Podcast: Indictments helping Trump, who Dems want to win; Biden pulls ahead in polls; Fiery hearing as RFK Jr denies anti-Semitism; Sam Bankman-Fried's ex-girlfriend star witness; A faster Katie Ledecky; AI will write news stories for big papers (gulp) tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxsAI

Podcast: Trump's GOP rivals largely back him, 3rd indictment overshadow campaign; Judge skeptical of long delay in documents case; Press sees DeSantis reset as he talks to CNN; Dems turn on Jayapal over Israel; Tom Cruise joins talks; NYT rates vibrators

.Rich Lowry says 'it's a mistake' for DeSantis not to do sitdown interviews with legacy media outlets.' A hostile interview 'leads to enormous free publicity'
Leslie Marshall: Unlike DeSantis, Trump is 'a cult of personality,' making press money #Mediabuzz
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.Rich Lowry:'Seems ridiculous to me that you would have this major criminal trial..a month before the Iowa caucuses' Leslie Marshall on Trump quoting Ted Kennedy as calling Biden dumb:'The problem with somebody who's deceased is they can't be interviewed'
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.Ron DeSantis: 'The media does not want me to be the nominee above all else, [&] that will, in the long run, absolutely help me..They know that I would beat Biden.' Says he dropped when Trump was indicted and 'just dominating the media coverage' #Mediabuzz
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Inflation drops to 3%--lowest in 2 years--and yet it's treated as a one-day story. Such sagas only have staying power when we are careening toward crisis and the opposition party can wield it as a weapon. Bad news is big news. Good news, yawn, not so much tinyurl.com/yc4ke55x

Podcast: Trump, despite behavior & indictments, may be best pol in 2024 field; GOP slams Chris Wray; Succession nabs 27 Emmy nominations; Hollywood actors may strike; BBC scandal anchor outed but cops say no charges; Is this Zuck's cool, shirtless summer? tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxs

Podcast: GOP undeterred by its whistleblower's indictment as Chinese spy; DOJ stops defending Trump in E. Jean Carroll suit; Tommy Tuberville stops defending white nationalists; Roseanne says Ukraine filled with Nazis; Vice execs got bonuses as firm tanked tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxs

Tale of Two Investigations: Trump's move to delay documents trial till after the election: maybe he wins and shuts down probe or a Republican pardons him. And the GOP's missing 'whistleblower' on probing Biden is indicted, ironicaly, as a Chinese spy tinyurl.com/37ave4sj

Podcast: GOP whistleblower attacking Bidens indicted for covertly helping China; Trump insists trial be pushed to after election; Is prez race macho contest?; NYT shuts sports desk after buying Athletic; Putin met rebel boss at Kremlin; Musk: Size matters tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxs

Not long ago, the argument was made that Biden was the only Democrat who could beat his predecessor again. But lousy polls and signs of frailty, combined with Trump apparently steamrolling to the nomination, have scrambled that equation for the Dems tinyurl.com/2p8mmeue

The signals come from outlets that like the president: STEP ASIDE, JOE BIDEN, says the Atlantic. They reflect Democratic anxiety that his push for a 2nd term may give Trump a 2nd term. But despite his age, no way Biden is walking away from this job tinyurl.com/2p8mmeue

Podcast: Liberals turn on POTUS for ignoring Hunter's young daughter; Biden says Ukraine can't join NATO now; Ex-aide says Trump wanted IRS audits of 2 FBI Russiagate probers; Media slam ruling on Biden adm and social media; Rudy faces disbarment tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxs

.@CharlyonTV says because of Biden's age & gaffes 'it's becoming very obvious to everybody that he is not going to be the candidate' But Kevin Walling says: 'It's a suicide mission for anyone considering a primary challenge to the president' #Mediabuzz tinyurl.com/2p8uj3xu

.@BDomenech says Hunter's ignored daughter saga is 'a human story' that 'cuts directly against the kind of Joe Biden that a lot of Americans believe that they voted for' @RichardAFowler calls it an 'unforced error' by POTUS and White House #Mediabuzz tinyurl.com/5dh3h4sf

.Charles Gasparino says a judge may have made a 'funky ruling' blocking Biden adm contacts w/ social media--why is that illegal? Says Zuckerberg's new Threads 'could really hurt Twitter' because Musk is 'behind the eight ball' with a money-losing site #Mediabuzz tinyurl.com/mr23p8kh

.@BDomenech sees a 'backlash' on college affirmative action but not a 'hair on fire apocalypse' because a majority in polls agree with the SCOTUS ruling @RichardAFowler says 'folks on all sides are saying there should be some ethical boundaries' #Mediabuzz tinyurl.com/4ekay6cm

Also on #Mediabuzz , Charles Gasparino looks at the ruling limiting Biden administration contacts with tech giants and the early success of Mark Zuckerberg's Threads, prompting a legal threat from Elon Musk's Twitter

On #Mediabuzz 11 ET @BDomenech @RichardAFowler on the media challenging the Supreme Court's legitimacy, and Hunter's child denied the use of the Biden name @CharlyonTV Kevin Walling on the Trump-DeSantis slugfest and more media outlets urging Biden to skip a second term

Podcast: Zuckerberg's Threads most downloaded app ever, Musk may sue; DeSantis blames media for polls; Freedom Caucus boots MTG; Rebel leader returns to Russia, state media trash him; NYC mayor faked photo of dead cop; Reporters need a brand, Biden told tinyurl.com/pwx9bcxs