memeorandum: Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies ‘Produced in Foreign Lands’ (Todd Spangler/Variety)

11:25 AM ET, May 5, 2025

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies ‘Produced in Foreign Lands’ — Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood's potential exposure …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline, Bloomberg and Deep Learning State Machine, more at Mediagazer »

The Guardian:
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Three Steps to Economic Growth

Discussion: Townhall, The Hill and Semafor

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Calls for 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas

Discussion: Fox News, Reuters, New York Times, Deadline, Washington Times, Axios and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.

Discussion: Baltimore Sun, Townhall, The Verge, Fortune, Variety, Reason, New York Daily News, Deadline, World of Reel, Raw Story, Reuters, The Guardian, Mediaite, Al Jazeera, IndieWire, CBS News and The Japan Times

Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:

A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall — Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, USA Today, Rockland/Westchester …, Raw Story and Mediaite

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Lawler town hall devolves into chaos — Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-N.Y.) town hall in his suburban swing district devolved into chaos on Sunday evening as attendees lobbed questions about President Trump and boos before some were removed by law enforcement. — Lawler's office required attendees …

Washington Post:

These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans — “Some of these are clearly in conflict,” one former Republican aide said. — As Republican lawmakers hammer out a “big, beautiful bill” to enact President Donald Trump's policy plans, they're running into a problem: their colleagues' growing list of red lines.

Discussion: Raw Story, Semafor and Press Herald

Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:

‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment — NOT SCARED OF YOU — The show brought on lawyers and firms targeted by President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders. — 60 Minutes examined Donald Trump's revenge tour against Big Law in a scathing episode on Sunday …

Discussion: Fox News, The Contrarian, CBS News, Breitbart, Fortune and Twitchy

Washington Post:
Trump says trade deals ‘could very well be’ announced this week

Discussion: CBS News and Wall Street Journal

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels

Discussion: Fox News, Associated Press, New York Post, The Daily Wire, The Hill, Al Jazeera, One America News Network, Reuters, Townhall, UPI, al.com, Raw Story, Politico and The Daily Caller

New York Times:

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump — The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.

Discussion: Raw Story

Associated Press:

Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say — Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel's operations …

Discussion: CBS News, Fox News, HotAir, CNN, Jewish Insider, Columbian, The Forward, NPR, Washington Post, VINnews, New York Post, Middle East Monitor, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and The Defense Post

Joseph Cox / 404 Media:

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked — A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned.

Discussion: The Bulwark, The Free Press, Eschaton, TechCrunch, The Independent and micahflee, more at Techmeme »

Andres Picon / Politico:

GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill — “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee. — Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback …

Discussion: Raw Story

Punchbowl News:
5/5/25 ☀️ AM: … Happy Cinco de Mayo. … During the last week …

Discussion: Roll Call

New York Times:

Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S. — The continent's leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.

Discussion: The Hill, Reuters, The Guardian, Associated Press, Euractiv and Al Jazeera

Giorgio Leali / Politico:
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’

Discussion: Semafor

Kristin Wright / NPR:

An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters — An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed.

Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters

Discussion: Townhall

Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:

Trump Throws a Tantrum After Getting Roasted by Karl Rove — LATE-NIGHT RANT — The president was stung after the Republican strategist ripped into him on tariffs, communications, and the AI image of Trump as the pope. — President Donald Trump ripped into Republican strategist Karl Rove …

Discussion: The Hill, The Wrap, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and The Independent

Ron Dicker / HuffPost:

Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist ‘I Love You Guys’ At Mar-A-Lago: Report — The president chatted with the former extremist group boss as he was dining at Trump's country club. — Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6 …

Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Hartford Courant

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Pence says January 6 attack's failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” …

Discussion: Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, New Jersey Online, Axios, UPI, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, masslive.com and MSNBC

Ed Mazza / HuffPost:

‘Clearly Unhinged’: Critics Sink Trump's ‘Asinine’ Plan To Reopen Alcatraz Prison — The president wants to turn the park back into a penitentiary despite the fact that it would cost a fortune. — President Donald Trump's plan to expand and reopen Alcatraz as a prison …

Discussion: MSNBC, The Hill, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Daily Mail, Washington Post, New Republic, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, UPI, Axios, The Independent and New York Post

Associated Press:
Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly

Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:

Ackman Slams Harvard for Failures, Calls for Pritzker Removal — Bill Ackman rattled off a list of concerns over how his alma mater Harvard University has handled the conflict with President Donald Trump, arguing it needs a change in board leadership. — The Pershing Square Capital …

Associated Press:

Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival …

Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:

The most disturbing aspect of Trump's first 100 days — Too many American businesses are acting like he's already a dictator — Almost everything Donald Trump does becomes a bizarre, larger-than-life spectacle. — But precisely for that reason, it's important to remember that “normal” …

Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:

‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr's national autism database — US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse — Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database …

Bloomberg:

The Trade War Is Coming for Your Plumbing — Sweeping tariffs will harm makers of plumbing products — just like other manufacturers. — A fair summary of the president's kaleidoscopic vision for the American economy might go something like this: Workers should have rewarding manufacturing jobs …

Politico:

Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs — Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than the international average. While their bill is different …

Washington Examiner:

Becoming an American — As the Trump administration has moved at a breakneck pace during its first few months in office, the administration's near-total shutdown of the southern border and an end to the wave after wave of illegal immigrants has rightly been a major focus.

Caroline Vakil / The Hill:

Former Maine governor moves to challenge vulnerable House Democrat — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) filed paperwork on Sunday to run against Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) for Maine's 2nd Congressional District next year. — LePage served as the governor of Maine between 2011 and 2019 …

Discussion: Bangor Daily News, The Maine Wire, Breitbart and Press Herald

NOTUS:

'He Didn't Save My Life': Veterans Question Rep. Cory Mills' Bronze Star — The Florida Republican was awarded a Bronze Star for his purported actions in 2003. Five people who served with him say they don't remember Mills being on the scene. — Copy — Under “intense enemy fire” …

Discussion: Raw Story

Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:

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Discussion: New York Post