Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:35 PM ET, July 18, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Top Dems now believe Biden will exit … - The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden's legacy and Democrats' hopes in November. … - Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention …
RELATED:
CNN:
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden in a recent conversation that polling shows that the president cannot defeat Donald Trump and that Biden …
Washington Post:
Obama tells allies Biden needs to seriously consider his viability  —  The former president, hugely influential in the party, has told associates that Biden's path to victory has significantly shrunk.  —  Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden's path …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters, The Sun and Vanity Fair
Politico:
Playbook: The walls close in around Biden  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For weeks, the Democratic Party has been paralyzed by uncertainty about whether President JOE BIDEN should stay atop the ticket or step aside.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Democratic delegates erupt over Biden's nomination in private chats  —  Messages shared between Democratic delegates and activists in California, the biggest and one of the bluest states, lay bare the infighting over their nominee's fitness for a presidential run.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
July 2024 Swing State Polls  —  Trump Leads Biden in Swing States and National Poll as Biden's Support Declines  —  New polling conducted July 15-16 by Emerson College Polling and sponsored by Democrats for Next Generation finds former President Trump leading Biden in seven swing states and in a national poll.
Discussion: HotAir, The Hill and Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pelosi told Biden: You're dragging down Democrats  —  An ally of the former House speaker said she would do “everything in her power” to get Biden off the Democratic ticket.  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Joe Biden last week that she and other Democratic lawmakers worry …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The End of Biden's Candidacy Approaches  —  At the start of the day yesterday, it was conceivable that Joe Biden might manage to hold on to the Democratic nomination for president.  But this morning, things seem to be slipping out of his grasp.  —  The blows to Biden were both procedural and political …
Washington Post:
Jeffries and Schumer privately warned Biden he could imperil Democrats
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Pelosi hasn't told Biden to drop out yet. Here's what her California allies have said.
New York Times:
Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ to Hearing Pleas to Step Aside
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi Reportedly Warn Biden Against Running
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The VP is clearly the stronger candidate  —  The case for Kamala Harris, from a former hater  —  I did not support selecting Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate in 2020.  —  My reasons for this were pretty boring.  It's genuinely difficult to make it to the top of the political pyramid …
Discussion: Althouse
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Forgives $1.2 Billion in Student Loans in Latest Relief  — Debt assistance will help 35,000 public service workers  — Education Department has now forgiven $168.5 billion in debt  —  President Joe Biden canceled an additional $1.2 billion in student debt for public servants on Thursday …
RELATED:
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Project 2025 *is* the GOP platform  —  Don't let them fool you. … Project 2025 — the right-wing template for a second Trump term — is so exhaustively evil, so vast in scope, that it feels impossible to fully comprehend it.  —  However, as the GOP faithful gather in Milwaukee …
Associated Press:
Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt  —  Four days after a gunman's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma
Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Biden tests positive for COVID, cancels speaking engagement on Strip
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump brags about ending Roe.  No one's talking about it in Milwaukee.  —  Heading into the final day of the Republican Party's first national gathering since the Supreme Court's landmark decision, the issue has barely received a passing mention.  —  MILWAUKEE — Overturning Roe …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
RELATED:
New York Times:
How Trump Dominated His Own Party on a New G.O.P. Platform
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
J.D. Vance's radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists  —  Donald Trump's allies have laid out sweeping plans to reshape the executive branch of the federal government if he is returned to power, plans that involve firing perhaps tens of thousands of career civil servants and replacing them with handpicked MAGA allies.
New York Times:
First Term  —  Is a  —  Warning  —  This week, Republicans have tried to rewrite the four years of Trump's presidency as a time of unparalleled peace, prosperity and tranquility: “the strongest economy in history,” as Senator Katie Britt of Alabama put it.  The difference between Trump and Biden?
David Klepper / Associated Press:
‘One screen, two movies’: Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from Trump shooting  —  A former president is shot, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera.  But for those who don't believe their eyes, that's just the start of the story.
Discussion: The Hill and Scripps News
NBC News:
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez tells allies he will resign after bribery conviction  —  The New Jersey lawmaker has faced calls to step down from fellow Democrats, including Gov. Phil Murphy, who will, appoint a senator to finish out Menendez's term.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:35 PM ET, July 18, 2024.

View the current page or another snapshot:


Page version:
 
 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: 
The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Fox News:
Trump's attempted assassin posted message before shooting: ‘July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds’
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
To his supporters, Trump is a martyred messiah, resurrected after crucifixion
Washington Post:
Trump to address fully consolidated party at the RNC convention
Discussion: CBS News
Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg:
Russia's Top Diplomat Praises Trump-Vance Ticket on Ukraine Stance
Discussion: Reuters
Jorge Liboreiro / Euronews:
Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president by large majority
 Earlier Items: 
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The GOP's big, mysterious enemy: “They”
Reuters:
Ukraine's budget committee recommends passing a law on suspending debt payments
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’
ABC News:
Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Teamsters social media attacks leader over Republican convention speech
Washington Post:
Secret Service was told police could not watch building used by Trump rally shooter
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Netflix unveils its ChatGPT-powered search that lets users express preferences using natural phrases, to be rolled out this week to iOS users as an opt-in beta

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a letter, nine US senators urge Shari Redstone not to settle Trump's $20B lawsuit, saying it will only embolden him to “extort” CBS and other outlets

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 250K digital-only subscribers in Q1, taking its total subscribers to 11.6M+; digital ad revenue rose 12.4% YoY to $70.9M
 
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