Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:50 PM ET, August 14, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference  —  Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state's congressional map to offset the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas.
Discussion: YouTube
RELATED:
Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol agents stage show of force at Newsom's ‘big beautiful press conference’  — Newsom was announcing California's response to President Trump's efforts to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives  — Mayor Karen Bass asks why border patrol ‘thumbed their nose’ at the governor's event
Sophia Bollag / San Francisco Chronicle:
Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom's rollout of California redistricting campaign  —  As Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his California redistricting campaign Thursday at an event in Los Angeles, a U.S. Border Patrol sector chief showed up outside with a contingent of armed and masked agents.
NBC News:
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
Politico:
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans' redraw of US House maps
Oren Oppenheim / Associated Press:
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Firing Back at Texas Redistricting, Newsom Calls Special Election to Authorize California Countermove
Discussion: The Guardian, NOTUS and Mediaite
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Poll: California voters back independent congressional maps, complicating Gavin Newsom's redistricting push
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
D.C. Mayor Apparently In Martha's Vineyard Amid Trump's Police Takeover  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly left town for Martha's Vineyard in the midst of Trump's unprecedented takeover of D.C. police and deployment of federal law enforcement agents around the city.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.
NBC4 Washington:
DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says
Tyler Thrasher / WTTG-TV:
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
DC man charged with felony assault after hitting federal agent with Subway sandwich  —  WASHINGTON — This perp ate too fresh.  —  A man who used a Subway sandwich to attack a federal agent on the streets of DC earlier this week has been charged with felony assault.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was DOJ employee, Bondi says  —  Police allege that the man approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, and began yelling obscenities.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday …
Nicole Markus / Politico:
Man charged for throwing sandwich at federal officer was a DOJ employee
Axios:
Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices  —  The U.S. economy has a vegetable problem, and it's not just “broccoli refusal” either — wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery store soon.
Discussion: Fox Business
RELATED:
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:   Tariff-driven price hikes may be hidden by products stuck in ‘the middle mile’
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta's AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info  —  An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex, race and celebrities.
RELATED:
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.  —  He never made it home.  —  Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.  He never made it home.  —  A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman's persona.
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Hawley calls for congressional probe into Meta chatbots
Discussion: Newsweek and NewsMax.com
Pew Research Center:
1. Trump's job approval and views of his personal traits  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  — Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips  — 3. How Americans view the Trump administration's tariff policies and the GOP's budget and tax bill
RELATED:
Pew Research Center:
Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Elena Giordano / Politico:
Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize  —  American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg out of the blue …
Discussion: NBC News, Politico, Daily Kos and Reuters
RELATED:
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time  —  Members of a law enforcement group chat including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies inadvertently added a random person to the group called “Mass Text” where they exposed highly sensitive information …
The Guardian:
Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein  —  First lady threatens to sue Joe Biden's son after he said sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump  —  Melania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking …
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance  —  NO ROOM AT THE INN  —  The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.  —  A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill  —  Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News.  —  The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.”
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Guardian
RELATED:
Reuters:
Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks  —  Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.  —  A day ahead of the meeting between President Trump …
RELATED:
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Putin praises Trump's ‘energetic and sincere’ peace efforts ahead of Alaska summit
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security has existed for 90 years.  Why it may be more threatened than ever  —  When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. “an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.”
RELATED:
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Mayors of Democratic cities beyond D.C. decry Trump's takeover threats  —  When President Trump announced his plans to mobilize Washington, D.C.'s National Guard and take control of the city's local police force, he suggested that other liberal-leaning cities could be next.  —  “You look at Chicago, how bad it is.
Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice  —  Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Dismissed Epstein Victims as ‘Democrats’  —  The president and his administration are struggling to bury the scandal around their handling of the convicted sex offender's case  —  Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress, and the president's allies across right-wing media …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's broad birth control mandate exemptions  —  The Trump administration's religious and moral carve-outs to an ObamaCare requirement that all employer health plans cover contraception at no cost were blocked on Wednesday by a federal judge.
Discussion: The Federalist, Becket and Reuters
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges  —  A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation's schools and universities.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:50 PM ET, August 14, 2025.

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: 
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sadie T.M. Alexander, caught in the crossfire of a war to control America's past
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Justice Kavanaugh just revealed an unfortunate truth about the Supreme Court
Andrew Couts / Wired:
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
Politico:
Buttigieg discovers Dems' 2028 litmus test: Israel
Discussion: MSNBC, The Forward and NewsMax.com
NewsNation:
Hiker dies after venomous bite from ‘most dangerous’ snake in Tennessee
Discussion: CBS News and The Daily Caller
Marin Wolf / The Boston Globe:
UMass Memorial Health slashes services as Medicaid cuts loom. It may be a sign of what's to come in Mass. health care.
 Earlier Items: 
Sister Toldjah / RedState:
‘Buy a Pair’: Sen. Kennedy Calls on Schumer, Jeffries to Man Up Against ‘Tofu Mob’ in Must-Watch Moment
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Accused of acting like a ‘dictator,’ Trump offers an unsettling response
Discussion: NBC News
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Anti-Trump podcast MeidasTouch is rivaling Joe Rogan. Does it have staying power?
New York Times:
The Auctioneer and the Treasury Chief: Billy Long's Quick Fall at the I.R.S.
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Kate Payne / Associated Press:
DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
We Found It! The Flimsiest MAGA Conspiracy of All Time.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
“Alarming”: Trump's Threat of Troops in Cities Just Got Much Scarier
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy

 
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