Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:50 AM ET, February 9, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
USA Today:
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy  —  WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders and Republican presidential candidates joined Catholic religious groups on Wednesday in denouncing the Obama administration's mandate requiring health insurers to offer birth control coverage, but the White House stood its ground.
RELATED:
Amy Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Contraception Coverage Debate Isn't Just About the Bishops  —  Obama should do right by the progressive Catholics who made his health reforms possible and expand the religious exemption to the new contraceptive mandate in the law.  —  If abortion rights advocates are feeling their oats this week, they have good reason.
Discussion: Swampland, The New Republic and CNN
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Whose Conscience?
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
On Birth Control, Obama Saved By The Taco Bell?
New York Times:
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners  —  After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed …
RELATED:
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement  —  As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik.  Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York Times …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Will Be Finalized Today  —  Forty-nine states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators will participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the five biggest banks (Wells Fargo, Citi, Ally/GMAC, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America) …
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing?  —  The resurgence of social and cultural issues in voters' minds poses new challenges for GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as he reels from surprising losses Tuesday to conservative favorite Rick Santorum.
Discussion: The Reaction
RELATED:
Jonathan Martinand Manu Raju / Reuters:
Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up
Discussion: ABCNEWS, New York Times, CNN and Gothamist
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney ventures into lion's den at CPAC
Discussion: CNN, Shakesville and Right Wing Watch
New York Post:
Romney's new test  —  Newt Gingrich's surprise victory …
Discussion: The Page
Wall Street Journal:
Where's the Rest of Them?  —  Santorum's rise, Romney's weakness, and the GOP coalition.  —  Rick Santorum did his second Lazarus act on Tuesday with his triple victory in two Midwest states and Colorado, interrupting Mitt Romney's media coronation.  The question now is whether the Pennsylvanian can …
Discussion: GOP 12
RELATED:
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Eye doctor warns of dangers of political protest on gay marriage  —  It's been called the “most fabulous form of protest,” but according to one medical expert, the potential dangers of “glitter bombing” are far from marvelous.  —  In an increasingly popular form of protest, activists are throwing glitter on unsuspecting targets.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Keith Coffman / Reuters:   Colorado student charged in “glitter bomb” of Romney
Jim Vandehei / Reuters:
The political transformation of Barack Obama  —  There are two indisputable facts about politics.  —  The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation.
RELATED:
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:   Obama: I'm going after Romney, not Wall Street
Rolling Stone:
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Pol ‘Tebows’ after bill Ok'd  —  Virginia Del. Robert Bell celebrated his bill passing the state House on Wednesday by taking a knee and Tebowing.  —  The legislation — dubbed the “Tebow bill” for the Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow — would allow the state's homeschooled students …
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney retools his message  —  Romney retools his message — with his biography and even his policy... GOPers and conservatives tell Romney to step it up... Dems break ranks on the contraception issue... Yet polling (for now) shows the issue isn't as controversial …
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Obama, Explained  —  As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged.  Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)?
Truth Wins Out:
Truth Wins Out to Slam Newt Gingrich for Hypocrisy on Marriage Equality in Thursday Roll Call Ad  —  Contact: Wayne Besen, Executive Director  —  WASHINGTON - Truth Wins Out is placing a provocative full-page ad in the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call on Thursday admonishing Newt Gingrich …
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Rick Santorum's Sweater Vest Slammed by Scarlett Johansson  —  Scarlett Johansson isn't ready to talk yet about Nate Naylor, her just-revealed boyfriend of five months.  —  The sartorial choices of Rick Santorum and the Republican National Committee, however, were fair game for Johansson …
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Military Weight  —  First Lady Michelle Obama leaves Thursday for a three-day, four-state tour to mark the second anniversary of her “Let's Move!” initiative to get Americans to eat healthier and be more physically fit. … The trip is a mix of events and announcements …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
New Huckabee Radio Show Could Vie With Limbaugh  —  Rush Limbaugh will soon have a new radio rival: Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who ran for the Republican presidential nomination four years ago and thought about running again this year.  —  Instead, he will be running …
iowahawk:
A Fistful of Rebates  —  It's halftime.  —  Both teams are in their locker rooms discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half.  Diagramming plays.  Texting their agents and German supermodel wives.  Reviewing Belichick's aerial spy photos.  —  It's halftime in America, too.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: White House to offer 10 states waivers on No Child Left Behind  —  President Obama on Thursday will offer waivers to 10 states that applied for exclusion from some aspects of the No Child Left Behind Law, according to a report in The Associated Press that cited an anonymous White House official.
Discussion: CNN
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: Obama Has Put America On ‘The Path’ Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation  —  Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama's so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night.  The former Pennsylvania senator …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:50 AM ET, February 9, 2012.

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: 
Guardian:
Garzón found guilty in wiretapping case
Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Chamber Starting Early Hill Ad Blitz
Discussion: Hotline On Call
CBS Los Angeles:
LA County OKs $1,000 Fine For Throwing Football, Frisbee On Beaches
Discussion: Moonbattery and nation.foxnews.com
Lorraine Woellert / Bloomberg:
Fannie Mae Nixed Plan to Reduce Mortgage Debt, Democrats Say
Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows
Discussion: Booman Tribune, The Agonist and Hot Air
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Cantor slammed for ‘neutering’ the STOCK Act
Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Unions ask Democrats in Walker recall to make budget veto pledge
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Greece bailout: Coalition fails to agree cuts
New York Times:
U.S. and Israel Split on Ways to Deter Iran
Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell takes aim at ‘liberal thugs’
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
John Kasich Parkinson's Imitation Marks Ad Hoc Speech That Veered Off The Rails
Discussion: Business Insider and Hullabaloo
 

 
From Techmeme:

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tesla to clear a key hurdle to introduce its advanced assisted driving features in China by partnering with Baidu for mapping and navigation functions

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback

Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including due to CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill
 
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