memeorandum: Inside the Biden-Newsom Relationship: How the California Governor Went From a Nuisance to a Top Ally (The Messenger)

8:45 AM ET, August 11, 2023

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:

Trump's Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats — The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden.

Discussion: The Messenger, Breitbart, Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Salt Lake Tribune

Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen considers run for Congress

Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Crooks and Liars

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Conservative Case Emerges to Disqualify Trump for Role on Jan. 6 — Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office. — Reporting from Washington

Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill, Raw Story and The Dispatch

SSRN:

The Sweep and Force of Section Three — University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, 2024 — University of Chicago - Law School University of St. Thomas School of Law — Abstract — Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former office holders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion.

Discussion: Reason and Raw Story

The Daily Beast:

Jack Smith Wants Trump Convicted by Super Tuesday — The Department of Justice is suggesting that Trump's trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election should begin on Jan. 2, 2024—and last no more than six weeks. — Special Counsel Jack Smith's office wants to put former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: NBC News, Axios, BizPac Review, Politico, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, CNN, Law & Crime, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, The Messenger and PoliticusUSA

Fox News:
Special Counsel Jack Smith proposes January 2024 trial in Trump election case

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Guardian, Deadline, Raw Story, NPR, CNBC and Just The News

NBC News:

Sen. Joe Manchin to skip a big White House event as he considers running against Biden — Manchin recently had dinner with one of Biden's top aides in an attempt by the White House to ensure the president is not caught off guard when the senator breaks with him.

Discussion: PJ Media, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, The Messenger, Bloomberg, Fox News, Washington Examiner and One America News Network

Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin says he's thinking ‘seriously’ about becoming an independent

Discussion: The Hill, WV MetroNews, Axios, NBC News, PJ Media, Mediaite, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, IJR, Reuters, Washington Times, Breitbart, New York Post, The Guardian, TheBlaze, New York Times, Raw Story, Forbes, CNN, The Messenger, HuffPost and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Scott Wong / NBC News:
GOP Oversight Chairman Comer vows to subpoena the Biden family

Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:

Anatomy of Biden's Iran hostage deal: 5 Americans for $6 billion South Korea owes Iran for oil — ‘A POSITIVE STEP’: Five Americans who the U.S. says have been unjustly imprisoned in Iran for years may soon be freed under terms of a Biden administration deal worked out through Swiss intermediaries …

Discussion: United States Department …, CNN, Mediaite, Breitbart, The Messenger, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Twitchy, The Hill and Bloomberg

New York Times:
U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds

Ben Birnbaum / Politico:

The Totally Not Boring Story of the Most Normal Republican Presidential Candidate — Asa Hutchinson was a GOP star. Then came Donald Trump. — Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas and current presidential candidate, held a meet and greet with the Crawford County Republican Women …

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
GOP presidential candidate says rivals who don't make the debate stage should drop out

Discussion: The Hill, PJ Media, Slate, New York Magazine, The Messenger and Vanity Fair

Nick Robertson / The Hill:

DeSantis suggests he would use drone strikes against drug cartels — Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (Fla.) said he would use “whatever force we need to” to take down Mexican drug cartels if elected president, with or without help from the Mexican government.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Breitbart, TheBlaze, NBC News and Rolling Stone

Alex Tabet / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says he's open to drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:

Recordings show Va. swing district candidate favors ‘total ban’ on abortion — RICHMOND — John Stirrup has been playing up crime, taxes and other bread-and-butter issues while running for the House of Delegates in a purple Northern Virginia district, but the Republican didn't mince words …

Discussion: Blue Virginia and Political Wire

Politico:

Biden world sees the making of a wider path to victory in 2024 — The president's team is focused on the states that got him the White House. But the issue of abortion has them dreaming of something bigger. — Joe Biden's team thinks his path to victory in 2024 could look an awful lot like it did in 2020.

Discussion: New York Daily News, CNN and Associated Press

Public Notice:

Ohio's rejection of Issue 1 shows how toxic abortion has become for the GOP — Turns out even folks in red and purple states don't like to have their rights taken away. — ∙ Paid … By Noah Berlatsky — For decades, the right argued that Roe v. Wade was an assault on democracy …

Discussion: The Messenger, The Daily Beast, Roll Call, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, USA Today, NBC News and CBS News

Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:

Is Ben Wikler the Most Important Democrat in America? — The Wisconsin chair has turned around his party's fortunes. But his winning formula faces a stern test in 2024. — The man who has been hailed as “the best state chair in the country” is not a national household name.

Associated Press:

Maui fire deaths surge to 53 and likely to go higher, governor says. Over 1,000 structures burned — The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui is revealing a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battle the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 36 lives.

The Guardian:
Desperate search for survivors in Maui after 36 people die in Hawaii fires

Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, Honolulu Civil Beat, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Twin Cities, NBC Bay Area, NBC New York, PBS NewsHour, The Messenger, Climate Desk, New York Times, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Heatmap News, CBS News, WGN-TV, KSNT-TV, Fox News and Grist

Kyle Morris / Fox News:

Trump confronted on golf course about no-showing Florida court appearance — Trump told the judge in court papers last week he is not guilty and waived his right to appear at the hearing — FIRST ON FOX: Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he didn't think it was “necessary” …

Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story, The Western Journal, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, CNBC, Reuters, Sun-Sentinel and Washington Post

The Messenger:

Inside the Biden-Newsom Relationship: How the California Governor Went From a Nuisance to a Top Ally — Newsom has kept Biden's team in the loop on media appearances and is set to be a lead Democratic surrogate for the second GOP debate in California — A Facebook icon representing …

Dan Merica / The Messenger:

'They're Going to Shoot Someone:' Michigan Republicans Warn of Civil War at Pool Party Fundraiser for Fake Electors — An audio recording obtained by The Messenger highlights just how dire the Republicans charged in the 2020 election scheme - and the people around them - see their fight

Discussion: Associated Press and CNN

Austin American-Statesman:

Exclusive: Federal grand jury reviewing Ken Paxton's ties to Austin developer Nate Paul — Ryan Autullo Tony PlohetskiAustin American-Statesman — Federal prosecutors have seated a grand jury in San Antonio and called witnesses close to suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to testify …

Discussion: Raw Story and The Texas Tribune

Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:

Research Firm Says Proud Boys Legal Team Stiffed Them $30,000 — A lingering legal fight from the Jan. 6 attack gives new insight into the Proud Boys' seditious conspiracy case. — A seditious conspiracy trial for members of the Proud Boys is over. But a legal loose end from the case …

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

How Are Iowa Democrats? 'I Can't Even Describe to You How Bad It Is.' — As Republican presidential candidates flock to the state, Democrats there are despondent, exhausted by repeated defeats and the loss of their first-in-the-nation nominating contest. — Not long ago, Iowa was the center of the Democratic political universe.

Discussion: Politico and CBS News

NBC News:

Miscommunication between pilots caused United plane to drop near ocean's surface, investigation finds — The crew failed to manage the plane's path, airspeed and nose direction after the mix-up, the NTSB said in its report. No one was injured. — Federal investigators said Thursday …

Discussion: The Messenger, Insider, CBS News and Reuters

New York Times:

Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch — The former president's political orbit, including the super PAC that backs him, is already spending more than it is taking in — an unusual trajectory this far out from an election. — Donald J. Trump's legal problems aren't just piling up — his legal bills are, too.

Discussion: NBC News and CNN

Reuters:

South Africa's Zuma appears at prison, released under remission process — South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma appeared at the Estcourt correctional facility on Friday morning and was released under a remission process, a senior prisons official said.

Discussion: New York Times, Financial Times, Mail&Guardian and Bloomberg

Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:

Supreme Court pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the Biden administration's challenge to a bankruptcy settlement for Purdue Pharma, pausing the $6 billion deal over the administration's concerns about a provision that would shield the members …

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Tommy Tuberville: Florida's third senator? — The Fact Checker — “Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) — In late June, Tommy Tuberville traveled to the Wiregrass region of Alabama, which borders Florida.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Messenger, al.com and Raw Story