Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:50 PM ET, November 21, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
An Army Veteran Says He Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Gunman  —  Richard M. Fierro, who served for 15 years in the military, said he was at Club Q in Colorado Springs with his family, and took down the man who killed five people.  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — Richard M. Fierro …
RELATED:
New York Times:
‘Bullets Were Flying’: Witnesses Tell of Chaos During Colorado Springs Attack  —  Here are the latest developments in the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting.  —  Investigators in Colorado were continuing to search on Monday for the possible motive of a gunman who the authorities said killed …
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Reports: Accused Colorado nightclub gunman grandson of longtime East County politician
Associated Press:
Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law
Associated Press:
Patrons in gay club shooting hit gunman with his own weapon
William P. Barr / Common Sense:
Bill Barr: Trump Will Burn Down the GOP.  Time for New Leadership.  —  The Republican Party has a historic opportunity to revive the old Reagan coalition.  The person standing in the way is the 45th president, writes the former attorney general.  —  During the Republican primaries in 2016 …
Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite
RELATED:
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Another Flop From GOP Productions  —  In 2006 and 2018, Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives on the way to winning the presidency two years later.  —  In 1994 and 2010, Republicans won control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  They then lost the presidency two years later.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump White House bid has hardly any Senate GOP support
New York Times:
Manhattan Prosecutors Move to Jump-Start Criminal Inquiry Into Trump  —  The district attorney's office is investigating Donald J. Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, an approach that previously failed to bear fruit.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office has moved …
RELATED:
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Omar fires back after McCarthy vows to remove her from committees  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) fired back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he vowed to remove Omar from her committee posts if elected Speaker.  —  “From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party …
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
McCarthy Vows to Oust Schiff, Swalwell, Omar From Committees as Speaker  —  BIG TALK  —  House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy again vowed to oust high-profile Democrats Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Ilhan Omar from key committees if he becomes speaker.  “I'll keep that promise,” McCarthy told Fox News on Sunday.
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Sandy Hook families sued Alex Jones.  Then he started moving money around.  —  Records show Jones transferred millions from his media company to firms that he or his family members controlled  —  Alex Jones was losing in court.  —  Parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School …
Wall Street Journal:
Anti-Woke Bank GloriFi to Shut Down  —  Texas startup has laid off most employees after failing to secure more funding  —  The Texas startup that sought to build a conservative banking alternative is shutting down.  —  GloriFi has laid off most of its employees and told them that it is closing up shop …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Progressives, once skeptical of Biden, rally around his chief of staff  —  President Joe Biden is enjoying an extended period of peacetime with the progressive wing of his party.  But keeping it that way may depend on whether he can keep hold of his chief of staff.
RELATED:
Associated Press:
GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting
Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Inside the Saudi Strategy to Keep the World Hooked on Oil  —  The kingdom is working to keep fossil fuels at the center of the world economy for decades to come by lobbying, funding research and using its diplomatic muscle to obstruct climate action.  —  Shimmering in the desert …
Discussion: Reuters
RELATED:
Pablo Manríquez / New Republic:
Exclusive: Mrs. Fetterman Goes to Washington  —  The Second Lady of Pennsylvania arrived at Senate spousal orientation last week in a dress she thrifted for $12.  —  “I'm just obsessed with the tile,” said Gisele Barreto Fetterman, smiling at the encaustic guilloche flooring patterns first installed outside the Senate chamber in 1856.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Amy Coney Barrett urged to step away from gay rights case because of faith affiliation  —  The US supreme court justice's history with the People of Praise raises questions about her impartiality in upcoming case  —  Former members of Amy Coney Barrett's secretive faith group, the People of Praise …
Discussion: BizPac Review, Jezebel and Raw Story
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:
Here's How Rep. Lauren Boebert Smeared LGBTQ People On Social Media Before Offering Prayers For The Victims Of The Colorado Springs Gay Bar Shooting  —  Many of her posts have been directed at trans people and drag queens, whom she has accused of “grooming” children.
John Solomon / Just The News:
New Trump special prosecutor overturned by Supreme Court, tied to IRS scandal  —  The special counsel named by the Biden administration to investigate Donald Trump oversaw a Justice Department unit rebuked by the Supreme Court for its prosecution of a prominent Republican and was linked …
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Republican-drawn Texas electoral district  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by Black and Hispanic voters accusing the Republican-led Texas legislature of intentionally redrawing a state Senate district to diminish their political clout …
Discussion: The Root, CNN, Raw Story and Political Wire
David Strom / HotAir:
Kids and bondage?  —  The Left gets creepier by the minute.  And that is saying something.  —  The fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has jumped into the kiddie porn business, sort of.  More like porn for kiddies, but the lines are blurred.  Surely this is intentional.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Diminished Majority Supports Stricter Gun Laws In U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' support for stricter U.S. gun laws has receded after sharply increasing in the wake of two mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, in the spring.  Specifically, 57% of U.S. adults …
CNN:
Covert testimonies reveal sexual assaults on male and female activists as a women-led uprising spreads  —  A trickle of people passes through a normally busy border crossing in the mountains of northern Iraq.  “It's a big prison over there,” one Iranian woman says, gesturing to the hulking gate …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Beware, DeSantis is as much a threat to America as Trump  —  If you believe Florida's Republic Gov. Ron DeSantis would be a less dangerous presidential candidate than former president Donald Trump, take a moment to consider the recent ruling striking down DeSantis's “Stop WOKE Act.”
Discussion: Techdirt
Bill D'Agostino / Newsbusters:
12 Things That Took Less Time Than CBS Took to Acknowledge Hunter Biden's Laptop  —  Text to Speech Font Size  —  Well, it took a couple of years, but CBS has finally — finally! — admitted that Hunter Biden's laptop is real.  On Monday, November 21, CBS Mornings aired a report …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Rail union rejects contract as strike threatens U.S. economy before holidays  —  Attendance and sick leave policies have lead to widespread anger and frustration among rank-and-file railroad workers on major freight lines.  —  One of the largest railroad unions voted to reject a contract brokered …
Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory  —  New Zealand's highest court ruled on Monday that the country's current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered.  —  The case, which has been going through the courts since 2020 …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:50 PM ET, November 21, 2022.

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: 
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Twitter reinstates Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Biden opens holidays, pardons turkeys Chocolate and Chip
Semafor:
Mike Pompeo says he hasn't turned on Donald Trump. But he might run against him.
Brink Lindsey / The Permanent Problem:
The Retreat from Reality  —  There's something called wilderness therapy that offers …
Jamil Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Essay: By refusing to resign, Kevin de León gives anti-Blackness a pass
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Rosenzweig / The Bulwark:
The Conservative Case Against the Independent State Legislature Doctrine
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly's low voter turnout is a warning sign hidden in Pennsylvania Democrats' big wins
Grid News:
How FTX played both parties and almost won Washington
Discussion: TechCrunch
George Styllis / Telegraph:
Saudi Arabia beheads people by sword in new wave of executions
Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Lever:
Why Is AARP Boosting Medicare Privatization?
Discussion: NPR and The Advocacy Newsletter
Washington Post:
European teams won't use LGBTQ armbands at World Cup after FIFA threats
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
DISNEY SHAKEUP: Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out; Board Cites ‘Complex Industry Transformation’ for Shocking C-Suite Shuffle