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- www.cbsnews.com Increasing numbers of voters don't think Biden should be running after debate with Trump — CBS News poll
Some Democrats question Biden's ability to campaign in the 2024 presidential election, divide over whether he should be the nominee, after voters say Trump won debate.
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Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list
thegrayzone.com Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list - The GrayzoneThe government-funded research project’s mysterious removal of Azov’s profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial right-wing unit to receive U.S. military aid. Editor’s note: the following article was originally published by Sam Carlen and Iain Carlos for the Noir ...
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Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance
www.cnn.com Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance | CNN PoliticsPresident Joe Biden’s dismal showing at the CNN presidential debate against former President Donald Trump resonated around the world, with foreign diplomats expressing shock and concern while raising questions about the implications for a consequential US election that could upend the foreign policy...
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Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right-wing pressure campaign
>Tractor Supply Company, which bills itself as the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., will eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) roles, withdraw its carbon emissions goals and stop sponsoring Pride events in response to criticism from conservative activists.
>The Fortune 500 company has been nationally recognized as an inclusive and diverse workplace, including last year in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index and Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
>But it recently became the target of conservative ire for that very reason, as the latest in a growing series of retailers to face backlash over — and ultimately walk back — its DEI initiatives.
>Robby Starbuck, a music video director and Republican who ran unsuccessfully to represent Tennessee's 5th Congressional District in 2022, launched the campaign against Tractor Supply on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month.
>He wrote on June 6 that it was “time to expose Tractor Supply,” which he said was one of conservatives’ most beloved brands but was at odds with their values. He pointed to its DEI hiring practices, in-office Pride Month decorations, climate change activism and “funding sex changes,” among other complaints.
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Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her.
www.nytimes.com Opinion | Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her.The vice president is the obvious path out of the mess Joe Biden has created.
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We Can Have Cop City, Or We Can Have Democracy
therealnews.com We can have Cop City, or we can have democracyAtlanta’s Democratic leadership is trying to build a massive police urban-warfare training facility before the public can stop it. The outcome will set a precedent for the political future, with implications well beyond the city itself.
- apnews.com USA's Casey Kaufhold, the world's No. 1-ranked women's archer, seeks gold in Paris
Casey Kaufhold is the world's No. 1-ranked women's recurve archer. She’s trying to become the first American to win Olympic gold in archery since 1996.
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> >The rising star from Lancaster, Pennsylvania looks to become the first American to win Olympic gold in archery since 1996. She could become the first American woman to claim an individual medal since 1976, when Luann Ryon won gold in Montreal.
- www.vermontpublic.org Vermont pays $175,000 to man arrested for giving the middle finger to state trooper
The settlement covers Greg Bombard's 2018 arrest by a state trooper who said Bombard flipped him the middle finger — and a second, related citation nearly six years later, on Christmas Day.
>It all started, Greg Bombard said, with a broken coffee maker. That’s what prompted him to get into his car and head to Dunkin’ on a winter day in 2018.
>It ended this month when the state of Vermont paid Bombard $175,000 to settle the lawsuit that ultimately resulted from that short drive.
>The settlement covers Bombard’s arrest that day by a state trooper who said the St. Albans Town man flipped him the middle finger — and a second, related citation nearly six years later, on Christmas Day.
- www.nytimes.com Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race
The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.
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Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp didn’t vote for Trump in the state’s Republican primary
www.cnn.com Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp didn’t vote for Trump in the state’s Republican primary | CNN PoliticsGeorgia Republican Gov. Brian revealed Wednesday that he didn’t vote for former President Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee, in the state’s GOP primary.
- www.cbsnews.com CBS News poll: In debate, Democrats want more forceful Biden, GOP wants polite Trump; most want to hear about issues
Few think they'll learn something in the debate Thursday that would change their minds.
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Inflation’s Wild Ride | Inflation has surged and moderated since the pandemic. As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame. How did we get here?
www.nytimes.com Inflation’s Wild RideAs the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame for price increases. How did we get here?
> Price increases have slowed, but getting used to new price levels could take time for consumers.
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Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.
act.represent.us Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you thinkI had no idea how bad things actually were until I saw one simple graph.
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Death of 12-year-old at North Carolina camp for troubled youth ruled a homicide
www.nbcnews.com Autopsy report rules 12-year-old's death at camp for troubled adolescents a homicideThe boy, who died after less than 24 hours at Trails Carolina, couldn’t breathe in the tent where he was placed to sleep, according to an autopsy report.
The boy died in February, less than 24 hours after having arrived at Trails Carolina, a for-profit program that has since lost its operating license. Trails Carolina has said the death appeared to be accidental and that staff members performed CPR after they found the boy unresponsive the morning after he arrived. He was inside a bivy, a one-person tent secured with an alarm.
The camp has said it routinely placed children in bivvies overnight for their safety when they arrived. The autopsy report said the inner mesh panel of the boy’s bivy was torn, so counselors sealed the outer, weather-resistant door panel instead, which was not the camp’s protocol.
Before its license was revoked, Trails Carolina, in Lake Toxaway, served children with behavioral issues and diagnoses such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism and post-traumatic stress disorder. A medical examiner’s report released with the autopsy findings said the boy who died had ADHD, anxiety, migraines and social challenges, including “a very hard time making friends.”
- nymag.com Jamaal Bowman’s Loss Is the Start of a New Era
Pro-Israel forces now have a blueprint to driving critics out of Congress.
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It’s the economy, stupid. Here’s what you need to know about it for the presidential debate
www.cnn.com It’s the economy, stupid. Here’s what you need to know about it for the presidential debate | CNN BusinessBill Clinton’s campaign was right on the money when it coined the famous “It’s the economy, stupid” slogan in 1992. That’s because the economy has consistently ranked among the top – if not the very top — voter issues in presidential election after presidential election.
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Will the Debate This Week Be ‘Rah-Rah’ or ‘Ruh-Roh?’
www.nytimes.com Will the Debate Be ‘Rah-Rah’ or ‘Ruh-Roh?’I asked how you’re feeling about the debate. Hundreds of you responded with worries and hopes.
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- www.spokesman.com Ordained minister accused of drugging, raping woman and child molestation arrested in Spokane
An ordained minister accused of drugging and raping a woman and molesting a child was arrested in Spokane Friday.
>An ordained minister accused of drugging and raping a woman and molesting a child was arrested in Spokane Friday.
>Russell Anders, 55, was arrested Friday morning at his home on the 1800 block of West Gardener Avenue in Spokane by a United States Marshals’ task force on an outstanding federal warrant.
>Anders is charged with second-degree rape and first-degree voyeurism in Spokane.
>On multiple occasions, a woman woke up after having drinks with Anders feeling off, according to court documents. She eventually was able to access his laptop and found videos of Anders having sex with her while she was unconscious after putting sleeping pills in her drinks, according to court records.
>She also found sexually explicit videos of children on the laptop, she told police.
>Anders was indicted last year in federal court in Seattle on one count of producing child pornography, along with possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
>He also has pending Seattle cases, including charges of child molestation and sexual exploitation of a minor, among other similar crimes.
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CA Governor Gavin Newsom warns that dark forces are threatening California in pre-recorded State of the State speech
calmatters.org Gavin Newsom warns that dark forces are threatening CaliforniaIn his delayed State of the State speech, Gov. Gavin Newsom warns that dark forces are threatening California's success.
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What happens if Joe Biden or Donald Trump drops out of the presidential race?
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- www.nbcnews.com 'Babbling' and 'hoarse': Biden's debate performance sends Democrats into a panic
The president often had a weak, raspy voice during his first debate against Trump, in what Democrats had hoped would be a turning point in the race.
- abcnews.go.com Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case
The judge who oversaw Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan agreed to partially lift a gag order on the former president Tuesday.
> "Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)" -- referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney's staff and their families -- "must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm," Merchan wrote in the ruling.
> And although he struck the portion of the gag order pertaining to jurors, Merchan wrote that it would be his "strong preference" to extend those protections because there remains "ample evidence to justify continued concern for the jurors."
Someone help make sense of this. Why would you lift the gag order off jurors but not yourself?
- www.cbsnews.com America's new generation gap: Young voters say they'll inherit a more challenging world. But will they vote in it?
A look at young voters and the 2024 election.
- gizmodo.com Democratic National Convention Will Treat Influencers Like Press This Year
Traditional media and content creators will be more or less equals at the DNC in August.
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Disappointment and ‘depression': Biden’s biggest fundraisers watch their advantage vanish
Joe Biden’s allies are bracing after Donald Trump erased the president’s financial edge.
- www.washingtonpost.com Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters
A poll of swing-state voters shows that Americans rate threats to democracy as an important issue, but that the president has yet to convince them he is the one to defend it.
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Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For.
www.nytimes.com Opinion | Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For.Going head-to-head with the former president is like juggling nonsense, blather and bluster.
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- www.businessinsider.com Gretchen Whitmer says Biden isn't getting credit for the infrastructure law because voters are 'stressed out'
Michigan gov. Gretchen Whitmer said voters aren't "consuming everything" so Democrats need to work harder to sell Biden's accomplishments.
>In a recent interview with The New York Times, Whitmer was asked why President Joe Biden has so far struggled to earn widespread credit for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law among voters.
>Her response? Voters have been worn out by the pandemic and many just haven't been tuned in to what's happening in Washington.
>"I think the pandemic's taken a toll. People are stressed out," Whitmer told the Times. "They're just trying to pay the grocery bill, get the kids off to school, show up at their job, and maybe get a little bit of sleep at night. They're not consuming everything."
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Accusations fly as pro-Israel groups spend more than $15 million to oust progressive House Democrat Jamaal Bowman
www.theguardian.com Accusations fly as pro-Israel groups spend big to oust progressive House DemocratJamaal Bowman faces challenge from George Latimer in New York primary that has become testy – and expensive
>At 70, and with a list of endorsements from centrist Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Latimer is far from the exciting prospect Bowman was four years ago. He is, however, a vocal advocate for Israel – in the final debate between the pair he declined to criticize Israel, something Biden has previously done – who visited the country before launching his campaign against Bowman in December. He has won the support of Aipac, and was endorsed by the Jewish Democratic Council of America in March.
>Much of the money has been spent on attacking Bowman. The UDP has invested $14.5m in the race – $9.8m of which has gone towards knocking Bowman, and just $4.8m on promoting Latimer.
>If Bowman is defeated, there is a potential impact beyond just politics in the Middle East. Some younger, progressive Democrats feel that the primary campaigns against Bowman and other Squad members could drive young voters away from the Democratic party.
- inthesetimes.com The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning
At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.
At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.
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- www.nbcnews.com Biden campaign lays out debate week strategy in new memo
The Biden campaign is gearing up for more than 1,000 events in the lead-up to Thursday’s debate, according to a memo shared first with NBC News.
- www.nbcnews.com Trump says he has decided on running mate as debate prep heats up
With the first 2024 general election presidential debate days away, former President Trump said he has decided on his VP pick. President Biden is prepping at Camp David. Topics like inflation, immigration and abortion rights are likely to take center stage on Thursday. NBC News’ Dasha Burns reports.
- He’s picked his VP
- He hasn’t told them yet
- They’ll be at the debate
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Black men weigh their voting options as Biden fights to energize his base, ask "What am I voting for?" as they battle frustration
abcnews.go.com Black men ask, “What am I voting for?” as they battle frustrationA political conference called No Cap educates and galvanizes a sector of young Black men who are disengaged and unlikely to vote in the November election.
- abcnews.go.com California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget
Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the budget
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Baseball great Reggie Jackson opens up on TV about racism he faced as a player
>Jackson, 78, was just 21 years old when he joined the Birmingham A's as one of a few Black players on the minor league team and at the height of violent racial strife in the American South.
>“Fortunately, I had a manager and I had players on the team that helped me get through it, but I wouldn't wish it on anybody,” Jackson said on the Fox Sports panel for the Negro Leagues tribute game on Thursday.
>When Jackson arrived in Alabama in the 1960s, the city of Birmingham was making headlines for its open abuse of Black Americans.
>Led by Bull Connor, the notorious city commissioner of Birmingham, racial tensions were at a fever pitch, marking a peak with the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, which claimed the lives of four young Black girls.
>“I walked into restaurants and they would point at me and say 'the n***** can't eat here.' I would go to a hotel and they said, 'the n***** can't stay here,' ” Jackson said.
>“We went to Charlie Finley's country club for a welcome home dinner, and they pointed me out with the N-word. ‘He can't come in here.’ Finley marched the whole team out,” Jackson recalled, referencing the Alabama native and Major League Baseball franchisee Charles Finley.
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The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs | Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.
www.nytimes.com The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription DrugsPharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.
- www.scrippsnews.com More Americans are becoming 'house poor' due to high housing costs
An annual Harvard report on housing released says half of all renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.