Archive for November, 2011

Memeorandum

• Letter from Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (Meghan/Paid Leave for All)
  Meghan / Paid Leave for All: Letter from Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex  —  Washington, D.C.  —  The Honorable Nancy Pelosi  —  Speaker  —  U.S. House of Representatives  —  Washington, D.C.  —  Dear Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi,  —  I'm not an elected official, and I'm not a politician.
• ASU Police asks prosecutors to charge 4 people for Sinema bathroom protest (Laura Gómez/Arizona Mirror)
  Laura Gómez / Arizona Mirror: ASU Police asks prosecutors to charge 4 people for Sinema bathroom protest  —  The Arizona State University Police Department has asked county prosecutors to charge four people with misdemeanors after a protest against U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema interrupted a class she was teaching and ended with an activist following her into a b […]
• Stymied Before, Trump Finds Backing for His Own Media Venture (New York Times)
  New York Times: Stymied Before, Trump Finds Backing for His Own Media Venture  —  A merger could give the former president access to nearly $300 million in cash — and perhaps a new platform.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he had lined up the investment money to create …
• Inject Into My Veins: Condi Rice Stuns 'View' Hosts With Knockout Argument Against Critical Race Theory (Sister Toldjah/RedState)
  Sister Toldjah / RedState: Inject Into My Veins: Condi Rice Stuns ‘View’ Hosts With Knockout Argument Against Critical Race Theory  —  Because we write a lot about Critical Race Theory, on who supports it and who is against is as well as the dangers of implementing it in public school classrooms, we sometimes …
• Americans simply don't want the costs of Biden's Build Back Better bill (Alfredo Ortiz/The Hill)
  Alfredo Ortiz / The Hill: Americans simply don't want the costs of Biden's Build Back Better bill  —  Democrats are desperately trying to salvage their $3.5 trillion Build Back Better reconciliation bill opposed by moderate Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who reportedly has agreed to work on a compromise.
• State laws are corrupting the study of history by forcing 'opposing viewpoints' in the classroom (The Hill)
  The Hill: State laws are corrupting the study of history by forcing ‘opposing viewpoints’ in the classroom  —  The implementation of recently enacted legislation in Texas is sounding an alarm that should reverberate through state legislatures and local school boards across the United States.
• The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID vaccine boosters (Scott Hensley/NPR)
  Scott Hensley / NPR: The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID vaccine boosters  —  The Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson following unanimous votes by a committee of independent advisers backing the boosters last week.
• Jan. 6 Probe's Move Into Courtrooms Could Let Trump Run Out The Clock (HuffPost)
  HuffPost: Jan. 6 Probe's Move Into Courtrooms Could Let Trump Run Out The Clock  —  Trump bankrupted casinos and was the biggest presidential loser since Hoover, but courtroom stalling is his one proven area of expertise.  —  By S.V. Date  —  WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump bankrupted casinos …
• The Trump Organization faces a new criminal inquiry tied to a New York golf club (Ilya Marritz/NPR)
  Ilya Marritz / NPR: The Trump Organization faces a new criminal inquiry tied to a New York golf club  —  A New York prosecutor has opened up a previously unreported criminal probe of Trump Organization finances, NPR has confirmed.  —  The investigation by Westchester District Attorney Miriam E.
• Is Trump's influence waning in Texas? Election audit bill ignored during special session (Karen Townsend/HotAir)
  Karen Townsend / HotAir: Is Trump's influence waning in Texas?  Election audit bill ignored during special session  —  The third special session of the Texas Legislature ended Tuesday night.  A bill promoted by former President Trump was not added to the special session's agenda by Governor Abbott and the Texas House …