Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:15 PM ET, July 26, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Hunter Biden's Plea Deal in Jeopardy  —  The judge is questioning the scope of his deal, and the parties are furiously trying to salvage it.  Under the agreement with the Justice Department, Biden had agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and avoid prosecution and jail time on a gun charge.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Judge puts Hunter Biden guilty plea on hold for now  —  Expected guilty plea by the president's son is put off over concerns about whether or not it gives him immunity from possible future charges  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on Wednesday delayed accepting the current version …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge says member of Hunter Biden's legal team ‘misrepresented her identity’ on eve of plea deal hearing  —  Biden's legal team staunchly denied any misconduct, saying the episode was a misunderstanding.  —  The judge who will review Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday accused a member …
Punchbowl News:
7/26/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  If you work at the DCCC or you're camped out in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' second-floor Capitol office, the current state of the Republican Conference probably has you salivating. … If you talk to senior GOP leadership figures privately, they'll admit this.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Republicans in Congress Seek to Block Hunter Biden's Plea Deal
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Anti-Trump Ads in Iowa Feature Republican Voters Who Turned Against Him  —  Hoping to persuade G.O.P. voters that Donald Trump cannot win another general election, the Republican Accountability Project is running ads that feature voters who grew disillusioned with him.
RELATED:
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
The 2024 Election Could Be the End of the Cases Against Donald Trump  —  The most powerful office in the nation presents his best chance to terminate the cases against him.  —  If, as seems likely, Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee next year, the 2024 elections …
Discussion: Salon, Raw Story and Bulwark+
NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani concedes he made ‘false’ statements about Georgia election workers  —  The Trump ally's acknowledgment came in a Tuesday filing related to the 2020 election workers' lawsuit about baseless claims of fraud that he made against them.  —  Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday …
RELATED:
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Giuliani won't contest Georgia election workers' claims that he falsely accused them of manipulating ballots
Department of Transportation:
U.S. Department of Transportation Requires Airline Lavatories to Be More Accessible for Wheelchair Users  —  Rulemaking Finalized on 33rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act  —  WASHINGTON - On the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …
Discussion: Bloomberg and BizPac Review
RELATED:
Justin Bachman / The Messenger:   Larger Bathrooms Coming to Single-Aisle Airplanes
Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Florida Democrats Launch Voter Registration Program to Reverse Party's Precipitous Decline
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans see Biden impeachment as fraught with risk  —  Senate Republicans see impeaching President Biden ahead of the 2024 election as a risky political strategy that could turn off moderate voters and are hoping to wave their House GOP colleagues off from marching down that road.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Republicans tiptoe toward an impeachment inquiry
CNN:
Inside McCarthy's sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry
Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
The Dictator Myth That Refuses to Die  —  Authoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion.  Don't believe it.  —  Last week, at a Fox News town hall (where else?) …
Jeff Ernsthausen / ProPublica:
How the Ultrawealthy Use Private Foundations to Bank Millions in Tax Deductions While Giving the Public Little in Return  —  It's a simple bargain: The rich get huge tax breaks by donating art, property and company shares to benefit the public.  But some donors collect millions while offering little or no public access.
New York Times:
Where Is Melania Trump Now?  —  The former first lady has mostly retreated from public view — and steered clear of the campaign trail — while her husband fights to return to the White House and faces increasing legal peril.  —  Lisa Lerer covers national politics and reported from New York.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
DeSantis team fires aide who secretly made video with Nazi symbol  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 campaign fired an aide this week who secretly created and shared a pro-DeSantis video that featured the candidate at the center of a Sonnenrad, an ancient symbol appropriated by the Nazis and still used by some white supremacists.
RELATED:
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests  —  A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis  —  The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests.  The shutting down of the vital ocean currents …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Tuberville's tales about his father in World War II have false elements  —  The Fact Checker … — Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), in a tweet posted with a Fox News interview, June 6  —  “He lied about his age at 16, joined the Army.”  — Tuberville, in the Fox interview
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Alternet.org
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Will the real Ramaswamy please stand up, please stand up  —  Vivek Ramaswamy once had an Eminem-inspired, rap artist alter ego.  —  Before he was an upstart candidate for president and a philosophical leader of what he dubs the “anti-woke” movement, before he was a New York Times bestselling author …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:15 PM ET, July 26, 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: 
CNN:
Actor Kevin Spacey cleared of all charges of sexual assault
 Earlier Items: 
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Water at tip of Florida hits hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's aggressive legal strategies keep backfiring spectacularly
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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