Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:40 PM ET, December 14, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
The Story Behind Trump's Gag Order Involves a Man Under Criminal Investigation for Stalking (Exclusive)  —  A Wisconsin man behind the digital campaign that prompted Donald Trump's gag order received three 50-year restraining orders and two criminal convictions resulting in jail time for harassing women
Discussion: Raw Story
RELATED:
Greg Walters / VICE:
Trump Got a Big Sign the Supreme Court Doesn't Have His Back  —  Donald Trump may have handpicked three members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority.  That doesn't mean they are doing him any favors.  —  Former President Donald Trump has tried every legal trick in the book to postpone …
Politico:
Jack Smith is still scrutinizing John Eastman  —  Eastman, a former top Trump attorney, is facing the loss of his law license in California — and the special counsel's office appears to be interested in materials from that case.  —  Federal prosecutors don't appear to be done with John Eastman just yet.
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Challenge of Gag Orders
RELATED:
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘Are We Truly So Precious?’:  James Bennet's Damning NYT Portrayal  —  The former Times editorial page editor clears the record on his controversial 2020 firing.  —  Three years after his high-profile firing from the New York Times, James Bennet has told his side of the story in a damning portrait of the Times.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO  —  Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress.
RELATED:
Brad Dress / The Hill:
House sends annual defense policy bill to Biden's desk
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Republicans Tap Israeli Military Veteran to Run for Santos's Seat  —  Party leaders believe Mazi Melesa Pilip has the potential to be a breakout star.  But she has little political experience and her policy views are largely unknown.  —  Republicans battling to hold onto the New York House seat vacated …
RELATED:
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
New York Republicans choose ex-Israel Defense Forces soldier as nominee to replace George Santos  —  County party leaders selected the Nassau County legislator to be the GOP nominee in February's special election.  —  New York Republicans have selected Nassau County legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip …
Washington Post:
Giuliani's words used against him in poll worker defamation trial  —  Rudy Giuliani repeatedly promised that he would use his defamation trial to explain why he falsely claimed two Georgia poll workers helped steal the 2020 election.  Instead, he was silent in court.
RELATED:
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani now won't testify in defamation trial brought by former Georgia election workers
Press / Morning Consult Pro:
Morning Consult |  Bloomberg News Partnership Survey: Biden's and Trump's Ballot Performance as of Early December 2023  —  Trump leads Biden in all seven swing states, regardless of whether or not third party candidates are listed. … This survey, which identifies key issues in the 2024 election …
RELATED:
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Trump Broadly Favored in GOP Primary
Adam Entous / New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War  —  Washington Urges Israel to Scale Back Ground War in Gaza by Year's End … U.S. wants Israel to scale down its ground campaign in Gaza within weeks.  —  The Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants Israel to end its large-scale ground campaign …
RELATED:
Politico:
Kamala Harris pushes White House to be more sympathetic toward Palestinians
Los Angeles Times:
As Biden-Netanyahu gulf widens, Israeli leader vows to continue Gaza war ‘until the end’
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Is it time for a second look at Kamala Harris?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends  —  Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings …
RELATED:
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how dishonest James Comer's Biden allegations are  —  Over the past 24 hours, with a vote to formalize the impeachment investigation into President Biden looming in the House, Republican lawmakers have been pressed to identify what, exactly, they think Biden did.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jeffries: Government will shut down unless House GOP yields on demands  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is drawing red lines when it comes to 2024 spending, warning Thursday that the government will close its doors if House Republicans continue to demand funding levels below …
Discussion: RedState, PoliticusUSA and Roll Call
Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
McCarthy Calls Gaetz ‘Crazy’ and Entertains Role in a Possible Trump Administration  —  ‘I believe in public service,’ former Speaker McCarthy told reporters when asked if he would take a job from Donald Trump  —  On his last day as a working member of Congress, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. …
Discussion: Political Wire
RELATED:
Eva Surovell / The Messenger:
Kevin McCarthy Bids Farewell on House Floor: ‘I Loved Every Single Day’
Discussion: Political Wire and Sacramento Bee
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: McCarthy eyes AI for new career, can imagine working with Musk
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Cheney's book tops NYT print and e-book bestseller lists  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-Wyo.) new memoir clinched the No. 1 spots on the weekly New York Times bestselling book lists for hardcover and e-book editions for the first week since its debut.  —  The New York Times book bestseller lists …
RELATED:
Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
Liz Cheney's Checkered History
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Marley Jay / NBC News:
Coca-Cola recalled 2,000 cases of drinks due to potential contamination  —  The FDA says Coca-Cola took about 2,000 cases of Spite, Diet Coke, and Fanta off shelves in the Deep South because of possible ‘foreign material’ in cans.  —  Coca-Cola is recalling cans of Diet Coke, Sprite …
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Sources: Christian Ziegler wants multimillion-dollar buyout to step down as Florida GOP Chair  —  Christian Ziegler wants a multimillion-dollar buyout to resign as the Republican Party of Florida's (RPOF) Chair, party sources confirmed.  —  The demand comes as the political leader remains under investigation …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:40 PM ET, December 14, 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: 
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Vibes, the Economy and the Election
Discussion: NewsNation
NBC News:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says ‘failure is not an option’ in border security talks
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign names top voter turnout operative as chief of staff
Discussion: Journal Sentinel and The Messenger
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
News Corp's HarperCollins reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $546M, led by a 15% YoY gain in digital sales; JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy led titles with ~1.5M copies

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice

 
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