https://www.nytimes.com/

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Expect a Trump focused campaign from here on out.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/politics/biden-rally-debate.html

President Biden on Friday delivered one of the most forceful performances of his campaign, acknowledging that he doesn’t “debate as well as I used to” but firing up a crowd of thousands of supporters by furiously accusing former President Donald J. Trump of being a “one-man crime wave.”

Speaking to a large and boisterous crowd, Mr. Biden, 81, tried to beat back a chorus of doubters that emerged following a devastating debate against Mr. Trump the night before, when he appeared disjointed and unclear.

On Friday, he was once again the fierce and loud-spoken campaigner that many had doubted still existed. He directly confronted questions about his age, saying that “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious.”

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Lmao this is going to be a hilarious six months

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Lasts nights videos about Biden dropping out will be as hard to find as Trump victory media meltdowns or “pausing” the 2020 election counting

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Trump’s Debate Performance: Relentless Attacks and Falsehoods

The former president’s remarks onstage, repeated often on the campaign trail, were striking with his opponent standing a few feet away.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/trump-debate-performance-falsehoods.html

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Mike

NY

6m ago

One could argue that Biden shutting down the Keystone pipeline and Russia's pipeline supplying more oil to Europe helped finance his war on Eukrain, same with dropping sanctions on Iran helping fund the war on Israel. According to the current FBI director, the southern border is a national security risk.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/kamala-harris-biden-debate.html

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https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion

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https://x.com/nytimes/status/1806723009245233195

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"I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep," writes Thomas L. Friedman. "I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime."

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OPINION

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.

June 28, 2024

I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime, precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election. And Donald Trump, a malicious man and a petty president, has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. He is the same fire hose of lies he always was, obsessed with his grievances — nowhere close to what it will take for America to lead in the 21st century.

The Biden family and political team must gather quickly and have the hardest of conversations with the president, a conversation of love and clarity and resolve. To give America the greatest shot possible of deterring the Trump threat in November, the president has to come forward and declare that he will not be running for re-election and is releasing all of his delegates for the Democratic National Convention.

The Republican Party, if its leaders had an ounce of integrity, would demand the same, but it won’t, because they don’t. That makes it all the more important that Democrats put the country’s interests first and announce that a public process will begin for different Democratic candidates to compete for the nomination — town halls, debates, meetings with donors, you name it. Yes, it could be chaotic and messy when the Democratic convention starts on Aug. 19 in Chicago, but I think the Trump threat is sufficiently grave that delegates could quickly rally around and nominate a consensus candidate.

If Vice President Kamala Harris wants to compete, she should. But voters deserve an open process in search of a Democratic presidential nominee who can unite not only the party but also the country, by offering something neither man on that Atlanta stage did on Thursday night: a compelling description of where the world is right now and a compelling vision for what America can and must do to keep leading it — morally, economically and diplomatically.

Because this is no ordinary hinge of history we are at. We are at the start of the biggest technological disruptions and the biggest climate disruption in human history. We are at the dawn of an artificial intelligence revolution that is going to change EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE — how we work, how we learn, how we teach, how we trade, how we invent, how we collaborate, how we fight wars, how we commit crimes and how we fight crimes. Maybe I missed it, but I did not hear the phrase “artificial intelligence” mentioned by either man at the debate.

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If there was ever a time that the world needed an America at its best, led by its best, it is now — for great dangers and opportunities are now upon us. A younger Biden could have been that leader, but time has finally caught up with him. And that was painfully and inescapably obvious on Thursday.

Biden has been a friend of mine since we traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan together after Sept. 11, 2001, when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, so I say all of the above with great sadness.

But if he caps his presidency now, by acknowledging that because of age he is not up to a second term, his first and only term will be remembered as among the better presidencies in our history. He saved us from a second Trump term, and for that alone he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but he also enacted important legislation crucial to confronting the climate and technology revolutions now upon us.

I had been ready to give Biden the benefit of the doubt up to now, because during the times I engaged with him one on one, I found him up to the job. He clearly is not any longer. His family and his staff had to have known that. They have been holed up at Camp David preparing for this momentous debate for days now. If that is the best performance they could summon from him, it’s time for him to keep the dignity he deserves and leave the stage at the end of this term.

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If he does, everyday Americans will hail Joe Biden for doing what Donald Trump would never do: put the country before himself.

If he insists on running and he loses to Trump, Biden and his family — and his staff and party members who enabled him — will not be able to show their faces.

They deserve better. America needs better. The world needs better.

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RCS

Princeton Junction

10h ago

After last night’s devastating Presidential debate, I would like to posit the following gut-wrenching thoughts:

1. I’m absolutely heartbroken about Joe’s debate performance - we would certainly lose our democracy if he runs - CRUSHED!

2. I will continue to ADMIRE Biden for the rest of my life but he MUST STEP ASIDE and DNC should choose a new candidate ASAP before the August convention in Chicago. VP Kamala Harris should also step aside. I never ever thought that I would think this way

3. We can’t let Trump take over the US Presidency and ruin our country and our venerable democracy with his dictatorial propensities.

Praying for our country.

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Not really commented 10 hours ago

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Not really

Texas

10h ago

It’s like trying to take the car keys from a once-great man for everyone’s safety.

This was my father at 85, suddenly unable to complete his thoughts, regularly drifting off, always fighting to stay in the conversation. He had been such a great thinker, so able to connect ideas and discuss the layers of an issue, but quickly became a hollow version of that man. He would use the same phrases he always did, but just didn’t have the same depth behind them.

Not long after, we discovered just how quickly and far he had diminished. But his stubbornness required us to act on his behalf. Shame on you, Jill Biden. Do what you must.

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Citizen commented 9 hours ago

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Citizen

MA

9h ago

Sadly, I agree. I fear an RBG scenario. Look what that brought us.

Thank you, President Biden, for a life of public service.

Onward

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Tim C commented 9 hours ago

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Tim C

West Hartford

9h ago

The consensus is that Joe Biden could still BE president, and he would clearly BE a better president than Trump. Unfortunately, he can no longer RUN for president. That ended last night.

To all those who say "but Trump lied over and over"... the answer is "yes, and Biden's job was to call out the lies." He called out nothing, he failed in his one job. He couldn't even make an effective summation. Yes, we all wept.

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Laura commented 9 hours ago

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Laura

CT

9h ago

As a Biden supporter until last night, I think the timing of this debate was very fortunate. There is still time to find a candidate who can defeat Trump. President Biden, thank you for your years of service and for a remarkable first term. Please put country first and step down now.

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Yes, if the republican party had an ounce of integrity it would subvert the will of an overwhelming majority of its voters to install some deep state apparatchik.

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Hey can we get an update from our resident big brained political experts on autoadmit dot com on the 432-D chess where "the elites" set an elaborate trap for Biden months in advance so he would fail at this debate and they could sub him out at the last minute?

Let me know. I'm getting kind of worried that maybe this theory might not actually be true

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Link to me ever saying this, even once? You seem to have me confused with (((Consuela))).

Then again, you seem to be pretty confused about a lot of shit.

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https://x.com/natesilver538/status/1806795930126925971?s=46&t=lHi3fy4jwVfX8-181y6RRg

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Which? The White race?

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Biden faction was stupid enough to walk into the early debate trap, and now they are pushing back

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but these freaks still have time to consolidate

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he hasn’t had his own ideas in years

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it's a cope when you cannot bring up what you want to say.

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this is the most fascinating political intrigue since idk when

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