Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:05 PM ET, September 22, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS:  —  Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason.  It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something.  —  UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
RELATED:
Glenn Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Instapundit Suspended From Twitter After Urging Drivers To Hit NC Protesters
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Guardian:
Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama  —  Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised' … Donald Trump's campaign chair …
RELATED:
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump official resigns after racism comments  —  's campaign in Ohio resigned on Thursday following comments suggesting President Obama is to blame for racism.  —  Trump's Ohio state director, Bob Paduchik, said in a statement that county chairs are “volunteers” and “not spokespeople for the campaign.”
Discussion: Politico
TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
RELATED:
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
LAPD: Brad Pitt Not Investigated for Child Abuse
Discussion: The Week and LawNewz
Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch: Trump 44%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 8%, Stein 2%  —  With the first presidential debate coming on Monday, Donald Trump has moved to a five-point lead over Hillary Clinton, his biggest advantage since mid-July.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports weekly White House Watch telephone …
RELATED:
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Tied in North Carolina Poll, With Sharp Educational Divides  —  Greensboro  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Greensboro  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Greensboro  —  Durham  —  Raleigh  —  Asheville  —  Charlotte  —  Durham  —  Asheville
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Leads Trump Ahead of First Debate
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users  —  A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the Internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending.  —  Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune  —  Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach …
RELATED:
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Yahoo expected to confirm huge data breach
Discussion: Business Insider, WCMH-TV and WCDC-TV
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dalai Lama does Trump impression  —  Add the Dalai Lama to the list of Donald Trump  —  impressionists.  —  The Buddhist spiritual leader laughed at the mention of Trump during an interview broadcast Thursday on ITV's “Good Morning Britain,” saying he hasn't met him.
Discussion: alan.com
RELATED:
Guardian:
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
Discussion: Boing Boing, Raw Story and Mediaite
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests  —  Less than a day after protests over the police killing of an African-American man turned violent in North Carolina, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump placed some of the blame for the turmoil on the impact of drugs.
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Signal
RELATED:
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Ryan defers on Trump's ‘stop-and-frisk’ pitch
Discussion: ABC News
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign has paid his family's businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics.
RELATED:
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Analysis: Trump campaign has paid $8 million to his businesses
Discussion: alan.com
RELATED:
The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte police protests: Governor declares state of emergency as violence erupts for second night
RELATED:
D. Watkins / Salon:
Why are cops OK with killing black people?  Because American history teaches that we aren't fully human
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Nick Miller / East Bay Express:
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Hit in Face with Pie at Event, Assaults Protester in ‘Bloody’ Scene  —  Multiple sources have confirmed that Sacramento Mayor, former NBA star, and UC Berkeley standout Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie tonight at a farm-to-table dinner event …
Ben Weyl / Politico:
McConnell plays hardball in spending fight  —  Mitch McConnell is playing hardball — forcing Democrats into a take-it-or-leave-it position on a must-pass government spending bill before funding runs dry at the end of the month.  —  With spending negotiations still stymied at the Capitol …
Discussion: The Resurgent
RELATED:
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama eyes risky election-year veto
Discussion: Hot Air
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax  —  Tax plan changed to increase top rate for wealthiest households  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would impose a 65% tax on the largest estates and make it harder for wealthy households to pass appreciated assets …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Spiritual Healing with Marla Maples, Trump's Ex-Wife  —  Marla Maples was taking Angelina Jolie's side.  —  Sitting outside Boulud Sud across from Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon, amid news of Brangelina's divorce, the woman who famously broke up Donald Trump's first marriage and went …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump  —  Samuel Goldman is one of America's most thoughtful conservatives.  A professor of political theory at George Washington University and the executive director of its Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr: “A Lot In A 12,000-Page Tax Return That Wouldn't Make Sense To Open Up”  —  Donald Trump Jr. said one of the reasons his father is not releasing his tax returns is because there's a lot of stuff in his father's business career and it “wouldn't make sense to open up” to public.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Central Banks Have No Practical Tools to Raise Inflation  —  Greg Ip in the Wall Street Journal today: … I suspect we're learning something new: central banks can squash inflation by raising interest rates and causing a recession, but no central bank has ever tried to raise inflation.
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
Tale of Two Charities: Trump's Helps Trump While the Clintons' Is the Real Deal.  —  Let's do a reality check on the charitable giving of the two major presidential candidates in the hope of showing the reason that, to use my favorite Twitter hashtag, #factsmatter.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:05 PM ET, September 22, 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: 
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Sessions on Bushes' Trump snub: They've forgotten who elected them
Rich Lowry / Politico:
How Trump Could Win the Debate
Discussion: Mother Jones
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
House panel votes to hold Clinton tech aide Bryan Pagliano in contempt
Discussion: ABC News
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Benjamin Netanyahu needs 20 special agents to go to the bathroom
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Teen arrested after naming 33 students and teachers in detailed shooting plot at Hesperia school
Discussion: Raw Story and KTLA
Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Is Hillary In Danger of Pulling a Dukakis?
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'We'll see what's going on' with Clinton at debate
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Clinton gets awkward with Zach Galifianakis on ‘Between Two Ferns’
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Pre-Debate Drama
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
How John McCain and Russ Feingold are riding the big money wave in their campaigns
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's bizarre ad strategy