Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:30 PM ET, December 16, 2014

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jeb Bush / Facebook:
A Note from Jeb Bush  —  Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!  —  Like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent Thanksgiving holiday.  —  Columba and I are so proud of the wonderful adults our children have become, and we loved spending time with our three precious grandchildren.
RELATED:
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Jeb Bush Is Running for President, But Obama Has Already Destroyed His Candidacy  —  Because the right never trusted him, Mitt Romney spent the entire 2012 presidential primary burnishing his conservative credentials, and spent much of the general election on unsure footing …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz on Jeb: GOP will lose with another moderate  —  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz insists he's a “big fan” of Jeb Bush.  But when asked Tuesday about the former Florida governor's move toward a presidential run, Cruz suggested the Republican party would lose if they nominate another relative moderate.
Discussion: ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bush fires starting pistol for 2016  —  Jeb Bush became the first big name to enter the 2016 presidential fray on Tuesday, shaking up a field that had been watching and waiting to see whether the former Florida governor would jump into the contest.  —  Bush stopped short of making a declaration …
Discussion: Instapundit
Associated Press:
Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Carolyn Kaster / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Will ‘Actively Explore the Possibility of Running for President’
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Poll: Jeb Bush is a front-runner — but an underwhelming one
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul On Jeb Bush Exploring 2016 Bid: ‘The More The Merrier’
Discussion: OnPolitics
Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
District court declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional  —  Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional.  —  According to the opinion by Judge Arthur Schwab, the president's policy goes …
RELATED:
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republican Judge Strikes Down Obama's Immigration Order  —  In an extraordinary opinion that transforms a routine sentencing matter into a vehicle to strike down a politically controversial policy, a George W. Bush-appointed judge in Pennsylvania declared President Obama's recently …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Federal Judge Declares Obama's Immigration Action Unconstitutional
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
BREAKING: Federal judge finds Obama amnesty is unconstitutional
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and protein wisdom
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate confirms ICE head
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Hero mom calls into CSPAN to berate her arguing pundit sons  —  Democrat Brad Woodhouse and Republican Dallas Woodhouse received a surprise during their joint appearance on C-SPAN when their mother called into scold them for fighting over the holidays.  (C-SPAN)
RELATED:
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
'Oh God It's Mom': Brother Operatives Get Surprise C-SPAN Caller  —  C-SPAN guests usually go on prepared for the occasional offensive question from a caller but when Dallas and Brad Woodhouse went on to Washington Journal Tuesday they got something different: a call from their mother.
Discussion: Slantpoint and Outside the Beltway
BuzzFeed:
Seth Rogen And James Franco Cancel All Press Appearances In Light Of “The Interview” Threats  —  The stars of Sony's upcoming film pulled out of all planned media appearances on Tuesday.  The two were scheduled to appear at a live BuzzFeed Brews to answer questions about the Sony hack and their controversial film.
RELATED:
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Seth Rogen and James Franco Cancel All Media Appearances for ‘The Interview’  —  “The Interview” stars Seth Rogen and James Franco have canceled all upcoming media appearances following the latest threats made against theaters showing the movie, Variety has confirmed.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Sony Hackers Threaten 9/11 Attack on Movie Theaters That Screen ‘The Interview’  —  The Sony hackers have threatened a 9/11-like attack on movie theaters that screen Seth Rogen and James Franco's North Korean comedy “The Interview,” substantially escalating the stakes surrounding the release of the movie.
Manu Raju / Politico:
Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues over antics  —  Ted Cruz privately apologized to GOP senators Tuesday for interrupting their holiday schedules by his surprise tactics that effectively brought the Senate into session over the weekend.  —  According to five senators who attended Tuesday's caucus lunch …
RELATED:
Bloomberg:
Russian Rate Jump Fails to Stop Ruble Crash  —  The ruble plummeted into a freefall, losing as much as 19 percent as panic swept across Russian financial markets after a surprise interest-rate increase failed to stem the run on the currency.  —  The ruble plunged to as weak as 80.10 per dollar …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Pakistani Taliban Attack on Peshawar School Leaves 145 Dead  —  Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan  —  The scene on Tuesday in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan after more than 100 people were killed in a Taliban attack on a school.  —  Video by Quynhanh Do on
RELATED:
New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers  —  A story in <em>New York</em>'s most recent issue was false.  —  In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
RELATED:
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
“Witness 40”: Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson  —  TSG probe unmasks grand jury witness who spun fabricated tale  —  The grand jury witness who testified that she saw Michael Brown pummel a cop before charging at him “like a football player, head down,” is a troubled, bipolar Missouri woman …
RELATED:
Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Report: Darren Wilson's Key Witness Lied About Everything
Discussion: iotwreport.com
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Congress quietly ends federal government's ban on medical marijuana  —  Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Biden marks start of Hanukkah at national menorah  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Hanukkah is about the miracle of courageous warriors overcoming great odds to protect their people's culture and dignity.  —  Biden is marking the start of the Jewish holiday by observing the lighting of the national menorah.
Discussion: Slantpoint
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:30 PM ET, December 16, 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: 
HHS.gov:
Open Enrollment Week 4: December 6 - December 12, 2014
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Wins iPod Antitrust Trial
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, CBS Detroit and NPR
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Gay-Bashing Suspects Held on All Charges
Eric Bradner / CNN:
McConnell: Keystone bill first up in new Senate
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Dershowitz Seeks to Bring Close to Polanski Case
Discussion: UPROXX, Gawker and Deadline
Sunlight Foundation Blog:
One group dominates the second round of net neutrality comments
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump ‘seriously considering’ 2016 bid
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Washington Post:
New poll finds majority of Americans believe torture justified after 9/11 attacks
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I was only 18 when Bill Cosby drugged me. …
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Canada Says Parliament Shooter Wasn't a Lone Wolf
Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
George W. Bush Cancels Trip Overseas For Fear Of Arrest
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Maxim Lott / Fox News:
Campus turns on Muslim conservative who penned satire
Discussion: The College Fix
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
John Yoo: If the Torture Report Is True, CIA Officers Are at Legal Risk
Discussion: Taylor Marsh