Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:30 PM ET, October 25, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Ex-Trump aides emerge to back Kelly's harsh warnings  —  The letter from former White House officials comes as Harris is leaning into her closing argument that Trump is a threat to democracy.  —  More than a dozen former Trump administration officials on Friday came out in support of former chief …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Dems fear they're blowing it … Trump and allied committees raised about half Harris' total, $92 million, from Oct. 1 to 16, the N.Y. Times reports this morning (gift link).  — And this is after Trump's cringy 40-minute onstage sway to '80s music, his threats to target …
Discussion: Townhall, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
Half in new survey view Trump as fascist  —  Nearly half of Americans say they view former President Trump as a fascist, according to a recent survey.  —  The ABC News/Ipsos poll, released Friday, defined a fascist as “a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator …
ABC News:
Half of Americans see Donald Trump as a fascist: POLL
Discussion: Mediaite
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The double standard for Harris and Trump has reached a breaking point
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Still Love Their Hitler-Loving Candidate
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin  —  Regular contacts between world's richest man and America's chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts …
RELATED:
Diego Mendoza / Semafor:
NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated  —  The News  —  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Semafor Friday that a Wall Street Journal report about calls between SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin “should be investigated.”
Discussion: Esquire
emptywheel:
If Putin Is Running Musk, Trump Should Be Terrified  —  WSJ's report that Elon Musk has had a number of communications with Vladimir Putin and other top Russians is unsurprising.  Musk has obvious buttons to press (not just his narcissism, but also his insecurity about trans women arising …
Discussion: The Sun and Mediaite
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Don't Blame Kamala  —  At a rally in Michigan last night, JD Vance waved off John Kelly's warnings about Donald Trump's fascist tendencies and affinity for Hitler's generals, sneering at the decorated general and former Trump chief of staff as “a disgruntled ex-employee”: “I think everything that John Kelly said is not true.”
New York Times:
Harris and Trump Deadlocked to the End, Final Times/Siena National Poll Finds  —  The electorate has rarely seemed so evenly divided.  The latest New York Times/Siena College poll found Harris and Trump tied 48 to 48.  —  Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump are locked in a dead heat for the popular vote …
RELATED:
Harvard University:
Harvard Youth Poll  —  Introduction  —  Young Americans strongly favor Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race, but their decision to cast a ballot may depend more on their friends than their politics, according to a new Harvard Youth Poll released today by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School.
Politico:   Playbook: Normal Trump vs. Dangerous Trump
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris continued to heavily outraise and outspend Trump in early October
Discussion: Forbes
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump has been accused of sexual assault again.  It matters.  —  🌅 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.🌄  —  ✍️ Subscribe to Public Notice ✍️
RELATED:
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
Stacey Williams says Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein ‘coordinated’ groping incident  —  Former model said of incident at Trump Tower in 1993: ‘I was rolled in there like a piece of meat in some kind of twisted game’  —  The former model Stacey Williams said she thought Donald Trump groped …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Daddy's home”: Tucker Carlson's bizarre troll distills Trump's false promise to male voters
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Two More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner's Block of Kamala Harris Endorsement |  Exclusive  —  Karin Klein and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Greene follow editorial editor Mariel Garza, who resigned Wednesday  —  The Los Angeles Times has lost two more longtime editorial writers …
RELATED:
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘Washingon Post’ won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s  —  Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remains neck and neck, The Washington Post editorial page has decided not to make a presidential endorsement …
CNBC:
Judge blocks Virginia from purging voter rolls of alleged noncitizens … A federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from purging its voter rolls of alleged noncitizens and ordered the state to reinstate more than 1,600 people who had already been bounced from those voter lists.
RELATED:
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:   A Message for Haley Voters Still on the Fence
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Tucker Carlson is fantasizing about Daddy Donald Trump spanking teenage girls  —  The former Fox host once said he hated the ex-president.  Now his display of serious daddy issues is striking a terrifying chord  —  Welcome to another normal day in Magaland.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms  —  Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign's closing message — and its messengers — immediately.
Discussion: HotAir, BizPac Review and Breitbart
RELATED:
New York Times:
As Harris Courts Republicans, the Left Grows Wary and Alienated
New York Post:
The Post endorses Donald Trump for president — the clear choice for a better future  —  Voters carry a heavy responsibility in this election — one of the most consequential in the history of this great nation.  —  The choice will have reverberations for decades, deciding …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
30M early votes cast ahead of Election Day  —  More than 30 million early votes have been cast so far in the general election, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.  —  Nearly 15 million of those ballots were cast in person, data from the lab showed.
U.S. Department of Education:
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Proposed Rules to Authorize Debt Relief to Nearly Eight Million Borrowers Experiencing Hardship  —  The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced the next step in its ongoing efforts to provide student debt relief—a set of proposed rules that …
RELATED:
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Biden tries again at student loan cancellation, this time for those with financial hardships
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Playing the Führer Card  —  Senate Democrats associate with a man fellow Democrats claim is like Adolf Hitler.  —  Is Sen. Bob Casey a closet fan of Adolf Hitler?  How about Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin?  We ask because both Senate Democrats are running ads as part of their re-election campaigns …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Concern About Trump Than Harris Aligning With Radicals  —  Four in 10 “very concerned” about Trump's ties, 34% about Harris'  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of U.S. adults say they are “very concerned” that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is too closely aligned …
Discussion: The Hill
Alex Vasquez / Bloomberg:
Mexico Senate Votes to Shield Judicial Reform From Top Court Scrutiny  — Amendment aims to protect reforms from legal challenges  — Supreme Court reviewing controversial plan to elect judges  —  Mexico's Senate voted to prohibit courts from challenging or suspending constitutional changes approved …
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:30 PM ET, October 25, 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:
Exclusive: Accused Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump emails
Discussion: IJR and USA Today
Associated Press:
Harris, Beyoncé team up for a Texas rally on abortion rights and hope battleground states hear them
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
233 Mental Health Professionals Spell Out Dangers Of Donald Trump In Chilling Letter
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Trump calls in to Vance town hall on NewsNation, asks ‘How brilliant is Donald J. Trump?’
Christian Paz / Vox:
Polls say voters back “mass deportation.” That's misleading.
Washington Post:
How two pollsters — one Democrat, one Republican — see the polls
Washington Post:
Satellite images show major expansion at Russian site with secret bioweapons past
 Earlier Items: 
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk dropped eight figures to help GOP retake Senate
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
In rare move, Pentagon denies falsehood about troops allowed to use force during election
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Harris Struggles to Distinguish Candidacy From Biden
Discussion: Twitchy
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
The Election Is Looming — and These Washingtonians Are Running Scared
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Election Is Happening Too Soon
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
KASW-TV:
Phoenix police ID suspect in arson of USPS mailbox that damaged ballots
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Montana Senate candidate says he was ‘medically discharged’ from the Navy. Records say otherwise.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Montanan
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Wall Street Journal:
Sources describe Netflix's struggles handling traffic for the Tyson-Paul fight, with viewership nearly three times what the company had anticipated

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fubo says TelevisaUnivision has pulled its networks from Fubo and that TelevisaUnivision offered terms “that would increase prices by 25%” for Fubo subscribers

Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Q&A with Julia Angwin on how social media creators flipped the traditional journalism process for telling stories and what journalists can learn from creators
 
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