Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:45 PM ET, March 27, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Associated Press:
Police: Nashville school shooting suspect was former student  —  Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday was a former student.  The violence at The Covenant School …
RELATED:
CNN:
28-year-old woman kills 3 students and 3 adults at private Christian school in Nashville, police say  —  An armed 28-year-old woman fatally shot three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville before she was shot and killed by police, authorities said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.
The Tennessean:
Nashville school shooting: Seven fatally shot at Covenant School, including female suspect  —  Chris Gadd Rachel Wegner Kirsten Fiscus Craig ShoupNashville Tennessean  —  Three adults and three children are confirmed dead following a mass shooting Monday morning at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville.
Danielle Campomoar / NBC News:
Reporter covering Nashville school shooting makes stunning on-air announcement: ‘I am a survivor’  —  “If your student witnessed the unthinkable today, just be very gentle with them and let them talk when they're ready,” reporter Joylyn Bukovac said.  —  While covering a deadly school shooting …
Discussion: al.com
Washington Post:
6 killed, including 3 children, at Nashville school; shooter also dead  —  Bystander describes police response, emotional parents outside school … Updated just now  —  At least three children and three adults are dead after a shooting at a private Nashville grade school, authorities said Monday.
David K. Li / NBC News:
Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves multiple injured and gunman dead, officials say
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
The gap between GOP gun rights fantasy and Nashville's reality
Discussion: Magnolia Tribune and KTVX-TV
New York Times:
3 Children Dead in Shooting at Nashville Christian School, Hospital Says
Fox News:
Nashville school shooting: 6 killed including 3 students, shooter dead
Ronny Reyes / New York Post:
Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale identified as transgender and had detailed manifesto to attack Christian academy
Zoë Schiffer / Platformer:
The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else  —  Congratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron?  —  Last week, Twitter began notifying users who were verified under the company's previous regime that their blue check marks will be taken away unless they become paid subscribers for $8 a month.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise  —  Some Republican senators said they don't understand why Trump keeps relitigating the Capitol attack and those who were prosecuted for breaking the law.  —  WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republicans broke …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Trump extends election-rigging myth to his potential criminal charges
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Former National Enquirer Publisher Testifies Again in Trump Inquiry  —  The grand jury investigating a hush-money case against the former president met again on Monday, but the timing of any potential indictment remained unclear.  —  The former publisher of The National Enquirer testified …
RELATED:
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Donald Trump Deserves to Be Indicted
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
Washington Post:
As Israel erupts, Biden faces politically volatile pressures  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan comes as U.S. President Biden is about to host a democracy summit  —  The White House expressed relief Monday after a divisive plan to overhaul Israel's judiciary …
RELATED:
Natasha Roth-Rowland / +972 Magazine:   Do Israeli protesters really want democracy?
Michael Hauser Tov / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Overhaul After Unprecedented Strikes, Protests Rock Israel
Bloomberg:
FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump  —  The FBI released on Monday nearly 200 pages of internal documents it kept on Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump.  —  The files were classified as “Secret.”  In one document dated Feb. 14, 1989, the FBI said it …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Stokel-Walker / BuzzFeed News:
We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World  —  “I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.  —  Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media.
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
GOP congressman from Nashville district ‘heartbroken’ by shooting  —  Democrats and gun-control advocates highlighted a 2021 Christmas photo showing Rep. Andy Ogles and members of his family with firearms.  —  Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents the Nashville district where the Covenant School …
RELATED:
Bolts:
How the Tennessee GOP is Trying to Mute Music City
Discussion: New Republic
Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Makes a Strange House Call on Matt Taibbi  —  An agent shows up at the home of the Twitter files journalist who testified before Congress.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Democrats are denouncing the House GOP investigation into the weaponization of government, but maybe that's because Republicans are getting somewhere.
Discussion: Just The News
Washington Post:
The gun that divides a nation … The AR-15 wasn't supposed to be a bestseller.  —  The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers' rifle in the late 1950s.  “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved.
RELATED:
Washington Post:   We spent 7 months examining the AR-15's role in America. Here's what we learned.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Hires Another Former Trump Aide  —  Matt Wolking, who was part of the 2020 Trump campaign, will coordinate strategic communications for Never Back Down, a super PAC backing Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.  —  A top communications aide for former President Donald J …
Discussion: Puck, The Hill and Political Wire
RELATED:
Alexander Sammon / Slate:
What the Heck Is Joe Biden Thinking Lately?  —  After his historic midterm wins, he's suddenly tacking right.  A new hire may be why.  —  In mid-March, the Biden administration formally approved the Willow oil drilling project on federally owned landed in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
RELATED:
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Pull Back From Values That Once Defined U.S., WSJ-NORC Poll Finds  —  Patriotism, religion and hard work hold less importance  —  Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Texas judge rules against immediate relief for students facing drag show ban  —  Citing a procedural rule but giving no further explanation, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk holds off on granting relief to students whose university president banned a charity drag show.
Keith E. Whittington / Reason:
Professor Suggests Murder as Alternative to Shouting Down Speakers  —  An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School.  He thought the protesters did not go far enough, and he took to Facebook to say so.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
4 in 10 Dems Want Biden to Step Aside in 2024  —  But these voters don't have a favored alternate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Even though most Democrats hold a favorable opinion of President Joe Biden, only one in four would want him to run for a second term.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:45 PM ET, March 27, 2023.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
This 40-year veteran lawmaker shows top Democrats one eye-popping chart revealing her party's problem winning over the working class
David Strom / HotAir:
Wayne State University suspends professor for suggesting that conservatives be killed
Discussion: Breitbart and USA Today
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Has the press learned to cover Trump better? The past week suggests not.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign
Rose Conlon / NPR:
Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal
Washington Post:
Why Americans are so pessimistic about their finances
Discussion: The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Live Updates: Netanyahu Delays Plan to Overhaul Top Court
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Jock/Creep Theory of Fascism
Discussion: Bulwark+
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
They're Not Joking: House Republicans Actually Compare Themselves to the Mob
Discussion: Backbencher and Raw Story
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
The Dual Education of Hakeem Jeffries
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Tucker Carlson producer files new claims Fox News lawyers coached her testimony in Dominion lawsuit
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Financial Times:
Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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