memeorandum: Trump seeks to derail New York hush money trial over immunity claims (The Hill)

7:05 PM ET, March 11, 2024

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Trump floats ‘cutting’ retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden — The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there's a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. — Presumptive Republican nominee …

Discussion: CNBC, Washington Post, USA Today, KNSD-TV, Washington Examiner, New Republic, The Hill, Raw Story, Fox Business and Mediaite

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Trump's $91.6 million question — New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.

Discussion: New Republic, Vanity Fair, Civil Discourse …, The Moderate Voice, New York Daily News, New Jersey Online, PoliticusUSA, Newsweek and New York Magazine

Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:

The media is still selling a fantasy version of Trump — This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, hit the button and sign up to support our independent journalism. — ⌨️ Subscribe to Public Notice ⌨️

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Adding to an ugly record, Trump mocks Biden's stutter (again)

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, Washington Post, The Atlantic, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and HuffPost

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
E. Jean Carroll lawyer suggests third Trump defamation lawsuit possible after new comments

Discussion: New York Times, Newsweek, The Independent, Slate, Raw Story, The Hill, NBC News, Law & Crime, HuffPost, The Post Millennial and The Daily Beast

Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Donald Trump May Be Closer To Bankruptcy Than It Seems

Discussion: Raw Story

J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Posted Manipulated Video of Democrats Applauding Him At Biden's State of the Union Speech

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Wall Street Journal, Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy, The Hill and New York Times

Deepak Puri / The Democracy Labs: Who posted the $91 million bond for Trump? Follow the Russian connections.

CNBC:
Former President Donald Trump on entitlements: There's tremendous numbers of things you can do

Discussion: Reuters, SiliconValley.com, New York Times and Washington Times

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Not on my watch’ — Biden blasts Trump over suggested cuts to Social Security, Medicare

Discussion: Raw Story, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America, Salon, The Hill, KNSD-TV, Democrats, HuffPost, Semafor, Rolling Stone, Political Wire and Daily Kos

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden returns to the key battleground state he snubbed in the presidential primaries

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost and The Hill

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Biden takes aim at Trump following his embrace of Hungary's Orbán

Discussion: Wonkette, Washington Post and Raw Story

Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age

Discussion: The Hill

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The twin challenges of warnings about Trump's support of authoritarianism

Discussion: Al Jazeera, Reuters, Raw Story, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Business Insider, PoliticusUSA and Big League Politics

Mike Schneider / Associated Press:

Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under 'Don't Say Gay' bill settlement — Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached …

Discussion: Fox News, Axios, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Orlando Sentinel, Advocate and Breakfast At Ralf's

Nick Robertson / The Hill:

Florida 'Don't Say Gay' law upheld after settlement in federal court — The state of Florida settled a multi-year suit Monday against the so-called “Don't Say Gay” law, which limits how LGBTQ topics can be discussed and presented in schools. — The settlement agreement clarifies language …

Discussion: Tampa Bay Times, Sun-Sentinel and The Capitolist

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Trump Stumbles Through Word Salad On Banning Or Not Banning TikTok In CNBC Hit — Former President Donald Trump stumbled and rambled his way through a meandering answer when CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him about banning TikTok. — Trump recently came out against banning TikTok …

Discussion: The Hill, CBS News, New Republic, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, NewsNation and Breitbart

New York Times:
House to Move Ahead With Bill Targeting TikTok as Trump Flips to Oppose It

Discussion: ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, SFist, Axios, CNBC, Business Insider, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Forbes, Mediaite, Bloomberg, New York Daily News, Political Wire and USA Today

CNBC:
CNBC Transcript: Former President of the United States Donald Trump Speaks with CNBC's “Squawk Box” Today

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, KNSD-TV, CNN, ABC News, Gizmodo and Fox Business

Dan Primack / Axios:
Shotgun divorce: How ByteDance could save TikTok from a U.S. ban

Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite

Jim Sciutto / CNN:

Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea's Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly …

Discussion: New Republic, The Guardian, The Hill, Salon, Raw Story, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, New Jersey Online, Mediaite and The Bulwark

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
John Kelly Shares His ‘Theory’ On Why Trump Likes Dictators So Much: New Book

Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian

Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Donald Trump won't give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says

Discussion: MeidasTouch, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, The Daily Beast, The National Pulse, Political Wire and Daily Kos

CNN:

Exclusive: ‘Trump Employee 5,’ who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out — Watch the full interview with Kaitlan Collins at 9 p.m. ET Monday on “The Source.” — CNN — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story

Annie Gowen / Washington Post:

Biden effigy beaten, kicked at Kansas county GOP event, drawing outrage — A Republican fundraiser in the Kansas City suburbs on Friday night at which attendees beat and kicked an effigy of President Biden has sparked bipartisan outrage and calls for the GOP leaders responsible for the event to resign.

Discussion: HuffPost, Kansas City Star, KAKE-TV, Kansas Reflector, The Guardian and Raw Story

Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Biden effigy beaten at GOP event in Kansas; ex-official calls for resignations

Discussion: Mike Kuckelman, UPI, KSNT-TV and Kansas Reflector

The Hill:

Trump seeks to derail New York hush money trial over immunity claims — Former President Trump is seeking to derail the start of his first criminal trial just two weeks out from when it is scheduled to begin, asserting a presidential immunity defense in the case for the first time.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, RedState, Business Insider, USA Today, New Republic, Washington Times, UPI, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Fox News, ABC News, New York Daily News and Political Wire

Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump seeks New York criminal trial delay until SCOTUS weighs in on immunity

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and NBC News

Washington Post:
Trump's freewheeling speeches offer a dark vision of a second term

Discussion: Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Chris Lehmann / The Nation:

The MAGA Aesthetic Is Beginning to Rot — The stable of imagery associated with the far-right insurgency no longer seems as fresh as it did when Trump first donned his red cap. — Pocket — For headline writers and Beltway pundits, the takeaway from last week's State of the Union address was clear …

Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”

Discussion: Raw Story and Resolute Square

Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:

Some journalists seem bored by the biggest story of our lifetimes — At the New York Times, the journalists count on politics for amusement. It's a sporting event, a cage match. Republicans vs. Democrats, Sharks vs. Jets, gladiators vs. lions. — The folks at the Times have settled …

NBC News:

House Republicans release report seeking to undermine Jan. 6 Committee and star witness — The report takes aim at key Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson, citing unnamed Trump White House staffers who did not corroborate her testimony. — WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Axios, The Epoch Times, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Trending Politics Conservative, Speaker Mike Johnson, Washington Times, The Guardian, PJ Media, Raw Story, Breitbart and IJR

Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump's Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and The National Pulse

Kashmir Hill / New York Times:

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies — LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.

Discussion: Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Tom Jones / Poynter:

How a tenacious reporter revealed Sen. Katie Britt's SOTU response to be ‘beyond misleading’ — Britt tied an anecdote about a woman who survived sex trafficking to Biden's border policies. But it happened during the George W. Bush admin. — Last Thursday was President Joe Biden's big State of the Union address.

Discussion: Associated Press, Off Message, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Rolling Stone, HuffPost and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’ — The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …

Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today:

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to resign, says affordable housing is ‘an American issue’ — WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she's retiring and returning to Ohio.