Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:25 PM ET, April 24, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
France's Emmanuel Macron urges unity in re-election victory speech  —  French President Emmanuel Macron celebrated his re-election Sunday by using his victory speech to acknowledge the country's deep political divisions and the “anger” felt by his detractors.
RELATED:
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Emmanuel Macron is re-elected French president, defeating Marine Le Pen.  —  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron won a second term as president of France, triumphing on Sunday over Marine Le Pen, his far-right challenger, after a campaign where his promise of stability prevailed over the strong temptation of an extremist lurch.
Axios:
Macron defeats Le Pen to win re-election in France  —  French President Emmanuel Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen to win re-election Sunday, with projections as polls closed showing him winning 58% to 42%. … While polls consistently showed him in the lead …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Olivier Faye / Le Monde.fr:   A tepid victory for Emmanuel Macron
Ben Hall / Financial Times:   Victory for Macron is not an instant cure for all France's ills
Le Monde / Le Monde.fr:
Macron wins French presidential election
Wall Street Journal:
France's Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term in Presidential Election
Discussion: Reuters and CBS San Francisco
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Re-Examines Elon Musk's Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal  —  Two sides are meeting Sunday to discuss takeover bid, people familiar with the matter say  —  Twitter Inc. is re-examining Elon Musk's $43 billion takeover offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the bid …
RELATED:
Financial Times:
Putin abandons hopes of Ukraine deal and shifts to land-grab strategy  —  Russian president was considering settlement with Kyiv last month but now sees no prospect of that  —  Vladimir Putin has lost interest in diplomatic efforts to end his war with Ukraine and instead appears set on seizing …
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. Officials Meet With Zelensky in Kyiv  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin make highest-level U.S. visit since war began  —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday …
Associated Press:
Live updates | Ukraine: Civilians in steelworks beg for aid
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan Senate candidate: ‘A family should be a White mom, White dad and White kids’  —  Lansing — Randy Bishop, a right-wing Michigan radio host who filed last week to run for the state Senate, said on his show last month that TV commercials were attempting to make him feel guilty because he thinks families should be all White.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Withholds Sanctions on a Very Close Putin Associate: His Reputed Girlfriend  —  Officials have a sanctions package ready, but they continue to weigh the potential backlash for blacklisting the 39-year-old former Olympic gymnast  —  Several weeks have passed since the U.S. and its allies …
Thomas Kika / Newsweek:
Pence Refusing to Get in Secret Service Car on Jan. 6 ‘Chilling’: Raskin  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to get into a Secret Service vehicle during the January 6 Capitol riot is being called “chilling” as the House select committee prepares to reveal its findings sometime before the end of the year.
Discussion: The Mahablog
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Warren slams McCarthy as ‘liar’ and traitor' over Jan 6 tape
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The real reason today's Republican Party hates corporations like Disney  —  It's kind of a shame that one of the great myths of my baby boomer childhood — that the late Walt Disney had frozen himself so he could spring back to life, Sleeping Beauty-like, after humankind had cured cancer — turned out to be an urban myth.
RELATED:
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Bonfires of Vengeance  —  Ron DeSantis' attack on Disney isn't “populism”  —  Happy Sunday.  —  My good friend Matt K. Lewis describes Ron DeSantis's retaliation against Disney as “the clearest sign yet that the Republican Party has reordered itself as a populist, working-class party—instead of a pro-business party.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
Inept 'People's Convoy' chased out of Bay Area by egg-throwing kids  —  The dreams of the “People's Convoy” quickly died in the Bay Area after a critical tactical error: turning onto a street with a Safeway and a group of bored kids.  —  The trucker convoy, which aimed to emulate …
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Georgetown Law Scheduled to Host Antisemite Who Claims Israelis ‘Harvest Organs of the Martyred’  —  Georgetown Law is hosting Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian poet and writer with a long history of antisemitic comments, on campus this Tuesday.  The event, hosted by the school's chapter …
RELATED:
Bevan Hurley / Yahoo News:   Climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside of US Supreme Court
Cheyenne Roundtree / Rolling Stone:
Video Undercuts DaBaby's Self-Defense Claim in 2018 Killing  —  The controversial rapper shot and killed Jaylin Craig in a Walmart.  DaBaby swears he acted in self-defense, but never-before-seen footage raises doubts about his story  —  Four years ago, DaBaby signed a deal with Interscope Records that would change his life.
Pamela Paul / New York Times:
The Limits of ‘Lived Experience’  —  Did Dana Schutz, a white artist, have the right to paint Emmett Till?  Was it fair that a white historian, David Blight, won a Pulitzer for his biography of Frederick Douglass?  Should Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner be the ones to update “West Side Story …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:25 PM ET, April 24, 2022.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Biden's decline is obvious to everyone but the press
Discussion: The Daily Wire
mailchi.mp:
Senator Orrin G. Hatch
New York Times:
'It's Life or Death': The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Jan. 6 committee's concerns about Insurrection Act should concern the rest of us
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Adler-Bell / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Party Is Wasting Its Grassroots Energy
The White House:
Readout of President Biden's Call with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Kalin / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Royals Are Selling Homes, Yachts and Art as Crown Prince Cuts Income
emptywheel:
Confirmed: John Durham Has Withheld Discovery That DOJ Already Disproved His Claims of Political Malice
ICIJ:
How a ruthless Irish gang found a home away from home in Dubai and an enemy in the White House
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Joe Kahn can be a great New York Times editor
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page