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"The best part so far about the journalism about Project 2025 is how it has documented its cataclysmic aim of destroying the very notion of an expert and independent civil service" prospect.org/politics/202...

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"Jase called it a “box close,” where the sales agent works out a monthly payment and sends the customer to F&I—the box—to negotiate the rest, layering on as much junk as possible." prospect.org/power/2024-0...

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It doesn't matter that polling shows the public wants a new candidate if the push to replace Biden is perceived as being driven by the donor class. From @ddayen.bsky.social:

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South Dakota has the future of abortion on the ballot this November. A pro-choice ballot measure could reverse the current near-total ban, returning to a trimester framework that leaves abortion decisions to patients in the first trimester.

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Emmanuel Macron was correct in that calling a snap election would stop the far right in its tracks. The left coalition that won now has their work cut out for them.

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It’s time for democratic deeds. Become the pols the nation needs.

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As this right-wing Supreme Court invents a law to negate all others, Chief Justice John Roberts now ranks just below Roger Taney.

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Buying a car in America opens customers up to overcharges, hidden fees, unnecessary add-ons and rampant deception from car dealers. One former car salesman is fighting to make the system more ethical. @ddayen.bsky.social has the story:

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America’s founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper.

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Biden said it himself that democracy is on the line in this election. @rickperlstein.bsky.social argues that Biden should have the strength of character to let go of power and step down:

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to violating the 1917 Espionage Act. His conviction sets a dangerous precedent for journalists in the United States.

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The DNC's rationale for moving up the nomination date, even as increasing numbers of Democrats would like to see a different candidate on the ticket, doesn't hold up. From @ddayen.bsky.social:

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Joe Biden's refusal to step down and let someone else take the reins, when the stakes are as high as democracy itself, is an indictment of his character in a career full of selfish and narcissistic decisions. From @rickperlstein.bsky.social:

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Staying agnostic on the stay/drop discourse, but I want to mention the below isn’t really true in a practical sense. Biden-Harris could move the whole wad to the DNC which would get the same favorable ad rates, and barriers to coordination are a joke now. prospect.org/power/2024-0...

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"The reason things feel so broke all the time, perhaps, is because they are."

Outsourcing everything is good for corporate profits and bad for everything else.

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"the only person under campaign finance law who would be able to seamlessly continue to use [Biden's] money for the general election is his ticket mate, Kamala Harris." prospect.org/power/2024-0...

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The Biden campaign is trying its hardest to paint all who doubt the president's ability to win the election and serve another term as typical Democratic bed-wetters. But they're running out of allies.

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" Biden and Harris are really the only two choices available at this late stage of the campaign." Yep. Every other idea floating around is total nonsense. prospect.org/power/2024-0...

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If President Biden were to drop out, the only candidate who would be eligible to use the hundreds of millions of dollars the Biden campaign has already raised without massive legal complications is Kamala Harris. @ddayen.bsky.social explains:

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We don't have to live under judicial tyranny.

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The reason things feel like they’re so broke is that they are.

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"The Navahine v. Department of Transportation, State of Hawai‘i settlement marks the first time that state agencies have agreed to work alongside youth plaintiffs on climate change constitutional issues." prospect.org/environment/...

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We've got weekend Prospect! In the final cases of the Supreme Court session, the conservative majority's vision is clear: pull power away from the other branches and into their hands. Hassan Ali Kanu, who's been killing it this week, has the story:
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This week, the Supreme Court wielded its outsized power to dismantle the administrative state, limit the ability to prosecute the January 6th insurrectionists and criminalize homelessness. Are Congress and the White House going to do anything about it?

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Let's name names here: Ron Klain, Anita Dunn, Ben LaBolt, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Cedric Richmond, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Quentin Fulks, Michael Tyler, and Rob Flaherty put our democracy in grave danger.

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Today on the Prospect Weekly Roundup, our staff discuss last night's debate and whether or not our democracy will survive another election. We'd love to hear from you! Tune in at 12:30pm ET to join us:

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ICYMI: If the Democrats cannot change course and nominate someone who will actually beat Donald Trump, an existential threat to American democracy, then the party has no raison d’etre.

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Presidential elections are not personality contests. President Biden needs to emphasize how his actual record in office provides a very different vision for the country than that of Donald Trump.

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that effectively legalizes bribery for state and local officials. @hassankanu.bsky.social reports:

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Two Obama-appointed judges take a hammer to a student debt relief measure first established by Republican president George H.W. Bush.

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ICYMI: George Latimer's own deputy county executive, Ken Jenkins, was the chair of the redistricting commission that redrew the NY-16 map to exclude Black and Latino voters in the Bronx.

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