Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:50 PM ET, August 9, 2015

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Disrupter  —  Washington — I'VE been hesitant to start writing about Donald Trump.  —  I was worried that if I wrote something that made him mad, he would send out one of his midnight mordant tweets about me, something like “She started as a 3.  Now she's a 1.”  —  I'd be upset, of course.
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Trump Resumes Battle With Rivals, Fox Debate Moderator  —  Donald Trump on Sunday resumed his running battle with a Fox News television host and Republican presidential rivals who accuse him of disrespecting women as he tried to make the case that a main challenger is the one in trouble with female voters.
Discussion: Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Amid Trump mess, GOP candidates shine at RedState  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  ATLANTA — It's likely the Donald Trump melodrama is the only news you've heard from the RedState Gathering of conservatives in Atlanta.  But something unusual happened here, and it had nothing to do with Trump.
CBS News:
Donald Trump: “I will be phenomenal to the women”  —  Shares -  —  Presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to redirect incoming fire at rival Republican Jeb Bush, saying that Bush has a “huge” problem with women and he is by far the better candidate with that demographic.
Discussion: The Week
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Donald Trump: No apology on ‘blood’ remark amid GOP backlash  —  (CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump defended himself Sunday from the fierce backlash he's received for criticizing Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly, insisting he said nothing wrong and that he values women.
Discussion: Deadline and The Week
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's history of flippant misogyny
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:   The Trump Goes On  —  It's not over.  And it's likely to end badly.
Daily Mail:
Donald Trump was talking about Fox host Megyn Kelly's NOSE at GOP conference
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders speech  —  Black Lives Matter interrupted the planned speech for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Westlake Park on Saturday afternoon.  Sanders left without delivering his speech.  —  A Seattle speech …
RELATED:
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
BlackLivesMatter Protesters Err in Attacking Those Who Give Them the Microphone  —  For the second time in as many months, protesters from BlackLivesMatter forced Bernie Sanders from the stage at a scheduled event.  Also for the second time, a later event that same day turned out massive crowds for the underdog Democratic candidate.
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger
Discussion: Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Protesters drove Bernie Sanders from one Seattle stage. At his next stop, 15,000 people showed.
The Hill:
Protesters shut down Bernie Sanders rally
Discussion: Politico, Progress Pond and Mashable
KHOU-TV:
Suspect in custody after 5 kids, 3 adults killed at N. Harris County home  —  49-year-old suspect allegedly shot at deputies before standoff ensued  —  HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man has surrendered after five kids and three adults were found dead at a home late Saturday evening.
The Times of Israel:
Obama says Israeli interference in US affairs over Iran deal unprecedented  —  Amid fierce battle between White House and pro-Israel lobby for Congressional votes, president says he doesn't recall a ‘similar example’ of outside intervention  —  US President Barack Obama said Israeli interference …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tom Tancredo / BREITBART.COM:
Illegal Alien Crime Accounts for over 30% of Murders in Many States  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deserves credit for forcing all 17 Republican candidates to talk about the social costs of illegal immigration, but it is not “Trump's issue.”
Sydney Seau / New York Times:
The Hall of Fame Speech Junior Seau's Daughter Couldn't Give  —  Before his suicide, Junior Seau told his daughter to speak on his behalf if he entered the Hall of Fame.  But the Hall didn't allow her to speak at the ceremony.  Here's what Sydney would have said.  —  By AXEL GERDAU on
Jane Merrick / The Independent:
Jeremy Corbyn to ‘bring back Clause IV’: Contender pledges to bury New Labour with commitment to public ownership of industry  —  Exclusive: Frontrunner pledges to bury New Labour, as all the deputy candidates confirm that they would serve under him  —  Jeremy Corbyn has risked provoking …
Discussion: Guardian, Spectator and LabourList
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 1:50 PM ET, August 9, 2015.

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: 
Daily Mail:
Police and MI5 race to foil IED attack on the Queen at World War II anniversary
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Washington Post:
D.C. police shoot woman who brandished knife near fire scene
Discussion: Guardian and Associated Press
Gerard Alexander / New York Times:
Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Inside McConnell's plan to avert a government shutdown
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Four Planned Parenthood Centers Cited In Florida Probe, Three Ordered To Stop Second-Trimester Abortions
Discussion: BizzyBlog
Burlington Free Press:
Officials: DCF worker killed after custody dispute
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
 

 
From Techmeme:

Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Memo: Microsoft's Xbox plans to shut down multiple Bethesda studios and consolidate teams to prioritize high-impact titles and invest in Bethesda's portfolio

Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Source: OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web and show results with citations to sources and images

 
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