memeorandum: Progressive Latino pollster: 98% of Latinos do not identify with “Latinx” label (ThinkNow)

5:55 PM ET, November 1, 2019

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Alexander Burns / New York Times:

Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds — Ms. Warren garnered 22 percent in a New York Times/Siena College poll, to 19 percent for Bernie Sanders. Pete Buttigieg has surged, while Mr. Biden's travails have put the race in flux. — Which of these Democrats would be your first choice in the Iowa caucuses?

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, Breitbart, Washington Post, PJ Media Home, DemCast, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Siena College Research …, CNN, Mediaite, New York Post, Axios, National Review, Bloomberg, Washington Times and Politico

Fox News:

Warren's $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed — EXCLUSIVE: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, Townhall, Breitbart, ABC News, Towleroad Gay News, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, Mediaite, PJ Media Home, The Daily Caller, Politico, Yahoo News, National Review and Sara A. Carter

Bloomberg:

Warren Derides Biden as Running in ‘Wrong Presidential Primary’ — Senator hits back over criticism of $21 trillion health plan — Warren-Biden rift comes as Democratic hopefuls descend on Iowa — Elizabeth Warren swatted back at Joe Biden's criticism of her $21 trillion Medicare …

Discussion: The Hill

Ryan Lizza / Politico:

The issue that Obama alums think could doom Elizabeth Warren — An Elizabeth Warren event is like the candidate herself: well-organized, precise, unpretentious. The candidate, almost always clad in her campaign uniform of black sneakers, black pants and a black camisole covered …

Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, Mediaite and YouTube

New York Times:

Elizabeth Warren Proposes $20.5 Trillion Health Care Plan — Ms. Warren would impose huge tax increases on businesses and billionaires to pay for “Medicare for all,” but she said she would not raise taxes on the middle class. — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20.5 trillion …

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon

Sean McElwee / Memos:
Memo: Polling Medicare for All

Discussion: Raw Story

Elizabeth Warren / Medium:
Ending the Stranglehold of Health Care Costs on American Families

Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Warren's Perpetual Medicare Head Tax Is Unworkable and Bad

Discussion: Washington Post and The Week

Natasha Bertrand / Politico:

Testimony: White House lawyer told Vindman not to discuss Ukraine call — The senior White House lawyer who placed a record of President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president in a top-secret system also instructed at least one official who heard the call not to tell anyone about it …

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Hill, Alternet.org, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Shareblue Media

Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:

Trump Isn't Ready for the Impeachment Hearings — He's always been more comfortable with chaos than teamwork and preparation. — After weeks of damaging testimony from current and former White House advisers and career diplomats, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to publicly endorse …

Discussion: Just Security, Washington Post, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and New York Post

Washington Post:
As Trump moves to bully witnesses and derail impeachment, Democrats see obstruction

Discussion: Hot Air

Washington Post: White House official who heard Trump's call with Ukraine leader testified that he was told to keep quiet

Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Expects Public Impeachment Hearings to Begin This Month

Discussion: CNN, Fox News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Axios, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Изв …, Conservative Review, Raw Story, Vox and NPR

Alexander Burns / New York Times:

Beto O'Rourke Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race — The former Texas congressman, who energized Democrats in a Senate race last year, began his White House run to great fanfare, but failed to build significant support. — Former Representative Beto O'Rourke of Texas is dropping …

Beto O'Rourke:

Thank you. — Our campaign has been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly and acting decisively in the best interests of America. — Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully.

Discussion: Axios, The Daily Beast, VICE and Chicago Sun-Times

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The GOP defense of Trump is getting more corrupt. Here's what's next. — President Trump, who possesses supreme confidence in his mesmerizing charisma and powers of persuasion, is considering a plan to recite the text of his corrupt call with the Ukrainian president on live national television.

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Raw Story

Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
‘Fireside chat on live television’: Trump says he wants to read Ukraine call transcript to American people

Meghann Myers / Military Times:
How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Don Surber and Outside the Beltway

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's allies want to focus the Ukraine scandal on the tree, so you miss the forest

Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Mediaite

Reuters:

Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources — NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly …

Discussion: Axios, Politico, Breitbart, Disrn, Deseret News, Variety and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

U.S. Department of Justice: U.S. Navy Officer, His Wife, and Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Smuggle …

New York Times:
TikTok Said to Be Under National Security Review

Discussion: New York Post, FOX40 and MIT Technology Review

CNN:

'I'm the best-paid interpreter in the world': Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch — New York (CNN)Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch …

CNN:

Videos show indicted Giuliani associate standing behind Trump at 2018 rally — (CNN)News footage from an October 20, 2018, midterm election rally in Nevada shows indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas standing behind President Donald Trump. — Parnas and his business partner …

Discussion: Raw Story and Contemptor

ThinkNow:

Progressive Latino pollster: 98% of Latinos do not identify with “Latinx” label — One of the greatest challenges facing marketing departments and political campaigns today is the inability to discern signals from noise. As a professional market researcher, I see this on a daily basis.

Discussion: The Federalist

David Brooks / New York Times:

Impeach Trump. Then Move On. — Stop distracting from the core issue, elite negligence and national decline. — Is it possible that more than 20 Republican senators will vote to convict Donald Trump of articles of impeachment? When you hang around Washington you get the sense that it could happen.

Discussion: PJ Media Home, Jewish Insider, Axios and Washington Post

Gary Langer / ABC News:
Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides: POLL

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Disrn, The Hill and Bloomberg

Washington Post:
Americans sharply divided over whether to impeach and remove Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds

Discussion: Salon, Mediaite, Politico, New York Times, Vox, The Hill, Daily Kos, The Rush Limbaugh Show, CNN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, NBC News and WTVR-TV

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Revealed: Trump wanted to build a megachurch — Of all the projects real estate mogul Donald Trump wanted to build, here's one that nobody saw. — According to his long-time personal pastor, Paula White-Cain, Trump, in 2006 was taking steps to build a glass cathedral.

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Right Wing Watch, Townhall, Alternet.org, The Daily Caller and New York Times

Trent Spiner / Politico:

Kamala Harris shutters offices throughout New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris' campaign has almost completely shuttered its New Hampshire campaign, with no visible activity at any of her offices in the state. — The campaign confirmed it is largely abandoning New Hampshire …

Discussion: HuffPost, The Week and Political Wire

Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
Harris laying off campaign staff in New Hampshire

Discussion: Axios, NBC News, Slate and Redstate

Marc Tracy / New York Times:

How Deadspin Imploded — The last meeting for many of Deadspin's journalists took place on Wednesday in a conference room adorned with fake black cobwebs, a large spider and bloody handprints beside the words: “HELP US.” — The plea, it seemed, went unanswered.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Variety, The Stranger, Spectator USA and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
The Mavening of Sportswriting — Deadspin staffers resigned …

Discussion: Drew Magary, Vox, Nieman Lab and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »

Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:

Trump refuses to defend Mick Mulvaney, heightening indications chief of staff on the way out — President Trump declined to defend embattled acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, an indication he is considering a change. — Asked during an Oval Office interview with the Washington Examiner …

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

K Street's newest star built business on dubious claims of Trump ties — Since President Trump took office, the lobbyist Michael Esposito has been wildly successful, turning a family business that once focused on municipal transportation issues into one of the fastest-growing lobbying firms in Washington.

Apple Podcasts:

Apple Podcasts Preview — The impeachment of Donald Trump is one of the biggest political stories of our lifetimes. It's a test of whether accountability, election integrity, and the rules of our democracy can withstand the corrupt acts of powerful people. It's also a story that's unfolding at such a break-neck pace, it's absurd.

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

In His Dealings with Ukraine, Did Donald Trump Commit a Crime? — It's long been clear that Presidents can be impeached for “high crimes and misdemeanors” that are not actual violations of federal criminal law. In an oft-cited passage from Federalist No. 65, Alexander Hamilton wrote …

Ed Mazza / HuffPost:

GOP Lawmaker Head-Butts Camera Rather Than Answer A Question About Trump — Rep. Don Young really didn't want to answer this one. — Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) came up with a novel way to avoid a question about President Donald Trump on Thursday. — Instead of ignoring the activists …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Townhall and Contemptor

Zachary Evans / National Review:
GOP Rep Head-Butts Camera of Progressive Activist

Discussion: Washington Post, Alaska Public Media and The Hill

Charlie Warzel / New York Times:

2020 Meme Team, Assemble … A long time ago, on a different internet — where Photoshopped images of “God Emperor” Donald Trump riding atop a velociraptor were just a faint glimmer in a young meme lord's eye — the Republicans were in trouble. Barack Obama's 2008 win over John McCain was heralded as a digital over an analog.

James Cusick / openDemocracy:

Johnson and Cummings under fire as police hand criminal evidence on Vote Leave to prosecution agency — Exclusive: After 16-month investigation, Met Police refer Vote Leave to the CPS for possible criminal charges. But will the timing of the election mean further delay?