Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:55 AM ET, June 28, 2013

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats …
RELATED:
Politico:
Is the Senate really working?  —  The Senate has a reputation as a graveyard — a place where bills go to slowly die after constant filibuster threats, endless quorum calls and petty procedural disputes.  —  But in just a few short months, the Senate has methodically begun to pass major legislation …
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate approves massive immigration bill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Problem With Rick Perry's Comments About Wendy Davis  —  Keeping Track of All of Today's A-Rod Reports  —  If you're a pro-choice liberal like me, Wendy Davis is a hero, and Rick Perry is one of the most cartoonishly villainous public figures in America.
RELATED:
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) directly attacked state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) during a speech at the National Right To Life conference on Thursday, arguing that the state senator who filibustered for 13 hours to defeat …
Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:
State Sen. Davis Responds To Rick Perry's ‘Small Words’  —  Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) responded to Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday, chiding him for using “small words” that tarnished Lone Star state values.  —  Perry invoked Davis' experience as a teenage mother at the National Right …
Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'
Discussion: The Raw Story and ABC News
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry Jabs Wendy Davis For Being A Teen Mom: Too Bad 'She Hasn't Learned From Her Own Example'
Discussion: National Review, CNN and alicublog
RELATED:
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Blasts SCOTUS For Striking Down DOMA: ‘Another Example Of Judicial Supremacy’
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
The Up-in-the-Air President  —  It was cool, as media moments go, when President Obama called from Air Force One to congratulate the plaintiffs in the California gay marriage case on Wednesday.  They were in the middle of a live television interview when the voice of the president was delivered …
RELATED:
Eric Schnurer / US News:   Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote  —  Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) accidentally voted “yes” on the comprehensive immigration reform bill Thursday before correcting his mistake.  —  The error by Moran caused the chamber to erupt in laugher.
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
The most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics  —  In one of the most unfortunate moves in American politics since Republicans kept referring to the Tea Party “teabagging,” the anti-gay Family Research Council, which has been officially designated a “hate group,” …
Boston Globe:
Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted; allegedly left confession in boat where he was hiding  —  A federal grand jury today handed up a sweeping indictment of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, charging him with using weapons of mass destruction and killing four people.
Maria Cramer / Boston Globe:
Former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is probed in two more murders, law enforcement officials say  —  Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, already facing charges in a murder last week in North Attleborough, is also being investigated in connection with a July 2012 double murder in Boston …
RELATED:
Phillip Molnar / Monterey County Herald:
Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say  —  The Army admitted Thursday to not only restricting access to The Guardian news website at the Presidio of Monterey, as reported in Thursday's Herald, but Armywide.  —  Presidio employees said the site had been blocked since …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Pelosi: Dems are coalescing behind Hillary for 2016  —  In this clip from Capital Download, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief asks Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for the Presidency in 2016.  Pelosi says Democrats are optimistic about it.
NewsWorks:
'God's law' cited as reason for silencing gay Pa. rep on DOMA  —  What the demise of DOMA means for the Philadelphia region  —  Beginning to unwind same-sex marriage complexities in Pa., Del., and N.J. [audio]  —  DOMA's invalidation created a ‘goosebumps moment’  —  Gay marriage rulings: A big step toward justice
Guardian:
NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama  —  • Secret program launched by Bush continued ‘until 2011’  —  • Fisa court renewed collection order every 90 days  —  • Current NSA programs still mine US internet metadata
RELATED:
Michael Isikoff / Investigations:
Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say  —  Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was the second-highest ranking member of the U.S. military, and a key Obama adviser who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Legal sources tell NBC News Cartwright …
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Google Is Developing Android Game Console  —  Google Inc. is developing a videogame console and wristwatch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rep. Campbell to retire in 2014  —  Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) will not run for reelection in 2014, he announced on Wednesday.  —  In a statement, Campbell said he's retiring from public service entirely, after spending 14 years in politics.  —  “At the end of this term …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:55 AM ET, June 28, 2013.

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: 
Robert / Jihad Watch:
UK's Express manipulates photo to smear Spencer and Geller
Discussion: Daily Express
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama salutes ‘a favorite son of Senegal’
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
News Corp papers to launch new products, says chief
Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:
The fate of same-sex marriage in California after Perry
Ali Winston / The Center for Investigative Reporting:
License-plate readers let police collect millions of records on drivers
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hit & Run and ACLU
Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP fight breaks open over spending bills
Discussion: Politico
Scott Thistle / Bangor Daily News:
LePage says he might not seek second term
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business
 
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