Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:50 AM ET, December 13, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Gina Heeb / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators  —  Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC  —  The Trump transition team has started to explore pathways to dramatically shrink, consolidate or even eliminate the top bank watchdogs in Washington.
Politico:
FBI didn't deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories  —  The DOJ inspector general also said the FBI should have done more to canvass its sources in advance of Jan. 6 to try to understand the potential for violence.
RELATED:
Fox News:
DOJ IG reveals 26 FBI informants were present on Jan. 6
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Bezos' Amazon Plans to Donate $1 Million to Trump's Inauguration  —  The tycoon, long a Trump foe, is among tech leaders seeking improved ties with the president-elect  —  Amazon.com is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund …
New York Times:
Trump's Middle East Adviser Pick Is a Small-Time Truck Salesman  —  The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker.  Records show otherwise.  —  The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker.
Matt Stoller / BIG:
It's Time to Break Up Big Medicine  —  The saga of the UnitedHealth Care CEO assassination has, as could be expected, now turned into a discussion of our health care system.  Elizabeth Warren, for instance, is making the obvious point that people hate the health care system.
Discussion: NBC News
RELATED:
Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel and STAT
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Christopher Wray Is Preparing to Sabotage Trump and Patel  —  On Wednesday, Christopher Wray announced that he is resigning as director of the FBI.  —  “After weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration …
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Wellness Goes to Washington  —  Behind MAHA, RFK Jr.'s alternative-health movement, is a legion of Instagram influencers with millions of followers.  —  On instagram, the wellness women don't seem like a political movement.  Their pictures scroll by like snapshots from heaven.
Fox News:
Biden clemency announcement gets mixed reviews on Capitol Hill: 'Where's the bar?'  —  ‘Does that tell you how corrupt he thinks this administration has been?’ asked one House Republican  —  President Biden's act of clemency, the largest in a single day, has left some congressional Republicans unhappy …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump says reducing food prices will be ‘very hard,’ after campaign promise to cut costs  —  Trump said he would pardon people convicted of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol within the first minutes or hours of taking office.
Megan Messerly / Politico:
'Now she's the world's problem': Some Arizona Republicans relieved Lake is heading to Washington  —  She's still expected to play a role in Arizona politics.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's pick of longtime loyalist Kari Lake to lead Voice of America has some Arizona Republicans breathing a sigh of relief.
New York Times:
University of Michigan May Fire D.E.I. Official Over Antisemitism Claim  —  The official, an administrator of multicultural programs, was accused of making antisemitic remarks in a private conversation.  She has denied the allegations.  —  The University of Michigan is considering firing …
Didi Tang / Associated Press:
China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation, seeing it as too risky to attend  —  Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see President-elect Donald Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing …
RELATED:
CBS News:
China's Xi not expected at Trump's inauguration
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans clash over ‘SALT’ deduction as they seek to extend Trump's tax law  —  Early battle lines are forming over a contentious issue that has split Republicans in high-tax states from their other colleagues as they plan a big tax bill next year.  —  WASHINGTON — A group …
Discussion: CBS News, Townhall and Bloomberg
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
SEC charges Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump's Commerce pick, with breaking securities laws … WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald with violating laws related to disclosures by so-called blank-check companies before they raised money from the public.
Discussion: US Securities …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
House Republicans launch investigation into CVS Caremark for potential antitrust violations  —  House Republicans want to know whether pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) CVS Caremark violated federal antitrust laws by threatening independent pharmacies to keep them from using money-saving tools outside the PBM's network.
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
White House releases strategy to counter anti-Muslim, anti-Arab hate  —  U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday released a long-awaited strategy for countering anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate, up sharply since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, calling for urgent, continued work to reduce discrimination and bias.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jeffries super PAC looks deep into GOP territory for 2026 map  —  A super PAC closely aligned with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is circling districts that voted for their Republican incumbents by as much as 30 percentage points as it charts a course back to the majority
Discussion: Newsbusters and Florida Politics
James Halpin / Citizen's Voice:
Biden commutes sentence for Kids-for-Cash judge  —  Former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan, who gained notoriety for wrongfully imprisoning juveniles in the Kids-for-Cash scandal, is one of nearly 1,500 inmates whose sentences President Joe Biden commuted Thursday as his term in office comes to a close.
Politico:
Was mocking Musk a mistake?  Democrats think about warmer relationship with the billionaire  —  Democrats had soured on the richest man on the planet.  But a few are starting to wonder if that was a mistake.  —  Ro Khanna is trading texts with Elon Musk.  Josh Shapiro took a call from him.
Discussion: HotAir
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section  —  Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump's cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.  —  After President-elect Donald J. Trump announced …
James Lalino / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office  —  ‘The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas,’ Arizona border patrol agent tells The Daily Wire  —  The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount …
New York Times:
Democrats Ask That Trump Cabinet Picks Produce Communications With Epshteyn  —  The two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said prospective nominees should be prepared to testify about any discussions with Boris Epshteyn about their selections.  —  The two top Democrats …
RELATED:
Daniel Klaidman / CBS News:   Senate Democrats want communications between Boris Epshteyn and potential Trump appointees disclosed
Steve Baker / Blaze Media:
Exclusive: Officer who killed Ashli Babbitt abandoned US Capitol post for card game, lied to investigators about it, source says  —  The U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was recommended for termination in 2001 for abandoning his post …
Discussion: Twitchy and The National Pulse
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
The Postal Service's electric mail trucks are way behind schedule  —  Defense contractor Oshkosh had only delivered 93 trucks by November — compared to 3,000 originally expected by now.  The delays put Biden's climate goals at risk.  —  Bogage has covered the Postal Service since 2020 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Garrett Ross / Politico:
Playbook PM: Trump's ‘fury’ road to redemption
Discussion: NPR
Andrew Solender / Axios:
AOC faces Pelosi-led slugfest for Oversight role … - The fight comes as several septuagenarian committee ranking members are facing desperate battles against - or yielding to - younger challengers.  — “Many members are concerned about [the] precedent these races are setting,” one senior House Democrat told Axios.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Rand Paul balks at Trump GOP's big-dollar border agenda  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is deeply skeptical of some of President-elect Trump's and GOP leadership's aggressive border plans. … Paul, an infamous deficit hawk and libertarian, will chair the committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bruce Shipkowski / Associated Press:
US senator says mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey should be ‘shot down, if necessary’  —  A U.S. senator has called for mysterious drones spotted flying over sensitive areas in New Jersey and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic region to be “shot down, if necessary,” even as it remains unclear who owns them.
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Trump to have private dinner with Shinzo Abe's widow at Mar-a-Lago: Report  —  President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to have a private dinner on Sunday with Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago, the widow of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.
Discussion: Reuters
Molly Farrar / Boston.com:
Satanist holiday display near New Hampshire Nativity scene destroyed after apparent vandalism  —  Only the legs of the black mannequin remained upright, while the strewn head and torso were damaged.  The entire display was removed Tuesday.  —  2 minutes to read
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:50 AM ET, December 13, 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: 
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The FBI's Turning Point
New York Times:
Mayor Adams Meets Trump's ‘Border Czar’ as Immigration Crackdown Looms
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Dem Senators Demand: No Anti-LGBTQ or Abortion Measures in Funding Bill
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Joe Manchin: The exit interview
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Ohio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatments
Discussion: Plain Dealer
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Jan. 6 committee chair says he'd accept preemptive pardon if Biden offers
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Breitbart
Rolling Stone:
'It'll Be Brutal': Inside Trump's Planned War on Leakers and the Press
Discussion: Alternet.org
Leah Willingham / Associated Press:
Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
Discussion: New York Times
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty
Ayelet Sheffey / Business Insider:
Hundreds of student-loan borrowers who applied for debt cancellation are being denied relief by a major lender, over 20 Democratic lawmakers say
New York Times:
Musk's Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic