memeorandum: It's Not an Accident That So Many GOP Senate Candidates Are Rich (NOTUS)

10:40 AM ET, June 5, 2024

Top Items:

Behind the Curtain: MAGA's jail plan … Nowhere would that be truer than at the Justice Department, which Trump wants to make his fief and retribution arm. — Bannon told us Bragg could be targeted using the 14th Amendment (equal protection) and Fourth Amendment (outlawing unreasonable searches …

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’ — Republican leaders in and out of government are publicly pushing to prosecute Democrats as legal retribution for Donald Trump's felony conviction. — Republican allies of Donald J. Trump are calling for revenge prosecutions …

Discussion: New Jersey Online and Raw Story

Axios:

Scoop: Trump's protectors push Johnson for House vote … - Conservatives want a floor vote on a bill that would allow current or former presidents to move any state case brought against them — such as the one in New York that resulted in Trump's conviction — to federal court, according to multiple House Republican sources.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:
GOP plans aggressive ‘weaponization’ investigations in wake of Trump conviction

Discussion: HuffPost

Taylor Orth / YouGov:
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president

Discussion: New Jersey Online

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

The facts about Biden's new immigration policy — On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced executive actions that would impose sweeping changes to how the nation treats asylum seekers. Anyone who attempts to cross the border outside of a designated port of entry will be considered presumptively ineligible …

Discussion: Newsweek, Breitbart, New Republic, WHNT-TV, The Daily Signal, UPI, Mediaite and The White House

The White House:

A Proclamation on Securing the Border — There are more people around the world who are displaced from their homes today than at any point in time since World War II. Many factors have contributed to this problem. Failing regimes and dire economic conditions afflict many countries, including several in the Western Hemisphere.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Reason, ACLU, The Hill, Department of Homeland …, OutsideTheBeltway, New York Times, WOLA, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, CBS News, National Review, Defense One, South Dakota Searchlight, Los Angeles Times and RedState

Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
How Biden's new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work

Discussion: Fox News, Florida Phoenix, Reuters, Reason and Semafor

Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Sen. John Kennedy Sums Up Biden's Border Executive Order As Only He Can

Discussion: RedState, Washington Examiner, Committee on Homeland Security and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation

Wall Street Journal:

Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping — Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times. The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics. — WASHINGTON—When President Biden met with congressional leaders …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, National Review, RedState, Mediaite, New York Post, CBS News, Fox News, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Daily Kos

NOTUS:

It's Not an Accident That So Many GOP Senate Candidates Are Rich … Tim Sheehy's victory in Montana's GOP primary Tuesday means national Republicans are dependent on a candidate with little political experience but a lot of money to win a key race for majority control of the Senate.

Discussion: New York Times, NPR, Politico and Washington Examiner

Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message

Discussion: The Guardian, Washington Post, ABC News and The Daily Caller

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War — Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel's military, according to officials and documents about the effort.

Discussion: USA Today, Haaretz, The Times of Israel and Middle East Monitor

Politico:

Playbook: Inside Dems' Bibi breach — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — IN MEMORIAM — Ben White, a longtime POLITICO reporter and Morning Money author who also worked for CNBC, the NYT, the FT, WaPo and The Messenger, died Saturday at 52 …

Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
New Jersey Democrats and Republicans picking Senate, House candidates amid Menendez corruption trial

Brendan Cole / Newsweek:

Russia's Gas Giant Reports Costly Impact of Putin's War — The gas giant Gazprom, which has been an engine of Russia's economy, will pay a decadelong price for Russian leader — 's invasion of Ukraine. — The U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported Wednesday that it had seen research commissioned …

Discussion: Twin Cities

Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:

US maternal mortality rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds — Alarming disparities persist, particularly between white and Black mothers, according to new report by Commonwealth Fund — The US has a far higher rate of maternal mortality than other peer wealthy nations …

Discussion: CBS News, Singal-Minded and UPI

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

Alito's the tip of the iceberg: More Republicans wave Christian nationalist flag despite MAGA threat — Nothing innocent about the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, especially when Trump calls for the right's “breaking point” — When news broke late last month that Justice Samuel Alito had an …

emptywheel:

Gaps and Forms: Hunter Biden's Defense — The first day of the Hunter Biden trial revealed a lot about gaps in the prosecution's case and Abbe Lowell's plan to mount a defense. — As this post will show, it will be easier for prosecutors to prove Count 3, Possession of a Firearm by a Drug User …

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY, USA Today, Newsweek, Washington Free Beacon, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Politico, Washington Times, Associated Press and Townhall

Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Didn't ‘Knowingly’ Lie to Buy Gun, Lawyer Says

Discussion: Associated Press, USA Today, RedState, New York Post, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Fox News, UPI, Breitbart, NBC News and WHDH-TV

NBC News:

'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents — Discussing his guilty verdict, Trump said his opponents were going down a “terrible path.” — Fresh off last week's historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.

Discussion: Axios, Newsmax and Washington Post

Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:

Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags — The party's shift toward extremism continued with a nod to an infamous anti-gay slur and an invitation to burn Pride flags. — COLORADO, USA — The Colorado Republican Party marked the start of Pride Month with a mass email attacking …

Discussion: The Colorado Sun, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story, Mediaite and New Republic

Politico:

Trump, days after his own trial, stays mostly quiet on Hunter Biden — It's a surprise given how the former president previously attacked him. — After years of using Hunter Biden's legal and personal dramas to bash his father, former President Donald Trump and his campaign have been largely silent …

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post

Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
‘You Nazi piece of s—’: Hunter Biden's wife confronts Trump ally in hallway outside gun trial

Discussion: New York Post, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Washington Times, RedState, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Daily Beast

Politico:

Ethics panel probes Rep. Spartz over staff abuse claims — The Indiana Republican has drastically cut staff pay and communicated ‘with complete and total rage,’ according to complaints. — The House Ethics Committee has made preliminary inquiries into Rep. Victoria Spartz's treatment …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Kyiv Independent, Washington Examiner and Mediaite

Kyler Alvord / People:

Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K. — If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations — Donald Trump may face travel restrictions …

Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway, HuffPost, Daily Kos and National Review

Stef W. Kight / Axios:

Scoop: Dem groups to pour millions into downballot races in battleground states … - Money is already pouring into the same swing states, which will be critical to President Biden's re-election. … - The National Democratic Redistricting Committee and the States Project …

Hans Nichols / Axios:

Scoop: Group that aided climate plan is lukewarm on Biden … - But Biden's position on college protests and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as his approval of some fossil fuel projects, is leaving some folks decidedly apathetic about supporting him in 2024. … - For now, the group is taking a wait-and-see approach.

Discussion: Washington Examiner