Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:20 AM ET, April 29, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Ada Statler-Throckmorton / Stanford Daily:
John Boehner talks election, time in office  —  “You can call me boner, beaner, jackass, happy to answer to almost anything,” said former Speaker of the House John Boehner as he took the stage at CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening.  Boehner joined David M. Kennedy, faculty director …
RELATED:
Jeff Mapes OPB / OPB:
Poll: Donald Trump Holds Big Lead Ahead Of Oregon's Republican Primary  —  A new poll of Republican voters in Oregon finds that Donald Trump has a double-digit lead in the state's May 17 primary, while Ted Cruz is second despite pulling out of the state.  —  The poll by the Portland-based …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz's latest fight with fellow Republicans is a reminder: Many don't like the guy … FORT WAYNE, Ind. — In the space of just 7 minutes here on Thursday, Ted Cruz reminded fellow Republicans that he has few friends in the party.  —  First he tangled with former House speaker John A. Boehner …
Bloomberg:
In Indiana, the Deal to Stop Trump May Be Backfiring  —  The alliance between Cruz and Kasich looks to some Hoosiers like insider politics.  And some won't pull the lever for Cruz.  —  michaelcbender  —  mniquette  —  The silence in the parking lot of the Hamilton County fairgrounds …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pete King: Cruz ‘gives Lucifer a bad name’
Discussion: Politico
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Ted Cruz's ‘Alliance’ With John Kasich Hits New Low Point
Discussion: Hot Air
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP elites are now resigned to Donald Trump as their nominee
Discussion: CNN and Washington Times
Ezra Klein / Vox:
John Boehner just confirmed everything liberals suspected about the Republican Party
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Satanists are furious that Boehner compared Ted Cruz to the Dark Lord
Discussion: Politico
Rasmussen Reports:
24% Opt Out of a Clinton-Trump Race
Discussion: Hot Air
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama makes joke at Cruz's expense  —  President Obama took a crack a Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz  —  on Thursday during an impromptu news conference with college journalists at the White House.  —  A student from Indiana, where Cruz is campaigning ahead of next week's primary …
RELATED:
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   Jeb Bush Talks About His Failed White House Bid: ‘I Ran Into A Storm’
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:   White House struggles to explain weak economy as Obama boasts of job growth
David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Save the Republican Party  —  Donald Trump's big victories in the Mid-Atlantic primaries don't represent quite the end of the ballgame—but they come damn close.  —  And now Donald Trump's many and fierce opponents in the Republican Party and the conservative movement face the hour of decision.
RELATED:
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer: Clinton Will ‘Go Down Like Monica Lewinsky’ Debating Trump  —  A Florida GOP official said that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would “go down like Monica Lewinsky” if she debated Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
GOP's Favorability Rating Edges Lower  —  A quarter of the public views both parties unfavorably  —  The Republican Party's image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall.  Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view.
Andrew Stephens / Los Angeles Times:
FBI arrests brother of San Bernardino terrorist and 2 others on marriage fraud charges  —  The FBI has served another warrant at the home of Syed Raheel Farook, the elder brother of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook.  The FBI also served a warrant at the home in February, as seen in this file photo.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
White powder found in Trump Tower mail room  —  A suspicious white powder was found at the mail room of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York's ABC 7 reports.  —  The powder was discovered around 8:15 in the mailroom of the fifth floor, and the offices on that floor have been evacuated.
Discussion: abc7ny.com and ABC News
RELATED:
Associated Press:
White Powder Is Mailed to Donald Trump's Campaign Office
Discussion: CNN, Slate and The Gateway Pundit
WSBT-TV:
VIDEO: Man hands Ted Cruz Communist Manifesto - watch what happens  —  Some young man gave Cruz something to sign during his Elkhart visit - turned out to be the Communist Manifesto.  —  Full coverage of Cruz's Michiana visit coming up at 4, 5 and 6 on WSBT 22 News.
Politico:
What Reporters Really Think of 2016  —  In the 2016 election, the media have become part of the story as never before—blamed for “creating” Donald Trump, while enduring repeated insults from him and his staff, criticized for being too soft (or was it too tough?) on Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mother Jones and Mediaite
RELATED:
Daily Mail:   When it comes to the women's card, Donald holds all the Trumps.  He knows What Women Want, and it isn't Hillary
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Huffington Post killed story pitch critical of Uber  —  Uber yesterday announced that Huffington Post Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington would be joining its board of directors, a move that put the site's reporters in an instant bind.  To fight the notion that Huffington Post would somehow …
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Army retains decorated Green Beret it planned to kick out over confronting Afghan child rapist  —  EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Army decided late Thursday to retain a decorated Green Beret it had planned to kick out after he physically confronted a local Afghan commander accused …
Anna Davies / New York Post:
I want all the perks of maternity leave — without having any kids  —  Photo: Tamara Beckwith/NY Post; Hair and makeup by Shannon Grey Williams for NEXT Artists … I was 31 years old in 2009, and I loved my career.  As an editor at a popular magazine, I got to work on big stories …
Discussion: Salon
Los Angeles / Associated Press:
Pentagon disciplines 16 for deadly attack on Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan  —  A Doctors Without Borders works walks inside the charred remains of the organization's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in October 2015.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SIMPLY THE WORST=> Obama is First President Ever to Not See Single Year of 3% GDP Growth  —  Obama's just like Reagan... Except when he isn't.  —  The rate of real economic growth is the single greatest determinate of both America's strength as a nation and the well-being of the American people.
Alistair Barr / Bloomberg:
Google CEO Pichai Sees the End of Computers as Physical Devices  —  Forget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand.  Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical devices.  —  “Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
46 Seconds Everyone Should Watch Before Handing Donald Trump The Nuclear Codes  —  Donald Trump swept all five states that voted last Tuesday, putting him in strong position to capture the Republican nomination.  Trump's rise to the top of the Republican party has been great for cable news ratings.
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy  —  Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing.  Why do so many voters feel left behind?  The president has a theory.  —  Two months ago, across an assembly-room table in a factory …
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
MEET HUMA ABEDIN, MYSTERIOUS CLINTON CONFIDANTE AND LONG-SUFFERING SPOUSE OF ANTHONY WEINER  —  For most of the past 20 years, Huma Mahmood Abedin, now a vice chair of Hillary Clinton's campaign, has served as Clinton's “body-woman”—basically a glorified lady's maid.
John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Hays eagles' feline meal disturbing for some viewers  —  It was inevitable, from the moment video cameras went up over Pittsburgh bald eagle nests, that viewers would eventually see something disturbing.  —  On Tuesday, eagles at the Hays nest site brought a young cat into the nest to feed their two eaglets.
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed:
Professors Rail Against Renaming Law School After Antonin Scalia, Taking Koch Money  —  The faculty senate at George Mason University just voted 21-13 to reopen the naming process of the law school.  —  Fairfax, Virginia — On Wednesday afternoon, professors at George Mason University protested …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
‘American Idol’ Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  —  EMAIL ME  —  Top reality-show producer Core Media currently has $398 million in debt.  —  Core Media Group, the company behind American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:20 AM ET, April 29, 2016.

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: 
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
He Got Custody and Killed Their 5 Kids
Sean Illing / Salon:
This is what the revolution looks like: Former Sanders staffers are launching a new PAC aimed …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Rupert Neate / Guardian:
New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices
Ken White / Popehat:
Marc Randazza Wrote An Amicus Brief About Klingon, And It's Magnificent
Discussion: Above the Law and Moe Lane
Chris Sonderby / Facebook:
Global Government Requests Report
Discussion: VentureBeat, The Hill and Engadget
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Steve Deace Destroys Trump Surrogate Kayleigh MacEnany: “Do You Have any Integrity at All?” (VIDEO)
 Earlier Items: 
The Huffington Post:
Koch Brothers Back New Effort To Make It Harder To Track Dark Money
Nick Gass / Politico:
Bobby Knight: Like Truman, Trump would have ‘guts to drop the bomb’
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Stranded mom sobs as cruise ship sails away with her kids
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Oops! GOP Rep's Gotcha Amendment On Drafting Women Actually Passed
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
 

 
From Mediagazer:

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

 
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