Talking Points Memo

President Joe Biden announced Sunday he will not seek re-election.

The entire TPM staff is covering the historic development at our live blog here.

Editor in Chief Josh Marshall lays out his initial thoughts here and here.

A brief excerpt from The Boss:

Less than a half hour after President Biden announced on Twitter he was ending his White House bid he returned to Twitter to announce that he was endorsing Kamala Harris to be the nominee. She and everyone else in Democratic politics is going out of their way to stress that with Biden out of the race there will be an "orderly" and "transparent" process of choosing a new nominee. Harris, in her announcement, said she looks forward to "earning and winning" the nomination.

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Josh and Kate Riga also recorded an emergency pod to break down thee decision and offer their perspective. Listen to that here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Tomorrow be on the look out for David Kurtz's Morning Memo along with additional thoughts from Josh in the Ed Blog while the team continues breaking things down on the site.

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