Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:25 AM ET, May 2, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside Trump's stunning flip-flop on early voting … - “ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS,” he posted on Truth Social.  — “REPUBLICANS MUST MAKE A PLAN, REGISTER, AND VOTE!”  —  In Pennsylvania, three Republican groups including …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Fox News
RELATED:
Journal Sentinel:
In interview, Trump doesn't commit to accepting Wisconsin election results if he loses  —  Alison Dirr Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  WAUKESHA - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday didn't commit to accepting the results of Wisconsin's presidential election in November …
Hope Karnopp / Journal Sentinel:
Takeaways from Donald Trump's Wisconsin rally: economy, immigration, early voting  —  WAUKESHA - With polls showing a tight race for president in Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump returned to the battleground state Wednesday for the second time this year, rallying a crowd in Waukesha around immigration and economic issues.
Journal Sentinel:
Former President Donald Trump talks about immigration, economy in Waukesha: recap of Wednesday's rally
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
He's not even trying to hide it  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Please click the button to sign up if you haven't already.  —  📖 Subscribe to Public Notice 📖  —  By Noah Berlatsky  —  This week, Time Magazine released …
David N. Myers / The Forward:
I'm a UCLA professor.  Why didn't the administration stop last night's egregious violence?  —  The university should have anticipated Tuesday night's chaos — but security personnel were nowhere to be found  —  UCLA, the top-rated public university in the United States …
EJ Montini / Arizona Republic:
Don't be conned: Arizona's 1864 abortion ban was not actually repealed  —  Opinion: There was no emergency clause in the bill, so the 1864 law won't go off the books until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.  —  You've been conned.  —  At least if you fell for the news reports claiming …
RELATED:
ABC News:
Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor's desk
Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role  —  ‘GROSSED UP’  —  Not only was Allen Weisselberg handling the Trump Org's books, he was also advising the former president's campaign 2016 campaign, documents obtained by The Daily Beast suggest.
Discussion: Salon and Raw Story
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Jayapal says Democrats won't consistently save Johnson  —  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said Wednesday that Democrats' pledge to shut down a motion to vacate against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) won't become a habit, warning that the party could still remove him from the role in the future.
RELATED:
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats grudgingly save another Mike Johnson bill
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Noem says she shot ‘extremely dangerous’ dog to protect her children  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), who has been under the microscope this week for an anecdote about killing her dog, defended her actions Wednesday, saying she shot the “dangerous” pup in order to protect her children.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Continue to Name Inflation as Top Financial Problem  —  Personal financial ratings remain subdued  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the third year in a row, the percentage of Americans naming inflation or the high cost of living as the most important financial problem facing their family has reached a new high.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Why the Senate GOP is downplaying the chances of a red wave  —  Republicans have a shot at more than a half-dozen Senate seats, but they're purposefully tempering expectations after failures in 2020 and 2022.  —  Senate Republicans are six months away from their most favorable Election Day map in a decade …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Maya Eaglin / NBC News:
Inside a Gen Z campaign to shake up Congress  —  Joe Vogel is running in the Democratic primary for a competitive district in Maryland.  At 27 years old, he's aiming to be the second Gen Z member of Congress.  —  In an election year partially defined by Gen Z's exhaustion with politics, Joe Vogel is energized by it.
Discussion: Vogel for Congress
Wall Street Journal:
Inside RFK Jr.'s Chaotic White House Bid  —  Aides describe a cultlike environment in which dysfunction reigns and top aides focus on elevating their own profiles
Discussion: Raw Story
The Seattle Times:
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died  —  Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Immigrants are saving the American economy  —  In his 2024 campaign, like his previous campaigns, Trump is pitting native-born Americans against immigrants.  Sometimes, this is expressed through rank bigotry.  Trump has claimed repeatedly that undocumented immigrants are …
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Examiner
Washington Free Beacon:
The Invisible President  —  For more than a week now, the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests convulsing university campuses have been the biggest news story in the country.  —  The protests, in many cases abetted by university faculty, have put a national spotlight on the illiberalism …
Discussion: HotAir and Fox News
Washington Post:
Democrats hope move to reschedule marijuana will help them in November  —  The proposed change has the potential to set up a contrast between Biden and Trump, who has shown little interest in engaging with federal marijuana policy  —  A half-century after high school kids …
Timothy Burke / Eight by Seven:
The News: Up in the Atmosphere  —  I'm going to work today and tomorrow's columns as a two-front address to campus protests this week.  —  Let's talk about all of this in terms of the actions of most campus administrations (thank you, Michael Roth of Wesleyan University, for being better than your peers) …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Can The Current Universities Be Saved? … Elite higher education in America—long unquestioned as globally preeminent—is facing a perfect storm.  Fewer applicants, higher costs, impoverished students, collapsing standards, and increasingly politicized and mediocre faculty reflect a collapse of the university system.
Discussion: Newsmax, The Hill, JONATHAN TURLEY and NPR
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
House passes divisive antisemitism bill as GOP denounces campus protests  —  Critics call the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which has some Democratic support, an effort to silence criticism of Israel and an affront to the First Amendment  —  House Republicans are seeking to unite …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Has the DeSantis comeback already begun?  —  His next act: Republican money machine.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to take the most public steps yet to rebuild his political future after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, campaigning for GOP candidates …
CBS News:
Biden campaign continues focus on abortion with new ad buy, Kamala Harris campaign stop in Philadelphia  —  President Biden's campaign is launching a new seven-figure ad buy Thursday centered around abortion, a centerpiece issue for his campaign, as it attempts to link restrictive state abortion bans to former President Donald Trump.
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden to expand two California national monuments Thursday  —  President Biden will expand two new national monuments in California Thursday morning, the White House confirmed.  —  President Obama first designated the two monuments, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
Bloomberg:
US and Saudis Near Defense Pact Meant to Reshape Middle East  — Plan would offer incentives for Israel to end war with Hamas  — Accord would pave the way for Saudis to get advanced weapons  —  The US and Saudi Arabia are nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees …
RELATED:
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
The 1968 Hangover  —  Like Nixon before him, Trump could use campus protests to further stoke an already polarized electorate.  —  The turmoil on college campuses and at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 helped propel Richard Nixon to victory—and marked the long-term transformation of national politics.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:25 AM ET, May 2, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
RFK Jr. challenges Biden to drop out, insisting he has better shot of defeating Trump
Natasha Lennard / The Intercept:
I've Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
New Select Subcommittee Report Recommends EcoHealth Alliance President Debarred and Criminally Investigated, Exposes Failures in NIH Grant Procedures
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Pennsylvania Republican Got Solar Panel Money From Biden Bill He Opposed
Discussion: IJR
Juhi Doshi / ABC News:
Members of Congress demand answers on Mario Andretti's rejection from F1 races
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
FiveThirtyEight:
The 8 Types Of Democrats And Republicans In The House
Discussion: ABC News and Human Events
Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Tradwife influencers are quietly spreading far-right conspiracy theories
Discussion: The Hill
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Giuliani's Bankruptcy Creditors Demand to Know His Spending
Discussion: Fox News
Bloomberg:
The Ozempic Effect: How a Weight Loss Wonder Drug Gobbled Up an Entire Economy
Discussion: Fortune, Forbes and Semafor
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
A Huge Gender Gap Is Emerging Among Young Voters
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist