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Some Democrats continue to grow impatient with the Biden approach to the political zeitgeist. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo | | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | Is President JOE BIDEN meeting the moment? That's the question driving the political zeitgeist as some of the loudest members of the Democratic Party vent their frustrations to major news outlets. The gist of their complaints: Biden (and Democrats) need a vibe shift — fast. They want the president to reflect their anger and angst. They want him to project strength and that he has a plan for meaningful action. They want him to pick fights at the right time with the right opponents, messaging on themes that get reinforced time and again. And they feel all of this is missing from the White House right now. Three big stories on this: 1. Christopher Cadelago and Jonathan Lemire report on the differences between Biden's response to the mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., on Independence Day, and that of Democratic Gov. J.B. PRITZKER, whose name is popping up more and more in conversations about 2024. (More on that from Shia Kapos) — The comparison: "Whereas Pritzker demanded that people make politics of the moment — as grisly as it may be — the president initially made just passing reference to the shooting. Later, on the South Lawn, he said America has 'more work to do' and called for a moment of silence. 'We've got to get this under control,' Biden said." — The Biden approach: "Perhaps no issue better encapsulates the Biden administration's viewpoint and tactics than how it has chosen to tackle the epidemic of gun violence. The president makes no secret of his bolder legislative ambitions. … But those efforts have been stymied by Republicans in Congress, and he has had to balance dueling demands: righteous indignation of fellow Democrats and the plodding, incremental progress that comes with bipartisan compromise." — What worries Dems: "Biden's response … seemed flat to many Democrats. And there is fear the piecemeal [gun safety] bill didn't just sap momentum to continue addressing gun violence but was already giving cover to Republicans. Following the shooting, they worried that it was another lost opportunity to define the stakes of the upcoming midterms. … [Some Democrats] fear that Biden remains trapped in a prior age of political decorum and unquestioning fealty to institutions and has been slow to recognize both the existential threat felt by some of his supporters." CAMILLE RIVERA, a Democratic strategist at New Deal Strategies: "He's missing the boat here. This is our time to dig in and be absolutely furious because these one-half measures are not working. He's got a real excitability problem." SARAH LONGWELL , an anti-Trump and moderate GOP strategist: "You can't just hold one press conference or give one speech. It's constant communication. [Democrats] feel a sense of urgency. … 'Talk to us. Tell us what the plan is.' Democrats are ready to support him." 2. WaPo's Ashley Parker and Matt Viser write that Democrats continue to grow impatient with the Biden approach, which they describe as "a mix of scolding Republicans, urging Americans to vote Democratic and voicing broad optimism about the country." — On the "leadership vacuum": "As the Democratic rank-and-file's thirst for a more combative attitude becomes increasingly evident, other party leaders are beginning to showcase an alternative tone, one that goes far more sharply at Republican attitudes and tactics," the pair write. Along with Pritzker, they point to California Gov. GAVIN NEWSOM, who ran an ad in Florida on Monday knocking Gov. RON DESANTIS' policies. (Related read: "Shadow 2024 race: Newsom vs. DeSantis," by Jeremy White and Gary Fineout) ADAM JENTLESON, former top aide to HARRY REID: "There is a leadership vacuum right now, and [Biden's] not filling it. … I sympathize with the argument that there's very little they can do legislatively. But in moments of crisis, the president is called upon to be a leader. And when people are feeling scared and angry and outraged, they look to him for that, and they're not getting much." — On the stakes: "In the view of many distraught Democrats, the country is facing a full-blown crisis on a range of fronts, and Biden seems unable or unwilling to respond with appropriate force. Democracy is under direct attack, they say, as Republicans change election rules and the Supreme Court rapidly rewrites American law. Shooting sprees are routine, abortion rights have ended and Democrats could suffer big losses in the next election." — The pushback: "Biden's supporters say his decency and calm do not equate to haplessness," the pair write. They include encouraging words for Biden from a potentially surprising source: Rep. RO KHANNA (D-Calif.), the former national co-chair of BERNIE SANDERS' 2020 campaign. Khanna: "He's the president of the United States. … He's owed a degree of respect, and I say that as someone to his left. There's a tone in which to challenge the administration and offer new ideas, and that tone ought to be one of good faith to help the president, not throwing darts to weaken him when he's the leader of our party."
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Learn how Meta is helping build the metaverse. | | | 3. CNN's Edward-Isaac Dovere has a dishy piece on the "fatalistic" mood among Dems both inside the White House and out. — The big picture: "'Rudderless, aimless and hopeless' is how one member of Congress described the White House. Two dozen leading Democratic politicians and operatives, as well as several within the West Wing, tell CNN they feel this goes deeper than questions of ideology and posture. Instead, they say, it gets to questions of basic management." Some specific nuggets … — On the White House's flat-footed reaction to Roe being overturned: "White House counsel DANA REMUS had assured senior aides the Supreme Court wouldn't rule on abortion that day. A White House press aide assigned to the issue was walking to get coffee when the alert hit. Several Democratic leaders privately mocked how the president stood in the foyer of the White House, squinting through his remarks from a teleprompter as demonstrators poured into the streets, making only vague promises of action because he and aides hadn't decided on more." — On the White House's management: "Multiple Democratic politicians who have reached out to work with Biden — whether it's on specific bills, brainstorming or outreach — often don't hear anything back at all. Potential appointees have languished for months waiting to hear if they'll get jobs, or when they'll be done with vetting. Invitations to events are scarce, thank you calls barely happen. Even some aides within the White House wonder why Biden didn't fire anyone, from the West Wing or at the Food and Drug Administration, to demonstrate some accountability or at least anger over the baby formula debacle." — And forceful pushback from former top Biden aide CEDRIC RICHMOND: The criticisms Biden now faces from fellow Dems are "the same foolishness that got us DONALD TRUMP — 'HILLARY [CLINTON] wasn't good enough,' 'She's not fighting hard enough.' … That's what got us Donald Trump. And that got us NEIL GORSUCH , BRETT KAVANAUGH and AMY CONEY BARRETT. Case closed." Good Wednesday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza. GEORGIA DROPS MAJOR SUBPOENAS — The special grand jury in Fulton County that is investigating Trump's attempts to influence the 2020 election results in Georgia has issued subpoenas to RUDY GIULIANI, JOHN EASTMAN, CLETA MITCHELL, KENNETH CHESEBRO, JENNA ELLIS and Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.), the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tamar Hallerman reports. But, but, but: "It may be difficult for Fulton prosecutors to secure testimony from Giuliani, Eastman, Mitchell, Chesebro, Deason and Ellis, since they could argue attorney-client privilege." MARK YOUR CALENDARS — The Jan. 6 committee has noticed its next hearing for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12.
| | | | A message from Meta:   | | | OOPS — On July 4, 1897, ADOLPH OCHS, the new owner of The New York Times, ushered in an Independence Day tradition: The paper published the full text of the Declaration of Independence. The Timescalled the document the "original charter of the Nation." In 1922, the Times enhanced the visual aspect by printing a facsimile of the original document. Ever since, devoted Times readers know that on July Fourth, they can flip over the A section of the paper and see a reprint of the Declaration on the last page. Monday would have been the 100th anniversary of this tradition. But, as dismayed print subscribers noted, there was no Declaration in the Times on this July Fourth. And then, on Tuesday, July 5, without any explanation, there it was — a day late, but in the traditional place. Times loyalists were dismayed. One former Timesman, we learned, started messaging his ex-colleagues on the Fourth and was told that in response to similar complaints by reporters and readers, the paper had decided by the end of the holiday to print the Declaration on Tuesday. The suggestion was that the Times had made an ideological decision to dispense with the tradition. It's not far-fetched: This year, NPRended its 33-year run of reading the Declaration on air on the Fourth, and instead ran a segment that "examine[d] what equality means and has meant in this document." But according to several Times insiders, the official explanation for the missing July Fourth Declaration is simpler: They forgot. "We have a longstanding tradition of printing the Declaration of Independence in the July 4th print edition," Times spokesperson DANIELLE RHOADES HA told Playbook. "Due to a human error, it wasn't printed this July 4th so was included in the July 5th edition. We have no plans to change the tradition going forward." BIDEN'S WEDNESDAY: — 9:30 a.m.: The president will receive the President's Daily Brief. — 12:25 p.m.: Biden will depart the White House en route to Cleveland, Ohio, where he is scheduled to arrive at 1:55 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.: Biden will deliver remarks announcing the final rule implementing the American Rescue Plan's Special Financial Assistance program. — 4:55 p.m.: Biden will depart Cleveland to return to the White House, where he is scheduled to arrive at 6:20 p.m. VP KAMALA HARRIS' WEDNESDAY: The VP has nothing on her public schedule. Press secretary KARINE JEAN-PIERRE will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Cleveland. THE SENATE and THE HOUSE are out.
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VP Kamala Harris hugs Highland Park, Ill., mayor Nancy Rotering as Harris departs after a visit to the site of Monday's mass shooting, on Tuesday, July 5. | Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo | | | PLAYBOOK READS | | ALL POLITICS WARNOCK FACES CAMPAIGN MONEY CASE — Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK (D-Ga.) used campaign money to "cover legal expenses for a lawsuit relating to his time as a church minister — transactions that raise questions about whether the spending runs afoul of federal rules governing personal use of campaign funds," Natalie Allison reports. "The questions surrounding Warnock's actions in the case come as he's facing off against Republican HERSCHEL WALKER in one of the most competitive and consequential Senate races this fall." DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK — KRIS KOBACH is hoping that the third time's the charm as he tries to win a statewide race in Kansas after twice facing rejection from voters. "His losses, including a 2018 defeat that handed the governor's office in this Republican-leaning state to a Democrat, might end other political careers. But Kobach, who built a national reputation as an immigration hard-liner while Kansas secretary of state, is now aiming for the state attorney general's office," AP's John Hanna writes from Topeka . "If he wins the Aug. 2 primary, an anticipated GOP tide in November may be enough to lift even wobbly candidates." FOR YOUR RADAR — "The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an Arizona law that requires voters in presidential elections to show proof of citizenship, setting up a fight over a provision similar to one the Supreme Court called unconstitutional in 2013," WaPo's David Nakamura reports. The two sides: "State Republicans, who passed the new measure in March on a party-line vote, said the law is a safeguard against voter fraud. … Democrats have lambasted House Bill 2492 as another of the state GOP's long-standing efforts to restrict voting and make it more difficult for some residents, including naturalized immigrants, to take part in elections." MEANWHILE, IN MICHIGAN — "Levin-Stevens primary gets more heated, but candidates' approaches differ," by Detroit News' Melissa Nann Burke 2022 WATCH — "Gun safety group announces $10 million for battleground state races," by Marianne LeVine BEYOND THE BELTWAY THE LATEST IN CHICAGO — "A seventh person died Tuesday of injuries sustained during a mass shooting at Highland Park's Fourth of July parade, as prosecutors announced the alleged gunman will face seven counts of first-degree murder with 'dozens' more criminal charges soon to follow, authorities said Tuesday," the Chicago Sun-Times' Mitch Dudek and Andy Grimm report. — The VP, who was already scheduled to be in Chicago on Tuesday, spoke at the National Education Association's annual meeting and made a previously unplanned visit to the scene of Monday's tragedy. In remarks, Harris "called for tighter gun restrictions, including a nationwide ban on assault weapons, 'to end this horror,'" writes the Sun-Times' Mitchell Armentrout. — "Amid the Highland Park carnage, seven dead and a toddler left alone," by WaPo's Brittany Shammas, Praveena Somasundaram, Annie Gowen and Lateshia Beachum STAT OF THE DAY — "More than 220 shot and killed in U.S. gun violence over July 4 holiday weekend," by CBS' Emily Mae Czachor: "There were only five states where one or more shootings were not reported" between Friday and Monday. ABORTION FALLOUT WHERE THINGS STAND — "Abortion laws by state: Legal status of abortion changing day-by-day after Roe v. Wade overturned," by Megan Messerly: "Nine states have banned abortions either in almost all cases, unless necessary to save the life of the pregnant person, or after six weeks of pregnancy — a point at which many people don't yet know they've conceived. Four have abortion bans poised to take effect in the coming days and weeks. And eight states have abortion bans on their books that have been blocked by the courts."
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| THE REAL-WORLD IMPACT — "Infertility Patients and Doctors Fear Abortion Bans Could Restrict I.V.F.," by NYT's Jan Hoffman HANDS-OFF APPROACH — Telehealth lobbyists are steering clear of abortion-related issues "because they don't want to derail their congressional legislative goals to expand access to virtual care or weaken a coalition they've built over the last two years," Megan Wilson reports.
| | | | A message from Meta:   | | | THE WHITE HOUSE HEADS UP — Kentucky Gov. ANDY BESHEAR "reversed course Tuesday and turned over a June 23 White House email that confirms President Joe Biden intended to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime appointment as a federal district judge in Kentucky," the Louisville Courier Journal's Joe Sonka, Michael Collins and Joey Garrison report. "The governor's office also turned over a follow-up email from a White House official sent June 29 — five hours before The Courier Journal first broke the story on the pending nomination of attorney CHAD MEREDITH — clarifying that the original email was 'pre-decisional and privileged information.'" POLICY CORNER AT THE FDA — VIN GUPTA, a pulmonologist and frequent NBC and MSNBC guest, is the leading contender to take over as the FDA's principal medical adviser, Adam Cancryn scoops, as officials seek to "shore up the agency's public messaging" after a string of missteps on the coronavirus, the infant formula crisis and abortion access. JUDGE TOSSES TRUMP ROLLBACKS — A federal judge in California on Tuesday "threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species," AP's Matthew Daly writes. JAN. 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION — "The insurrectionists' clubhouse: Former Trump aides find a home at a little-known MAGA hub," by Grid's Maggie Severns, Jason Paladino, Steve Reilly and Anya van Wagtendonk: "Nearly two dozen alleged members of the Jan. 6 plot are connected to a single Capitol Hill address." RELATED READ — "Judges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims," by AP's Michael Kunzelman
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