Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:00 AM ET, July 19, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe  —  X  —  Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
RELATED:
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’  —  An anchor on CNN claimed on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith visiting a Subway was “a message to Donald Trump.”  —  The statement comes on the same day Trump announced he received a letter notifying that …
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering  —  The letter does not mention statutes relating to insurrection or sedition, a source tells Rolling Stone … Special counsel Jack Smith sent the letter to Trump on Sunday, informing him he was a target of the Justice Department.
Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar  — Trump announced he received target letter in Jan. 6 probe  — New indictment against former president could come in days  —  The Justice Department appears to be on a fast track to charge former President Donald Trump …
Politico:
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?  —  Privately, the fear is that a third indictment, even if it's the most serious one yet, will once again help Trump.  —  Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that he expects to soon be a thrice-indicted candidate …
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith's Letter
New York Times:
Republicans Shrug at New Possible Trump Indictment
CNN:
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lashes Out Over Trump Target Letter: ‘Worse Than Russia’
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence: Judgment over Trump's actions on Jan 6 should be left up to American people
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Michigan attorney general charges ‘false electors’ over efforts to overturn the 2020 election  —  Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be “duly elected and qualified electors” for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.  —  Michigan attorney general announces charges against ‘false electors’
RELATED:
State of Michigan:
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Charges 16 ‘False Electors’ with Election Law and Forgery Felonies
The Detroit News:
16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come  —  James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’  —  The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says  —  Democratic candidate's recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern  —  Robert Kennedy Jr, a long shot Democratic candidate for US president …
Discussion: Breitbart
RELATED:
Reuters:
Donald Trump Loses Bid For New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Case  —  A federal judge said the jury did not reach a “seriously erroneous result,” and the May 9 verdict was not a “miscarriage of justice.”  —  A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial …
Ju-min Park / Reuters:
Travis King: US soldier got in fights, damaged police car before dash to North Korea  —  Months before he fled into North Korea, U.S. soldier Travis King faced two assault allegations and was fined by a South Korean court for damaging a police car, according to a court ruling and a lawyer who represented him.
RELATED:
ABC News:
US soldier in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
IRS agent ‘Whistleblower X’ opening statement revealed: ‘The American people deserve to know the truth’  —  One IRS agent referred to as “Whistleblower X,” will have their identity revealed for the first time during the hearing  —  Two whistleblowers who alleged the Justice Department politically interfered …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik ‘in Talks’ With Jack Smith's Team, Lawyer Says  —  ‘NOTHING TO HIDE’  —  Former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik is in talks to be interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Axios:
Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump  —  Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios.
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning Stock  —  Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley to unveil bill as new poll shows strong public support for stock ban  —  WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators are set this week to introduce bipartisan legislation to bar members …
Discussion: The Messenger and Fox News
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Mysterious $1 Million Prize  —  'With all of the Left's wailing about transparency, this is the antithesis'  —  When the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted a $1 million prize from a liberal billionaire's foundation, she pledged to pass the money to a list of designated charities.
Washington Post:
Why experts aren't all that concerned about Biden's and Trump's ages  —  Data and experts suggest both men would likely retain the ability to perform as president, but many Americans are still concerned about how old they are  —  President Biden, 80, and former president Donald Trump, 77, are among the luckier ones.
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News and Reuters
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Israeli Antiquities Are Stranded at Trump's Florida Estate as Authorities Fail to Retrieve Them  —  Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic.  Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
RELATED:
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Israel Struggling to Recover Ancient Artifacts Trump Took to Mar-a-Lago: Report
Discussion: New Republic and Haaretz
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Woman who directed Jan. 6 rioters with bullhorn convicted on federal charges  —  A Pennsylvania woman accused of directed Jan. 6 rioters into the Capitol building with a bullhorn was found guilty on federal charges.  —  Rachel Marie Powell, 41, was convicted of all charges brought against her …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis allies press for a campaign shake-up  —  There's particular scrutiny around campaign manager Generra Peck and whether she'll hang on to her position.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The long knives are out for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign manager amid a cash crunch and flagging poll numbers.
Discussion: Axios and Insider
RELATED:
CNN:
CNN exclusive: DeSantis downplays concerns about the state of his 2024 campaign
NBC News:
Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for trans minors  —  Louisiana will join 20 other states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for minors.  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:00 AM ET, July 19, 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: 
David Gelles / New York Times:
Al Gore on Extreme Heat and the Fight Against Fossil Fuels
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Housing starts fall 8% despite other signs of a warming housing market
Discussion: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
Jason Plautz / Politico:
Lawmakers cool on sci-fi climate fix
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
US Suspends Wuhan Institute Funds Over Covid Stonewalling
New York Post:
FBI told Hunter Biden investigator to duck Committee questions, bombshell letter shows
emptywheel:
Jack Smith Gives Trump Until Thursday to Explain Himself to the January 6 Grand Jury
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Crashes School Board Meeting Over Banning His Book