Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:50 AM ET, April 18, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
DeSantis, in Latest Volley Against Disney, Suggests Punitive Steps  —  The Florida governor also described proposed legislation he said would override the company's effort to sidestep oversight of its theme parks.  —  In what has taken on the trappings of a grudge match …
RELATED:
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis's Thuggish Threats Against Disney … Last year, Florida governor Ron DeSantis retaliated against the Walt Disney Company for criticizing his ban on gender instruction in the state (a law DeSantis has advertised as merely restricting sexualized instruction but in fact is driving …
Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis says lawmakers will reassert control of Reedy Creek, jokes about building prison  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA — Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Monday that the Florida Legislature will soon reassert control over Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District, promising to void development agreements …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
DeSantis Suggests Building A Prison Next To Disney On Land Now Controlled By State
Discussion: Reuters and Joe.My.God.
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
DeSantis announces new round of actions against Disney through Legislature, new board
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Disney announces LGBTQ event night at its California resort immediately after DeSantis threats
Discussion: New Republic, Insider and Al Jazeera
RELATED:
Washington Post:
White Kansas City man, 85, charged in shooting of Black teen  —  Sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot twice — once in the head — after knocking on the wrong door after being sent by his parents to retrieve his siblings from a friend's house.  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 85-year-old White Kansas City man …
CNN:
Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s  —  A white man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records …
Associated Press:
Man charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl  —  An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri was charged Monday with first-degree assault for shooting a Black teen who mistakenly went to the man's home to pick up his younger brothers.  Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson …
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
What Dominion Has to Prove in Its Case Against Fox News  —  Did the hosts of the country's most popular cable news network know that Trump's lies about the election were untrue?  —  Downtown Wilmington was already lousy with reporters when the news broke, on Sunday evening, that the Dominion v. Fox trial would be delayed by a day.
RELATED:
David Folkenflik / NPR:
GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its ‘echo chamber’  —  At the Republican National Committee's spring retreat in Tennessee over the weekend, a swing-state GOP governor told major donors the party's future political success depended in part on Fox News.
Discussion: Mediaite and NH Journal
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics  —  “I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years,” said Ali Alexander, an ally of former President Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.  —  A key figure in the pro-Trump …
RELATED:
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
Lincoln Project lampoons Kevin McCarthy in brutal debt crisis how-to video  —  The Lincoln Project on Monday lampooned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) in a how-to create a debt crisis video.  —  “How to Manufacture a Debt Ceiling Crisis in 4 Steps, by @SpeakerMcCarthy” …
RELATED:
New York Times:
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts  —  Clashing with President Biden, who has called for a debt limit hike with no conditions, the Republican speaker went to Wall Street to pitch what he called a “responsible, sensible” solution.
Verdict:   The So-Called Platinum Coin Option is Illegal, Even on Its Own Terms
New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York  —  Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the People's Republic of China and destroying evidence in connection with a Chinese police outpost in Lower Manhattan.
Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
FBI investigating GOP Oklahoma officials caught on tape talking about lynching Black people, murdering newspaper reporters  —  GOP officials from McCurtain County, Okla. are being investigated by the FBI after they were caught on tape expressing their frustration about it not being socially acceptable beat …
RELATED:
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists
New York Times:
Judge Who Could Shift N.Y.'s Highest Court Left Sails Through Hearing  —  Judge Rowan Wilson, a prominent liberal jurist, would become the state's first Black judge to lead the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul's newest nominee to become …
Discussion: New York Daily News
RELATED:
Colin Kinniburgh / New York Focus:   Hochul's Top Court Pick Represented Chevron in Climate Case Against Steven Donziger
Politico:
Senate Dems weighing a Clarence Thomas invite to future Supreme Court ethics hearing  —  If he's asked to appear, the justice is likely to face questions about reports on his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor.  —  Senate Democrats are eyeing an invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas …
RELATED:
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:   Clarence Thomas's explanations fail the laugh test
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Jim Jordan Brought His Cabaret Act to New York City  —  At a ridiculous field hearing on crime in New York, the one thing the visitors didn't want to talk about was this country's insane attraction to its firearms.  —  Years ago, Republican senator Everett Dirksen moved heaven and earth to make the marigold the national flower.
RELATED:
Victoria Bekiempis / Rolling Stone:
Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers
Politico:
Joint Chiefs shuffle: Biden's top contenders to replace Trump's military leaders  —  Besides the chair, the Pentagon could also see new leaders for the Army, Navy, Marines and possibly the Air Force this year.  —  An illustration featuring President Joe Biden and the potential members of his Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Steve Hughes / Albany Times Union:
Saratoga County woman killed after turning into wrong driveway  —  Kaylin Gillis of Saratoga County was shot Saturday evening; a 65-year-old stands charged with second-degree murder  —  HEBRON — A 65-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Republicans worry the Club for Growth could cost them the Senate  —  The anti-tax group wants to pick Senate candidates.  Republicans see a 2022 repeat.  —  Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don't agree on much, but there's still one thing that unites them: A disdain for the Club for Growth.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6  —  Attorneys from two nonprofits plan to argue that the U.S. Constitution bars Trump from office because he engaged in an insurrection during the attack on the Capitol  —  Donald Trump's campaign team is preparing …
NBC News:
Trump remains silent on DeSantis' six-week abortion ban  —  It's not clear where Trump, a Florida resident, stands on the question of whether abortion should be illegal at six weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law last week.  —  Donald Trump isn't quiet about much.
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory  —  The coronavirus pandemic appeared to originate from a laboratory accident, based on biosafety issues in the epicenter in Wuhan, China, and factors observed in the nature and early spread of the virus, according to a 302-page Senate report obtained by Axios.
Washington Post:
Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows  —  Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow's request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv  —  Egypt paused a plan to secretly supply rockets …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Creationist Theme Park Pal Charged with Child Sex Abuse—Again  —  The leader of Dinosaur Adventure Land brushed off allegations that his friend abused a child at the theme park.  Now the friend is facing new charges of assaulting a 9-year-old.  —  A conspiracy theorist at the center …
David Marchese / New York Times:
Stephen A. Smith Is Under No Obligation to Tell You What You Want to Hear  —  In our apparently endless era of conversational combat, Stephen A. Smith has distinguished himself as a virtuoso of the form.  As the brightest star of ESPN's long-running flagship debate show, “First Take,” …
Discussion: Awful Announcing
Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings  —  The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk.  The warnings were ignored or missed.  —  In the spring of 2021, Linda Brandmiller was working at an arena in San Antonio that had been converted …
Reuters:
Tunisian police detain Ennahda leader Ghannouchi, evacuate party headquarters  —  Tunisian police on Monday detained Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of president Kais Saied, his party said, a move marking an escalation of a campaign of arrests that has targeted many high-profile opponents of Saied.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:50 AM ET, April 18, 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: 
Elura Nanos / Law & Crime:
Supreme Court upholds Biden administration's $6B settlement with scammed students whose claims were part of ‘Kafkaesque’ mishandling by Betsy DeVos
Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Plutocratic Power and Its Perils
CNN:
Democratic congressman has surgery to remove cancerous tumor in his tonsil
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Two-thirds say Congress shouldn't interfere with Trump legal probes: poll
Discussion: CBS News, Political Wire and Breitbart
Military.com:
Another Female Soldier Died at Fort Hood. The Base Said Nothing.
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
Exclusive: Probe finds no serious misconduct by OAS chief but cites ethics violations
Discussion: Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
US Department of Justice:
Construction Company Owner Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Restitution for Rigging Bids and Bribing a Public Official
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
GOP Rep. George Santos of New York announces re-election bid
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
A War Crimes Team Investigated the Portland Police. The Results Are Damning
NBC News:
Republicans reject Feinstein committee swap, putting Democrats in a bind
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026

 
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