Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:55 PM ET, June 13, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
In Jack Smith, Trump has a legal adversary unlike anyone he has encountered before.  —  Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Documents Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the first former president to be charged with federal crimes, left court in Miami after being arraigned on 37 counts related to his handling of classified documents.
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
Trump Wanted Courthouse Protests but Instead Got MAGA Misfits  —  Trump has a 3 p.m. court date.  The theatrics started hours earlier—and protesters found a familiar boogeyman to blame for low attendance.  —  MIAMI, Florida—Protesters assembled outside the federal courthouse here on Tuesday …
New York Times:
For Trump, the Show and the Campaign Must Trudge On  —  On the calendar for the Republicans' 2024 front-runner: rallies and primaries mixed with court dates.  —  Reporting from Bedminster, N.J.  —  Donald J. Trump went to bed Tuesday night, on the eve of his 77th birthday …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
A Grim Donald Trump, President No Longer, Is Humbled in the Courtroom  —  He and Jack Smith, the special counsel, were 20 feet from each other.  But they exchanged not a word during their first, nearly hourlong encounter.  —  A grim Donald J. Trump leaned back from the defendant's table inside …
Anna Bower / Lawfare:
What Actually Happened at Trump's Arraignment?  —  Monday afternoon around 12:00 p.m. finds me outside the entrance to the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal courthouse in Miami-where Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at 3:00 pm.  Like a lot of journalists …
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Haley ‘inclined in favor’ of Trump pardon
NBC News:   After more legal trouble, Trump follows a familiar playbook: Play the victim
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Clay Higgins Insists He Was Trying To Calm Trump Supporters Down, Not Rile Them Up
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Eric Trump accompanies father to federal courthouse | Live updates
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Reads the Trump Indictment  —  He 'can't defend' the conduct but thinks the case is also political.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Tap For Sound  —  As Mike Pence walked into the Journal's New York conference room Tuesday afternoon, the cable-TV chyron was carrying news from South Florida …
RELATED:
Michael Bekesha / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Boxes and Clinton's Sock Drawer  —  A president chooses what records to return or keep and the National Archives can't do anything about it.  —  Although the indictment against Donald Trump doesn't cite the Presidential Records Act, the charges are predicated on the law.
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden orders DNC and reelect to remain silent about Trump's indictment  —  Some allies see a missed opportunity by going quiet.  —  President Joe Biden and his top aides have taken a vow of silence on the federal indictment of his predecessor, Donald Trump — and have explicitly ordered …
Nick Mourtoupalas / Washington Post:
The next steps after Trump's classified documents indictment, explained
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Luke Funk / The Messenger:
White House Condemns ‘Disrespectful’ Trans Model for Baring Breasts at White House Pride Event  —  “Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events,” a White House spokesperson tells The Messenger of the footage Rose Montoya posted to social media
RELATED:
Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
White House bans ‘disrespectful’ topless trans influencer Rose Montoya
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
White House condemns trans activist for going topless at Pride Month event: ‘inappropriate and disrespectful’
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend her defamation lawsuit to seek more damages against Trump  —  A federal judge will allow E. Jean Carroll to amend her original defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to include comments he made at a CNN town hall.
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89  —  “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.  —  Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Insider's top editor caught tearing down union posters in NYC as strike drags on  —  The top editor of the Insider news site was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters as a labor strike dragged into its second week.  —  In the video obtained by The Post …
Ethan Strauss / The Free Press:
The NCAA Has a ‘Hot Girl’ Problem  —  We're in the Cavinder Twins' apartment eight floors above the sun-dappled sprawl of South Florida.  A blender whirrs, mixing kiwi-yogurt-almond butter smoothies.  A photographer takes pictures.  A representative from the Twins' sports-marketing agency …
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price charged with embezzlement and perjury  —  Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a years-long parade of elected city officials …
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Starbucks Denies Union Allegations of a Ban on Pride Decorations  —  Starbucks has banned Pride decorations in stores halfway through Pride Month, the company's workers union claimed Tuesday.  If true, it would be a stunning cave to far-right anti-LGBTQ fury—but the coffee chain denies that any such policy is in place.
RELATED:
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden grins, chuckles when asked about alleged tapes of him getting bribed  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden acted amused Tuesday when asked about the alleged existence of audio recordings of himself and the Ukrainian businessman who allegedly bribed him while he was vice president.
RELATED:
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
EXCLUSIVE: Burisma Founder Mykola Zlochevsky, Who Allegedly Bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, Is an SVR Asset
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House fails to override Biden veto on DC accountability bill  —  The House on Tuesday failed to override President Biden's veto of a resolution that would block Washington, D.C.'s police accountability bill from taking effect.  —  The chamber voted 233-197 to override Biden's veto, which was short of the two-thirds support needed.
Discussion: Roll Call and Washington Examiner
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Against the Pride Flag  —  We already have a flag that includes everyone, that doesn't require constant ideological makeover, and that isn't an eyesore.  —  It's June, when one can be forgiven for thinking we live in the United States of LGBTQIA2S+.  —  Old Glory is, at best, supplemented with …
Madison Reeve / Castanet.net:
Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet  —  CHILD ACCOSTED AT TRACK MEET  —  Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna's Apple Bowl.  —  The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter …
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
After Brinkmanship Over Debt, House GOP Tees Up Potentially $1 Trillion In Tax Cuts  —  House committee approves bills to extend parts of the temporary tax cuts approved in 2017.  —  Less than two weeks after the end of the debt limit fight that Republicans said they started because they worried …
Discussion: Truthout and Bloomberg
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House to consider resolution to censure Adam Schiff  —  The House is looking to consider a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) this week after a Republican lawmaker moved to force a vote on the measure.  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus …
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Judge imposes $58,000 in sanctions on Karamo, others for Detroit election suit  —  A Wayne County judge has imposed $58,459 in sanctions on Michigan Republican Party chairwoman Kristina Karamo, the state party's lawyer and others because of a lawsuit they filed last year that claimed …
NBC News:
Nevada ‘fake electors’ appear before D.C. grand jury investigating Jan. 6  —  Even as Trump is set to appear in court in Miami in the classified documents probe, a grand jury investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election is continuing in Washington, D.C.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Forget ‘small-town values.’ We need candidates with big-city values.  —  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum did not announce his bid for the GOP presidential nomination by grabbing a guitar and crooning out the chorus to John Mellencamp's “Small Town,” but he came awfully close.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:55 PM ET, June 13, 2023.

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: 
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
Queering Jesus: How It's Going Mainstream at Progressive Churches and Top Divinity Schools
NBC News:
Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor
Discussion: The Hill, WBRZ and CNN
Financial Times:
Kremlin unveils windfall tax to raise Rbs300bn from oligarchs
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Inside the room: GOP tensions erupt after House floor protest
Tony Ho Tran / The Daily Beast:
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Sent Back a Stunning ‘Postcard’
 Earlier Items: 
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
JUST IN: CNN Reports ‘DONALD TRUMP NOW UNDER ARREST’ — Will Be Assigned Probation Officer
Discussion: Washington Press
Jane Lee / Media Matters for America:
Fox News welcomes swastika-wielding teacher as the latest anti-trans culture warrior
Discussion: Fox News