memeorandum: Face it, Joe, You Were Never Supposed to Be President (David Horowitz/Front Page Magazine)

10:10 AM ET, June 8, 2022

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David Siders / Politico:

Trump hits another snag: 6 takeaways from a big primary night — Another round of Republicans on Donald Trump's hit list survived on Tuesday, while in San Francisco, a progressive prosecutor didn't. But that's not all we learned from Tuesday's primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi …

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Morning Shots, New York Times, SFGATE, Electoral-vote.com, The Federalist, Raw Story and CNN

Nellie Bowles / The Atlantic:

How San Francisco Became a Failed City — San Francisco was conquered by the United States in 1846, and two years later, the Americans discovered gold. That's about when my ancestors came—my German great-great-great-grandfather worked at a butcher shop on Jackson Street.

Discussion: New York Times and Reason

San Francisco Chronicle:

Chesa Boudin Recall Election Results — Live San Francisco election results for the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, including vote breakdown by district. — The S.F. Department of Elections is not yet reporting results for this election. The department will start publishing data at around 8:45 p.m. on June 7.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire and Townhall

Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:

The Broken Windows Election — San Francisco district attorney and George Soros darling Chesa Boudin went down in flames Tuesday evening, recalled by double-digits in ultra-liberal San Francisco, a far larger margin than the less than 2 percent of voters who carried him to victory three years ago.

Discussion: Bolts, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones, Instapundit, Power Line, Shot in the Dark, NBC News and Insider

Megan Cassidy / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chesa Boudin ousted as San Francisco district attorney in historic recall

Discussion: TheBlaze, CBS News, JONATHAN TURLEY, Progress Report, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Vox and Fox News

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Opinion Boudin's recall proves Democrats have lost the public's trust on crime

Discussion: Persuasion and Washington Examiner

Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle: Chesa Boudin blamed the recall on the right wing. But S.F. voters who ousted him just want a city that works

Janie Har / Associated Press:
San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall

Discussion: Axios, American Greatness, The Hill, RedState, The Daily Signal and Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
California Sends Democrats and the Nation a Message on Crime

Discussion: Substance, Washington Examiner, Erick Erickson's Confessions … and CNN

San Francisco Chronicle:
California Election Results June 2022

Discussion: Noahpinion and The Guardian

Mission Local: Recall election: Analysis and results

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Polls close in California, where crime is a key issue in primary showdowns

Discussion: HotAir, National Review and Politico

Peter Baker / New York Times:

How Jared Kushner Washed His Hands of Donald Trump Before Jan. 6 — Mr. Kushner's role in the final months of the Trump White House could come into sharp relief once the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol opens hearings. — Give this article- - - Read in app

Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

Mark Meadows Was Trump's “Matador” for His Fake Election Lies — Without the former President's fourth and final White House chief of staff, January 6th might never have happened. — When the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol begins its long-awaited hearings …

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post, Insider and Rolling Stone

ABC News:

Top Trump White House lawyer in active talks with Jan. 6 committee to testify publicly — Cipollone was one of the few aides with Trump in the West Wing on Jan. 6. — White House Counsel Pat Cipollone attends a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NBC News, CNN, Insider, CBS News, The Hill, Raw Story, New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Politico, Washington Post, Variety, Boston.com, TMZ.com, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Washington Times and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee — A federal judge Tuesday ordered John Eastman — the attorney who developed former President Donald Trump's last-ditch strategy to overturn the election — to disclose a batch of 159 sensitive documents to the Jan. 6 select committee …

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, CBS News and Forbes

Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How to Think About the January 6th Hearings

Discussion: Vox, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times and Roll Call

Jordain Carney / Politico:
The latest House-Senate GOP split: How to respond to Jan. 6 hearings

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, HuffPost and The Dispatch

Rolling Stone:
The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter's Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It

Discussion: Insider, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Times, Talking Points Memo and POLITICUSUSA

Associated Press:

FBI seizes retired general's data related to Qatar lobbying — The FBI has seized the electronic data of a retired four-star general who authorities say made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.

Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Wire

New York Times: Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:

DeSantis spokeswoman belatedly registers as agent of foreign politician — Christina Pushaw's disclosure of work for Mikheil Saakashvili came after contact from the Justice Department, her attorney said — A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) this week registered as a foreign agent …

Discussion: Twitchy, Raw Story, Political Wire and WFLA-TV

Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:

Uvalde, Buffalo shooting victims to testify at gun hearing before Congress — WASHINGTON — Survivors and family members of victims from the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., will testify before lawmakers Wednesday at a hearing focused on the epidemic of gun violence.

Discussion: Fox News, ABC News, The Hill and NBC Bay Area

Annie Karni / New York Times:
Live Updates: House to Hold Hearing on Gun Violence

Discussion: The Hill

Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:

How Much Damage Have Marjorie Taylor Greene and the ‘Bullies’ Done to the G.O.P.? — Curious to know how the two more extreme wings of the Democrats and Republicans in the House differ, I asked a high-ranking Republican staff member with decades of government experience …

Kelsey Piper / Vox:

Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world — Some “climate anxiety” is the product of telling kids — falsely — that they have no future. — My 5-year-old daughter is now old enough to read a lot of books and magazines aimed at children, and it's given me a whole …

Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:

Inaugural January 6 hearing to track activities of Proud Boys during Capitol attack — The House select committee investigating the insurrection will examine several crucial stages in the lead up to the first breach of the Capitol — The House select committee investigating …

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, CBS News, Associated Press, HuffPost and NBC News

Herb Scribner / Axios:
Majority of Proud Boys indicted for sedition were U.S. military veterans

Discussion: Reason, Military.com, Raw Story, SHERO and WHYY

Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

Moderna says new trial results show that a revised vaccine works better against Omicron. — The findings indicate that the updated vaccine produced a significantly stronger immune response against Omicron, but it is unclear how it will fare against future versions of the virus.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Fortune, STAT and NPR

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:

Tucker Carlson Revels in the WaPo Drama: ‘The Post Caved!’ — Tucker Carlson absolutely reveled in the drama in the Washington Post newsroom that has been ongoing since Friday. — On Tuesday, the Fox News host addressed the controversy, which began with the retweet of a sexist joke by reporter Dave Weigel.

Discussion: Fox News, Zipcode Zero, Instapundit and POLITICUSUSA, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, HotAir, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Common Sense

Washington Post:

Another 2020 election denier will be on November's ballot — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born on this day in 1867. If you're in the D.C. area, the Fallingwater house in southwest Pennsylvania that he designed is a wonderful day trip.

David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:

Face it, Joe, You Were Never Supposed to Be President — You were just supposed to play him on TV. — A famous drama coach said, “When the actor you hired begins to believe he's the character he plays, fire him.” That's the trouble with Joe Biden. He believes he really is the president of the United States.

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:

Matthew McConaughey Knocks Down Common Talking Point Against Raising Age Requirement to Buy AR-15s — Matthew McConaughey joined Bret Baier on Tuesday's Special Report, just hours after delivering remarks at the White House press briefing. — The actor was born in Uvalde, Texas …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, CNN, Today's Edition Newsletter, Politique Republic, CNN, ABC News, HotAir, HotAir and CNN

Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:

Professors behind conservative-backed “Liberty Institute” say UT has strayed from plan — Emails obtained via an open records request show two professors who helped develop the new center believe UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell backed off a plan to bring “intellectual diversity” to campus.

Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:

Raisman, Biles, Maroney among 90 women asking FBI for $1 billion for mishandling Larry Nassar sex abuse case — Larry Nassar victims seek $1 billion from FBI — A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman …

Discussion: CNN, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, UPI, Union-News, Fox News, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …

Zoë Richards / NBC News:

House GOP candidate shares post claiming Buffalo, Uvalde shootings were false flag operations — A congressional candidate in New York endorsed by a member of House GOP leadership recently shared a Facebook post claiming the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, were false flag operations.

Discussion: Mediaite, WIVB-TV, No More Mister Nice Blog and Occupy Democrats