memeorandum: It's time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results (Dr. Sanjay Gupta/CNN)

4:30 PM ET, July 5, 2024

Top Items:

Behind the Curtain: Trump's Kamala Harris plan … President Biden insisted again Thursday in an unscripted remark, after a supporter at a Fourth of July event on the White House South Lawn yelled that they needed him, and to keep up the fight: “You got me, man! I'm not going anywhere.”

Discussion: New York Times, Vanity Fair, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Digby's Hullabaloo, Blaze Media and The Daily Beast

Washington Post:

Sen. Mark Warner seeks to assemble group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to exit race — There's increasing sentiment among Democratic senators that Biden cannot stay in the race. — Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Joe Biden …

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Varying Treatment of Biden and Trump Puts Their Parties in Stark Relief — Republicans and Democrats live in radically different universes, interpreting the same set of facts through radically different lenses. — One of America's political parties has a presidential candidate who is really old and showing it.

Discussion: Las Vegas Review-Journal and Washington Post

Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:

Democrats start moving to Harris as Biden digs in — Amid the ongoing fallout from Joe Biden's debate performance, talk in many top Democratic circles has already moved to who Kamala Harris' running mate would be. — That's how certain a widening group of leading party officials …

Discussion: California Globe, RedState and New Republic

Politico:
Playbook: The biggest interview of Joe Biden's life

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution and HotAir, more at Mediagazer »

Steven Shepard / Politico:
We now know how bad the debate was for Biden

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, The Bulwark and CNN

New York Times:
A Third House Democrat, Seth Moulton, Calls on Biden to Drop Out

Discussion: Fox News and Washington Times

New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Embattled Biden Hits Trail and Sits for Crucial Interview

Discussion: CNBC, New York Post, Twitchy, Diane Ravitch's blog and CBS News

Ashanti Martin / WURD Radio:
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Discussion: The Hill, Metro.co.uk, Bloomberg, New York Times, New Republic, IJR, Washington Times, Breitbart, Business Insider, The Sun, RedState, Blaze Media, New York Post, Alternet.org, The Times of Israel, Politico, The Daily Beast and Mediaite

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out

John McCormick / Wall Street Journal: Battleground Map Shows Signs of Expansion for Trump as Biden Struggles

Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Biden ramps up campaign spending ahead of make or break interview

Discussion: RedState

New York Times:
Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside

Discussion: Punchbowl News, New Republic, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner and Blaze Media

WBUR:
Moulton: Biden should exit election ‘and let new leaders rise up’

Discussion: Politico, HuffPost, New York Post, Boston Herald, Boston.com, OutsideTheBeltway and ABC News

NBC News:
Some Democrats say Biden's debate performance wasn't an anomaly

Discussion: Axios, Fox News, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour, New York Magazine, Politico and Wall Street Journal

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead — Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through the post-debate noise and it's starting to scare people — When Project 2025 was released, a number of progressives expressed surprise …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Los Angeles Times

Axios:

Trump torches Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 … - Trump's disavowal comes two days after Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts drew outrage from Democrats with his comments about a “second American Revolution” on Steve Bannon's radio show. — “[W]e are in the process …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Raw Story, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, Digby's Hullabaloo, WBUR, Alternet.org, Snopes, Crooks and Liars, PoliticusUSA and The American Conservative

Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:

Donald Trump Claims Republicans' Project 2025 has Nothing to Do With Him: ‘Abysmal’ — OK, SURE — The 900-page conservative wish-list includes a massive abortion crackdown. Now Trump claims he knows nothing about it. — Donald Trump rushed to distance himself from the Republicans …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and New Republic

Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:

MAGA ‘freak out’ starts as Trump game plan threatens to ‘backfire’: analyst — A controversial campaign tactic is backfiring on former President Donald Trump as powerful celebrities warn of a imminent authoritarian regime that could put an end to “recreational sex” as part of a “fascistic game plan …

Discussion: Mediaite

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice: Charlie Sykes on the GOP's Trump cult

Greg Sargent / New Republic:

MAGA Gov Candidate's Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!” — Mark Robinson, the extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence in a bizarre and extended rant he delivered on June 30 in a small-town church. — “Some folks need killing!”

Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, NC Newsline, Rolling Stone and Crooks and Liars

Alex Thompson / Axios:

Biden staff “miserable,” alarmed as pressure builds … “Even if you're trying to focus on work, nothing is going to break through or get any acknowledgment” from bosses. — A high-ranking Democratic National Committee official told Axios: “The only thing that can really allay concerns …

Discussion: HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, The Guardian, Alternet.org, Breitbart, Raw Story, Fox News and New Republic

John Hanna / Associated Press:

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Anti-Abortion Laws — The pair of 5-1 decisions suggests that other abortion restrictions — even ones decades on the books — might not withstand legal challenges. — LOADING — Kansas' highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday …

Discussion: Associated Press, Oklahoma Voice and New York Times

Todd Richmond / Associated Press:

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling …

Discussion: Reuters, Journal Sentinel, New York Times, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, WisPolitics, WPR, NBC News and Alternet.org

Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Ballot drop boxes could return to Wisconsin following top court decision

Discussion: WisPolitics

Lawrence Douglas / The Guardian:

The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy — According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief — In its extraordinarily disturbing decision earlier this week granting presidents wide-ranging immunity …

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Trump seeks new pause in classified documents case, citing Supreme Court's immunity ruling — Trump is trying to wield immunity as a shield in all of criminal cases. — Donald Trump says the Supreme Court's ruling that he has blanket immunity from prosecution for his “official acts” …

Discussion: Axios, NOTUS, Fox News, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and abc7NY

Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:

It's time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results — When the 46th President of the United States took the debate stage a week ago, it became apparent, even from his first answer, that this would not be the performance he hoped for.