Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:45 AM ET, September 6, 2009

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism  —  White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism.  —  “On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform …
RELATED:
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
White House Adviser on ‘Green Jobs’ Resigns  —  In a victory for Republicans and the Obama administration's conservative critics, Van Jones resigned as the White House's environmental jobs “czar” on Saturday.  —  Controversy over Mr. Jones's past comments and affiliations has slowly escalated …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Obama ‘green jobs’ adviser quits amid controversy  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.  —  Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly …
Fox News:
Obama ‘Green Jobs’ Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy  —  Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs,” has been linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
Gateway Pundit:
GREEN CZAR VAN JONES RESIGNS!... Communist Leaves White House  —  ** BARACK OBAMA'S COMMUNIST-TRUTHER GREEN JOBS CZAR RESIGNS!  Out.  —  Will The New York Times finally report on this story now?...  Or, will they ignore this too?  —  Scott Johnson adds:
Think Progress:
Van Jones Resigns  —  The AP reports that after weeks of constant attacks by the right wing, Van Jones has resigned as Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the Council on Environmental Quality.  Below is the letter he sent to chair Nancy Sutley: … On July 23rd, Glenn Beck began his crusade …
Scott / Power Line:
Van Jones's first take on 9/11  —  When Obama administration green jobs commissar Van Jones signed on to the Truther statement in 2004, he was concerned that 9/11 might have been an inside job perpetrated by the Bush administration.  In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, on September 13, 2001, however, Jones had a different explanation.
Scott / Power Line:
Van Jones goes down swinging  —  Obama green jobs commissar Van Jones resigned at midnight as a result of controversy over his past statements regarding 9/11 and a few other subjects.  His departure is unfortunate.  A self-avowed Communist and transparent hater of the United States before the Age of Obama …
Discussion: Babalú Blog
NBC Washington:
Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns After GOP Attacks  —  President Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones resigned from his post late Saturday evening after he came under fire for a series of inflammatory statements he made about Republicans, the White House said early Sunday morning.
Alan Colmes' Liberaland:   Van Jones Resigns; Who Will They Go After Next?
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
The Change Agenda At a Crossroads
Discussion: Commentary and American Power
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama's green jobs czar Van Jones quits under fire
Discussion: NO QUARTER and RBO
CNN:
House liberals tell Obama public option is ‘essential’  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - As Obama prepares to go before Congress and lay out more details about his stance on health reform, he held a conference call Friday with some of the most liberal members of the House, who say they won't vote …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
RELATED:
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
President Will Make Case For Public Option Wednesday Night
Discussion: TalkLeft
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Pelosi loath to drop hammer on Rangel  —  Why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing a growing chorus of calls to drop the hammer on ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel?  —  Because, at the moment, doing nothing creates a lot less trouble for Pelosi than doing anything, current and former House aides tell POLITICO.
Anne Bayefsky / National Review:
Obama's UN Gambit: King of the Universe and the Polls  —  Looking for a quick and easy boost in the polls, President Obama has decided to go to the one place where merit bears no relationship to adulation: the United Nations.  On September 24, the president will take the unprecedented step …
Jenny Anderson / New York Times:
Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance  —  After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money.  They think they may have found one.  —  The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:45 AM ET, September 6, 2009.

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: 
Rasmussen Reports:
Does Obama Face a 2012 Challenge In His Own Party?
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Afghanistan Abyss  —  President Obama has already dispatched …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
Mark's points on the George Will Fray — By: Andy McCarthy
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Whiskey Fire
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Spending on Lobbying Drops in a Down Economy
Keith B. Richburg / Washington Post:
In N.J., a Nasty Race for Governor: Incumbent Corzine Trails GOP's Christie
Discussion: Commentary
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis
Discussion: Midwest Voices
 Earlier Items: 
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

Jackie Snow / Quartz:
How newsrooms like Semafor and Skift are using generative AI for internal editing, story summaries, paywalled chatbots trained on their archives, and more

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page