The National Memo

The National Memo is a U.S.-based online news platform and newsletter that was established in 2011 by the acclaimed journalist and editor Joe Conason. This site offers up-to-the-minute news, insightful commentary, and analyses from prominent progressive voices across America. While it primarily focuses on American political matters, The National Memo also delves into global news, consumer finance, health, travel, and entertainment. The outlet highlights critical topics such as education, infrastructure, and environmental issues. According to its "About" page, "Our own 'journalism'—alongside our curated selection of the most intelligent stories each day—reflects a distinct and robust viewpoint, steering clear of the propaganda, extreme partisanship, and exaggerated ideologies that often plague political discussions." Joe Conason serves as the founder and editor-in-chief.

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How Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Workers, Employers -- And The US Economy

2 days ago | nationalmemo.com | Merrill Goozner

How are Republicans trying to sell a bad bill? They tell lie after lie about how only able-bodied adults who refuse to go to work will be affected by their One Big Ugly Bill. “That single mom that’s working two or three jobs right now to make ends meet under this tough economy, she doesn’t want to have to pay for somebody who’s sitting at home," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said. When Sen.
Dogfight Erupts In Right-Wing Media Over War With Iran

1 week ago | nationalmemo.com | Gideon Taaffe |Chloe Simon

As Israel’s conflict with Iran escalates into open hostilities, MAGA media figures are divided over whether the U.S. should intervene in the conflict and have resorted to attacking each other.
Abandoning 'Transparency' Promise, RFK Jr Sets Up Shady Drug Approval Scheme

1 week ago | nationalmemo.com | Merrill Goozner

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at first promised “radical transparency” at all agencies within his department. Then he fired almost all the freedom of information staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health; cancelled meetings of FDA and CDC advisory committees that review vaccines and vaccine policies; and held meetings of his Make America Healthy Again Commission behind closed doors.
Echoes Of Iraq Invasion As Trump Lurches Toward War On Iran

1 week ago | nationalmemo.com | Emily Singer

President Donald Trump is publicly toying with the possibility of joining Israel's war on Iran, ignoring his own administration’s intelligence assessment that “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon”—giving nightmarish flashbacks to President George W. Bush’s war on Iraq. “I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran’s got a lot of trouble,” Trump said on the White House lawn Wednesday morning.
Enraged By DHS Assault On Padilla, Democrats Demand Noem's Resignation

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Alix Breeden

When Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and tackled during Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, Democrats across the country immediately came to his defense. Because they know that this was much more than just a matter of an unruly politician being escorted out of a room. “It’s disgusting. Reeks of totalitarianism. Un-American. Not what democracies do,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X. "Sen.
In Los Angeles, We Don't Need The Marines To Bust A Few Hooligans

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Susan Estrich

The Chief of the LAPD told the City Council on Tuesday that LAPD officers arrested 114 people at protests Monday night — 53 for allegedly failing to disperse and 15 on suspicion of looting. The potential looters were stopped. One person was arrested for alleged assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, and another was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. They will be punished. The LAPD arrested 27 people at protests on Saturday and 40 on Sunday. The problem is not the protesters.
Now We Know What Trump's 'American Carnage' Rant Was About

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Paul Krugman

Does anyone remember “American carnage”? In his 2017 inaugural address Donald Trump portrayed a collapsing society, emphasizing in particular the “crime and gangs and drugs” destroying America’s cities. It was a peculiar and disturbing speech, in part because it bore no relationship to reality. Then as now, America had many problems. But runaway urban crime wasn’t one of them. In fact, Trump chose to proclaim urban carnage after a remarkable generation-long run of plunging crime in our major cities.
'No Kings Day': Americans Defending Democracy -- And Health Care

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Merrill Goozner

I’ve spent much of the past few days mulling the significance of the Trump regime sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom did not ask for them. Mayor Karen Bass did not ask for them. The tens of thousands of city and state police available to Newsom and Bass were more than adequate to curtail the vandalism perpetrated by some demonstrators during the weekend’s protests against the large-scale ICE raids in the city. Trump’s action has only one precedent in recent history.
Congressional Republicans Veer Between Musk And Trump Over Budget Bill

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Emily Singer

President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are locked in an ugly breakup—and Republicans are having a hard time choosing sides. Since leaving the Trump administration in late May, Musk has gone rogue, openly attacking the House GOP’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" for its deficit-busting tax cuts.
Humiliated Trump Seeks To Deflect Attention With Los Angeles Provocation

2 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Robert Reich

What is our moral responsibility as citizens of the United States when the President of the United States moves to deploy thousands of American soldiers against us? Trump signed a memo on Friday night ordering 2,000 members of the National Guard to be deployed in Los Angeles County after federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day. Trump’s action is extreme although technically legal.