Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:15 PM ET, June 25, 2014

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
It Looks Like African-Americans Really Did Help Thad Cochran Win  —  Tuesday night, Republican Sen. Thad Cochran defied the polls and defeated tea party challenger Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate primary runoff by a 51 percent to 49 percent margin.  Cochran couldn't have done …
RELATED:
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Conservative Freakout Blames ‘Uncle Tom’ And Voter Fraud For McDaniel Loss  —  Some conservatives aren't happy that their preferred candidate, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff of the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi.
Patrick Brennan / National Review:
The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?  —  It's generally agreed that Thad Cochran squeaked out a win in Mississippi last night in part by getting Democrats, especially African Americans, to turn out.  Here's a flier that was distributed in heavily black precincts suggesting how he accomplished this:
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Marionettes Remain Uncut  —  “At some point there will be more people with knives out to cut the strings than there will be puppeteers with checkbooks.”  —  Having been an elected Republican and someone who routinely takes the position of supporting conservatives in primaries and Republicans …
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CHRIS MCDANIEL TO CHALLENGE ELECTION RESULTS  —  HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — State Sen. Chris McDaniel will challenge the results of the Tuesday runoff election where 41-year incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran won by about 6,400 votes, he announced to a room of supporters here at his victory party …
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits Thad Cochran ‘shenanigans’
Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Cochran bounced back from disaster
Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Cochran bounced back from disaster
Discussion: Business Insider
Domenico Montanaro / PBS:
Establishment order restored in midterm elections
Annalyn Kurtz / CNNMoney.com:
3 reasons not to freak out about -2.9% GDP  —  Well, this picture keeps getting uglier.  —  Gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic growth — contracted at a 2.9% annual rate in January through March, according to the latest revision from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
RELATED:
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The Economy Tanked Last Quarter And It's Everybody's Fault But Obama's  —  The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 2.9 percent during the first three months of 2014, government bean counters announced this morning.  That matches the worst non-recession contraction of the U.S. economy in over 40 years.
Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years  —  The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter by the most since the depths of the last recession as consumer spending cooled.  —  Gross domestic product fell at a 2.9 percent annualized rate, more than forecast …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Jeannine Aversa: (202) 606-2649 (News Media)  —  National Income and Product Accounts  —  Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2014 (Third Estimate)  —  Corporate Profits: First Quarter 2014 (Revised Estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced …
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Today's GDP Number Is Not as Bad as it Sounds. But the Recovery Is Still Weak.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
jaredbernsteinblog.com:
Whoa! Whassup With That Big Negative Q1 GDP Revision?
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Eric Katz / Government Executive:
EPA Employees Told to Stop Pooping in the Hallway  —  Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently.  —  Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended to work for the CIA to get unlimited vacations and one worker even spent …
RELATED:
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   EPA Memo To Employees: Please Stop Pooping In The Hallway
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Says Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant  —  WASHINGTON — In a major statement on privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.
RELATED:
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Broad cloak of privacy for cellphones
Politico:
SCOTUS rules warrants needed for cell phone search
Discussion: Daily Kos
waysandmeans.house.gov:
REVEALED: GOP Senator Targeted by Lerner Ways and Means investigation uncovers push to audit Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) targeting of conservative individuals includes …
RELATED:
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
EMAILS: IRS OFFICIAL SOUGHT AUDIT OF GOP SENATOR  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say they uncovered emails Wednesday showing that a former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the tea party investigation sought an audit involving a Republican senator in 2012.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly'  —  “Fox Host Yells At Michele Bachmann For Trying To Sue Obama: 'You're Being Silly'” Share:  —  Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto blasted Republicans on Wednesday for preparing to file a federal lawsuit challenging …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
Lauren French / Politico:
John Boehner: President Obama hasn't ‘faithfully’ executed laws  —  House Speaker John Boehner said he plans to move forward with a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for misusing executive powers.  —  “The Constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
RELATED:
The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
Judge throws out Indiana ban on same-sex marriage  —  A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Indiana's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, immediately allowing same-sex couples across the state to receive marriage licenses.  —  U.S. District Judge Richard Young did not issue a stay on his ruling.
RELATED:
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US: SYRIA MAY HAVE LAUNCHED AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say there are indications that Syria launched airstrikes into western Iraq Tuesday in an attempt to slow the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency fighting both the Syrian and Iraqi governments.
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:15 PM ET, June 25, 2014.

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: 
Ryan Maye Handy / Coloradoan Online:
Loveland voters strike down fracking moratorium
Mario Moretto / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins becomes fourth GOP senator to publicly support same-sex marriage
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Workforce bill clears Senate
Discussion: CNN
Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA joins IRS lost emails club
Discussion: Hot Air
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
it's Dallas v. Cleveland for 2016 GOP convention. Denver, Kansas City eliminated
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Politico
 Earlier Items: 
David Rogers / Politico:
Should President Obama veto spending bills?
Discussion: The Hill
Variety:
Joel McHale Thought Obama's Endorsement Would Save ‘Community’
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, NME News and Inside TV
Laura Leslie / WRAL-TV:
Stam calls pedophilia, sadism ‘sexual orientations’
Ruben Navarrette Jr / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jose Vargas challenges us to define an American
Cliff Schecter / The Daily Beast:
Why Parents Keep Shooting Their Kids
Discussion: Eschaton
Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:
Koch owned and operated
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Reuters:
After oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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