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Josh Hammer

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With Joe Biden consistently trailing in the presidential polls and prodigal son Hunter about to begin his criminal trial on federal gun charges, Democrats are officially freaking out. They have (dishonestly) painted a portrait of their opponent, Donald Trump, as an authoritarian foe of "our democracy," but their candidate is currently on track to lose to him this fall—"bigly," as he might say. So what can Democrats now do? Not much, actually. They might be tempted to defenestrate Uncle Joe at the Democratic National Convention in August, but that simply is not going to happen. As it turns out, Democrats are trapped in an intersectional quagmire of their very own making. For details, read my most recent column.

I have had two episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" since our last newsletter. First, my good friend and former NYPD officer John Cardillo joined to discuss harrowing recent revelations about radical mosques and imams operating in Florida—as well as what can be done nationally to secure the American people from these Islamist monsters in our midst. Second, we released a special-edition all-"Hammertime" episode, where I blistered through all the latest woke, far-left insanity wreaking havoc upon the American people. You can listen to all episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" at the Newsweek website or on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Some other highlights from the past week include my appearances with Mike Slater on The First; John Huddy, Bianca de la Garza, and others on Newsmax (and Newsmax 2); Rita Panahi on Sky News Australia; the aforementioned John Cardillo on Salem News Channel; Dan Ball on One America News Network; Bob Frantz on AM 1420 The Answer (Cleveland); Vince Coglianese on News Talk 105.9 WMAL (Washington, D.C.); the popular "Steak for Breakfast Podcast"; and my quote for Fox News on President Biden's radical transformation of the federal courts. In addition, I am delighted to get my (long-overdue!) maiden byline in the brand-new issue of the Claremont Review of Books, as part of the journal's symposium on "National Conservatism and Its Discontents."

On a related note, I'm also pleased to share that I will be speaking at this July's National Conservatism Conference ("NatCon 4") in Washington, D.C.! Check out the NatCon 4 home page here. To keep up with everything I'm doing, make sure to follow me on Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook. As a reminder, I also launched a second (legal-themed) show earlier this year, "America on Trial with Josh Hammer," with The First; you can subscribe and listen to daily (Monday-Friday) episodes of the show on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now for two additional updates. First, Newsweek Voices is now live and I am now putting out fresh bonus audio content almost every weekday, as part of "Josh Hammer Premium." This content is paywalled and only available for paying Newsweek subscribers. So make sure to subscribe to Newsweek here if you are not already doing so! Second, we also rolled out my new Subtext chat, which you can read all about and sign up for here. It's only $2.99/month to subscribe to this brand-new private chat!

Our additional highlighted Newsweek op-eds from the past week includes selections from Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Adam B. Coleman, Aviva Klompas, Mark Goldfeder, and Emma Waters.

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Democrats Are Stuck With Joe Biden as Their Presidential Nominee

President Joe Biden is currently losing the 2024 presidential race to former President Donald Trump. If the election were held tomorrow, Trump would win—likely convincingly. The fact that this is increasingly obvious, and that Biden finds himself fighting an uphill battle to prolong his already-ancient political career, has precipitated some epic handwringing on the MSNBC airwaves and a veritable five-alarm fire at the Democratic National Committee.

The big polling news last week was that The New York Times/Siena College, one of the country's most accurate pollsters, has Trump up in five of the six most important swing states—including an astonishing 13-point cushion in light-blue Nevada, and a nine-point lead in purple Georgia. This week, the big polling update came courtesy of The Cook Political Report, another highly regarded polling outfit. The Cook Political Report poll also has Trump leading or tied in each of the seven states polled—in both a mano-a-mano and a three-way race that also takes into account independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The fact that the Cook Political Report corroborated the eye-opening Times/Siena findings from the week prior led polling savant Nate Silver to post this warning on Thursday: "If Biden is still struggling in August[,] he needs to consider stepping aside. It's not a great situation for D[emocrat]s either way, but you have to do due diligence on the question. It's an important election, obviously. It shouldn't be taboo to talk about." Indeed, polling cross-tabs routinely show that a plurality or majority of Democrats would prefer Biden do just that: Step aside and exit the national stage.

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