memeorandum: Playbook: Two telling new ads, plus border talks latest (Politico)

10:15 AM ET, January 2, 2024

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Burgess Everett / Politico:

The GOP's most Trump-skeptical bloc starts falling in line — Its leader has no relationship with the former president. But Senate Republicans are peeling off to endorse him on the eve of the Iowa caucus. — Donald Trump is making serious headway with a bloc of the GOP that's among …

Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and The Daily Beast

Politico:

Playbook: Two telling new ads, plus border talks latest — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK I — SFA Fund, the pro-NIKKI HALEY Super PAC, is going up on the air in Iowa with a new ad attacking RON DeSANTIS for the years he allegedly spent …

Discussion: The Messenger, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Human Events

Tal Axelrod / ABC News:

Trump set to appeal Colorado 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case — He could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his disqualification Tuesday. — Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks to the press during a break of the ongoing civil fraud trial …

Discussion: The Hill

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

A poisonous campaign — Donald Trump's term as president was chaotic, with an ever-changing cast of characters installed in top positions. But, amidst the mayhem, senior advisor Stephen Miller was a constant. Miller, an anti-immigrant hardliner, started out advising Trump on the 2016 campaign …

Discussion: Florida Politics

Washington Post:

Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack — Three years after the Jan. 6 attack, Republicans are more sympathetic to those who stormed the U.S. Capitol and more likely to absolve Donald Trump of responsibility for the attack than they were in 2021 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill and Raw Story

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Is this who we are? — This week, Post Opinions columnists are writing about the biggest questions …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Breitbart

Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:

How the Biden campaign hopes to make 2024 less about Biden and more about a contrast with Trump — The 2024 campaign year for President Joe Biden's inner circle will largely be about carefully ratcheting up the intensity against Donald Trump, wary of voters becoming dulled to what they expect …

Discussion: The Messenger, Associated Press and New Republic

Gavin Bade / Politico:

RIP ‘worker-centered trade’: Biden's global economic agenda stalls — As he girds for a rematch against Trump, the president's ambitious trade agenda finally buckled under backlash from his own party. It may never recover. — President Joe Biden's ambitious plans to rewrite the rules of global trade …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Wall Street Journal:
Prescription drugs — As a candidate, Biden proposed repealing the law that bars Medicare …

Discussion: Business Insider

Wall Street Journal:

These Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election. They Don't Like What They See. — In counties that backed the past four presidential winners, residents worry America's best days are behind it — Catherine Lucey Eliza Collins Paul Overberg in Washington — Tony Grauslys, a 56-year-old merchandiser …

Reuters:

South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck - media — South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. — Lee was attacked by an unidentified man while touring …

AP-NORC:

2024: The public's priorities and expectations — Foreign policy issues top the public's agenda for 2024, followed by economic concerns. Education, the environment and climate change, and health care continue to be major concerns. Most Americans do not expect things to get better for themselves or the country in the upcoming year.

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Business Insider and The Messenger

New York Times:

Trump's 2024 Playbook … Hosted by Michael BarbaroProduced by Summer Thomad, Luke Vander Ploeg, Rachelle Bonja, Rikki Novetsky and Olivia NattEdited by Rachel Quester, Brendan Klinkenberg and Lexie DiaoOriginal music by Pat McCusker, Dan Powell and Marion LozanoEngineered by Alyssa Moxley

Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:

Harvard President Claudine Gay Hit With Six New Charges Of Plagiarism — Harvard University president Claudine Gay was hit with six additional allegations of plagiarism on Monday in a complaint filed with the university, breathing fresh life into a scandal that has embroiled her nascent presidency …

Discussion: RedState, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Power Line, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger and New York Post

Eli Walsh / The Messenger:

FBI Probes Fiery Fatal Crash Outside New York Event Center as Police Find a Dozen Gas Cans Near Wreck — The collision occurred around 12:50 a.m. as a concert of roughly 1,000 people let out at the Kodak Center in Rochester — Two people were killed and two more were critically injured …

Discussion: The Hill, CBS News, New York Post, CNN, KRDO and The Daily Beast

Bridget Bowman / NBC News:

Republicans spend over $100 million on Iowa ads, with more to come — The super PAC backing Nikki Haley is hammering Ron DeSantis and has become the top Iowa advertiser. Her campaign is also pouring in ad money before Jan. 15. — Republican presidential candidates and outside groups …

Discussion: The Messenger, KRDO, Political Wire and Associated Press

Reuters:

Fighting rages in Gaza as Israel looks at new phase of war — Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment.