Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:30 AM ET, October 29, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
Accused Pelosi attacker David DePape spread QAnon, other far-right, bigoted conspiracies  —  In the months before police accused him of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, David DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate …
RELATED:
CNN:
Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker posted multiple conspiracy theories  —  The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol …
San Francisco Chronicle:
What we know about David DePape, man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer  —  LIVE UPDATES: Suspect David DePape lived with group who believed 9/11 was ‘inside job’  —  Law enforcement have identified David DePape, 42, as a suspect in the Friday morning home invasion violent attack on Paul Pelosi.
Rolling Stone:
Paul Pelosi's Alleged Attacker Raged About ‘Pedos,’ Shared QAnon Beliefs  —  David DePape had been blogging for at least 15 years, with his views growing more extreme over time, an analysis by Rolling Stone found  —  DAVID DEPAPE, THE man now charged with attempted homicide and a raft …
Tess Owen / VICE:
Man Accused of Attacking Nancy Pelosi's Husband Left Trail of Far-Right Hate  —  VICE News identified several blogs under the name of the suspect that espoused far-right conspiracy theories, racism, and sexism.  —  TO  —  KH  —  The man who allegedly broke into Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / MSNBC:
The attack on Paul Pelosi was shocking — and yet also predictable  —  “We fight like hell,” then-President Donald Trump told supporters Jan. 6, 2021.  “And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.”  —  Recent warnings of political violence during …
RELATED:
Los Angeles Times:
Attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband ‘was not a random act,’ San Francisco police say
New York Times:
Officers responded so rapidly to Paul Pelosi's 911 call that they witnessed the attack, officials say.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack identified; reportedly asked ‘Where is Nancy?’
Politico:
Paul Pelosi told attacker he needed to use the bathroom, called 911 from there
CNBC:
GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover  — General Motors is suspending its advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform.  — “We are engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership,” GM said.
RELATED:
Politico:
'I think it's an earthquake': The political world reckons with a Musk-owned Twitter  —  America's political and media players woke up Friday to a new reality: One of the country's most outspoken, often divisive, business figures is now the moderator of its most obsessive political conversation.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk's First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter's Strong Free Speech Stance
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The hidden danger lurking behind Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
New York Post:
Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlets: ‘Rahul Ligma’  —  A pair of pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees tricked multiple media outlets Friday as the public anxiously awaited news on whether Elon Musk had begun axing staffers.
RELATED:
NBC News:
Twitter's first full day under Elon Musk is here, and the mood has already shifted
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
It's 2024.  Trump Backers Won't Certify the Election.  What Next, Legally?  —  The question is most urgent in Arizona, where two of the former president's loyalists may well become governor and secretary of state.  —  It's a nightmare scenario for American democracy …
Washington Post:
Top national security prosecutor joins Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation  —  National security law experts say prosecutors have amassed evidence that meets some key criteria for charging the former president  —  One of the Justice Department's most experienced national security prosecutors …
RELATED:
ABC News:
Outspoken Trump ally Kash Patel goes mum as Mar-a-Lago probe progresses
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap:
Penguin Random House Staffers, Others Call for Canceling of Amy Coney Barrett Memoir … Hundreds of Penguin Random House staffers and other literary professionals are calling on the publishing company to cut ties with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and to cancel her upcoming book.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
American Jews start to think the unthinkable  —  On the holiest night of the Jewish year earlier this month, my rabbi looked up from his Kol Nidre sermon — a homily about protecting America's liberal democracy — and posed a question that wasn't in his prepared text: “How many people …
Discussion: American Prospect
CNN:
Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and staffers  —  A Pennsylvania man previously arrested for impersonating Donald Trump's family members in fraud scheme pleaded guilty on Friday to threatening to kill a member of Congress and his staff.
RELATED:
Justice News:   Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Making Threats To Kill United States Congressman
Sarah Mearhoff / VTDigger:
‘So blatantly illegal’: Liam Madden admits to funneling money through family to inflate campaign finance numbers  —  Liam Madden, the Republican nominee in the open race for Vermont's lone seat in the U.S. House, during a radio interview Thursday morning described in detail a self-funded scheme …
Washington Post:
Republicans oppose Democrats' plan to fund Ukraine with seized Russian assets  —  A provision Democrats want in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act would allow the Justice Department to transfer millions of dollars in yachts and other assets from Russian oligarchs
Washington Post:
Key Proud Boys Jan. 6 co-conspirator pleads guilty, Tarrio lawyer says  —  A cooperator plea by John Charles Stewart related to the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case is disclosed as the U.S. turns up pressure on Proud Boys ahead of December trial  —  An accused key co-conspirator …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Drones in Ukraine Project Tehran's Power Beyond Mideast, Testing U.S., Europe  —  Wave of Russian attacks highlights how sanctions failed to stop Tehran from building a drone army that can arm proxies and friendly governments  —  Russia's expanding use of Iranian drones in Ukraine poses …
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years  —  Despite the discovery, the work, titled New York City I, will continue to be displayed the wrong way up to avoid damaging it  —  Mondrian painting wrong on the left and correct on the right  —  A painting by abstract Dutch …
Articles and Investigations:
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab  —  The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic's onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal.  Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Americans believe crime is way, way up.  The stats don't match that.  —  What's really going on with the crime rate  —  In the final weeks of the midterms, ads for Democratic candidates are focused on abortion rights as the issue they want to drive home to voters.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:30 AM ET, October 29, 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: 
James Allan / Law & Liberty:
A Law School Lacked and Lost
Discussion: National Review
CBS News:
Man convicted of 1983 murder cleared after spending nearly four decades in prison
Discussion: ABC7
Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
Government warns of “heightened threat” to 2022 elections, fueled by rise in domestic violent extremism
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Oz Struggles to Woo Black Philadelphians in Senate Race
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The British Barack Obama?
Discussion: New York Times
Yahoo News:
As temperatures begin to fall, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine's vulnerable power grid
Robert Draper / The Atlantic:
A Political Party Unhinged From Truth
Associated Press:
Biden press secretary didn't walk out on reporter's question
 Earlier Items: 
Grace Segers / New Republic:
The Power of the Native Vote Is Reshaping Alaska Politics
Discussion: Associated Press
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
In Retrial, Man Who Helped Run Border Wall Charity Is Convicted
Discussion: Law & Crime and Fox News
 

 
From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules coming into effect in October 2025
 
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