memeorandum: Hundreds arrested as NYPD cops in riot gear storm Columbia University, clear protests (NBC New York)

12:05 PM ET, May 1, 2024

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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson — Her plan seems doomed to fail as Democrats said they would help save Johnson. — Marjorie Taylor Greene (2nd R) and Thomas Massie (R) hold a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2024.

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:

Back to 1968? — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is shooting her shot, forging ahead with her doomed crusade to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I think the American people need to see a recorded vote,” she said moments ago from the steps of the Capitol. “Does members of Congress support the Uniparty?”

Discussion: Politico, New Republic, The Daily Beast and The American Spectator

Andrew Solender / Axios:

Democrats laugh off Greene's plan to force Johnson ouster vote … - “She is about to realize her inevitable irrelevance,” one senior House Democrat told Axios just minutes after Greene made her announcement. — Another senior House Democrat cast Greene's motion as “drama that hurts Republicans.”

Politico:

Playbook: How the GOP tried to talk MTG down — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WHEN HISTORY RHYMES — “NYPD sweeps occupied Hamilton Hall, arrests dozens,” Columbia Spectator: “The arrests came on the 56th anniversary of the 1968 police sweep …

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Axios:

Democrats enter panic mode as Gaza protests erupt … - “The longer they continue, and the worse that they get, the worse it's going to be for the election overall,” one House Democrat told Axios. — The demonstrations, the lawmaker warned, are “bringing out [the public's] most conservative side.”

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Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democrats win a New York special election, further narrowing the House GOP's majority

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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat

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Kevin McGill / Associated Press:
Judges Reject Map That Would Have Given Louisiana New Majority-Black House District

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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana

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Associated Press:

Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia — Officers have taken protesters into custody after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus. The scene unfolded shortly …

NBC New York:
Hundreds arrested as NYPD cops in riot gear storm Columbia University, clear protests

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New York Times:
Here's where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.

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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
GOP senator calls for deporting certain foreign student protesters

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Associated Press:
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University's Hamilton Hall

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Trump backs surveillance and prosecution of women to enforce abortion bans — As part of an extensive interview with Time Magazine, former President Donald Trump expanded on what abortion access would look like in the United States in a potential second term.

Discussion: Salon, New Republic, Democrats and Forbes

Arek Sarkissian / Politico:

Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect. Clinics in the state are scrambling. — The stricter ban has also ended Florida's status as a bastion for abortion access in the Southeast. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida's strict ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went …

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Zach Montague / New York Times:

Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students — The announcement covers 317,000 former students and marks another step in the administration's student loan relief efforts. — The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled more than $6 billion in student debt …

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Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Clears $6 Billion in Debt for Closed Art School's Students

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Peter Smith / Associated Press:

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy — United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

Discussion: The Hill, al.com, WUSA and Religion News Service

Marina Villeneuve / Salon:

Historian says Trump lawyer “deliberatively misleading” SCOTUS: Ben Franklin “would be horrified” — Franklin's actual speech cited at immunity hearing “says exactly the opposite of what John Sauer was implying” — When Trump lawyer D. John Sauer spoke before the Supreme Court last week calling …

Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:

Trump: ‘Marco has this residency problem.’ — DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STAFF has assembled a dozen dossiers on possible running mates, but they largely remain unopened by the presidential candidate, who's conducting his own vetting process by asking friends, consultants, and insiders whom they think he should pick and why.

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David Hume Kennerly / The Atlantic:

The Danger of a Small Act of Cowardice — The first time I photographed Gerald Ford, he was a day away from being nominated as vice president, after Spiro Agnew had resigned in disgrace. The portrait I made ran on the cover of Time, a first for both of us. Ford was my assignment, then he became my friend.

Ed Mazza / HuffPost:

Trump Unleashes Bizarre ‘Word Salad’ Answer During Live Nighttime TV Interview — The former president left many confused with his rambling answer on Fox News. — LOADING — Donald Trump has people wondering just what he was trying to say during a rambling monologue on Fox News …

Discussion: New York Post and Axios

Chris Cameron / New York Times:

New Progressive PAC Targets 8 Key House Races in California — The super PAC, Battleground California, said it would drive turnout among voters of color to try to flip seats that are seen as crucial to winning control of the House this fall. — Democrats nearly pulled off the impossible in the 2022 midterms.

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Liz Dye / Public Notice:

SCOTUS plays dumb as Trump claims sweeping immunity — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one, please click the button to support our independent journalism. — ✍️ Subscribe to Public Notice ✍️

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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Multi-state E.coli outbreak connected to walnuts: CDC — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Tuesday of an E. coli outbreak linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk that has so far infected 12 people across the states of California and Washington.

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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:

Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case — The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump's political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.

Discussion: Raw Story

Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:

Biden administration considering giving refugees from Gaza permanent safe haven in the U.S. with access to housing and a pathway to citizenship — The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program could move some Palestinians out of Gaza — Top Biden officials have discussed resettling some Palestinians

Discussion: Florida Politics and Reuters

Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees

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Barak Ravid / Axios:

Israel-Hamas deal is only hope for Biden's Middle East strategy … “There just has to be a deal,” he said when asked about a plan B if negotiations aren't successful. — “If we can get a ceasefire, we can get something more enduring and then maybe end the conflict and then maybe move forward …

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Brittany Sheehan / RedState:

NEW: DHS Docs Show Top Cities Biden Admin Flew Migrants Under Controversial Program, 80% to Single State — Internal data obtained by Fox News via a House Homeland Security Committee subpoena to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows that thousands …

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Austin Petersen / Human Events:

The Trump trial witnesses don't pass the laugh test — Trump's hush money trial was always going to be a political dumpster fire, but when a man voluntarily lit himself up like a torch outside the courtroom last week, it was a fitting tribute to what the city of New York is trying to do to 45 involuntarily.