The Biden campaign puts big money into a new ad slamming Trump as a convicted felon, fraudster, and sexual predator, and painting Biden as a fighter for working families. Trump courts the Black vote in front of a mostly white audience in Detroit, and CNN announces the final rules for next week’s debate. Plus: Jon, Lovett, and Tommy talk about who’s up and who’s down in the race to be Trump’s VP.

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BIDEN AD + FUNDRAISING 

POLITICO: Biden unloads on Trump in ad: ‘A convicted criminal who’s only out for himself’

WaPo: Biden campaign launches advertising attack on ‘convicted criminal’ Trump

POLITICO: New Polling Shows the Real Fallout From the Trump Conviction

Blueprint: Felony Counts? How Trump’s Guilty Verdict Shakes Up The 2024 Election

LATIMES: Biden, Obama raise more than $30 million at glitzy L.A. event 

TRUMP AND BLACK VOTERS

WaPo: Trumpworld keeps overstating Trump’s support among Black voters

NYT: Trump, in Pitch to Black Voters in Detroit, Casts Biden as Anti-Black

Semafor: ‘They see strength’: The Black sports icons shaping Donald Trump’s take on race, politics, and masculinity

BIDEN/TRUMP DEBATE 

CNN: Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate

THE APPRENTICE: VEEPSTAKES EDITION

Bulwark: ‘The Apprentice on steroids’: Vance, Burgum, Rubio rise to the top of Trump’s VP shortlist (6/13)

Politico: J.D. Vance for Trump’s VP? Here are the pros and cons of the 8 candidates on his shortlist (6/17)

WSJ: How Rubio Went From ‘Little Marco’ to Trump’s VP Shortlist (6/16)

Hill: How Trump’s Florida residency complicates Rubio’s path to VP (6/16)

NYT Op-Ed: Trump Isn’t Choosing a Running Mate. He’s Casting a Co-Star. (6/17)