memeorandum: Palmer on New Funding for Birmingham's Northern Beltline (Congressman Gary Palmer)

10:10 PM ET, November 16, 2021

Top Items:

PolitiFact doubles down on widely mocked ‘fact-check’ claiming Rittenhouse's possession of weapon wasn't legal — ‘Our fact-check remains unchanged,’ a lengthy editor's note concludes — PolitiFact doubled down on Tuesday after being roasted for a poorly aged “fact-check” …

Discussion: The Western Journal, Breitbart, New York Post and JONATHAN TURLEY

David French / The Atlantic:

Kyle Rittenhouse Is No Hero — If a jury acquits him, it will not be a miscarriage of justice—but an acquittal does not make a foolish man a hero. … As the Kyle Rittenhouse trial comes to a close, two things are becoming clear at once. First, absolutely no one should be surprised …

Discussion: Twitchy, The Editorial Board and TheBlaze

Associated Press:
Jury begins deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial

Discussion: Associated Press, UPI, NBC Chicago, WKRG-TV, Metro.co.uk, ABC7 and Insider

Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Jen Psaki is annoyed you'd ask about Biden defaming Kyle Rittenhouse as a white supremacist

Discussion: Politico, Red Voice Media, The Western Journal, Summit News, IJR and The Daily Wire

Will Steakin / ABC News:

Trump allies pressed Defense Department to help overturn election, new book says — Michael Flynn told a DoD official that Democrats were “stealing the election.” — In the aftermath of the 2020 election, some of Donald Trump's closest allies embarked on an unprecedented effort …

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Occupy Democrats, Rolling Stone, Insider, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Crooks and Liars

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Report: Sidney Powell Even Crazier Than You Think … It takes a certain kind of legal mind to decide to go to work for Donald Trump. Since Trump transparently does not believe in the rule of law in any way, shape, or form, serving him in a legal capacity is a bit like taking a job as Jeffrey Dahmer's ethicist.

Discussion: Raw Story

Josh Rogin / Washington Post:

Biden administration soon to announce diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics — With the Beijing Winter Olympics just three months away, the Biden administration will soon have to make clear whether it plans to send an official delegation to China. But sooner rather than later …

David Ignatius / Washington Post:

Biden maneuvers to avoid the unintended conflict with China — A welcome moment in Monday night's “virtual summit” came when President Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he feared the risk of unintended conflict as China rapidly expands its nuclear arsenal — and the Chinese leader responded …

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
U.S. and China Agree to Ease Restrictions on Journalists

Discussion: The Hill and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »

Congressman Gary Palmer:

Palmer on New Funding for Birmingham's Northern Beltline — Media Contact: Elizabeth Hance (202) 225-4921 — Washington, D.C. - The newly passed infrastructure bill, signed into law by President Biden, includes legislation introduced by Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) and Congressman David Trone …

Discussion: Yahoo News, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire

Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP lawmaker takes credit for infrastructure funding after voting against it

Discussion: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Western Journal

Washington Post:

House to vote to censure Gosar, remove him from committees over violent anime video depicting Ocasio-Cortez's killing — The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution that both censures Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) and removes him from his committee assignments, more than one week …

Discussion: HuffPost, Fox News, Politico, USA Today, ABC News, CNN and Bloomberg

CNN:
House Republicans shrug off threats of violence as Democrats prepare to punish Gosar

Discussion: HotAir, Mediaite, Insider, Joe.My.God., Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Democrats and New Republic

Wall Street Journal:

FBI Tracks Threats Against Teachers, School-Board Members — Many Republicans see prospect of criminalizing concerned parents — WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation has set up a process to track threats against school-board members and teachers, moving to implement …

Discussion: New York Times, HotAir, Media Matters for America, Breitbart, The Western Journal, Washington Examiner, RedState, Townhall, Page Array, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Alpha News, Fox News and Breaking911

Glenn Greenwald:

Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles — Those whose worldview is bereft of universally applied principles, and based solely on tribal allegiances, assume everyone else is plagued by this very deficiency. — The FBI has executed a string …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Glenn Greenwald and Committee to Protect …

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Did the Justice Department overreach in raiding James O'Keefe's home?

Discussion: The Western Journal, HotAir and Power Line

Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:

In Another Trump Book, a Journalist's Belated Awareness Steals the Show … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — By the looks of his formidable résumé, the veteran Beltway journalist Jonathan Karl shouldn't startle all that easily.

Discussion: HuffPost and Balloon Juice

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Continued Block on Sending White House Files to Jan. 6 Panel

Discussion: The Hill, NBC News, CNN, The Bulwark, Roll Call, Politico and Raw Story

Tovia Smith / NPR:

Why Boston will need to wait longer for its 1st elected Black mayor — For the first time in its history, Boston is inaugurating a newly-elected mayor on Tuesday who is not a white man. Michelle Wu - who's Asian American, is the first woman and first person of color elected to lead the city.

Discussion: Twitchy, Washington Free Beacon, Townhall, TheBlaze and IJR

Nikolas Lanum / Fox News:
NPR slammed over story highlighting ‘disappointment’ over Boston electing Asian woman mayor

Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite

Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

A maternity ranch is born … ARGYLE, Tex. — The vision had come as she was driving home from the Kroger, and it was so sudden and fully formed that Aubrey Schlackman began to tell people that “it was like God placed it in my head.” — This was last year, a time when abortion …

Helaine Olen / Washington Post:

Inflation drives people nuts. When will Democrats wise up? — Democrats, who as recently as last week dismissed inflation as “transitory,” have got a major dilemma on their hands. — Inflation is running at 6.2 percent annually, the highest rate in three decades, and shows no sign of slowing.

Politico:
Congress could face mid-December debt disaster, Yellen warns

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Bloomberg

Kana Ruhalter / The Daily Beast:

COVID-Positive Republican Senator Charged for Inappropriately Grabbing Nurse — HANDS OFF — John Bizon, a Republican state senator of Michigan and a doctor, has been charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly grabbing a nurse practitioner and squeezing her waist inappropriately, according to MLive.com.

Discussion: MLive.com and Lansing State Journal

Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:

The government dramatically underestimated job growth this summer — Initial reports underestimated job growth by a cumulative 626,000 over four months — The government sharply underestimated job gains for most of 2021, including four months this summer in which it missed more job growth than at any other time on record.

Washington Post:

The second-biggest program in the Democrats' spending plan gives billions to the rich … The House is expected to vote this week on President Biden's Build Back Better legislation. The social spending bill includes investments in clean energy and affordable child care …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Jacobin, Breitbart and Committee for a …

Los Angeles Times:

L.A. County supervisors seek to decriminalize bike violations after Times investigation — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved toward decriminalizing bicycling violations and ordered a review of “biased policing” the Sheriff's Department uses to enforce such laws.

Sophie Egan / New York Times:

Does It Matter if I Eat the Stickers on Fruits and Vegetables? — I keep finding myself biting into an apple or a peach, only to find I've eaten half the sticker the store put on there. Is there any harm in eating produce stickers? — While the stickers that get placed on fruits …

Discussion: Gawker and Twitchy

C. Ryan Barber / Insider:

Democrats are frustrated with Merrick Garland's judge-like apolitical style as Biden's attorney general — Merrick Garland has frustrated Democrats with his judge-like approach to running the DOJ. — Recent House and Senate oversight hearings reveal Garland's political blind spot.

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, Raw Story, The National Interest and The Daily Wire

Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:

Democrats plan to swing back aggressively at Republicans on critical race theory claims — Democratic strategists say the party should hit back harder against GOP critical race theory claims. — “On a political level, it's a real threat,” one strategist told Insider.

Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy, Ace of Spades HQ, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and NBC News

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:

Trump Fanatic Who Electroshocked D.C. Cop On Jan. 6 Tries To Get His Confession Tossed — The Trump supporter, who electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is trying to argue that he wasn't properly advised of his rights. — Daniel Rodriguez, a pro-Trump extremist …

Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:

Inflation Is Not The Biggest Thing Happening In The Economy Right Now — Family poverty has substantially declined thanks to the child tax credit. — WASHINGTON ― Rising prices have crushed consumer sentiment and become a major political story as President Joe Biden struggles to enact …

Discussion: CBS Philly

Mark Lungariello / New York Post:

Student suspended for saying there are only two genders, lawsuit claims — A New Hampshire teenager is suing his school district after he was allegedly suspended from athletics for saying there are “only two genders.” — The Exeter High School freshman said in the suit that he was hit …

Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and HotAir

Robert Towey / CNBC:

Dr. Fauci says U.S. Covid cases need to fall below 10,000 a day to get to a ‘degree of normality’ — White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that Covid cases in the U.S. may need to fall as low as 3,300 per day for the nation to gain control over the virus.

Kyle Whitmire / al.com:

Hubbard still pulling strings from prison, tapes reveal — This is an opinion column. — In September, Mike Hubbard said he was sorry — for something. — In a letter to Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker, the former Alabama House speaker apologized — for his convictions. Not his crimes.

Discussion: WKRG-TV and Political Wire

United States Navy:

Navy Updates Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal — From MC1 Mark D. Faram, Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs. — The Navy issued follow-on guidance to commands for service members who refuse to comply with the service's order mandating all active-duty and reserve members …

Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner

New York Times:

The F.D.A. plans to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech boosters for all adults as soon as Thursday. — WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, a move that would expand the number …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Fortune, Axios, Wall Street Journal, TheBlaze, Los Angeles Times and CBS News

Noreen Malone / Vogue:

Unfriended: Frances Haugen on Her Facebook Testimony and What Comes Next — It's early on a Tuesday night in October, and Frances Haugen and I are at a bright restaurant in a dark corner of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico—a few blocks from the Castillo de San Cristóbal.

emptywheel:

John Durham's Cut-and-Paste Failures — and Other Indices of Unreliability — It would be unfortunate if the press corps responded to evidence that significant numbers of reporters had uncritically magnified the Steele dossier by uncritically magnifying other demonstrably unreliable documents.

Discussion: New York Times

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

Greene says she's accumulated $63K in House mask fines and is not vaccinated — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she has accumulated $63,000 in fines for refusing to wear a mask on the House floor, with additional fines likely to be imposed as she continues to defy …

Discussion: Political Wire

Southern Poverty Law Center:

Infowars Director Bought Domain Named After Terrorist — Hours after Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant livestreamed the murder of 51 Muslim worshippers, Infowars information technology director Michael Zimmerman bought the domain “tarrantmanifesto.com,” leaked data from the company Epik shows.