Donald Trump can’t stop incriminating himself after he’s caught on tape talking about classified war plans. The Supreme Court rules against affirmative action. Joe Biden delivers a major speech on Bidenomics and White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt stops by to talk about the strategy behind it. Then, the on-again, off-again bromance between Trump and Kevin McCarthy has hit the skids once more.

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Show Notes

• CNN: Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified 
• WaPo: The Trump classified-document audio may be worse than we thought
• The Hill: Fox News host suggests Trump may have leaked audio in classified documents case 
• Semafor: ‘It was bravado’: Trump says he wasn’t holding up classified documents in 2021 meeting
• Fox News: Former President Trump reacts to latest alleged recording about top-secret files – interview with Trump after the CNN audio
• Semafor: Principals – more thoughts from Shelby Talcott after her interview with Trump
• CNBC: Trump’s latest attack includes special counsel’s family after bombshell tape revealed 
• WaPo: Embracing ‘Bidenomics,’ Biden seeks to turn an insult into a strength 
• NYT: Biden Says He Is ‘Turning Things Around’ on the Economy 
• AP: President talks up ‘Bidenomics’ though new poll shows just 34% approve his handling of the economy 
• CNN: The ‘Bidenomics’ plan, explained
• CNN: What Biden can take credit for on the economy — and what he can’t
• CNN: Biden unveils his 2024 sales pitch for ‘Bidenomics.’ Is anyone buying?
• WaPo: Biden calls out Republican who hailed broadband money after opposing law 
• Politico: Biden world wants Republicans to feel the pain for voting no while taking the dough 
• Gallup: At 43%, Biden’s Job Approval Rating Highest Since August
• NYT: Are Democrats Actually Winning Older Voters? 
• NYT: Auto-Industry Group Blasts Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars
• FiveThirtyEight – What The Supreme Court’s New Ruling Does — And Doesn’t — Mean
• Politico: Supreme Court crushes plan to scramble partisan map-making
• New Yorker: The Supreme Court Declines to Dismantle Democracy
• WaPo: Voting rights advocates cheer unexpected Supreme Court election law wins
• Slate: There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win
• Vox: The Supreme Court decides not to destroy democracy in the United States 
• The Guardian: The supreme court denied a wild election theory. But don’t relax yet
• The Atlantic: The Court Is Conservative—But Not MAGA 
• Media Matters: Fox’s Mark Levin: Chief Justice John Roberts “is a worthless fraud and phony. He has surrendered all his principles”
• The Atlantic: The Roberts Court Draws a Line 
• Playbook: Inside Trump world’s fury at McCarthy
• Politico: Trump world fumes over McCarthy’s 2024 sligh
• CNN: McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump’s Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks
• NYT: McCarthy Questions Strength of Trump’s Candidacy, Then Quickly Backtracks
• Salon: “Moron”: Knives out in TrumpWorld for Kevin McCarthy as his attempt at damage control flames out 
• WaPo: The GOPers who’ve deigned to criticize Trump amid his indictment
• Breitbart – Exclusive — Speaker McCarthy: ‘Trump Is Stronger Today Than He Was in 2016’