2024 Elections

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker was cornered by host Alex Witt over an editorial published by his paper on Friday that called for President Joe Biden to drop his bid for re-election.

The controversial proposal from the editorial board came less than 24 hours after Biden's poor performance on a CNN stage where he faced Donald Trump, with the editors writing, "the president is engaged in a reckless gamble. There are Democratic leaders better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency. There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr. Biden."

Appearing with her colleague Alex Witt on MSNBC, former prosecutor and host of her own show, Katie Phang made her prediction on how the Supreme Court will rule on Donald Trump's bid for absolute immunity on Monday and how Judge Tanya Chutkan will proceed afterward.

According to Phang, she expects the nation's highest court — which has been dragging its feet on the highly anticipated ruling — will instruct Chutkan to define which acts Trump committed fall under presidential powers and which ones are outside the scope of protection.

Phang suggested Chutkan would jump into the case with both feet immediately after all of the delays.

'"I believe, as do others, that Judge Chutkan will be told she needs to make a determination as to what conduct that is alleged in the indictment is quote 'official acts as president' and what conduct is quote 'unofficial acts.' The unofficial acts do not get the immunity."

"I'm a believer and I've been pushing this idea you will see an evidentiary hearing that Judge Chutkan will do and I think very quickly, she's going to put the pedal to the metal on this," she added.

"And the evidence you'll be hearing will be an opportunity for special counsel Jack Smith to present the entirety of the indictment because I believe the indictment against Donald Trump is all unofficial acts; none of that was kosher, none of it was supposed to happen, it was all illegal."

"You will see special counsel Jack Smith put on what I'm going to call a mini-trial through the course of the evidentiary hearing so Americans can hear what Donald Trump did."

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In the aftermath of President Joe Biden's poor performance on Thursday night when he debated Donald Trump, one Washington Post contributing columnist suggested that, if Biden stepped aside as multiple commentators are urging him to do, it could cause problems for the convicted felon ex-president.

According to longtime political observer Matt Bai, a wide-open Democratic convention scheduled to begin August 19th in Chicago would become must-see TV for Americans who would then be unsure who the Democratic nominee would be — thereby engaging potential voters who planned to sit this election out over dissatisfaction with the choices they've been given.

The New York Times editorial board urging President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race has prompted a visceral reaction from some of the president's most outspoken supporters on social media.

Following the leading national newspaper of record's stinging editorial, NJ.com's Kevin Manahan assembled tweets from Biden supporters blasting the Times for grading the president on a steep curve while largely giving former President Donald Trump a pass. Manahan noted that progressives "gave the newspaper a social media middle finger and pointed out one-sided coverage that has favored Donald Trump, the first criminally convicted ex-president, who is facing more criminal charges to go along with a long civil rap sheet."

Speaking with both Atlanta News First and News 11 Alive, the Black owner of an Georgia barbershop claimed he was suckered into becoming part of a Donald Trump campaign event after the former president's aides got him to host what he thought would be a private business roundtable aimed at boosting Black businesses.

According to Rocky Jones, owner of Rocky's Barbershop in Buckhead, he was blindsided when Trump called to the get-together and the exchange was filmed and used to promote the former president who was in town for his debate with President Joe Biden.

On MSNBC's "The Weekend," co-host Michael Steele hammered Donald Trump over his "Black job" comments made during his Thursday night debate with President Joe Biden.

Simply put, the former RNC chair told the convicted felon ex-president to "shut the hell up."

While the practice of recruiting poll watchers is legal, election integrity experts say the Republican Party's efforts to place partisan poll watchers in Democratic-heavy suburbs could potentially be seen as "voter intimidation."

NBC News reported Saturday that GOP-aligned groups are aiming to place poll watchers in precincts across multiple battleground states where Democratic turnout is expected to be high. And aside from potentially interfering with voters, these poll watchers could also disrupt election workers' efforts to conduct efficient oversight of the casting and counting of ballots.

As part of a Washington Post recounting of the many evasions Donald Trump used to avoid answering questions at Thursday night's debate with President Joe Biden, one former senior Trump White House aide expressed frustration with the aftermath where little to no attention is being paid to the former president's lies and "insane" comments.

As the Washington Post's Josh Dawsey wrote, "Much of the focus of Thursday’s debate focused on Biden’s confusing and meandering answers, and the ensuing panic his weak performance caused among Democratic officeholders, donors and operatives," before adding, "As for Trump, however, he repeatedly evaded topics he was not interested in speaking about, following the advice of advisers who encouraged him to move the conversation to friendlier ground such as immigration and the economy."

After President Joe Biden's flat performance on the debate stage on Thursday night, calls began to circulate for Biden to bow out of the 2024 race and allow a younger, more vibrant candidate to be the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee.

However, with less than 130 days to go before Election Day, Biden suddenly stepping aside may throw the party into chaos and further improve former President Donald Trump's chances of winning in November, according to one New York Times columnist. In a recent conversation the national paper of record posted between columnists Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Goldberg, Patrick Healy and Bret Stephens, the four writers discussed the prospects of what Biden ending his campaign and triggering an open Democratic National Convention could look like.

President Biden may have been fighting a cold during Thursday night's debate, but for Mary Trump — Donald Trump can't undo being tarred as a traitor.

The former president's niece's latest Substack write-up titled: "Why I’m still with President Biden: The other guy is a menace" tries not to get stuck on Biden's poor effort during the consequential rematch on the world's stage before 50 million people — one of them standing eight feet away in his Republican rival former President Donald Trump.