memeorandum: How Microsoft is making a mess of the news after replacing staff with AI (CNN)

10:40 AM ET, November 3, 2023

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power — California authorities will now present “aggravation” evidence in their effort to strip Eastman of his law license. — A California judge made a “preliminary finding” Thursday that attorney John Eastman …

Discussion: Bloomberg Law, Associated Press and Bloomberg

Liz Dye / Public Notice:

Trump's Truth Social page is a riot of witness intimidation — Even his lawyers can't really defend it. … On August 6, Alabama man Arthur Ray Hanson, II, left a voicemail threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with violence if she charged Donald Trump with interference in the 2020 election.

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as ‘hostages’

Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Examiner, ABC News and The Messenger

CNN:

How Microsoft is making a mess of the news after replacing staff with AI — False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election.

Discussion: ZDNet, more at Mediagazer »

Jacob Shamsian / Insider:

Donald Trump Jr. asked courtroom artist to make him ‘look sexy’ like an illustration of Sam Bankman-Fried — “Make me look sexy,” Donald Trump Jr. told a courtroom illustrator after he finished testifying Thursday. — The ex-president's son pointed out an image of Sam Bankman-Fried as inspiration.

Discussion: Reuters, New York Times, Yahoo News, UPROXX, Washington Examiner, Mercury News, HuffPost and Metro.co.uk

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Operation Dark Horse: Surprise entry in 2024 GOP race — has faced long odds before and won. — As an Air Force major and combat pilot, he helped end the military's reluctance to face up to the threat of electromagnetic pulse warfare and start building defenses of strategic bases.

Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:

Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race — Home Polls Kentucky 2023 Poll: Cameron Catches Up to Beshear in Governor's Race — Trump Supporters Rally to Cameron as Election Approaches — The final Emerson College Polling survey of Kentucky voters …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, IJR, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Grist, 338Canada.ca and Political Wire

AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:

NY Judge Explodes at Trump Lawyer's ‘Misogyny’ After Swipes at Court Clerk — Attorney Chris Kise denied he was a misogynist, saying he was “happily married” and had a 17-year-old daughter. — Proceedings at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York grew heated on Thursday …

Discussion: Breitbart and New York Daily News

Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Minnesota Supreme Court grapples with Trump's eligibility to run in 2024

Discussion: CNN, Washington Examiner, UPI, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, USA Today, Not the Bee, The Guardian, NBC News, Associated Press and ABC News

Dylan Wells / Washington Post:

‘You just gaslit her’: How Dean Phillips' first town hall went off the rails in N.H. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) says he will host 119 town halls in his long-shot primary challenge against President Biden. If the reception at his first is any indication of the next potential 118 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Balloon Juice

Politico:

Biden weighs border deal — altering asylum law for Ukraine aid — Republicans placed a political lighting rod of an issue squarely into the biggest legislative matter before Congress. — Top Biden officials are preparing Democratic lawmakers and immigration policy advocates for the likelihood …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and The Nation

Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:

Ivanka Trump Loses Court Fight to Block Her Testimony Next Week — The former president's daughter had better luck with her first appeal, which led to the dismissal of the claims against her — The former president's daughter Ivanka Trump lost her effort to pause her testimony on Wednesday …

Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and The Hill

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Mary Trump says Ivanka Trump will throw her father ‘under the bus’ in fraud trial testimony

Discussion: Mediaite and The Messenger

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

From 9/11 to Benjamin Netanyahu: The world is learning that toxic masculinity can't keep us safe — Feminists have long warned about men who hide incompetence with belligerence — Israel proves them right — In his Oval Office address following the Oct. 7 attacks, President Joe Biden …

Discussion: Twitchy

David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden and Netanyahu Look Headed for a Breakup on Unqualified U.S. Support for the Gaza War

Discussion: The Mahablog, Resolute Square, Semafor and Mercury News

Rachel Frazin / The Hill:

Court tosses EPA ban on pesticide linked to brain damage in kids — A federal appeals court on Thursday is tossing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ban on a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children. — The decision from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to send …

William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:

DeSantis Makes Cringey Attempt to Reclaim ‘Bootgate’ Narrative — For some reason, the 2024 hopeful offered to... wear a boot on his head at next week's GOP primary debate? — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday contributed to the seemingly never-ending discourse …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, HuffPost, New York Post, Washington Times, The Messenger, Washington Post, Florida Politics, New York Daily News, The Hill, New Republic and National Review

Monica Alba / NBC News:

Biden quietly tapped Obama to help shape his AI strategy — Former President Barack Obama advised the White House over the past five months on its plan to address artificial intelligence. — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama quietly advised the White House over the past five months …

Discussion: The Messenger, The Atlantic and Not the Bee

Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:

US weekly jobless claims rise marginally; productivity accelerates in Q3 — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week as the labor market continued to show few signs of a significant slowdown. — While the weekly jobless claims report …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Associated Press

Alyssa Guzman / New York Post:

Students walk out of Hillary Clinton's Columbia class in protest after anti-Israel students exposed by ‘doxxing trucks’ — Thirty students walked out of Hillary Clinton's class at Columbia University to “shame” the Ivy League school for how they perceive it allowed its students who signed …

Discussion: RedState, Twitchy, Power Line and Fox News

Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Student Protesters Walk Out of Hillary Clinton's Class at Columbia

Discussion: IJR, The Messenger, New York Daily News, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Washington Examiner

Alec Dent / The Messenger:

Christie Makes New Hampshire Push to Revive Campaign: 'We're the Only Way to Stop Donald Trump' — The former New Jersey governor is hoping to pick up independents, who are eligible to vote in the Republican primary — Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie …

Discussion: Associated Press