memeorandum: Anonymous businessman donates $800,000 to struggling Auburn Food Bank (Maddie White/KING-TV)

1:20 AM ET, November 25, 2023

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Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune:

Rep. Dean Phillips, running for president, won't seek re-election to Congress — Returning to Congress after his primary challenge to President Biden would be “both unproductive and uncomfortable,” Phillips said. — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips will not run for re-election to the U.S. House …

Discussion: HuffPost, NBC News and Politico

U.S. Representative Dean Phillips:

Rep. Dean Phillips Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election to Congress — MINNETONKA, MN - Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) announced he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2024. Phillips has represented Minnesota's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 and released the following statement:

Discussion: New York Times, Business Insider, Associated Press, New York Post, NBC News, CNBC, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Fox News, The Hill and The Messenger

Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:

Democratic presidential candidate Phillips announces he won't run for reelection in House — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) — who launched a long-shot presidential primary bid against President Biden last month — announced Friday he wouldn't run for reelection to the House in 2024.

Discussion: Axios, Washington Times and CBS News

Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona …

Caroline Linton / CBS News:

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment in new lawsuit filed by former executive assistant Brittany Commisso — A former executive assistant to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who had accused him of groping her has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.

Discussion: TMZ.com, One America News Network, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, New York Post and Political Wire

Associated Press:

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former aide in new legal filing — ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being sued by a former aide who says Cuomo sexually harassed her while he was still in office. — Cuomo's former executive assistant Brittany Commisso filed …

Discussion: Business Insider, The Hill, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and Washington Examiner

Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:

No American hostages freed by Hamas on day one of cease-fire with Israel — US official says White House ‘doing all we can’ to secure Americans' release — Two dozen hostages were released by the terrorist group Hamas, but no American was released on the first day of the cease-fire with Israel.

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, New York Post, KTLA, The Forward and USA Today

NBC News:
Israel-Hamas war live updates: 25 hostages released as cease-fire holds

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CBS News:
24 hostages released as temporary cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war takes effect

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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:

Heroic Immigrant Actually Stopped the Dublin Stabbing That Led to Far-Right Riot — Far right ‘hooligans’ whipped up outrage after reports the attacker in the shocking Dublin school stabbing was an immigrant. It turns out, the man who stopped him was Brazilian.

Discussion: TheJournal.ie, New York Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Messenger, Breitbart, Metro, RedState and The National Pulse+

Brad Dress / The Hill:
34 people arrested in Dublin as riots erupt over stabbing attack

Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Riots Erupt in Dublin After Stabbing Attack

New York Times:

X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out — Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or are at risk of doing so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. — X, the social media company formerly known …

Discussion: The Japan Times, Reuters and The Information, more at Mediagazer »

Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:

The Secret Megadonor Behind the MAGA Movement's ‘Nerve Center’ — In the aftermath of Jan. 6, one conservative group has been buying up real estate around Capitol Hill and growing its influence. Much of that is thanks to this one secret donor. … In a few short years …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

House Speaker Mike Johnson Spent Years Defending Christian Speech In Public Schools — “The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the Gospel,” the Republican said in 2004 after Jewish parents sued a school for pushing Christianity on their kids. — LOADING

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Diane Ravitch's blog

Eva Surovell / The Messenger:

Trump Lawyers Say New York Filing Is ‘Irrelevant’ to DC Gag Order Hearing — The back-and-forth concerns a filing submitted by prosecutors on Thanksgiving — JWPlayer — Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday filed a response to prosecutors' Thursday filing, arguing that any threats …

Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire

Mary Papenfuss / The Messenger:

Ted Cruz Skewers Kamala Harris Gas Stove That He Claims ‘Dems Want to Ban’ — Never mind the White House has said President Biden would not support such a ban — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was tilting at windmills — or, rather tilting at gas stoves — on Friday when he slammed Vice President Kamala Harris …

Discussion: Townhall, New York Post, Raw Story, Blaze Media, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Midwesterner

Maddie White / KING-TV:

Anonymous businessman donates $800,000 to struggling Auburn Food Bank — The food bank's director said they can now afford to move into a bigger space just blocks down the road. — AUBURN, Wash. — The population in the city of Auburn has grown by more than 30,000 people since the millennium …

Discussion: The Messenger and IJR

Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:

Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows — Fewer believe that anyone who works hard can get ahead — The American dream—the proposition that anyone who works hard can get ahead, regardless of their background—has slipped out of reach in the minds of many Americans.