memeorandum: At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers (Christopher Mathias/HuffPost)

10:05 PM ET, March 4, 2023

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Laura Jedeed / New Republic:

The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023 — “It's so great to see everyone here, and it's so great to see a packed house, too!” — It is approximately 11:15 AM in Washington DC, and investigative reporter Sara Carter is lying. The house is never crowded this early on the first day of CPAC …

Discussion: The Guardian, Washington Times, New York Post, The Mahablog, The Hill, Buttermilk Sky, ABC News and Mediaite

Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:

At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers — The conservative movement's annual confab was creepily obsessed with trans kids and showcased the GOP's alarming and intensifying anti-trans rhetoric. — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Thousands of conservatives …

Discussion: Mother Jones, RedState, Washington Examiner and Just The News

New York Times:

Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle — Donald Trump will be basking in affection from activists at CPAC on Saturday. But his campaign is preparing for an ugly, protracted primary fight for the nomination. — OXON HILL, Md. — Inside the MAGA-clad corridors …

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Trump easily wins CPAC straw poll — Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference's (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.

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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:

Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech — “I wouldn't even think of leaving,” Trump said when asked whether he would drop out of the presidential race if he is charged criminally … “I wouldn't even think of leaving [the race],” Trump responded.

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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:

Between Rounds of Golf, Trump's Searching for the Perfect DeSantis Diss — Holed up at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, former President Donald Trump spends many mornings golfing and then, in the afternoons, plots his political comeback. — Maybe he'll shoot videos on policy proposals for his latest presidential campaign.

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Associated Press:
Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign

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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump To His Followers: ‘I Am Your Retribution’

Discussion: Washington Examiner, NewsNation, Insider, CNN and Washington Post

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Inside the Panic at Fox News After the 2020 Election — “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.” — WASHINGTON — A little more than a week …

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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:

Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry — The HBO drama “Succession” might be a fictional corollary to the machinations of Rupert Murdoch's Fox empire. But when it comes specifically to Fox News, “The Righteous Gemstones,” an HBO show about a family managing its skeevy, sprawling, megachurch business may be a more apt model.

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations

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Annie Karni / New York Times:

Former Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway and George Conway Are Planning to Divorce — The political odd couple had bewildered Washington when Ms. Conway was serving as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump and her husband was one of his fiercest critics. — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway …

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The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway's Hubby Confirms Divorce After Spat With Trump

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN, Insider, Washington Press, The Gateway Pundit, New Jersey Online and RADAR

CNN:

Trump seeks to block Pence's grand jury testimony in 2020 election interference probe — Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to block former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking to a grand jury about certain matters covered by executive privilege as part …

Discussion: Millennial Opinion, Mediaite, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Adventus, Washington Examiner and Washington Post

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Asks Judge to Block Pence's Testimony to Grand Jury

Discussion: USA Today and Mediaite

Bar Peleg / Haaretz:

‘Good Evening, Anarchists and Terrorists’ | Record Number of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu's Judicial Coup — Despite the force used by police against protesters on Wednesday, up to 150,000 people arrived to the central Tel Aviv demonstration ■ Police use water cannons against Tel Aviv protesters who blocked highway

Discussion: Sputnik News, The Times of Israel, Reuters and Al Jazeera

Josh Breiner / Haaretz:
Israeli Pro-democracy Protests Enter Ninth Week as Police Ramp Up Forces in Tel Aviv

Discussion: The Times of Israel

WDTN-TV:

Residents told to shelter in place after Norfolk Southern train derails in Springfield — Editor's Note: The intersection of the road closed has been corrected. We apologize for the error. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Clark County on Saturday …

Discussion: CBS News, Fox News, Reuters, NBC Chicago, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Post Millennial and The Daily Caller

Judy Heumann:

The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist — Judith “Judy” Heumann (1947-2023) — Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023.

Discussion: The Hill

Erin Woo / The Information:

Musk Delayed Paying Twitter's Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat — Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter is squeezing to save money are also its advertising clients. — As recently as last month …

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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:

The last New Jersey reporter on Capitol Hill just got laid off — Jonathan Salant covered Washington on behalf of Newark's Star-Ledger for a decade. Now, the same elected officials he scrutinized are protesting the decision to eliminate his job. — Anyone elected to Congress from New Jersey …

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Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:

Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state — Florida Senate Bill 254 would grant courts emergency custody of kids who receive gender-affirming care. — The bill, introduced Friday, would also allow …

Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:

Russian minister's claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter — Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India's Raisina Dialogue conference — Comments by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were met with laughter at an international conference in India …

Discussion: NPR, Washington Examiner, Insider, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:

Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC — The transphobic tirade at the Conservative Political Action Conference prompted horror from a variety of people, with many calling the comment ‘genocidal.’ — Michael Knowles—right-wing political commentator associated …

Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and Jezebel

iaea.org:

Joint Statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Video Video of (2023-03-04) Press Conference with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi — IAEA Director General H. E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi visited the Islamic Republic of Iran on 3 and 4 March 2023.

Discussion: Reuters, Sputnik News, The Times of Israel, Politico, TASS and Al Jazeera

Steven Beschloss / America, America:

How Has Fox News Infected Your World? — You have a chat with a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, maybe a guy sitting next to you at a bar. You hear their love for Donald Trump and their hatred for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You learn they think Biden should be impeached …

Discussion: Breitbart, Raw Story, RADAR, National Review, Not the Bee and Mediaite

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Nancy Pelosi untethered: The former speaker revels in newfound freedom — The former speaker isn't in charge of anything now but is doing exactly what she wants in what some call ‘Pelosi 3.0’ — BALTIMORE — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) felt that sense of tension, or agita as her Italian family might say …

Discussion: Publishers Weekly

Phil Stewart / Reuters:

Syria mission worth the risk, top U.S. general says after rare visit — The nearly eight-year-old U.S. deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top U.S. military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.

Discussion: Task & Purpose, New York Times, nationalinterest.org, Associated Press and The New Arab

Michael Levenson / New York Times:

Former Army Private Sentenced to 45 Years in Neo-Nazi Plot to Kill Soldiers — Prosecutors said he planned an attack on his own U.S. Army unit, sharing sensitive details about it with a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and pro-jihadist group. — A former U.S. Army private was sentenced on Friday …

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post, The Hill, New York Daily News, New York Post, Fox News, CNN, WTOP News and Department of Justice

Nicky Robertson / CNN:

Texas GOP censures Republican congressman for ‘lack of fidelity’ to party principles and priorities — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced.