memeorandum: Nervous about November? Stop listening to pundits and start defending the president (Brad Bauman/Salon)

11:40 AM ET, March 10, 2024

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Biden team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union — First to NBC News: The financial haul dwarfs some of the president's biggest fundraising days in 2023, before his rematch with Donald Trump was set. — President Joe Biden's re-election machine brought …

Discussion: The Hill and CBS News

Barak Ravid / Axios:

Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel … But in many ways, Biden sees Netanyahu as the one responsible for the deal slipping away. … - Biden has given the Israeli government unprecedented support over the past five months, at the cost of strong pushback from the president's party during an election year.

Discussion: HotAir, MSNBC, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Post, Business Insider, Breitbart and The Guardian

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:

Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU — LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! — “You know, you guys saw that video of Joe Biden when he saw me this week at the State of the Union. This is the hat I had on.” — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …

Discussion: RTÉ, MeidasTouch, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, DNyuz, Crooks and Liars and NPR

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Biden says he regrets referring to ‘an illegal’ during his State of the Union address

Discussion: New York Post, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Rolling Stone, Washington Examiner, Power Line, USA Today, Twitchy, DNyuz, Frontpage Mag, The Hill and NBC Bay Area

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’

Discussion: Fox News, Power Line, Deadline, DNyuz, Daily Caller News Foundation, HuffPost, The Hill and Political Wire

Tara Suter / The Hill:
UAW president doubles down on support for Biden after State of the Union shoutout

Discussion: MSNBC and Twitchy

Mike Allen / Axios:
“Smokin' Joe Biden”: Campaign builds on SOTU buzz

Discussion: Nielsen, USA Today, New York Post, The Guardian, Associated Press, Twitchy, HuffPost, HotAir, Blue Virginia, NBC News, The Hill, Mediaite and New York Times

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Early polling of Biden's State of the Union doesn't quite match the hype

Discussion: Twitchy, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill

Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:

Katie Britt used decades-old example of rapes in Mexico as Republican attack on Biden border policy — The Republican senator who gave the party's response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman's sexual abuse to attack his border policies …

Discussion: The Hill, USA Today, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone and DNyuz

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden — The Fact Checker … — Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), in the Republican response to the State of the Union address, March 7 — If you were watching Britt's speech on Thursday night, you likely would have thought …

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Forbes, al.com, The Moderate Voice, HuffPost, Digby's Hullabaloo and Political Wire

John Archibald / al.com:

How Katie Britt, Alabama's so-called ‘reasonable’ senator, lost herself and much more — This is an opinion column. — Katie Britt's kitchen was empty. Her table was bare. — There was nothing to see but her. And she was - they told us - ready for her closeup. — Come on in, America.

Discussion: Raw Story

Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Questions Arise About Britt's State of the Union Response

Discussion: DNyuz, The Hollywood Reporter, Raw Story, MeidasTouch and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy

Discussion: ABC News, al.com, NBC 7 San Diego, DNyuz, The Guardian, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Meredith Deliso / ABC News:

Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president: POLL — An ABC News/Ipsos poll finds a near-even split between Biden, Trump and neither. — President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capital building …

Discussion: Political Wire

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump backtracks on statement that Georgia polls are rigged because now he is ‘winning by so much’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Georgia Recorder, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, Raw Story, Associated Press, NBC News, Fox News, CBS News, Breitbart and WAGA-TV

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Florida Democrat: Marginalized communities won't ‘survive’ a second Trump term

Discussion: Washington Examiner

New York Times:
The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same

Discussion: CNN, Axios and The Hill

The Daily Beast:

$91M Bond Didn't Stop Trump From Trashing E. Jean Carroll Again — Donald Trump just had to post a $91.6 million bond while he appeals the verdict in the defamation case won by his rape accuser, E. Jean Carroll. But that whopping sum wasn't enough to get him to stop trashing her.

Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story

Brad Bauman / Salon:

Nervous about November? Stop listening to pundits and start defending the president — It's the only way that we are going to defeat the anti-democratic forces that are looking to transform our nation — This past week's State of the Union, and the incredibly powerful performance by the President …

Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:

Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ — Trader Joe's and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board — Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking …

Kellen Browning / New York Times:

Kari Lake Tries a New Tactic: Mending Fences — The close Trump ally is courting former foes and trying to mend fences as she runs for Senate in Arizona. But bad blood from her 2022 campaign simmers at home. — Conciliatory messages on social media. Open invitations for coffee.

Discussion: CNN and Raw Story

Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer:

600 Activision QA workers just formed the biggest videogame union in the US — Quality assured. — First reported by The Verge, 600 Activision QA workers have formed a new union at the publisher. It was organized through the Communications Workers of America (CWA), like other unions at the company …

Discussion: DNyuz and The Verge

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:

After Trump ballot ruling, critics say Supreme Court is selectively invoking conservative originalist approach — Some legal scholars criticized the court for ignoring arguments based on the text and original understanding of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in a ruling that kept Trump on the ballot.

Sophia Cai / Axios:

Scoop: Trump's team hires lawyer to “watch the money” at RNC … - Trump campaign co-campaign manager and incoming RNC chief operating officer Chris LaCivita is bringing on Sean Cairncross to be his number two at the RNC. — Cairncross is a lawyer with a reputation of enforcing financial discipline …

Discussion: Raw Story

Bloomberg.com:

Pope Francis Says Ukraine Should Negotiate End of War With Russia — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.

Discussion: HotAir, Outside the Beltway and DNyuz