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The Canadian PressA private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden's debate performance
NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week.
- Rolling Stone
In Memos to Quell Doubters, the Biden Campaign Touts Alarming Poll Results
Biden’s team emailed surveys showing most voters think he isn't fit to be president, is too old, and should be replaced on the ticket
- USA TODAY
Historian who predicted 9 of the last 10 election results says Democrats shouldn't drop Joe Biden
“Debate performances can be overcome,” Allan Lichtman said. “At the first sign of adversity the spineless Democrats want to throw under the bus, their own incumbent president.”
- HuffPost
‘Wow!’: Conservative Legal Icon Stuns Ali Velshi With Plea To Jack Smith
J. Michael Luttig made his case "in the strongest possible terms."
- Canadian Press Videos
Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office. (Production: Noreen Nasir)
- INSIDER
Kamala Harris' camp is mad that Newsom and Whitmer are being floated as Biden replacements over the VP
Harris is seen by many as a natural potential successor to Biden. But an array of Democrats believe her middling approval ratings are a liability.
- HuffPost
The GOP Faces A Unique Dilemma Ahead Of Trump’s Sentencing
Officials say they’re making contingency plans in case the former president is in jail when the GOP convention starts.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Gleefully Roasts Biden’s Debate Performance
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to gloat about Thursday night’s presidential debate—his only gripe being that people aren’t giving him enough praise for winning the debate.“During my debate on Thursday night with Crooked Joe Biden, the worst President in the history of our Country, and the person that is illegally, and for strictly political gain, trying to put me in jail, I watched a man, first hand, “CHOKE” under tremendous pressure,” Trump wrote in a Truth Socia
- The Canadian Press
As fall elections loom, are fears for the state of democracy in Canada justified?
At ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France a month ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a warning about the state of democracy.
- Reuters
Joe Biden's disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden's train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, including claims that he actually won the 2020 election. Biden, 81, failed to refute them and his fumbling, halting performance has sparked calls from Democrats for him to end his quest for a second term and for "soul-searching" or resignations among top aides.
- The Independent
Pelosi attacks Trump and says he might have ‘dementia’ after Biden’s rocky debate
Ex-speaker derides Trump as addled while rejecting calls for Biden to step aside
- The Daily Beast
Why I Told Biden to Quit, by New Yorker’s David Remnick: ‘Breakthrough Moment’
When The New Yorker’s editor David Remnick watched Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, it was the culmination of long-held doubts. On Saturday, he published a column headlined “The Reckoning of Joe Biden,” calling for the president to end a re-election campaign that Remnick called “a national endangerment.”Remnick told the Daily Beast, “It’s just become more and more evident, and the debate was just the kind of breakthrough moment.”The column is the latest salvo from
- Business Insider
John Fetterman's fitness for office was questioned after his 2022 Senate debate. He wants Democrats to 'chill' after Biden's poor performance.
In October 2022, Fetterman had a rocky debate after suffering a stroke earlier that year. He's now firmly dismissing calls for Biden to step aside.
- The Wrap
Michael Cohen Calls Biden-Harris an ‘Easy Answer’: Trump Has ‘Lied to the American Public 35,000 Times’ | Video
Biden's mistake, Cohen argues, is that he "allowed Donald to get very comfortable" The post Michael Cohen Calls Biden-Harris an ‘Easy Answer’: Trump Has ‘Lied to the American Public 35,000 Times’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
- Variety
France’s Far Right Wins First Round of Snap Parliamentary Elections; President Emmanuel Macron’s Party Comes in Third
After dominating the European elections by a landslide, the French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) won the first round of the snap parliamentary elections with approximately 34% of votes, according to exit polls on June 30. The socialist party Nouveau Front Populaire party garnered an estimated 29%, while France’s President Emmanuel Macron …
- The Wrap
Rep. Jamie Raskin Admits Democrats Are ‘Having a Serious Conversation About What to Do’ After Biden’s Terrible Debate | Video
The influential Dem says whether the president stays in “or someone else is the candidate, he is going to be the keynote speaker at our convention” The post Rep. Jamie Raskin Admits Democrats Are ‘Having a Serious Conversation About What to Do’ After Biden’s Terrible Debate | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
- The Canadian Press
Time crunch, rules mess could plague a Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA — Calls have intensified for Justin Trudeau to resign as head of the party he almost single-handedly pulled back from the brink after a decimating electoral defeat in 2011.
- INSIDER
Lauren Boebert admits the shiny gold Trump sneakers she wore after her Colorado primary win were 'very China' counterfeits
"If I could've bought the OGs, I would have," Boebert said of the counterfeit pair of Trump sneakers she wore at her election watch party on Tuesday.
- The Hill
Trump takes victory lap after remarkable 24 hours of wins
Former President Trump and his allies are taking a victory lap in the aftermath of his Thursday night debate with President Biden, which solidified his standing as the favorite in the presidential race. Biden, 81, got bad reviews after stumbling over his words and at times struggling to clearly lay out his positions, especially during…
- LA Times
Column: After Biden's debate fiasco, Harris or Newsom could be Plan B
As pressure mounts on President Biden to quit his reelection race after a shockingly dismal debate performance, the spotlight will turn more intensely on two Californians: Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom.