Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:20 AM ET, July 28, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence against him ‘overwhelming’ in Mar-a-Lago case  —  Ty Cobb, who represented Trump in Mueller investigation, says classified documents case is ‘tight’ after new charges filed  —  A former Trump White House lawyer said the evidence against the former president …
RELATED:
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“These people are admitting they lied to you”: Trump's own men undermine his “delusional” defense  —  Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows revelations show the Big Liars can't hide behind “delusional” defense  —  “For those that still believe there was widespread voter fraud, these people are admitting they lied to you.”
New York Times:
Trump Faces Major New Charges in Documents Case  —  The office of the special counsel accused the former president of seeking to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.  A maintenance worker, Carlos De Oliveira, was also named as a new defendant.  —  Federal prosecutors …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The New Evidence Against Donald Trump In The MAL Case Is BRUTAL  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  Sign up for the email version.  —  Surprise!  —  With reporters clustered at the DC federal courthouse awaiting a possible Trump indictment …
Washington Post:
Trump charged with seeking to delete security footage in documents case  —  Unsealed indictment charges second aide at Mar-a-Lago and brings new counts against the former president and longtime valet Walt Nauta  —  Prosecutors announced additional charges against Donald Trump on Thursday …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump reacts to ‘abuse’ by DOJ: ‘This is what you get’ for leading the polls
Associated Press:
Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case
CNN:
Special counsel brings more charges against Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
Politico:
Trump charged with new crimes in classified documents case
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans like the hate DeSantis is selling.  They just don't like him.  —  He's not tanking because of his extremism.  On the contrary.  —  ∙ Paid … The Republican primary campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already melting into a grease stain of incompetence.
RELATED:
Politico:
DeSantis' reboot still dodges the biggest issue
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
DeSantis says “voters have to make a decision” on Trump's legal woes
Lucy Hodgman / Politico:
‘No silver lining in slavery’: Scott slams DeSantis on Florida curriculum comments
Jedd Rosche / CNN:
McConnell's office says he will serve through 2024 as GOP leader  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to serve the rest of the 118th Congress as the GOP leader, the Kentucky Republican's office said in a statement Friday.  —  Questions about the future of McConnell, 81 …
RELATED:
NBC News:
Mitch McConnell vows to serve his full term as Republican leader  —  Concerns about McConnell's health intensified after he suddenly stopped speaking during a GOP news conference this week, appearing to freeze, and then went silent and was walked away.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Minority …
Discussion: WHAS-TV, Vox, PoliticusUSA, Axios and PJ Media
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
A Four-Way Race?  The 2024 Presidential Contest is Anything But Settled.  —  Biden vs. Trump is the story today, but it's unlikely that voters will be satisfied choosing between a nearly 82-year-old incumbent and a 78-year-old challenger who may be a convicted felon.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Politico:
Playbook: New felony charges rock Trump world  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SPOTTED: Italian PM GIORGIA MELONI at Cafe Milano.  —  NEW CHARGES — Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein report: “Special counsel JACK SMITH has brought three …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Democrats plot middle-class message to retake economic high ground
Discussion: New Republic
Bryan Bender / Politico:
The Dangerous and Frightening Disappearance of the Nuclear Deterrence Expert  —  Tensions among nuclear powers are rising, but decades of peace have resulted in a dearth of people trained to deal with the continuing threat.  —  At the height of the Cold War, the RAND Corporation crackled …
Al Weaver / The Hill:
‘Jackasses,’ ‘little s‑‑‑‑’: GOP congressman curses out teenage Senate pages  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) is in hot water after he cursed out a group of teenage Senate pages in the Capitol rotunda early Thursday morning.  —  According to a transcript written …
Matt Fuller / The Daily Beast:
‘You Are a P*ssy’: McCarthy and Swalwell Get in House Floor Feud  —  There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats are delighted to tell. … There's a story going around Capitol Hill that Democrats insist you just have to hear.  It's about how Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “a pussy.”
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure, Removed Covid Posts  —  Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing pandemic to man-made virus  —  WASHINGTON—Facebook removed content related to Covid-19 in response to pressure …
Will Scharf / The Federalist:
How A Federal Judge Turned The Tables On Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal  —  Judge Noreika knew lawyers were trying to paint her into a corner and hide the ball while forcing her to rubber-stamp their absurd bargain.  —  Hunter Biden arrived in a Delaware federal court on Wednesday morning expecting …
RELATED:
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
White House forced to vow Hunter Biden won't get pardon from dad after first son's sweetheart plea deal falls apart
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Oldest Black fraternity moves convention over Florida's ‘racist’ policies  —  Alpha Phi Alpha cited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis's ‘harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community’  —  Every two years, Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest and largest Black intercollegiate fraternity …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:20 AM ET, July 28, 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: 
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
RFK Jr. says Biden administration rejected his request for Secret Service protection in 2024 race
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Reuters:
Exclusive: New Taiwan weapons package to be announced soon, US officials say
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg:
Putin Pledges to Boost Russia's Africa Ties as He Blasts Rivals
 Earlier Items: 
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Hundreds of Thousands of Young Children and Postpartum Adults Would Be Turned Away from WIC under House and Senate Funding Levels
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Dell Cameron / Wired:
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
Discussion: MIT Technology Review
CNN:
Senate passes defense policy bill, setting up showdown with the House
Ninfa Saavedra / Click2Houston.com:
HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Moms, a target of the right, lean heavily left
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Man charged in ‘horrific’ assault of 88-year-old Asian American woman had prior hate crime charges dropped in plea deal
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Caller
Reuters:
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
 

 
From Techmeme:

Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users

Ramish Zafar / Wccftech:
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 staff at the end of 2023

Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person's behalf, in January 2025
 
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