memeorandum: Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign stops all TV ad spending less than a month before Iowa and New Hampshire (NBC News)

11:45 PM ET, December 26, 2023

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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:

Voters describe their 2024 choice between a Trump second term and a Biden second term as a choice between REVENGE or NOTHING in Daily Mail poll — JL Partners asked 1000 voters for a word to sum up Biden and Trump's plans — The results suggest the nation has a bleak view of the 2024 candidates

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Business Insider, Mediaite, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Messenger and The Post Millennial

Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:

Trump shares cryptic ‘dictatorship’ word cloud on Truth Social — It's not the first time Trump has called himself a dictator, but it's the first time he's said it via word cloud. — Voters surveyed by the Daily Mail described former President Donald Trump's political goals as “corruption,” “revenge” and “dictatorship.”

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Anat Shenker-Osorio / New York Times:

A Trump Conviction Could Cost Him Enough Voters to Tip the Election — Recent general-election polling has generally shown Donald Trump maintaining a slight lead over President Biden. Yet many of those polls also reveal an Achilles' heel for Mr. Trump that has the potential to change the shape of the race.

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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
2024 wild card: A banner year for third-party candidates

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Bill Scher / Politico:
Which 2028 Presidential Wannabe Had the Best Year?

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Kristen Soltis Anderson / New York Times:
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NBC News:

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign stops all TV ad spending less than a month before Iowa and New Hampshire — A spokesperson for the GOP candidate's presidential campaign said it has “the ability to be nimble and hyper targeted” in ad spending going forward. — Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, New York Times, New York Post, DNyuz, Blaze Media, Axios, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Messenger and Political Wire

Debra Kahn / Politico:

Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending — The biotech entrepreneur's campaign for the Republican nomination has been sputtering in recent months. — Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign has ceased spending on television advertising ahead of next month's Republican presidential contests, NBC News reported Tuesday.

Associated Press:

Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps — Gaza's more than 54,500 wounded include a growing number of amputees. Health officials say overwhelmed hospitals at times had to amputate limbs, which in normal times could have been saved.

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Benjamin Netanyahu / Wall Street Journal:
Our Three Prerequisites for Peace

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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Top Bibi confidant expected in D.C. for talks on next phase of Gaza war

Discussion: The Times of Israel, Semafor, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Messenger, NewsNation and Bloomberg

Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:

1st Amendment claim struck down in Project Veritas case focused on diary of Biden's daughter — Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas' First Amendment claim.

Discussion: Axios, Vanity Fair, DNyuz, The Messenger and Press Herald

Jake Swearingen / Business Insider:

An avalanche of money is coming to kick Lauren Boebert out of Congress — Lauren Boebert was nearly unseated in 2022 by Adam Frisch, a Democrat who's running again in 2024. — He's raised more money than all but two members of Congress and the most of any nonincumbent.

Discussion: TIME, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and The Messenger

Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:

Appeals court wipes conviction for ex-congressman — A federal appeals court panel wiped ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's (R-Neb.) conviction of lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution, ruling Tuesday that he was not tried in the proper venue. — Last year, a jury sitting …

Discussion: New York Times, USA Today, Axios, DNyuz, New York Post, Mediaite, Nebraska Examiner, Politico, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Roll Call, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast

New York Times:

After Nashville School Shooting, Parents Push for Gun Control Action — A group of parents reeling from a mass shooting at their children's private Christian school believed no one was in a better position to persuade the G.O.P. to enact limited gun control. — Mary Joyce told herself she would be kind, just as she always had been.

Discussion: Raw Story

Wall Street Journal:

The DEI Rollback of 2023 — States start to limit programs that sow racial and political division. — The diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy on campus has proliferated in recent years, but there are signs it's finally meeting resistance. The latest good news is from Wisconsin …

Associated Press:

Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez's effort to delay May bribery trial until July — NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged a judge to reject U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's request to delay his bribery trial scheduled for next spring by two months, until July.

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Carter Sherman / The Guardian:

Ohio grand jury to decide whether to charge woman who miscarried for ‘abuse of a corpse’ — Brittany Watts's water broke prematurely and she miscarried at home; when she went to the hospital a nurse called the police — A grand jury is set to decide whether an Ohio woman who miscarried …

Discussion: Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:

Will Trump provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court? — The court can only rescue Trump from the Colorado ruling by shredding originalism and textualism. Will it? — Donald Trump's packing of the supreme court, to which he appointed three members, to create …

Discussion: Raw Story

Richard Pollina / New York Post:

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis faces backlash for cringy ‘Feliz Navidad’ rendition as migrant crisis surges — Colorado Governor Jared Polis is drawing harsh criticism for his “Feliz Navidad” holiday message as the state struggles for resources while battling a significant immigration crisis …

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Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
Jared Polis slammed for cringe-filled ‘Feliz Navidad’ performance amid immigrant crisis

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ABC News:

Police increase security for Colorado Supreme Court justices in wake of Donald Trump ruling — The court ruled Trump is ineligible for president under the 14th Amendment. — A general view of the Colorado Supreme Court in Denver, Colo., Dec. 20, 2023, the day after the court ruled …

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