Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:00 PM ET, February 27, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
George W. Bush opens up on Trump's war with the media, Russia and travel ban  —  In his first in-depth interview since Donald Trump's inauguration, former President George W. Bush gave his take on the current commander in chief's first month in office, addressing Trump's attack on the media …
RELATED:
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bush breaks with Trump, calls media ‘indispensable to democracy’  —  Former President George W. Bush said Monday that the media is “indispensable to democracy,” a break from the position of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump, who has called the press “the enemy of the American people.”
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Bush 43 on Trump Travel Ban: ‘A Bedrock of Our Freedom Is the Right to Worship Freely’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
GOP's New Plan to Repeal Obamacare: Dare Fellow Republicans to Block Effort  —  GOP lawmakers gamble that setting bill in motion to strike Affordable Care Act will help break through intraparty disagreements  —  WASHINGTON—Republican leaders are betting that the only way for Congress …
RELATED:
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump: ‘Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” and again flirted with the idea that Republicans should let Obamacare “implode” so that Democrats shoulder the blame.
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
With Obamacare in jeopardy, California considers going it alone with ‘single-payer’ system  —  Michelle Klein-Hass, who lives in Panorama City, was newly insured under Medi-Cal when Obamacare expanded it in 2014, and is also a supporter of a single-payer system.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Oren Cass / National Review:
No, Obamacare Has Not Saved American Lives
Discussion: Instapundit
Heather R. Higgins / Wall Street Journal:   To End ObamaCare, Be Bold
Axios:
Exclusive: Spicer arranged CIA, GOP intelligence push-back  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer personally picked up the phone and connected outside officials with reporters to try to discredit a New York Times article about Trump campaign aides' contact with Russia …
RELATED:
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer is losing his grip  —  Never let it be said that President Trump and his underlings don't work hard, especially when it comes to initiatives aimed at smearing and stymieing the White House press corps.  Let's look at this crew's throughput over just the past three days.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Claim: Reporter laughs at Trump aide's emotion over SEAL death
Bloomberg:
Trump to Propose 10% Defense Increase in Budget Plan, Aides Say  —  Officials say other discretionary programs to face cuts  —  Mnuchin said Sunday that entitlement programs won't be touched  —  President Donald Trump will propose boosting defense spending by $54 billion in his first budget plan …
Discussion: Vox, Reuters and Axios
RELATED:
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump to propose 10 percent spike in defense spending, massive cuts to other agencies  —  President Trump will propose a federal budget that dramatically increases defense-related spending by $54 billion while cutting other federal agencies by the same amount, according to an administration official.
New York Times:
Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
White House calls for $54B bump in defense spending, sharp domestic cuts
Variety:
Oscars: Australian Producer Jan Chapman Devastated by Mistaken In-Memoriam Photo  —  Another Oscars Gaffe: In Memoriam Video Included Photo of Living Woman  —  Leading Australian producer, Jan Chapman was “devastated” by another mistake in the Oscars telecast.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Donna Brazile: ‘I was scared’  —  ATLANTA — Donna Brazile has been through a lot — but nothing like the last eight months.  —  More than taking over a Democratic National Committee in crisis, more than seeing the party collapse from cruising victory to crushing defeat all in one night …
RELATED:
Allison Sherry / Star Tribune:
New DNC chairman Perez wants to make Ellison ‘the face of the Democratic Party’
Discussion: National Review
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The DNC isn't enough: Democrats demand more leadership changes
Discussion: Common Dreams, ABC News and The Hill
Monica Davey / New York Times:
He's a Local Pillar in a Trump Town.  Now He Could Be Deported.  —  WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. — Ask residents of this coal-mining crossroads about President Trump's decision to crack down on undocumented immigrants and most offer no protest.  Mr. Trump, who easily won this mostly white southern Illinois county …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Eschaton
USA Today:
Here's how the worst flub in Oscar history went down  —  Oscar got it wrong, wrong, soooo wrong.  The presenters announced the wrong Best Picture; Moonlight was the winner, not La La Land.  —  It was the biggest, most embarrassing, most awkward mistake in the history of the Academy Awards …
Discussion: Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
RELATED:
Michael Rothman / ABC News:
‘Moonlight’ wins best picture after ‘La La Land’ mistakenly announced
Timothy Noah / Politico:
Puzder says ‘tsunami of fake news’ defeated him  —  Former labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder on Monday blamed “a tsunami of fake news” and a campaign by Democrats and the left for ending his nomination.  —  Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Hardee's and Carl's Jr. …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Democrats predict anti-Trump ‘tsunami’ in 2018 governor's races  —  THE BIG IDEA: As a House freshman, Jay Inslee lost reelection in 1994 because of voter frustration with Bill Clinton's first two years as president.  Tom Foley, who represented an adjacent district …
RELATED:
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   Primary for Virginia Governor Tests Power of an Anti-Trump Campaign
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: 'I haven't called Russia in 10 years' … President Trump on Monday appeared to dismiss a question about his aides' alleged ties to Russia by saying he hasn't spoken to the country in a decade.  —  “I haven't called Russia in 10 years,” he told a reporter who asked him whether …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:00 PM ET, February 27, 2017.

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: 
Katherine Rodriguez / Breitbart:
Half of college students believe their student loans will be forgiven after graduation, according to a recent poll.
Discussion: Infowars and TheBlaze
Julie Kelly / The Federalist:
Why I've Decided To Break Up With Bill Kristol
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
CUNY admin allegedly said there were ‘too many Jews’ on his staff
Discussion: Gothamist
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obamascare: 60% of online Obamacare defenders ‘paid to post’ hits on critics
 Earlier Items: 
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Promised Economic Stimulus Won't Happen This Year
Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Has Inspired a New Golden Age of Late-Night Comedy
Patrick J. McDonnell / Los Angeles Times:
On the other side of the wall: Mexicans on the border are ‘psychologically traumatized’
Discussion: The Week
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump's Alpha Male Foreign Policy
Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
Supersmart Robots Will Outnumber Humans Within 30 Years, Says SoftBank CEO
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump, Archenemy of Truth
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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

Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022

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

 
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