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NYT (Yahoo): Biden Circle Shrinks as Democrats Fear Election Wipeout
In the nearly three weeks since President Joe Biden took the debate stage in Atlanta and plunged his reelection campaign into chaos, his closest consultations have been not with his White House chief of staff, his top communications strategist or even the leader of his campaign.
Instead, he is relying on members of his family — a tight-knit clan that includes his son, Hunter, and the first lady, Jill Biden — along with a tiny group of loyalists to steer him through a self-created crisis and quell a rising rebellion against his candidacy from within his own party.
Biden has not consulted directly with the pollsters on his 500-person campaign team about the state of the race against Donald Trump but has instead relied on Mike Donilon, a longtime friend, former pollster and Biden campaign messaging guru, to summarize the numbers, with regular memos and numerous daily phone calls.
CBS Austin: Houston linemen face threats as they repair outages caused by Hurricane Beryl
Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city.
The threats and confrontations have prompted police escorts, charges in at least two cases, and pleas from authorities and local officials to leave the linemen alone so they can work.
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“Linemen are our friends and are doing their job. Do not threaten them. I understand you’re angry and mad and frustrated, but let’s get through this together,” Mayor John Whitmire said during a news conference on Monday.
I doubt logic will work on these guys.
via MitchW
NYT: Pelosi Tells Biden She Is Pessimistic About His Re-election Chances
The former speaker has been marshaling her knowledge of the political map, polling data and fund-raising information to press her case with President Biden that his re-election is in serious doubt.
NYT: Bob Newhart, Soft-Spoken Everyman Who Became a Comedy Star, Dies at 94
He was a show-business neophyte when he stammered his way to fame in 1960. He went on to star in two of TV’s most memorable sitcoms.
Manton Reece: coffee photos
That is all.
NYT: Jamie Raskin, a Key Democrat, Urged Biden to Reconsider Campaign
Mr. Raskin, a congressman from Maryland, was a key member of the panel that investigated the Capitol riot. In a lengthy letter, he compared President Biden to a tiring baseball pitcher.
Great analogy.
Josh Barro: Now Sonia Sotomayor Really Needs to Retire
It’s not just Democratic elected officials who think about elderly public servants through a frame of what we owe them for all they’ve done for us. Many Democratic voters seem to look at it this way, too. It is alarming how little reputational damage Ruth Bader Ginsburg has suffered for her choice to remain on the court in 2014, when she could have retired to be replaced by a younger Obama appointee. That is, Saint Ruth of the Devotional Candle did so much for us with her fiery dissents, and so if her failure to retire followed by her tragic death led to a permanent rightward shift in the court, we can’t blame her for that. Similarly, if Sotomayor doesn’t retire, and then dies in office in 20343 before Democrats have an opportunity to replace her, and gets replaced by a young judge nominated by President J.D. Vance, resulting in a 7-2 conservative majority on the court? Her reputation among MSNBC viewers will probably remain intact, too.
Wikipedia: Someone You Loved
As of 2023, “Someone You Loved” is the 3rd most streamed song on Spotify, with over 3 billion streams on the platform.
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Last Updated: 18.Jul.2024 23:59 EDT
