Why it matters: #Pelosi is potentially the last #Democrat with the stature and the savvy to convince President #Biden to bow out of the race.

Her dire assessment of Biden's political predicament has reverberated throughout his campaign and in the higher echelons of the #DemocraticParty. #Trump #TrumpBidenFight

Scoop: #NancyPelosi warns Biden of 2024 presidential race peril
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/18/nancy-pelosi-biden-president-2024

Scoop: Nancy Pelosi warns Biden of 2024 presidential race peril

Pelosi is one of the few Democrats with the stature to convince Biden to drop out of the race.

Axios

The #VirtualNomination was originally planned to beat an #Ohio state deadline for placing candidates on the ballot for the 5 November election that fell before the #Democrats’ August convention. But Ohio extended the deadline, negating that obstacle, the letter to the #DemocraticNationalCommittee argued. #TrumpBidenFight #Trump

#HouseDemocrats oppose party’s plan to speed up #Biden nomination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/16/democrats-biden-roll-call-vote

House Democrats oppose party’s plan to speed up Biden nomination

Trio say DNC proposal to hold ‘virtual roll call’ in July is ‘terrible idea’ that could undermine morale and unity

The Guardian

This isn't going to end well 😬 This panicked move might end up backfiring pretty badly.
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The #DemocraticNationalCommittee is quietly steaming ahead with plans to technically nominate President #Biden weeks before the party's convention next month, Axios has learned. #Trump #TrumpBidenFight #USPol

Scoop: How the DNC plans to run out the clock for Biden
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/biden-dnc-vote-nomination-states-2024-election?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social

Scoop: How the DNC plans to run out the clock for Biden

It's the latest effort by Biden's team to stamp out the Democratic rebellion that's been pushing for the president to step aside .

Axios

In a #NewYorkTimes op-ed in April, the #Ohio senator said he remains “opposed to virtually any proposal for the #UnitedStates to continue funding this war,” and previously said it is in #America’s best interest “to accept #Ukraine is going to have to cede some territory to the Russians.” #UkraineWar #TrumpBidenFight #Biden

#Trump’s pick of #JDVance as running mate likely to alarm Ukraine and its supporters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-j-d-vance-213824283.html

Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance as running mate likely to alarm Ukraine and its supporters

Ukrainians and their supporters are expected to react with concern to Trump’s pick for vice president.

Yahoo News

..and they should have stuffed Trump in the car asap. There could have been a second shooter 🔫
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One ex-commander of the Long Beach, California, police department’s special tactics team told #NBC it was “a fundamental #SecurityFailure” to allow someone on a #rooftop so near the rally Saturday. #USPol #Biden #TrumpBidenFight

Ex-#SecretService agents say ‘massive realignment’ warranted after #Trump rally shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/15/secret-service-trump-rally-shooting?utm_source=press.coop

Ex-Secret Service agents say ‘massive realignment’ warranted after Trump rally shooting

One law enforcement official attributes assassination attempt on former president to ‘fundamental security failure’

The Guardian

#Biden's (& the #Democrats) D-day is right after this coming Thursday when #Trump comes out of the #RepublicanConvention much stronger because of the positive fallout from the failed assassination attempt.

It's also possible he'll have a geriatric meltdown then but I doubt it. His campaign team will leave nothing to chance. #USPol #TrumpBidenFight #Biden

Trump rally shooting live: ex-president urges Americans to ‘stand united’; House speaker says Trump ‘vilified’

Spectator and suspect, named as Thomas Matthew Crooks, killed in shooting at Pennsylvania rally; Mike Johnson likens Trump to Abraham Lincoln

the Guardian

An #AssociatedPress analysis of more than a dozen videos and photos from the scene of the #DonaldTrump rally in #Butler, #Pennsylvania, as well as #SatelliteImagery of the site, shows the alleged shooter was able to get astonishingly close to the stage. #USPol #TrumpBidenFight #Biden

It is 'surprising' the #gunman was able to open fire on the stage before #SecretService killed him, #FBI special agent says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/14/trump-rally-shooting-assassination-attempt-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-pennsylvania-latest

Biden gives Oval Office address after assassination attempt on Trump: ‘Politics must never be a killing field’ – latest updates

Suspect, named as Thomas Matthew Crooks, killed in shooting at Pennsylvania rally; Trump and Biden reportedly had ‘good conversation’

the Guardian

An attender at #DonaldTrump’s rally in #Butler, #Pennsylvania, saw the alleged shooter on a rooftop about “200 to 250 yards” away from where the former Republican president was speaking to supporters yesterday, KDKA News reports. #USPol #TrumpBidenFight #Biden

#Trump rally attendee says he saw alleged shooter 'move from roof to roof' before assassination attempt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania-latest-updates?page=with:block-6693a3848f08d1ccb5784e2a#block-6693a3848f08d1ccb5784e2a

Trump rally shooting live: FBI names ‘subject involved’ after suspect shot dead in assassination attempt

Thomas Matthew Crooks, aged 20, named as person involved in shooting at Butler Park Showgrounds in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening

the Guardian

Edward Helmore
Streets leading to the #Pittsburgh home of 20 year old #ThomasMatthewCrooks, the young man suspected of attempting an assassination of #DonaldTrump at a rally on Saturday, are now closed off, as #Police, #FBI and #SecretService search his family home.

It is not yet clear what the gunman’s motivation was. He was a registered #Republican, but has no known criminal record, according to a data search. #Trump #TrumpBidenFight #Biden #USpol

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania-latest-updates?page=with:block-669378028f08c5bdd9f260f7#block-669378028f08c5bdd9f260f7

Trump rally shooting live: FBI names ‘subject involved’ in assassination attempt

Thomas Matthew Crooks, aged 20, named by the agency as person involved in the shooting at campaign event in Pennsylvania

the Guardian