Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:20 AM ET, July 13, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Biden blasts Project 2025 in Michigan and ties it to Trump in effort to regain footing  —  A more energetic Biden leaned into a line of attack that unifies Democrats and could appeal beyond his base as he seeks to move past the party infighting over his candidacy.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Biden's path to victory narrows in wake of damaging debate performance  —  Trump, by contrast, faces a potentially expanded electoral map, giving him multiple possible routes to victory and more wiggle room.  —  President Biden told reporters Thursday that unless his team comes …
Politico:
'It's over': Democrats remain in panic over Biden's reelection  —  They sum it up simply: It's bad.  —  As President Joe Biden's support continues to crumble, his party is reckoning with the possibility of a punishing defeat in November — a potential GOP wave that would not only elect …
Discussion: The Guardian
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
UAW Chief Suggests Trump Is Headed for Victory Over Biden  — Shawn Fain warns that Democrats risk a repeat of 2016 debacle  — United Auto Workers endorsed Biden's reelection in January  —  United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain suggested Donald Trump is on track to defeat Joe Biden in November …
Discussion: New Republic and Reuters
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Connecticut's Lamont appears to become first governor to turn on Biden
Discussion: CT Mirror
New York Times:
Democrats Fear Safe Blue States Turning Purple as Biden Stays the Course
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
24 former Dem lawmakers to Biden: Allow an open convention
Discussion: NJTODAY.NET
Michael Williams / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
Josh Siegel / Politico:
Sunrise, powerful youth climate group, calls for Biden to drop out
Discussion: New York Times, CNBC and Common Dreams
Bloomberg:
Musk Donates to Trump, Tapping Fortune to Swing 2024 Race  — Tech mogul contributed to group backing Trump in swing states  — Move demonstrates Musk's growing influence in Washington  —  Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee working to elect Donald Trump …
RELATED:
Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:
Elon Musk donated to a pro-Trump super PAC, Bloomberg reported  — Elon Musk donated an undisclosed amount of money to America PAC, sources told Bloomberg.  — The billionaire previously said on X that he is not donating money to any candidates.  — But Musk has been critical …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Breaking from NYT: The $90 Million Shoe Just Dropped on Biden
RELATED:
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted process with a lack of transparency.
RELATED:
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Biden's Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails  —  The call ended abruptly after Rep. Mike Levin asked Biden to withdraw from the race.  Soon after, Levin formally called on Biden to step down as the nominee.  — Copy  —  As President Joe Biden tries to talk with Democratic lawmakers …
RELATED:
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Another battlground Dem calls on Biden to withdraw
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Shocker Poll Suggests Trump's Lying May Be Huge Weakness for Him  —  A new Marist poll takes the novel step of asking registered voters which is more off-putting in an occupant of the Oval Office: dishonesty or excessive age.  The results are surprising, and along with other polling along these lines …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Second Term for Trump Could Go 4 Different Ways  —  Donald Trump will arrive at the 2024 Republican convention — his Republican convention, finally and completely, without the dissent of 2016 or the pandemic that overshadowed 2020 — closer than ever to a second term.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election … - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts were the only ones that have so far been subject to those restrictions, a spokesperson confirmed.
RELATED:
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Meta ends restrictions on Trump's Facebook, Instagram accounts ahead of GOP convention
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Moms for Liberty seeks order blocking federal LGBTQ school protections nationwide  —  A Friday filing from the extremist organization seeks a ruling that would block the Biden administration's Title IX rule in more than 850 counties across the U.S.  —  The far-right extremist group Moms …
“AZ Law”:
BREAKING: People Are Voting “Kari Lake” for Senate; Today, She Is Asking the AZ Supreme Court To Declare Her Governor  —  Thousands of people have already voted in the July 30 primary, and presumably, many have voted for Kari Lake to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Rightwing claim of ‘0% chance’ of fair US election previews effort to undo 2024 result  —  Mike Howell makes comment at Heritage Foundation event where implausible post-election scenarios were shared  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  A major conservative thinktank previewed rightwing efforts …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:20 AM ET, July 13, 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: 
Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on S. 138, the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act”
Discussion: Reuters and SWAMY WORLD
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Majority of economists say inflation would be higher under Trump than Biden: WSJ survey
Discussion: Alternet.org and Fox Business
Jennifer Shutt / Michigan Advance:
A presidential nominee drops out. What happens to states' ballots?
Discussion: Votebeat
Marquise Francis / NBC News:
Young content creators drive messaging on Project 2025: ‘It just needed to be out there’
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's shrinking inner circle
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Sen Amy Klobuchar Confirmed Cancer Free, But Will Receive Radiation
Discussion: UPI and Washington Examiner
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
Chris Perez / Denver Westword:
Lauren Boebert Caught Driving 19 MPH Over Speed Limit, Fails to Pay Ticket on Time
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Trumpism's powerful weapon against Western democracies is antisemitism
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
From Techmeme:

Bloomberg:
Iran claims it will lift its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps to be unblocked

Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements

Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk:
US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth $308M, from Japanese exchange DMM in May 2024
 
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