Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:05 AM ET, May 17, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
At Justice Alito's House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display … A photo obtained by The Times shows an inverted flag at the Alito residence on Jan. 17, 2021, three days before the Biden inauguration.  —  After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed …
RELATED:
Politico:
Playbook: Debate insider tees off on Biden and Trump  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE FRIDAY READ — “Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Building a MAGA Paradise in Arkansas,” by Dana Liebelson in Little Rock for POLITICO Magazine …
Discussion: HotAir, Associated Press and Raw Story
William Melhado / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020  —  A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.  —  More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry …
RELATED:
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.
Will Doran / WECT-TV:
NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (WRAL) - The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.
RELATED:
Julia Doubleday / The Gauntlet:
Biden, CDC silent as North Carolina lawmakers vote to ban masks  —  Biden's White House has made everyday survival hell for disabled people.  Now the last tool in the toolbox is being targeted with zero pushback.  —  This week, North Carolina Republicans are voting to ban wearing masks in public.
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden's team had a few demands for a Trump debate.  A major one: No crowd.  —  “Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life.  We wanted to take that away.”  —  When Donald Trump took the stage at a CNN town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, one year ago, a crowd of his supporters roared …
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Allies Draw Up Plans for Unprecedented Immigration Crackdown  —  Advisers to former president are getting a head start on clearing the hurdles they would face  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump's allies are drawing up detailed proposals to implement the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's plans …
Discussion: HotAir and Twitchy
Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Menendez co-defendants reveal strategy to beat the rap in high-stakes corruption trial  —  Defense attorneys for businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Daibes opened day four of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial  —  The federal government's case in its corruption prosecution …
Discussion: RedState, New Jersey Online and BBC
Erik Loomis / The Conversation:
Biden's labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR  —  Joe Biden has pledged repeatedly to go further than any of his predecessors with his support for U.S. labor rights.  —  “I intend to be the most pro-union president leading …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
DeSantis signs bill wiping climate change references from Florida law … - The heat index in Key West hit a record 115°F on Wednesday and the National Weather Service warned South Florida could expect well-above average temperatures with “hazardous heat index values this week.
Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:
Georgia Republican files for divorce from blonde bombshell oncologist wife who teases ‘he will not be forthcoming’ about how their marriage REALLY unraveled after 12 years together raising seven children  — McCormick's wife texted Daily Mail: 'I'm sure that he will not be forthcoming'
Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
Upside-Down Flag Flew at Alito's Home After Biden Won: NYT  —  NOT EVEN HIDING IT  —  The Supreme Court justice, for his part, denied any involvement in the placement of the flag—instead blaming his wife.  —  WHAT GOES UP...  The Kansas City Chiefs kicker shared his unsettling thoughts …
Kirk Siegler / NPR:
Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region  —  In a pair of controversial environmental decisions, the Biden administration is moving to end all new coal leasing in the country's largest producing coal region, the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden  —  The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel …
ABC News:
DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana  —  The drug would be listed as Schedule III substance if the proposal is approved.  —  Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are seen inside a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York, July 15, 2022.
Austin Murphy / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
SSU president Mike Lee placed on leave for controversial email detailing pact with pro-Palestinian campus protesters  —  Sonoma State University President Mike Lee announced he is stepping aside — for how long remains unclear — in the wake of a controversial email he'd sent …
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
West Virginia secretary of state candidate loses primary and gets bitten by snake while removing campaign signs  —  .  —  A Republican who was running for West Virginia secretary of state has been hospitalized after suffering multiple snake bites while he removed campaign signs on Wednesday.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats quietly fueled end-run around GOP leadership … - House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) urged her colleagues to sign the petition at a closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting on Wednesday, one of the sources said.  — It's the first time since 2015 that such a petition …
CNN:
Biden asserts executive privilege over Hur audio files ahead of House contempt proceedings against Garland  —  President Joe Biden moved to assert executive privilege over recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur as House Republicans press ahead with contempt proceedings …
Associated Press:
‘Lone wolf’ charged in shooting of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico  —  .  —  The Slovak interior minister said Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico and prompted soul-searching among leaders in the deeply divided society.
New York Times:
The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel … PART I.  —  IMPUNITY  —  By the end of October, it was clear that no one was going to help the villagers of Khirbet Zanuta.  A tiny Palestinian community, some 150 people perched on a windswept hill in the West Bank near Hebron …
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Announces 26 Additional PRC-Based Textile Companies to the UFLPA Entity List  —  Largest Ever One-Time Expansion Will Help Responsible Companies Keep Forced Labor out of their Supply Chain  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition …
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Anybody?  Kamala?  California's biggest race awaits a giant  —  The race to succeed Gavin Newsom offers a snapshot of campaigning in the Golden State.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — The contest to succeed Gavin Newsom in the nation's biggest, bluest state is already turning bitter.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:05 AM ET, May 17, 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: 
Reuters:
US seeks information about North Korean scheme to secure IT work with US firms
Hope Xv / Pluralistic:
Utah's getting some of America's best broadband (permalink)
Jon Stone / Politico:
Donald Trump's a racist and Labour should call him out, Sadiq Khan says
 Earlier Items: 
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hogan Backs Codifying Roe, Tacking Left on Abortion Ahead of a Tough Race
Anna Lazarus Caplan / People:
NFL Says They Do Not Agree with Harrison Butker's ‘Views’ in Graduation Speech, Are Committed to ‘Inclusion’
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Top Democrats give Rob Menendez an 11th hour assist
Discussion: Roll Call
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Consumer Financial Watchdog Survives Supreme Court Scrutiny
New York Times:
Live Updates: Cohen Faces Bruising Questions on Trump, With More Ahead
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have bigger screens; the main Siri upgrade will be part of iOS 18.4, with a January beta and a spring release

Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Notepad in Windows 11, after testing the features in March 2024; Windows Notepad first launched in 1983

Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Nothing unveils the $199 CMF Phone 1, with swappable parts, a 6.67" AMOLED, a MediaTek SoC, and Nothing OS, plus the $69 CMF Watch Pro 2 and $59 CMF Buds Pro 2
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page