Welcome to The Madden Memo

The Madden Memo is a collection of articles and news stories, categorized by topic. This allows readers to view differing opinions on a single topic, rather than having to search for them.

Today, the role of academia, the media and even science is to shape public opinion rather than reflect or report on it. Generally, a template or narrative is established first (the war on women and global warming, as examples). Then data is collected and news is reported that will support the narrative.

What’s missing, is any data or news that might conflict with the narrative. The Madden Memo gathers these contrary articles making it easier for readers to get a fuller story. You’ll get a glimpse on how these narratives are created and why. You’ll also discover the lengths the media goes to advance their position by covering up or discrediting any information that contradicts the narrative.

One nefarious aspect of the way the media works is that their message is then taught in schools. This practice allows politicians and government officials to control public opinion and behavior, with the ultimate goal in mind… to advance liberalism.

A good way to understand the relationship between the various players involved is to begin with the “Liberals/Liberalism” page. You must understand the mindset and motives of liberals in order to debate them. Logic and reason do not apply; it is a grievance movement born out of victimhood.

The news feeds to the right are from prominent liberal media sources: CNN, the Huffington Post, MSNBC and the Politico. They serve as excellent examples of the liberal bias in media. Just pay attention to the political feeds and in no time you’ll notice the glowing reports on democrats and the liberal agenda and the condemnation of republicans. You’ll see first hand, every madcap idea flowing out of the democrat party.

Note: Most of the topics we discuss show a “narrative” at the beginning of the topic. The narrative is the commonly-held liberal belief, popularized by the media, academia and science. Throughout the topic you’ll see opposing views from a variety of sources. The sources we use for articles vary based on their readability and completeness on a topic. Some are used because they clearly illustrate a bias. Most of the source we use are popular and well-known publications and news organizations (NY Times, Washington Post, CNN etc). We avoid unknown or little-known sources but sometimes they’ll have a point worth sharing.

CNN

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions [...]

Politics of the Day

Politics of the Day [...]

Testimony ends for the day in Trump hush money trial

The prosecution continued to question the ex-publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker as Donald Trump sat in a New [...]

Critics say the justice should not judge Trump's election-subversion case, because his wife supported overturning the election, attended Trump's Jan6 [...]

Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump immunity case

The Supreme Court heard nearly three hours of arguments Thursday in the blockbuster case over whether former President Donald Trump [...]

Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressed Trump lawyer D. John Sauer during Supreme Court arguments on the distinction between official and [...]

Bob Graham Fast Facts

Read CNN's Fast Facts about Bob Graham, former United States senator and Democratic governor of Florida. [...]

John Kasich Fast Facts

Read CNN's Fast Facts about John Kasich and learn more about the Republican former governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential [...]

CNN's Brynn Gingras describes former President Donald Trump's demeanor in court during former publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker's [...]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised concerns about granting the president absolute immunity, suggesting it could foster criminal activity in the [...]

CNN's Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explains why the Supreme Court is seriously considering former President Donald Trump's argument [...]

Donald Trump argues presidents can't have the threat of prosecution hanging over them. But would that make them above the [...]

Pennsylvania Governos Josh Shapiro speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper [...]

Supreme Court hears case about emergency abortion care

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in another major abortion access case as it grapples with the aftermath of reversing [...]

Huffington Post

Laurence Tribe pulled no punches over what he described as a "shameful performance by the court." [...]

The House Democrat named the "most astonishing" thing he heard from one justice after the court heard arguments on Donald [...]

G/O Media sold the site to a fittingly-named Chicago-based firm. [...]

The president's campaign highlighted how his predecessor's actions didn't line up with his comments. [...]

“That just brings back all those bad memories about that issue," Jim Schultz told CNN's Jake Tapper. [...]

Maryland officials said the case appears to be among the first of its kind in the country and called for [...]

The legislation comes amid a soaring number of book challenges — often centered on LGBTQ content — and efforts in [...]

About one in five samples of commercially sold pasteurized milk contained traces of the highly pathogenic avian influenza. [...]

"Nobody deserves this, to die like this,” Andrea Doria Dos Passos' stepfather said. [...]

The body camera footage shows police waiting about six minutes after Frank Tyson became unresponsive before starting CPR. [...]

The former movie mogul's attorney, meanwhile, celebrated the appeals court's ruling as “a great day for America.” [...]

Inviting armed, militarized police on college campuses to disperse peaceful anti-war protesters and others has historically not ended well. [...]

The university says students have until 7 p.m. local time to move their tents off campus. [...]

The University of Southern California has canceled its main stage graduation ceremony as the campus is roiled by protests stemming [...]

Elias Huizar, 39, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the fatal shooting of his ex and the discovery [...]

A neo-Nazi drove his car into a group of anti-racist demonstrators during the 2017 hate rally, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. [...]

One of the suspects told a local TV station they thought "it would be cool to take a picture with [...]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce immediately challenged the agency's new ban, filing a lawsuit in the conservative 5th Circuit. [...]

The House speaker responded with a diplomatic diss of the extremist lawmaker. [...]

The ex-movie mogul's accusers could again be forced to relive their traumas on the witness stand in a new trial. [...]

Cassidy Hutchinson also addressed the new indictment of her onetime boss, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. [...]

City officials determined the section of sidewalk bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed to be replaced. [...]

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information about the death. [...]

The conservative icon named and shamed the “cabal of grotesques” in the Republican Party. [...]

"If Tweeting was an Olympic sport, Monica Lewinsky won a gold medal with this gem," one X user wrote. [...]

Former GOP leader Michael Steele agreed and explained why the hush money trial could be the most important one facing [...]

The regulatory package will set the first greenhouse gas limits on power plants and halve the time it takes to [...]

The former president gave a truly bizarre "White House" gift to a visitor. [...]

The Fox News host's own colleagues mocked him with just four words. [...]

The former president delivered a scathing response to a critic who just endorsed him. [...]

The late night host even sent him a wedding gift. [...]

The president took aim at one of his predecessor's personal trademarks -- and the audience loved it. [...]

Sade Robinson's leg was found in Warnimont Park in the Milwaukee area the same day the college student was reported [...]

Despite Harvard restricting access to Harvard Yard, students still set up an encampment to protest Israeli military action against Palestinians. [...]

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law proved herself to be a political strategist without equal when she said the Republican National Committee has [...]

In March, an independent investigator cleared Uvalde police officers for their roles in the deadly 2022 attack. [...]

The six-term Democrat was memorialized as a “progressive leader on transportation and infrastructure” and “a gentleman who always put people [...]

"Sounds like a perfect authoritarian election plan to me," fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat commented. [...]

The White House launched a $7 billion “solar for all” program earlier this week meant to help build 1 million [...]

The Biden administration is defining a significant delay as lasting at least three hours for domestic flights and six hours [...]

Elizabeth Williams said the former president often appeared to have his eyes shut, but his demeanor changed during one particular [...]

The conservative attorney, whose ex-wife was a senior adviser to Trump, said the money came out of his kids' inheritance. [...]

"The level of self-awareness here is in the deep negatives," one commenter wrote. [...]

Trump is still losing significant votes in some GOP primaries despite being the party's presumptive nominee. [...]

The audience laughed out loud as Biden mocked Trump's most recent venture. [...]

The former president had a complaint outside of court. Kimmel was ready with an answer. [...]

"The Daily Show" co-hosts found a few uncomfortable moments for Trump on the right-wing network. [...]

In one high-profile instance at Columbia University in New York, more than 100 students were arrested Thursday. [...]

“The future holds countless possibilities,” the former Republican said, “and I am ready willing and able to step up to [...]

Politico

Biden visits Syracuse as NYC campus chaos grows

With help from Shawn Ness and Irie SentnerNew from New YorkHappening now: Two Syracuse University alums visited their former college [...]

Videos show growing pro-Palestinian campus protests as lawmakers speak out

Videos of campus protests are spreading on social media and show the most visceral aspects of the demonstrations. [...]

The place to be for politicians and protesters

With help from Shawn Ness.New from New YorkHappening now: Columbia University is now a gathering place for protesters and political [...]

Republicans are trying to snuff out climate embers around the country

Conservatives are aggressively targeting efforts to reduce carbon emissions across the continent. [...]

The budget roadshow continues

Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Mayor Eric Adams and labor leaders celebrated the approval of a wide-ranging [...]

The Pennsylvania House race testing the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war

Summer Lee is the first high-profile progressive House member to face a contested primary this year. [...]

Columbia strife ensnares Hochul, Adams

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Columbia University amid the rancor there. A [...]

Cotton and Hawley: Send in the National Guard to Columbia

Calls for federal action at the university campus come as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. [...]

David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89

He was considered one of the Democratic party’s giants in Arkansas. [...]

Trump has a rocky relationship with Black voters. He’s trying to change it.

Three officials with his campaign outlined the former president’s strategy. [...]

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, [...]

AIPAC-endorsed Democrat calls for Israeli leadership change

Vulnerable California Rep. Mike Levin said "new leaders" are needed. [...]

A state budget in sight

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: The budget end is nearing, but probably not until the weekend. [...]

A new twist: Hackers hold up the budget

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: A cyberattack roiled the state Capitol amid budget negotiations. Republicans responded [...]

Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial

Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial lead image [...]

‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast.

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: Lawmakers pushed back on Gov. Kathy Hochul saying a budget is [...]

Biden cracks jokes about Trump as hush money trial kicks off

Biden cracks jokes about Trump as hush money trial kicks off lead image [...]

‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy

Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on. But they also [...]

Johnson's turbulent week comes to a soft landing at Mar-a-Lago

"He’s doing about as good as you're going to do," the former president said of the speaker. [...]

24 hours in Albany?

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul may consider shorter extenders. A new parks attendance [...]

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, [...]

Arizona Dems protest after GOP blocks vote to repeal abortion ban

Arizona Dems protest after GOP blocks vote to repeal abortion ban lead image [...]

How Donald Trump could ride to Mike Johnson's rescue

The embattled House speaker is headed to Mar-a-Lago for a badly needed political lifeline. [...]

Tenants and landlords can agree on this

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: The fight over good cause evictions. Adams visits NAN. A push [...]

Famed photographer quits Ford board over Liz Cheney snub

David Hume Kennerly wanted the Trump critic honored with the foundation’s top award. [...]

‘Draconian’: Arizona Dems rage after abortion ruling

‘Draconian’: Arizona Dems rage after abortion ruling lead image [...]

Hochul rips Trump on abortion rights

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul knocks Trump on abortion rights. Lawmakers leave, again, [...]

Biden says Trump will ban abortion: ‘No one trusts Donald Trump’

At a Chicago fundraiser, the president said that the threat of Trump is far from abated by new video. [...]

Fire at Sanders’ Vermont office investigated as arson after string of vandalism incidents targeting lawmakers

Other lawmakers, including Rep. Josh Gottheimer, have reported smaller instances of vandalism outside their offices. [...]