memeorandum: 'Is My Name Not Trans Enough?" - Dana White Blasts Netflix as ‘Liberal F*cks’ Live on Air for Limiting His Time to Roast Tom Brady at Netflix Special (VIDEO) (Jim Hᴏft/The Gateway Pundit)

11:30 AM ET, May 6, 2024

Top Items:

Erin Doherty / Axios:

Trump interferes with House GOP messaging on Cuellar indictment … - The National Republican Congressional Committee plans to accuse Democrats of a double standard if they stay mum on Cuellar following their pressure on ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to resign, Politico reports.

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Politico, Daily Kos and Washington Examiner

Politico:

Playbook: GOP eyes some Santos payback — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Gaza cease-fire talks appear to have collapsed following a Hamas rocket attack yesterday that killed three soldiers at an Israeli checkpoint …

Andrew Solender / Axios:

Scoop: House GOP homes in on Biden as top 2024 punching bag … - In addition to citing Biden's underwater national approval, the memo posits that he is unpopular in evenDemocratic-leaning swing districts. — “We expect Democrats to wake up and furiously backpedal away from Biden in the fall.

Discussion: Twitchy and NRCC

Nick Robertson / The Hill:
‘If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,’ says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections

Discussion: KRQE-TV and Washington Examiner

AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:

Kristi Noem Cries ‘Fake News’ After Disastrous Interview on CBS — DOGGED BY SCANDAL — The South Dakota governor complained that the host of “Face the Nation” had interrupted her “once every 25 seconds”—something that would never happen to, say, Gretchen Whitmer.

Discussion: New Republic, RedState, Mother Jones, PoliticusUSA, The Daily Caller, The Dakota Scout, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo

Kit Maher / CNN:

Noem suggests Biden's dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to Cricket, the dog she shot — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggests in her new book that President Joe Biden's dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to the working dog she shot on her farm.

Discussion: CBS News, Business Insider, The Guardian, Washington Times, TMZ.com, Daily Kos, New Jersey Online, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, New York Post, NBC News, IJR, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, CNBC, New York Magazine, WFLA-TV and New York Times

Nandika Chatterjee / Salon:
Kristi Noem's animal cruelty is hurting the GOP financially

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Kristi Noem Suggests Biden's Dog Should Have Been Killed, Too

Discussion: Business Insider, New Jersey Online and AllSides Balanced

Axios:

Behind the Curtain: 6% of six states … - Those were the battlegrounds disputed by Donald Trump after the 2020 election. … - A seventh state, North Carolina, is included in some swing-state polls. … Republicans think they're winning. The swing-state map is a big reason why.

Discussion: New York Daily News and Newsday

USA Today:

It's a tie: Biden 37%-Trump 37% as Hispanic, Black and younger voters shift - Exclusive — Susan Page Sudiksha Kochi Rachel BarberUSA TODAY — It couldn't be closer. — Six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied 37%-37% …

Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and ABC News

Public Notice:

Hunter Biden's revenge — Smear campaigns have consequences. — ∙ Paid … Have you noticed that after years of saturation coverage, Fox News hosts have suddenly cooled it on the Hunter Biden stuff? There's a reason for that. — Last week, Fox News pulled the six-part series …

emptywheel:

400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants — On Saturday, a bunch of people paid a lot of money — at least $40,0000 apiece, and one or two people took Trump up on an offer to speak if they gave $1 million — to hear Trump glorify cop assailants.

Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today and Washington Post

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House: Trump Gestapo comment echoes ‘appalling rhetoric of fascists’

Discussion: USA Today, Frontpage Mag, HuffPost, Axios, RedState, CBS News, WSVN-TV, Reuters, AllSides Balanced and The Guardian

Dr. Thomas K. Lew / USA Today:

Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden — Some Republicans, refusing to give President Joe Biden a ‘win,’ voted against the renewal of funding for cancer research. Vote for those who do not politicize Americans' health. — I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Congressman praises racist heckling. Will his corporate backers stand by him? — On Thursday, Jaylin Smith, a graduate student at the University of Mississippi, participated in a small, non-violent protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Smith and the other protesters were greeted …

Discussion: Phi Delta Theta, New Jersey Online, CNN, TIME, HuffPost, WPR and The Daily Beast

Jim Hᴏft / The Gateway Pundit:

'Is My Name Not Trans Enough? " - Dana White Blasts Netflix as ‘Liberal F*cks’ Live on Air for Limiting His Time to Roast Tom Brady at Netflix Special (VIDEO) — UFC President Dana White is no stranger to controversy or speaking his mind, and he proved it yet again at the Netflix special, ‘The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.’

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:

Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money.

NBC News:

Democrats prepare to go on offense on immigration in the coming weeks — Key administration officials and top Democratic lawmakers discussed a path forward that would include forcing votes that Republicans would most likely oppose, two sources said. — WASHINGTON — Democrats are preparing …

Discussion: Fox News