memeorandum: TPUSA's Student Action Summit was the WrestleMania of crude misogyny (Aaron Rupar/Public Notice)

1:40 PM ET, July 25, 2022

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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Trump: ‘Fox & Friends’ has gone to the ‘dark side’ — Former President Trump tore into Fox News' flagship morning program on Monday, lashing out at its hosts for their coverage of his polling as he eyes another run for president in 2024. — “Fox and Freinds] just really botched my poll numbers …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, Crooks and Liars and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:

No, the Murdochs haven't turned on Trump — On Friday evening, the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal each published editorials condemning Donald Trump's refusal to stop the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, as chronicled by the latest hearing from the House select committee investigating the assault.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Why the right-wing media is fracturing in its defense of Trump — Listen — Gift Article — The Jan. 6 House select committee's revelations have grown so overwhelmingly powerful that even some right-wing media figures have begun acknowledging their seriousness.

Discussion: Raw Story, Words & Deeds and The Guardian

Susie Blann / Associated Press:

Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraine's president — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Washington Post and Associated Press

Washington Post:

Tensions high between Israel, Russia over looming ban of Jewish Agency — Listen — Gift Article — JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is pushing back against moves by Moscow to outlaw the private agency that helps Russian Jews immigrate to Israel, ramping up tensions that have worsened between …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Haaretz and The Times of Israel

Washington Post:
Ukraine Live Briefing: Gazprom cuts gas flows to Europe; Russia says Odessa strike doesn't violate grain deal

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, ebu.ch and Institute for the Study of War

Jeffrey Frank / New York Times:

Kamala Harris Is Stuck — Just months after being sworn in as president in 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower gave an unusual task to his vice president, Richard Nixon. — Years earlier, when Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in World War II, he had been distressed …

Discussion: HotAir, National Review, Althouse and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Eugene Daniels / Politico:

Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights — Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hit the campaign and fundraising circuit in an aggressive bid to elevate Democratic state legislators and governors on the abortion rights frontlines.

Discussion: Fox News, NPR, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, LifeNews.com and Fox 59

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Revolving door creates questions and complications for Kamala Harris

Discussion: HotAir

Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Judge blocks Fulton DA from questioning GOP senator in Trump probe — Another office will be appointed to handle inquiry into lieutenant gov. nominee Burt Jones — A Fulton County judge is disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from questioning state Sen. Burt Jones …

Richard L. Hasen / Slate:

What the Critics Get Incredibly Wrong about the Colins-Manchin Election Bill — Last week's announcement by a bipartisan group of senators proposing reforms to the poorly written 1887 law that governs Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes is a good half-loaf measure against election subversion.

Discussion: Lawfare

Washington Post:
Why two Democratic lawyers are concerned about the Electoral Count bill

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Abolish the College, Election Law Blog and Conservative Guardian

Popular Information:

Coachella's parent company is donating major cash to an anti-abortion political organization — This story is being published in partnership with Rolling Stone. Subscribe to get its biggest stories on music, culture, politics, and entertainment. — June 24, the day the Supreme Court …

Rolling Stone: Coachella's Parent Company Is Donating Major Cash to a Political Organization Pushing Anti-Abortion Agenda

Hayes Brown / MSNBC:

John Fetterman's trolling could win him a seat in the U.S. Senate — How John Fetterman is out-memeing New Jersey's Dr. Oz — Months ago, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman was forced off the campaign trail in his race for the U.S. Senate after he had a stroke and underwent surgery to install a pacemaker.

Cameron Joseph / VICE:

JD Vance Suggests People in ‘Violent’ Marriages Shouldn't Get Divorced — The Ohio Republican Senate nominee claimed people “shift spouses like they change their underwear,” and that it had damaged a generation of children. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US

Elizabeth Warren / Wall Street Journal:

Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure — More aggressive interest-rate hikes will cost millions of jobs and won't address the causes of high prices. — 1x — Even as the pandemic continues to take its toll, the U.S. has experienced a surprisingly strong economic recovery.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times, Common Dreams and The Hill

Victoria Guida / Politico: Mass confusion impedes Fed attempts to prevent recession

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Samantha Bee's ‘Full Frontal’ Canceled in Latest Late-Night Cutback … “As we continue to shape our new programming strategy, we've made some difficult, business-based decisions,” TBS said in a statement. “We are proud to have been the home to “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” and thank Sam …

Discussion: The Hill, WTBS-TV, Vanity Fair, Deadline, Townhall, UPI, IndieWire and The Daily Wire

Washington D.C. / U.S. Securities …:

Press Release SEC Charges Former Indiana Congressman with Insider Trading — Stephen Buyer allegedly used inside information to buy $1.5 million in stocks — The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Stephen Buyer, a former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th Congressional District.

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Insider, Raw Story and CNBC

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:

Dems fume at Disney's Hulu for blocking ads on abortion, guns, Jan. 6 — Listen — Gift Article — The Disney-backed streaming service Hulu is refusing to run political ads on central themes of Democratic midterm campaigns, including abortion, guns and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Verge and The Daily Caller

Devan Markham / NewsNation:

Neighborhoods hire off-duty officers through ‘crowdfunding’ — (NewsNation) — Crime has become a major concern around the country, including in Minneapolis. Over the past year, the Minneapolis Police Department crime data report reflects that burglaries are up 6%, thefts are up 31% and carjacking are up 14%.

David Freedlander / New York Magazine:

Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press — “I just don't see the point,” said an adviser to a GOP presidential aspirant. — When Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared last week at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa — an annual cattle call for Republican would-be presidential contenders …

STAT:

White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines — The Biden administration is preparing a sweeping initiative to develop a next generation of Covid-19 immunizations that would thwart future coronavirus variants and dramatically reduce rates of coronavirus infection or transmission …

Discussion: The National Interest, The Verge, Fox News and New York Times

Finn McRedmond / UnHerd:

News09:22 Ukraine Government issues blacklist of ‘Russian propagandists’ — The list includes a number of prominent Western intellectuals — The Government of Ukraine has issued a blacklist of individuals who they judge to be “promoting Russian propaganda” — including a number of prominent Western intellectuals.

Bill Glauber / Journal Sentinel:

Tom Nelson drops out of Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, throws support to Mandela Barnes — Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson's long run for the U.S. Senate is over. — Nelson announced Monday that he was ending his Democratic primary campaign and throwing his support to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

Discussion: WTOP News

Mohar Chatterjee / Politico:

Biden's doctor says the president's Covid symptoms are ‘almost completely resolved’ — The White House delivered another upbeat health update for President Joe Biden on Monday, four days after he tested positive for Covid. — “The President completed his fourth full day of PAXLOVID last night …

Discussion: NBC News, CNN, CBS News, Washington Examiner, ABC News, USA Today, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, UPI and NPR

Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:

TPUSA's Student Action Summit was the WrestleMania of crude misogyny — Unpacking a weekend that served as a disturbing reminder of what the GOP is all about. — I wasn't planning to spend most of my weekend clipping and posting videos, until I briefly dipped into the Turning Point USA …

Meridith McGraw / Politico:

Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback. — At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration.

Discussion: Raw Story

Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:

Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case to Be Exonerated — Steven Lopez is expected to have a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record. — Give this article- - - Read in app — A forgotten co-defendant of the Central Park Five, who, like them …

Discussion: CBS News, New York Post, abc7NY, WTOP News, NBC New York and PIX11

Los Angeles Times:

LAPD seeks suspects after 2 killed, 5 injured in shooting at crowded San Pedro park — Police were searching for suspects aftet two people were killed and five wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon at a crowded San Pedro oark — Police said there were approximately 500 people at Peck Park …

Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press, WGN-TV, Daily News, WTOP News, ABC7, NBC Los Angeles and Fox News

Sarah Posner / New Republic:

How Did Maryland Republicans Nominate Two Extremist Screwballs for Statewide Office? — Last Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Maryland picked two radical extremists as their nominees in November's race for governor and attorney general. In electing Dan Cox as their gubernatorial candidate …