Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:35 AM ET, November 1, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Associated Press:
Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald …
RELATED:
Politico:
Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits … For now, states, food banks and nonprofit organizations are scrambling to backfill the loss of critical federal dollars, however temporary it may be, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.  —  “It's going to get ugly fast,” …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 31, 2025  —  Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration's withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  “If we come to November first, and these contingency funds …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Government shutdown effects bear down on millions more people after a crucial Nov. 1 deadline passes
NBC News:
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund
Politico:
The White House thought the shutdown would be quick. Now they're frustrated.
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump administration must pay SNAP benefits despite government shutdown, judge rules
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Trump Is the Democrats' Best Campaigner … The mere fact of his election last year handed Democrats a powerful turnout lever in blue-leaning New Jersey and Virginia, but Trump has further undermined GOP hopes in the two states with his conduct and has seemingly abandoned California Republicans.
RELATED:
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pours millions into Virginia, New Jersey races  —  President Trump's political operation is digging into its massive war chest to bankroll a multimillion-dollar voter turnout effort in the final days of the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, Axios has learned.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters  —  The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.  —  American families are worried about losing food stamp benefits.  Hundreds of thousands …
Washington Post:
Trump lays low in 2025 elections as Democrats attack him
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and Mediaite
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan's Tariff Criticism  —  The Canadian prime minister also said that he had asked the province of Ontario not to air the ad that later prompted the president to end trade talks.  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Saturday …
Washington Post:
Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says  —  The report claims Mace called officers “incompetent” and accused them of mistreating her.  —  Just now  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), who is running for governor of her state, berated police officers …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Mace Unleashes Diatribe at Airport Police for Missing Security Escort
Discussion: KRDO
NBC News:
Police report: Nancy Mace cursed and berated officers in airport altercation
Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
US judge permanently blocks Trump order requiring voters to prove citizenship  — March 25 order required passport or similar document for voting  — Other courts have temporarily blocked the executive order  — US Constitution gives states authority over elections
Discussion: Votebeat
RELATED:
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Cruz, McConnell slam Heritage president's defense of Tucker Carlson  —  Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday criticized Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts after he defended Tucker Carlson's recent interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
RELATED:
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The GOP's top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
More than 100 judges have ruled against the Trump admin's mandatory detention policy … The new ICE policy, they note, doesn't just subject millions more people to detention while they fight deportation, it also bars them from even asking an immigration judge to consider releasing them on bond.
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
RELATED:
Politico:
Judges really don't like this detention policy
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: “Alarm Bells” … Two weeks ago, the military commander overseeing President Trump's bombings of boats in the Caribbean Sea abruptly resigned.  Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command, offered no explanation for the move.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It's Obvious Why Harris Lost in 2024.  But Can Democrats Accept It?  —  The most obvious thing in politics is often the hardest to admit: If you lose an election, the best thing that you can do to make sure you win the next one is to find a message that puts you closer to the median voter than you were the last time around.
RELATED:
Punchbowl News:
11/01/2025 📝 The Readback  —  Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best of Punchbowl News this week - a quick roundup of all our scoops, analysis and Capitol Hill insight you won't find anywhere else.  We've also included a few of our favorite outside reads from the week.
Discussion: Roll Call
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Shutdowns, Obamacare and the Risks of Bargaining for Policy Wins in a Crisis  —  A 2013 attempt to leverage minority power in a health care fight blew up on Republicans.  Can today be different for Democrats?  —  The last time Obamacare was at the center of a federal shutdown …
Discussion: Salon, Reuters, WIBC 93.1 FM, Politico and NOTUS
New York Times:
How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo  —  Enrollment for A.C.A. health coverage begins Nov. 1, with some staggering price increases.  Here is a guide to help you choose a plan while Congress is at an impasse over tax credits.  —  On Saturday, Americans who don't get health insurance through …
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
New Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the military, AP learns  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability …
Associated Press:
Multiple people have been arrested in Michigan in a Halloween weekend attack plot, FBI director says  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:35 AM ET, November 1, 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: 
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
New York Judge Dismisses Texas Challenge to the State's Abortion Shield Law
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
John Roberts betrayed America for Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Marks Full Month Of Government Shutdown With $3.4 Million Golf Trip To Florida
Discussion: Raw Story
Sky News:
Brother of Virginia Giuffre praises King over Andrew decision - and urges him to pressure Trump over Epstein files
New York Times:
Top Senators Say Pentagon Has Not Shared Legal Justification for Boat Strikes
Discussion: Reuters, MSNBC and The Dispatch
CBS News:
President Trump sits down with Norah O'Donnell on 60 Minutes
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump touts Lincoln Bathroom overhaul featuring marble, gold fixtures
Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi / Fox News:
SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Bellingcat:
‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’: Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Protesters in Illinois
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
From Techmeme:

The Information:
Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest $10B+ in OpenAI at a $500B+ valuation, with OpenAI using AWS Trainium chips; Microsoft keeps rights to sell OpenAI models

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI updates ChatGPT Images to generate images up to 4x faster and edit more precisely, and adds a new section in ChatGPT's app and website for images

Wall Street Journal:
WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is still superior
 
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