcement Monday marked a major shift in his posture toward one of America's three branches of government. — President Biden endorsed sweeping changes …
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Biden Fires Parting Shot at Supreme Court to Shackle Trump
Biden Fires Parting Shot at Supreme Court to Shackle Trump
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NPR:
Biden calls for term limits, enforceable ethics rules for Supreme Court justices
Biden calls for term limits, enforceable ethics rules for Supreme Court justices
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Biden, Harris call for Supreme Court term limits, code of conduct, limits on presidential immunity
Biden, Harris call for Supreme Court term limits, code of conduct, limits on presidential immunity
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Biden to push Supreme Court term limits, immunity constitutional amendment in Monday speech
Biden to push Supreme Court term limits, immunity constitutional amendment in Monday speech
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Noah Bressner / Axios:
Trump's insult trap: Republicans hunt for elusive Harris attack line … - Black voters could be sensitive to attacks on Harris' identity, including quotes from multiple Republican lawmakers last week labeling her a “DEI vice president.” — Years-old comments from J.D. Vance calling Harris a …
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Harris Camp Warns Supporters: Don't Get Duped by ‘Scam PACs’ — KAMALA HARRIS'S TEAM IS WARNING DONORS not to fall prey to “financial scams” from groups sending email and text messages that suggest they're raising money for the vice president. — Those messages came rapidly last week …
New York Times:
Harris Looks to Maintain Momentum as ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Winds Down
Harris Looks to Maintain Momentum as ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Winds Down
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Just Had His Worst Week—Ever
Trump Just Had His Worst Week—Ever
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Politico:
Playbook: After the sugar high
Playbook: After the sugar high
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How to Buy a President — Donald Trump's joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock …
How to Buy a President — Donald Trump's joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Harris sees opening in Vance as she considers her own pick for vice president
Harris sees opening in Vance as she considers her own pick for vice president
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Elon Musk takes fire for posting fake video of Kamala Harris — Elon Musk is being accused of violating his own policies on X after he shared a fake video of Vice President Harris, which uses an artificial intelligence voice mimicking Harris to spew insults about her campaign and President Biden.
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Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk Shares Kamala Harris Deepfake
Elon Musk Shares Kamala Harris Deepfake
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Associated Press:
Venezuela election live updates: Opposition claims victory after Maduro was declared the winner — Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro gather at Miraflores Palace in Caracas as Maduro is declared the winner in Venezuela's presidential election amid opposition claims of irregularities.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A comprehensive guide to J.D. Vance's views on women and children — On July 25, former President Donald Trump named Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate. Vance has only been a U.S. Senator since 2023, and his rapid ascension to the Republican Vice Presidential nominee …
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Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
Former US ambassador says US ‘asleep’ amid Russia threat — The News — Morgan Chalfant: What did you learn about Russian President Vladimir Putin on the job that you might not have known otherwise, or that people don't understand about him and the way that he operates?
Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Fox News hit Pete Buttigieg with a gotcha question on Trump vs. Harris. It didn't go well for them — Sooner or later, Fox News producers and hosts will learn a lesson: So far, several attempts to corner Pete Buttigieg with (what they believe are) clever questions has backfired.
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Buttigieg Tells Fox Viewers that MAGA Is a Cult
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — In good news: — Joe Biden nominated former Florida Congresswoman Val Demings to the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) Board of Governors. He also nominated Republican businessman William Zollars. — The USPS Board of Governors consists of eleven people …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What Has Happened to My Party Haunts Me — With so much attention focused on the changes at the top of the Democratic ticket, we are not paying enough attention to the lack of change on the top of the Republican ticket. This month, Donald Trump won his party's nomination for the third straight time.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally — A close reading of the prayers delivered before the former president speaks — A week before christmas, an evangelical minister named Paul Terry stood before thousands of Christians, their heads bowed, in Durham, New Hampshire, and pleaded with God for deliverance.
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emptywheel:
“My Beautiful Christians:” Trump's Pandering to Christian Nationalists — The other day, during an address to a Turning Point conference, Trump implored, … Video — Horse race journalists didn't care. They found it more important to repeat and therefore magnify Trump's latest slur on Vice President Harris.
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Schumer: Vance VP pick helps Democrats — “I'll bet President Trump is sitting there, scratching his head, and wondering, ‘Why did I pick this guy?’” Schumer said. “The choice may be one of the best things he ever did for Democrats.” — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump uses immunity ruling to try to blow up his conviction — And thanks to the Supreme Court's right-wing nihilists, it just might work. … On July 1, the last day of the Supreme Court's term, six conservative justices took a sledgehammer to democracy.
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