Top Democrats discuss replacing Biden after debate flop

Debate watchers are stunned by Biden's disastrous performance: 'I never thought he would be this bad'
"Look. This debate was a total and complete disaster for Biden. He looked old. His answers trailed off repeatedly. He was hard to understand. He would stop in mid sentence and move on to something else. I NEVER thought he would be this bad. Stunning. Truly," said journalist Chris Cillizza.

CNN hosts call for Biden to be replaced
“I love Joe Biden, he didn’t do well at all,” Van Jones said. “We are still far from our convention and there is still time to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that,” Jones added.

Politico: Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden
There’s no mechanism by which other party leaders can throw Biden off the ticket, according to the Democratic National Committee’s rules. Instead, if anyone in the party wants to replace him, it is through throwing it to an open nominating process on the convention floor.

All undecided voters in focus group say Biden should be replaced
Every undecided swing state voter in a Frank Luntz focus group agreed that Biden should be replaced.

NY Times: Top Democrats Talk About Replacing Biden on the Ticket
President Biden’s shaky, halting debate performance has top Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket.

NY Post: We just witnessed the end of Joe Biden’s presidency
Biden can’t survive this. It is political malpractice to let him continue to run for re-election. It is national malpractice to let him continue.

WaPo: Democrats panic over Biden’s debate performance, doubt his future
On Capitol Hill, the panic among Democratic lawmakers and staffers was palpable, as they privately acknowledged that calls for Biden to step aside were only likely to grow as the party fully processed Biden’s dismal debate night performance.

Shocked MSNBC Hosts Report ‘Panicked’ Biden Inner Circle Discussing Dropping Out
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace revealed, “There is a conversation happening inside Biden’s circle, and certainly a much more frank conversation happening inside the Democratic coalition, and I think there will be stories of a lot of concern about the performance tonight.”

Politico: Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance — ‘Biden is toast’
Included within the story were texts and pronouncements from other Democratic operatives panning Biden's misspeaking and raspy speech.

The Hill: Biden debate performance is ‘nightmare’ for Democrats
“This is an honest-to-God nightmare,” said one Biden ally. “I can’t believe what I’m watching. I am watching us lose this election in slow motion.” Another Democratic strategist put it this way: “Political suicide.”

Jill Biden helps Joe offstage after disastrous debate showing
First lady Jill Biden assisted her husband, Joe Biden, off the debate stage Thursday night after a performance that raised even more questions about the president’s fitness for office.

Biden says ‘we did well,’ no concerns about debate performance
The president and first lady Jill Biden stopped at a Waffle House in Atlanta following the debate, and he took a few questions from reporters after placing their order. “I think we did well,” Biden said.

Harris defends Biden debate performance in testy interview with Anderson Cooper
“Yes, there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish. ... On substance on policy on performance, Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong.”

‘Biden Has A Cold’: Media Rushes To Explain Away Debate
Early in the debate, before they knew it was a lost cause, the corporate media attempted to do some damage control.

Biden Lies, Claims No US Troops Died Under His Watch
“The truth is, I’m the only president this century ... this decade that doesn’t have any troops dying anywhere in the world like he did.”

Debate fact check: Biden did back going beyond Roe and legal late-term abortion
Biden denied supporting late-term abortion and said he merely wanted to go back to the standard of Roe v. Wade, but he has supported legislation that would go well beyond Roe and allow for abortions late in pregnancy.

Biden takes indefensible stance on abortion in debate with Trump
Biden claimed, “There’s a lot of young women to be raped by their in-laws, by their spouses” and “their brothers and sisters.” He also invoked the story of an illegal immigrant murdering a young woman, but it is unclear what point he was trying to make.

Trump exposes Biden's golf handicap lie
Biden claimed he has a six handicap in golf, then after Trump said that's the biggest lie of the night, Biden got flustered and then said he had an eight handicap. "I've seen your swing. I know your swing," Trump responded.

Biden’s re-election odds plummet
Biden at 48 cents per share — the equivalent of a 48% chance of victory — prior to the debate and at only 33 cents per share afterward.

Gavin Newsom Betting Odds Skyrocket As Biden Debate Performance Spirals
The Democratic governor has jumped up from an 8/100 price to be the party’s nominee to 27/100.

Glenn Beck poll results: Can Trump win this rigged debate?
See what people thought before the Thursday Night Massacre.

Babylon Bee: Trump Indicted For Murdering Elderly Man On CNN
"Hey, I didn't do anything!" Trump told authorities. "He was like that when I got here!"

Washington Examiner: How did Democrats let this happen?
Was there anything in Biden’s demeanor on Thursday night that would have surprised anyone who watched his performance in dozens of public events?

NY Times: I’m Hearing High Anxiety From Democrats Over Biden’s Debate Performance
Thirty minutes into the presidential debate, I’ve heard from three veteran Democratic presidential campaign officials, and all of them had the same reaction to President Biden’s performance: This is a disaster.

WaPo: The Great Democratic Freakout is upon us
Though Trump, at 78, is only three years younger than Biden, he dominated throughout.

The Federalist: Biden Just Put On The Most Disastrous Debate Performance In Presidential History
Even with abnormally low expectations, Biden tripped over them as if they were sandbags. After watching post-debate reaction, it’s safe to say no presidential debate has ever rattled a political party quite like this one.

Free Beacon: We Need To Talk About Grandpa
The comments about dropping Biden as the nominee come after Democrats and their journalist allies spent the last several weeks denouncing reports suggesting Biden was "slipping" and sounding the alarm over "cheap fake" videos.

Mediate: Biden Should Drop Out
I have long opposed calls for President Joe Biden to drop out. I no longer do. His performance at Thursday night’s debate proved he is not fit to be president, let alone finish an arduous campaign.

Chuck Todd: 'Biden looks like the caricature that conservative media has been painting'
"There were no clips tonight, you saw it before your eyes."

Salena Zito: In Georgia, ordinary voters are appalled by Biden’s weak performance
Cobb summed it up after the debate by saying Biden is a decent guy, but his performance Thursday night has left him without a choice. “After this debate, I cannot vote for him,” he said flatly.

Tractor Supply Company issues mea culpa and backs away from wokeness
"We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them," the company noted.

SCOTUS Rules SEC's In-House Handling of Securities Fraud Cases Violates the Right to Trial by Jury
The decision rejects a system in which the agency imposes civil penalties after investigating people and validating its own allegations.

Ruling Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho, Mirroring File Published in 'Error'
The Supreme Court reinstated a lower-court ruling that paused Idaho’s abortion ban. The court "inadvertently" posted a ruling on Wednesday.

Former Uvalde school police chief indicted in botched response to shooting
Uvalde County jail officials confirmed that Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 counts of abandoning or endangering a child.

Vermont man who gave state trooper the middle finger and was arrested to receive part of $175,000 settlement
The Trooper Jay Riggen stopped Bombard's vehicle because he believed Bombard had shown him the middle finger. Bombard denied making the gesture. After the initial stop concluded, Bombard cursed and displayed the middle finger as he drove away.

Bidenomics: Walgreens to close over 2,000 stores
Walgreens Boots Alliance will close a significant portion of its roughly 8,600 U.S. stores as the pharmacy chain seeks to turn around its struggling business, which has been hit by inflation-weary customers paring their spending.

Illegal Alien Murders 2 Workers At Chick-Fil-A: Police
Police in Texas arrested an illegal alien on Thursday who they say murdered two people inside a Chick-fil-A restaurant this week.

Inside one Democrat's 20-year crusade to save the world from Fauci — Part 2
The Obama and Trump administrations thought they had contained Anthony Fauci's risky research. They were wrong.

US weapons shipments to Israel dropped significantly 4 months into war, figures show
A senior Biden administration official briefing reporters confirmed for the first time that there had been some “bottlenecks” in weapons transfers that are now being addressed.

Visiting US Senator Fetterman: No to any deal that leaves Hamas in power
The pro-Israel Democrat says during his first trip to Israel that Biden should not have withheld bombs; backs Netanyahu address to Congress.

House Votes To Defund Hamas-Supporting DHS Official Over Objections From Dems
Nejwa Ali worked as a spokeswoman for the PLO, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, only to be hired by DHS. Her job included vetting immigrants, even though she continued to be openly anti-Semitic and motivated by allegiance to Palestine on social media. The house reduced her salary to $1.

'Nuclear Disaster' Warning Issued by Analysts Over Ukraine War
The longer the war in Eastern Europe continues between Russia and Ukraine and the more provocations that occur worldwide, the closer the entire world becomes to "flirting with nuclear disaster," two nuclear analysts warn in a new editorial.

Steve Scalise warns Chinese humanoid robots threaten Americans’ security
“It sounds like sci-fi, but humanoid robots are real and very concerning coming from China,” Mr. Scalise said. “It’s the latest in many examples of national security threats coming from technology with ties to China.”

Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials
Iran’s leadership is conducting a “strategic debate” over whether the time has come for it to start making nuclear weapons, the NY Times reported on Thursday.

Iran's ayatollah wants the nuclear bomb before Nov. 5
Iran aims to join the nuclear club before Biden leaves office.

Adam Carolla blasts Gavin Newsom and reveals he's finally leaving California
Carolla said that California has been circling the drain in recent years and compared that to decades ago when leaving Los Angeles was the last thing on his mind.

Newly Filed Court Documents Reveal Michael Jackson Was $500 Million In Debt
Jackson was rumored to have been facing significant debts but the exact debt value was not declared prior to this court filing.

Nearly half of US electric vehicle owners are 'very likely' to switch back to gas-powered cars, study shows
EV owners in Australia, the United States, and Brazil were the most likely to say they may switch back.

‘I Was Disgusted’: Miss Maryland Contestants Speak Out After Man Wins Crown
Miss Maryland contestants said they were shocked to realize they had been changing and using the restroom “in the same space as a biological man” after discovering they had competed against a male after he was crowned Miss Maryland USA.

Ten Commandments out, Pride banners in
If conservatives want to live in a country where the Ten Commandments are less controversial than puberty blockers for 10-year-olds, they must abandon the modern fantasy of institutional neutrality.

Bible must be incorporated into education, Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters orders
"Effective immediately, all Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible, which includes the Ten Commandments, as an instructional support into the curriculum across specified grade levels, e.g., grades 5 through 12."

Be Wary of the Department of Homeland Security's AI Ambitions
Americans shouldn’t count on the department to use the technology responsibly or in a limited way.

Why Has Joe Biden's $42 Billion Broadband Program Not Connected One Single Household?
The senior Republican FCC commissioner blames progressive politics, while lawmakers and telecom companies blame bureaucratic red tape.

Boeing Says Starliner Mission ‘Going Well’
“It is a test flight,” the company said. “The mission is still going and it is going well.”

Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.

NFL hit with jury verdict in Sunday Ticket antitrust trial that could reach $14.1 billion
The Los Angeles jury was out in less than two hours. The suit was based around how unfair it was that you had to buy Sunday Ticket to watch games out of town, even if you just wanted to see one game. The NFL will appeal the ruling.

Massive sinkhole swallows Illinois soccer field
The message from God could not be clearer ... soccer has no place in America.