Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:40 AM ET, July 14, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Prosecutors Ask Witnesses Whether Trump Acknowledged He Lost 2020 Race  —  Jared Kushner was questioned before a federal grand jury as prosecutors appeared to be trying to establish if the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Former police chief convicted after defending self with false Jan. 6 claims
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Majority of Republicans vote down Greene, Gaetz Ukraine bills  —  Five House Republican-backed initiatives to curtail aid to Ukraine using the annual Pentagon policy bill were shot down Thursday afternoon in votes that saw a consensus from both sides of the aisle to keep money flowing to Kyiv.
Discussion: Political Wire and Insider
RELATED:
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Here are the 70 House Republicans who voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine  — Rep. Matt Gaetz offered an amendment to the annual defense bill to cut off all military aid to Ukraine.  — The measure easily failed — but 70 House Republicans voted for it.
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
House Votes to Limit Abortion Access in the Military, Bowing to the Right
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever … During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode.
RELATED:
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being ‘Realistic’ With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'
Reuters:
Hollywood actors to strike at midnight, join writers on picket lines
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Not just cocaine: Secret Service reveals another banned substance was found in Biden's White House … The Secret Service found marijuana twice in the White House in 2022, long before cocaine was located in the West Wing.  —  The Secret Service revealed the information to members …
RELATED:
United States Secret Service:
Official Statement on the Investigation of a Substance Found in the White House
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
‘Built On Muscle:’ The DeSantis Campaign's Playbook to Beat Trump and Shock the Haters  —  Despite Trump's commanding lead in many polls, the Florida governor's campaign says its organization and messaging will carry the day  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
Discussion: CNN and Lawyers, Guns & Money
RELATED:
NBC News:
Confidential Ron DeSantis campaign memo reassures donors amid stumbles
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Far right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk's monetization scheme  —  The platform is paying high profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app  —  LOS ANGELES — On Thursday Twitter announced that it would begin sharing ad revenue with content creators on its platform for the first time.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's 2024 media play: Less cable, more Barstool  —  The ex-president is hitting the podcast circuit and showing up at contact and combat sporting events.  It's part of a larger plan.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign over the past several months has been quietly engaged …
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code …
Isabella Ramirez / The Daily Beast:
WATCH: GOP Congressman Goes on Wild ‘Colored People’ Rant on House Floor  —  “My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people, or Black people, or anyone can serve, okay?”  Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) said.  —  Congressional newbie Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) got called out on the House floor …
CNN:
House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe  —  Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct …
Blake Jones / Politico:
California replaces textbooks canceled by far-right board  —  Newsom's announcement is the latest development in a feud between state Democrats and a conservative school board.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California school district will receive social studies books from the state …
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
World Health Organization releases reports on artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer risk  —  The U.S. FDA said it did not agree with the cancer research group's conclusions that linked aspartame to cancer.  —  Is aspartame safe?  —  The World Health Organization's cancer research group …
Virginia Heffernan / Politico:
Elite Men Have Always Worried About Their Manliness.  Josh Hawley Is the Latest.  —  Male malaise in the United States goes back to the founders, and it is a preoccupation of elites in particular.  They might teach us something about this current wave of manliness panic.
CNBC:
DOJ opposes Trump bid to indefinitely delay classified documents trial  — The Department of Justice's special counsel urged a federal judge to reject Donald Trump's bid to indefinitely delay his trial on criminal charges related to his retention of classified documents after he left the White House.
RELATED:
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Christie 'can't imagine' pardon for Trump in documents case  —  GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie on Thursday said he “can't imagine” a presidential pardon for former President Trump if the Republican frontrunner is found guilty in the classified documents case for which he is facing federal charges.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Hunter Biden's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden said his client could be harmed by Trump's rhetoric.  —  LIVE  —  An attorney for Hunter Biden sent a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday to former President Donald Trump's legal team …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:40 AM ET, July 14, 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: 
Wayne Cole / Reuters:
Australia's central bank loses chief to public ire over rates
Noah Pransky / NBC News:
Congress may make it harder for you to see the total cost of your next airline ticket
 Earlier Items: 
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin opposes Julie Su for Labor secretary, jeopardizing nomination
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
US ‘under no circumstances’ will pay climate reparations, Kerry says
The Guardian:
Revealed: Florida Republicans target voter registration groups with thousands in fines
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View
 
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