Archive for November, 2010

Memeorandum

• Trump Tries to Recharge His Base in Arizona Rally (Wall Street Journal)
  Wall Street Journal: Trump Tries to Recharge His Base in Arizona Rally  —  President addresses supporters in his first rally after uproar over the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va.  —  PHOENIX—President Donald Trump, in his first rally after the violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville …
• ST. LOUIS • Police and a witness gave differing versions of how protesters were injured ... (Nassim Benchaabane/St. Louis Post ...)
  Nassim Benchaabane / St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ST. LOUIS  • Police and a witness gave differing versions of how protesters were injured when a driver pulled into a group that had blocked an intersection on Wednesday night.  —  The witness, Keith Rose, said the driver had his middle fingers raised before he accelerated through the group …
• Kushner Cos. Switches to Crisis Manager for Media Relations (Bloomberg)
  Bloomberg: Kushner Cos.  Switches to Crisis Manager for Media Relations  —  Finsbury's Eric Wachter replaces Risa Heller Communications  —  Kushner under federal scrutiny for firm's investment efforts  —  Kushner Cos., the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, has switched public relations firms …
• Trump hits four countries with visa sanctions (Stephen Dinan/Washington Times)
  Stephen Dinan / Washington Times: Trump hits four countries with visa sanctions  —  Move punishes governments for refusing to take back criminals  —  The Trump administration has triggered visa sanctions against four countries that have refused to take back citizens the U.S. is trying to deport — tapping a little-used but very effective tool for forcing comp […]
• Federal judge blocks further implementation of Texas' voter ID law (James Barragán/Dallas Morning News)
  James Barragán / Dallas Morning News: Federal judge blocks further implementation of Texas' voter ID law  —  Updated at 7:15 p.m. with more from the ruling and reaction.  —  A federal judge in Corpus Christi blocked further implementation of Texas' controversial voter identification law, after finding for a second …
• The Democrat running for Va. governor wants Confederate monuments to come down. ... (Laura Vozzella/Washington Post)
  Laura Vozzella / Washington Post: The Democrat running for Va. governor wants Confederate monuments to come down.  Republicans said he has turned his back on ‘heritage.’  —  RICHMOND — The Republican Party of Virginia said Wednesday that Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, whose ancestors once owned slaves and fought in the Civil War …
• Fashion brands turn their backs on Steve Mnuchin's wife (Emily Smith/Page Six)
  Emily Smith / Page Six: Fashion brands turn their backs on Steve Mnuchin's wife  —  MORE FROM: … Luxury fashion labels are distancing themselves from Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, after she posted a picture of herself stepping off a government plane in designer clothes and then went …
• Federal Court, Reaffirming Racially Discriminatory Purpose of Texas Voter ID Law, Blocks ... (Rick Hasen/electionlawblog.org)
  Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org: Federal Court, Reaffirming Racially Discriminatory Purpose of Texas Voter ID Law, Blocks Its Use Entirely in Future Elections  —  This 27-page opinion and order explains the basis for the trial court's decision to hold that Texas's voter identification law may not be enforced at all.
• Trump Takes Aim at the Press, With a Flamethrower (Jim Rutenberg/New York Times)
  Jim Rutenberg / New York Times: Trump Takes Aim at the Press, With a Flamethrower  —  Every time you think President Trump's anti-press rhetoric can't get worse, he finds a way of surprising you and not surprising you all at the same time.  —  That he will attack journalists on a regular basis should be expected at this point, and it is.
• Energy Dept: Government should ease rules on power plants (Associated Press)
  Associated Press: Energy Dept: Government should ease rules on power plants  —  The Energy Department said Wednesday the government should make it easier and cheaper to operate power plants, including coal and nuclear plants, to strengthen the nation's electric grid.  —  The department said in a new report …