memeorandum: In 2018, political gravity caught up to Trump (NBC News)

12:45 PM ET, November 26, 2018

Top Items:

GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models — DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several slow-selling models, and slash its North American workforce, its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.

Discussion: Political Wire

Reuters:

GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models: sources — DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several low-selling car models, and slash its North American workforce, sources said on Monday, marking its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.

Discussion: The Verge

Associated Press:

The Latest: GM to slash 14,700 jobs in North America — DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on General Motors' restructuring plans (all times local): — General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures …

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Neal E. Boudette / New York Times:

G.M. to Stop Production at 5 Plants in U.S. and Canada — General Motors said Monday that it planned to idle three car plants and two transmission plants in a bid to trim costs as the North American auto sector slows. — The plants include a factory in Lordstown, Ohio …

Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
GM to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers, halt production at five plants in U.S. and Canada

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, Investor's Business Daily and NPR

Mike Colias / Wall Street Journal: GM Says It Will Cut 15% of Salaried Workforce in North America

David K. Li / NBC News: GM to slash over 14,000 jobs from North American workforce

CNBC: GM to cut production at several plants, reduce salaried workforce by 15 percent

NBC News:

In 2018, political gravity caught up to Trump — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — A few hours into Election Night 2018, it felt like it was happening again …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, CNN, Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo

Donald J. Trump / Popular Information:

Cindy Hyde-Smith strikes out — Welcome to Popular Information, a newsletter with original research and fresh insight into the political news that matters most — written by me, Judd Legum. — According to an FEC report filed on November 24, the Office of the Commissioner …

Discussion: Shareblue Media, USA Today and New York Times

James Arkin / Politico:
'We don't want an Alabama': Hyde-Smith has Republicans holding their breath

Discussion: RRH Elections, The Daily Caller, FiveThirtyEight, Outside the Beltway, The American Spectator and Washington Post

Jackson Free Press:
Full ‘Public Hanging’ Video Surfaces, Revealing More About Hyde-Smith's Views

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Popular Information

James Hohmann / Washington Post: The Daily 202: Trump's rescue mission to Mississippi may drag Cindy Hyde-Smith across the finish line

Max Boot / Washington Post:
The GOP is now the party of neo-Confederates

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Townhall, Raw Story, Sludge and ThinkProgress

Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:

How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters — In some ways, they are a typical political power couple seeking to “Make America Great Again.” — They are throwing a $5 million fund-raiser for President Trump this winter, and are quick to make it known …

Discussion: Raw Story

Sara Murray / CNN:

Roger Stone associate says he won't agree to plea deal — Stone reacts to his associate's plea talks — (CNN)An associate of Roger Stone said Monday he is refusing to sign a plea deal offered by special counsel Robert Mueller. — Jerome Corsi, whose role in Mueller's investigation …

Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

‘I connect the dots’: Mueller target claims Podesta hack knowledge was educated guess — Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi said Monday that he knew WikiLeaks had obtained a trove of emails from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta in the summer of 2016 — but insisted his awareness was simply an educated guess.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

‘These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas.’ — A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish. She's barefoot, dusty, and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt. And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by U.S. agents.

BBC:
Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border

Laura Nahmias / Politico:

Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand's 2020 chances — Just a month after Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate amid sexual misconduct allegations, the former senator met with an intimate group of Bay Area supporters at the home of major Democratic Party financiers Mary and Steve Swig.

Discussion: New Republic, Washington Free Beacon and Jezebel

Caleb Howe / Mediaite:

Trump Accuses Mueller of ‘Conflicts of Interest’ in Explosive Tweet: ‘NO Collusion & Mueller Knows It!’ — President Donald Trump on Monday morning attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller directly and personally on Twitter, questioning his honesty and integrity.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Roll Call and Daily Kos

Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump accuses Mueller of ignoring 2016 staffers who ‘want to be’ questioned

Discussion: Political Wire

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump questions why Mueller hasn't interviewed more of his campaign workers

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Shareblue Media

Washington Post:

In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise — As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. “Hardcore liberals” made fun of him, he wrote, and he faced “discrimination on a daily basis.” He soon dropped out and enrolled in trade school.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

Flashback: Despite Twitter's Protests, The Stifling of Conservative Speech On The Platform Is Real. — UPDATE: People seem to want more, and although there's nothing duller than posting a screed on why you're quitting a platform, here's the gist: I've never liked Twitter even though I've used it.

Discussion: Conservative Review, twitchy.com, Althouse and Patterico's Pontifications

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative pundit Jesse Kelly's Twitter ban sparks outrage: ‘New low’

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Federalist, Hit & Run and twitchy.com

Ricochet:
Twitter Slides Further into Irrelevancy

Discussion: The Federalist and RedState

Tara Palmeri / ABC News:

Jared Kushner pushed to inflate Saudi arms deal to $110 billion: Sources — President Donald Trump's reluctance to hold Saudi leadership accountable for the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi stemmed from a partly aspirational $110 billion arms deal between the U.S. and Saudia Arabia …

Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN, HuffPost and Axios

Lee Smith / Washington Times: Defending America First foreign policy

Borzou Daragahi / The Independent:
Majority of Americans want Congress to cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen war, survey finds

Discussion: The American Conservative

Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:

AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China — HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire

Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies

Discussion: National Review, The American Conservative and RT

Washington Post:

Democratic rebel seeks negotiations with Pelosi on races for leadership — A high-profile critic of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi signaled on Monday that he is seeking to hold negotiations with her about changes to her leadership team, a development that makes her ascendancy …

Discussion: Political Wire

Politico:
Another rebel Dem softens on opposing Pelosi for speaker

Discussion: Washington Post, American Prospect, East Bay Times, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

White House lacks lawyers to deal with empowered Democrats — The White House counsel's office is down to a skeletal staff, potentially leaving them unprepared to deal with a flood of subpoenas for documents and witnesses when Democrats take control of the House.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime and Raw Story

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

'It's a Long Story': Justice John Paul Stevens, 98, Is Publishing a Memoir — WASHINGTON — Four years after Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, his wife, Maryan, threw a surprise party for his 94th birthday. The gathering of old friends summoned vivid memories …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN

Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:

Trump's Personal Aide Karem Is Said to Intend to Resign Post — President Donald Trump is losing his personal aide, Jordan Karem, who plans to resign after less than a year on the job, according to people familiar with the matter. — Karem serves as Trump's so-called “bodyman,” …

Discussion: Raw Story

Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:

More questions than answers in too many Trump stories — Something strange has happened to the news. We've largely suspended our normal ethical practices and standards when it comes to covering President Trump. — Maybe it doesn't seem strange to the usual crowd: the Washington …

Discussion: Washington Monthly