THE SHOW NOTES: SCOTUS Bombshell, Debate Fallout, & Michigan's Toast
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HEADLINE: Biden wages desperate bid to save his reelection campaign after debate debacle - CNN
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Dumbest quote of the day: “Master Yoda is exactly what you need to protect against the Dark Side. As Joe Biden gets older, he’s like Master Yoda.” - Free Press
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BREAKING: SCOTUS Rules Trump Has Significant Immunity From Prosecution
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former U.S. presidents retain significant immunity from prosecution for acts taken while in office, a decision that threatens to hamper efforts to prosecute Donald Trump for his alleged attempt to subvert the 2020 election.
The president “may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court, joined in whole or part by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
But “the President enjoys no immunity for unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official,” Roberts wrote.
Full story at The Wall Street Journal (paywall).
More reaction: National Review, CNN,
Debate Fallout
President Biden’s family is encouraging him to remain in the presidential race and to “keep fighting” as public pressure continues to mount on him to step aside following his disastrous debate on Thursday night. The family - including Hunter Biden - blamed his advisors for making him “overprepared,” his makeup artist for making him look old, and claimed that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper didn’t fact-check Donald Trump enough.
🚨 Donors: Senior campaign advisors held a series of tense phone calls with top donors that resulted in some donors requesting a refund on previous donations to