memeorandum: Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer, and our dearest colleague, passed away (Daniel Mordzinski/PEN Ukraine)

9:25 PM ET, July 2, 2023

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Musk Says Twitter Is Limiting Number of Posts Users Can Read — The change on Saturday came as thousands of users complained about getting an error message that they had “exceeded” their “rate limit.” — Elon Musk said on Saturday that Twitter will temporarily limit the number of posts users …

Daniel Mordzinski / PEN Ukraine:

Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer, and our dearest colleague, passed away — Цю статтю можна прочитати українською

Discussion: PEN America and The Kyiv Independent

Ronny Reyes / New York Post:

Hunter Biden filmed himself smoking crack behind the wheel, driving at 172mph on way to Vegas: photos — Hunter Biden apparently filmed himself smoking crack behind the wheel of a car in 2018 — the same year he took a picture of himself driving 172mph in a Porsche, according to thousands …

Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze, Twitchy and One America News Network

Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Life in the fast lane! How reckless Hunter Biden photographed himself driving at 172mph while behind the wheel of his Porsche en route to a days-long Vegas bender with prostitutes and pictured himself smoking CRACK while behind the wheel — DailyMail.com can reveal Hunter …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Western Journal

Shawna Mizelle / CNN:

Will Hurd says he 'can't lie to get access to a microphone' at RNC debate — Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd said Sunday he was working toward “hitting all the requirements” to qualify for next month's first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee. — But when it came to the requirement …

Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Examiner, The Hill and The Messenger

Politico:

The first GOP debate is at risk of losing its draw — A debate stage that was once expected to be as sprawling as it was in 2016 may amount to a slimmed-down affair. — The GOP primary debate seemed originally like it could result in political fireworks.

Discussion: The Hill, Wall Street Journal and RedState

Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Christie: Trump will attend debates because 'his ego won't permit him not to'

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Occupy Democrats, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Times

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Procedure exists to force the Supreme Court to rehear ‘made up’ wedding website case: Neal Katyal — Based upon new evidence that a landmark Supreme Court case on religious and 1st Amendment rights was based upon a bogus claim, former Solicitor General Neal Katyal claimed that Colorado's attorney general …

Discussion: The Status Kuo

Kit Maher / CNN:

Christie calls back-and-forth between Trump and DeSantis a teenage ‘food fight’ — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Sunday lamented what he called the teenage “food fight” between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis over LGBTQ rights in the 2024 GOP race, as rivals …

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Politico and Political Wire

Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
DeSantis's stalling campaign: how to lose friends and alienate people

Discussion: Raw Story

Ali Swenson / Associated Press:

Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions — An annual gathering of Moms for Liberty is drawing Republican presidential candidates and criticism from protestors outside the event. The group has quickly become a force …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, USA Today and HuffPost

NBC News:
‘Never apologize’: How Moms for Liberty teaches its members to spin the media

Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's bold debut and independent streak — In her first year on the Supreme Court, the nation's first Black female justice broke at times with her liberal colleagues — In a rare public speech this spring, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talked …

Discussion: NBC News

New York Times:
Along With Conservative Triumphs, Signs of New Caution at Supreme Court

Discussion: The Economist, Insider, UnHerd, Reason, CNN, American Wire News, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, Financial Times and USA Today

Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:

Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors. — After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they knew where to turn. — Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.

Christine Wang / CNBC:

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to meet with senior officials in China this week — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Beijing this week to meet with senior Chinese officials. — A senior administration official said the Biden administration does not expect significant breakthroughs during Yellen's trip.

Discussion: CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, Politico, RTÉ and New York Times

Stephanie Saul / New York Times:

How Colleges Admissions Might Diversify Without Affirmative Action — To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally? — For the head of admissions at a medical school …

Discussion: Althouse

Miami Herald:

Mayor for Hire: Francis Suarez's wealth boomed while he promoted Miami as tech capital — In his first term as mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez increased his personal net worth five-fold as he used his public office to court technology and real estate companies eyeing business opportunities in the Magic City.

Sandhya Dirks / NPR:

Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here's how — In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly Chinese Americans in a conference room in Houston.

Discussion: The European Conservative and The Guardian

Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:

Conservative French mayor's wife and child injured after home attacked by rioters in ‘assassination attempt’ — The wife and child of a conservative French mayor were injured while fleeing their home after it was attacked by rioters in what is being called an assassination attempt.