memeorandum: Two years later, obvious misinformation is finally taken down (Philip Bump/Washington Post)

1:40 PM ET, June 3, 2024

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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:

Mike Johnson says the quiet part on Fox — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈 — It was a given, of course …

Discussion: HuffPost, New Republic, Rolling Stone and Mediaite

Axios:

Behind the Curtain: Speaker Johnson's secret muse … - In our column on Johnson's historic road-to-Kyiv conversion, we told you how the speaker defied the loudest, most threatening GOP personalities, dug deep into government intelligence, and shifted his position on the most vital foreign policy legislation in years.

William Kristol / The Bulwark:

‘2,000 Mules’ Retracted, Still Lodged in Grandma's Brain — Sen. Tim Scott wants you to know: 2024 is not an abortion-policy election. — “The Supreme Court has already ruled that this is a states' issue. President Trump and Speaker Johnson have both said that this will remain a states' issue …

ProPublica:

Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign — Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages …

Discussion: New Jersey Online, New Republic and Mediaite

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions — Men are using abortion bans to control and abuse women in their lives for “consensual sexual intercourse” — A pair of Texas professors figured out that their female students have sex and, boy, they do not like it.

Washington Post:

Sally Buzbee steps down as Executive Editor of The Washington Post. Matt Murray and Robert Winnett take editorial leadership roles in new newsroom structure. — The Washington Post also announced today its intention to launch a new division of the newsroom dedicated to better serving audiences …

Discussion: HotAir, New York Times, Associated Press, Breitbart, Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »

Politico:

Playbook: The Trump verdict lands on the Hill — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WAPO SHOCKER — SALLY BUZBEE is out as the Washington Post's executive editor after a three-year run, to be immediately replaced by former WSJ editor in chief MATT MURRAY and …

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:
The campaign dichotomy in one newsletter :slightly_smiling_face:

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Associated Press:

Jury selection is beginning in gun case against President Joe Biden's son — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son after a deal with prosecutors fell apart that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election.

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, The Guardian, Breitbart, The Maine Wire, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, New Jersey Online, CNN, Al Jazeera, New York Post, NBC News, NPR, Raw Story and New York Times

Politico:
Hunter Biden's gun trial starts today. Here's what to know.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, CNBC, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, UPI, CNN, Forbes, Breitbart, NBC News, Fox News, Axios, USA Today, New York Times and Raw Story

Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Joe Biden's looming presence over Hunter's trial serves as a warning to their political enemies

Discussion: The Nation, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today and Washington Post

Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Jury selection kicks off in Hunter Biden's federal gun crime trial

Discussion: New York Times, Townhall, Al Jazeera, RedState, Washington Post, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, USA Today, CBS News, IJR and AllSides Balanced

Joseph Cox / 404 Media:

Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents — Google has accidentally collected childrens' voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of car pool users, and made YouTube recommendations based on users' deleted watch history, among thousands of other employee-reported privacy incidents …

Discussion: Digital Trends and My Nintendo News, more at Techmeme »

Jon Michael Raasch / Daily Mail:

Donald Trump campaign has raised over $200 MILLION in just THREE days since guilty felony verdict, son Eric Trump claims — Eric Trump says $70 million has flown into campaign coffers from small donors — The Trump heir also noted how gangster Al Capone has less felonies than his dad

Discussion: Twitchy, IJR, RedState and One America News Network

Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Eric Trump Claims Black Voters Are Turning To His Dad ‘In Spades’

Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Mediaite

New York Times:

Biden Expected to Sign Executive Order Restricting Asylum — The move, expected on Tuesday, would allow the president to temporarily seal the border and suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States. — President Biden is expected to sign an executive order …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CBS News and Washington Times

Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden executive action on the border could come as early as Tuesday

Discussion: Axios, ABC News, Fox News, HotAir, Associated Press, CBS News, WHDH-TV, The Daily Caller, American Greatness and Washington Examiner

David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:

Menendez will file independent re-election bid — The New Jersey Globe has learned that Bob Menendez will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions with over 2,000 signatures in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term as an independent.

Discussion: CNN, HuffPost, NBC News and Mediaite

Steve Benen / MSNBC:

8 years later, Trump haunted by rhetoric about candidates, crimes — By the reasoning Donald Trump pushed in 2016, his candidacy creates “an unprecedented constitutional crisis,” and he has “no right to be running.” — Eight years later, some find it easy to forget some of the more ridiculous elements …

Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:

103 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre — The First Time Terrorists Bombed Americans Wasn't on 9/11 or Pearl Harbor — Did you know that the first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn't on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor? It was during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 …

Discussion: Washington Post

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:

Supreme Court sends dispute over Arkansas' GOP-drawn congressional map back to lower court — Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on South Carolina's congressional map, making it more difficult to bring racial gerrymandering claims. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday told …

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Two years later, obvious misinformation is finally taken down — “2000 Mules” is a case study in how appealing, lucrative falsehoods endure. — I was sitting at dinner with my editor in early 2022 when filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza challenged me to a debate. — I had written an article …

Washington Post:

Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say — A Kremlin-backed media outlet — the Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say. — PRAGUE — When an associate of one of Russian President …

Discussion: The Kyiv Independent

Robert Jimison / New York Times:

Jackson Lee, Veteran Democrat in Congress, Says She Has Pancreatic Cancer — The Texas congresswoman, who has served in the House for nearly three decades, said she had begun treatment and would work with leaders to be present for votes in Washington. — Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …