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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a ruling that court observers said was “really extraordinary” and achieved through “a procedural strangeness,” the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal plan to reduce air pollution that blows across state lines. The 5-4 decision from the court’s conservative justices halts, for now, the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor” rule and its stringent smokestack emissions requirements on power plants and other industrial sources.

“You know, Jill, I don’t know what happened. I didn’t feel that great.” — President Biden, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, after the first presidential debate.

New York Times: “The news media, they said, was unfairly fixated on his age. Republicans were posting wildly distorted video clips on social media making him look more feeble than he actually is. Hand-wringing Democrats fretting over the prospect of an octogenarian president turning 86 by the end of a second term were just ‘bed-wetters.’” “Then the debate happened.

The New York Times editorial board asked President Biden to leave the presidential race: “At Thursday’s debate, the president needed to convince the American public that he was equal to the formidable demands of the office he is seeking to hold for another term. Voters, however, cannot be expected to ignore what was instead plain to see: Mr.

“Former President Barack Obama, who recovered from a disastrous debate performance to win re-election in 2012, publicly backed President Biden after his poor performance in Thursday’s debate against former President Donald Trump,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Obama also sought to allay concerns among Democrats about keeping Mr. Biden as their presidential nominee.” Said Obama: “Bad debate nights happen.

In case you missed it from earlier this week: TRUMP SPOKESPERSON CALLS HITLER “HILTER”: idiot Karoline @kleavittnh Leavitt says it on CNN: “H-I-L-T-E-R”TRUMP OPENS TWO EMERGENCY EXITS if he chooses to bail on debateIS JACK SMITH working to indict him in Jersey? GET THE TUESDAY COUNTDOWN PODCAST: https://t.co/iOtNgl7Y9q pic.twitter.com/TeNqgeep4Y — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 25, 2024 Open thread below read more