memeorandum: MTG review: far-right rabble rouser makes case to be Trump's VP (Lloyd Green/The Guardian)

8:20 AM ET, November 27, 2023

Top Items:

Kushner's Mexican connection — Why do you think voters are responding to your message? — More and more Latinos are identifying themselves as conservatives. Why do you think that is? — What do you think the current state of the economy is? And are Americans better off today than they were three years ago?

Discussion: The Messenger, The Hollywood Reporter, Digby's Hullabaloo, Variety, Fox News, Washington Post, Jorgeramos.com and Newsbusters

Erica Orden / Politico:

Trump is fighting an uphill battle in his fraud trial. But it could be years before penalties kick in. — A verdict is expected in December. Here's how the case is going — and what comes next. — NEW YORK — Two months into Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, the case does not seem to be going well for him.

Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story

Mike Allen / Axios:

Scoop: Haberman, Swan sign deal for Trump book … Simon and Schuster won a furious competition for the deeply reported book by the two New York Times political correspondents. — The publication date depends on what happens in 2024 — it'll be 2025 at the earliest.

Discussion: Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:

Trump Doesn't Want to Name His Experts in the Hush Money Case — Trump's lawyers and prosecutors at the Manhattan DA's office are battling over Trump's team naming who they plan to call to the stand in the upcoming hush money trial. … As the Manhattan District Attorney gears …

Discussion: Raw Story

Rolling Stone:

Trump, Who Destroyed Roe, Thinks He Can Run As an Abortion ‘Moderate’ in 2024 — The former president is privately declaring victory over his party's “extreme” anti-abortion crusaders, while publicly touting his record of stripping women's rights away — THE MAN WHO essentially ended …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Political Wire

Gary Fields / Associated Press:

Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails — Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states.

Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story

Donald P. Moynihan / New York Times:

Trump Has a Master Plan for Destroying the ‘Deep State’ — I study government bureaucracies. This is not normally a key political issue. Right now, it is, and everyone should be paying attention. — Donald Trump, the former president and current candidate, puts it in apocalyptic terms …

Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:

Why Trump's Trials Should Be on TV — The conduct of the trials, their fairness, and their possibly damning verdicts will be at the center of the 2024 election. Transparency is crucial. — On November 6th, Donald Trump emerged from a New York City courtroom, where he had testified …

Discussion: Althouse

Lloyd Green / The Guardian:
MTG review: far-right rabble rouser makes case to be Trump's VP

Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and The Hill

Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:

From Niagara Falls to Texas to Gaza, a horrifying look into the abyss of a post-truth future — “There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” — George Orwell, 1984In the ever-shrinking world of a free and fair media …

Discussion: Off the Kuff and Digby's Hullabaloo

New York Times:

Biden to Skip U.N. Climate Summit, White House Official Says — He has attended the past two summits and calls climate change “the ultimate threat” but will miss the talks that are set to begin in Dubai on Thursday. — President Biden will not attend a major United Nations climate summit …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Messenger, HuffPost, Axios, Raw Story, Associated Press, Washington Post, Reuters, New York Post and Political Wire

Justin Rowlatt / BBC:

COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals — The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned. — Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, The Daily Beast and Centre for Climate Reporting

Washington Post:

This lawsuit could disrupt the U.S. tax system. Key facts are in dispute. — Supreme Court to hear challenge to new tax on offshore earnings that was part of Donald Trump's 2017 tax overhaul — The fate of an obscure provision of President Donald Trump's 2017 tax package …

Discussion: Vox

Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:

White House Touts New Supply Chain Measures as Inflation Eases — Actions include funding for injectable medicines, clean energy — Administration links 2022 inflation surge to supply chains — The Biden administration will announce a redoubling of measures to strengthen supply chains on Monday …

Discussion: The Messenger, Reuters, Associated Press, The White House and PoliticusUSA

Washington Post:

Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party's finances — Donors have not cut as many large checks to the RNC in recent years, and the party's small-dollar program has also suffered — The Republican Party's finances are increasingly worrisome to party members …

Discussion: Politico

Aaron Pellish / CNN:

Christie says he plans to stay in GOP race through convention — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he plans to stay in the Republican primary race through next summer's nominating convention, dismissing a recent CNN poll that shows him trailing former President Donald Trump …