Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:20 PM ET, March 5, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, a day after leveling a widely disputed allegation that President Barack Obama had ordered the tapping of his phones, demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama abused …
RELATED:
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Deny’ Wiretap of Trump Tower  —  WASHINGTON — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday denied any suggestion that Trump Tower communications were wiretapped before the election.  —  For the part of the national security apparatus that he oversaw …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority  —  In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps - a move that would be a federal crime …
Discussion: RedState
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Mark Levin on Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’  —  Sunday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” while discussing President Donald Trump's tweets accusing the former Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower before the election, conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin broke …
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
If Trump Tower Was Wiretapped, Trump Can Declassify That Right Now  —  If in fact Trump Tower was wiretapped during the 2016 presidential campaign, as President Trump claimed in several tweets Saturday morning, he can do much more than say so on twitter: Presidents have the power …
Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump and Democratic Smokescreens  —  When I woke up Sunday, I thought the morning news shows would all be talking about the unusual, perhaps dangerous, decision of the Obama administration to wiretap the offices of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.  —  I've been watching Chuck Todd's “Meet the Press” as I write this.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump  —  President Trump's early Saturday morning tweeting has exploded to the forefront an uncovered scandal I've been talking about since early January (including in this weekend's column): The fact that the Obama Justice Department …
Associated Press:
The Latest: House intel panel to probe Trump wiretap claims  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's claim that then-President Barack Obama had Trump's telephones tapped during last year's election (all times EST):  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes says President Donald Trump's allegations …
Discussion: Politico
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Rubio: Whether Trump's claims are true will become clear ‘over the next few days’  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday that whether or not President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated assertions that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the presidential election …
Discussion: RedState, Politico and Hot Air
Associated Press:   THE LATEST: OBAMA INTEL DIRECTOR ON WIRETAP: ‘I CAN DENY IT’
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Faces Furor Over Unsubstantiated Claim Obama Wiretapped Him
New York Times:
Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Miners and More  —  WASHINGTON — Telecommunications giants like Verizon and AT&T will not have to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that their customers' Social Security numbers, web browsing history and other personal information are not stolen or accidentally released.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and NRA-ILA
Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Franken: 'We don't know what the Russians have on Donald Trump'  —  Democratic Sen. Al Franken said President Trump's assertion that former President Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 election campaign are “just ridiculous and a distraction.”
RELATED:
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Thousands of ICE detainees claim they were forced into labor, a violation of anti-slavery laws  —  Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws — a lawsuit claims.
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's literally pay to play at Mar-a-Lago  —  If you pay $200,000 a year to the company Donald Trump owns, you too can have access most weekends to the president and his top officials.  As an alternative, your organization could cut a $150,000 check to bring in a couple of hundred people …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
RELATED:
Kristina Webb / Palm Beach Post:
Trump mingles with Mar-a-Lago guests outside charity ball
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Balloon Juice
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Patience Gone, Koch-Backed Groups Will Pressure G.O.P. on Health Repeal  —  WASHINGTON — Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill …
Discussion: Axios
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Rogers: Trump feeding the ‘conspiracy parking meter’  —  Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said on Sunday that President Trump fed the “conspiracy parking meter” when he accused former President Barack Obama  —  of wiretapping his office.  —  “He just put another quarter in the conspiracy parking meter.
Discussion: RedState
Randy Billingsstaff / Press Herald:
To Portland panhandlers, program may offer welcome change: Jobs  —  Using Albuquerque as a model, Portland would pay $10.68 per hour to those willing and able to work.  —  Dana Burnell said he'd rather be working.  —  But that's difficult when you're homeless and struggling with substance abuse issues …
Discussion: WREG-TV
New York Times:
President Trump's Island Mentality  —  Throughout history, American presidents have declared it their job to protect and advance the interests of the United States and its citizens.  President Trump has shoehorned that wholesome, uncontroversial idea into a narrow-minded …
WND:
Loretta Lynch: Need more marching, blood, death on streets  —  Senate Dems post her impassioned plea on Facebook page as ‘words of inspiration’  —  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's former Attorney General Loretta Lynch has made an impassioned video plea for more marching …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:20 PM ET, March 5, 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: 
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Fake Hate Crimes
Discussion: Instapundit
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
President Trump Plans Monday Morning Blitz with New Immigration Executive Order
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Pelosi punts on Democrat's joke about Kellyanne Conway looking ‘familiar’ kneeling on White House couch
Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com
Nick Fouriezos / OZY:
Can This Democrat Help Win Back the Senate?
Harold Meyerson / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed L.A. faces a moral test: How will we respond to deportation threats?
The American Interest:
American Shale Ready to Take On Petrostates
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Mohajer / The Huffington Post:
Trump Advisor Roger Stone Launches Into Vulgar Twitter Rant, Admits Contact With Assange During Clinton Leaks
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Different Bargain on Race
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
SNL has a blockbuster in search of a hero: The Republican who stands up to Trump
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
EXCLUSIVE Netanyahu offered opposition leader to push together for regional peace initiative - and then backtracked
Discussion: Israpundit
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Migrants Confront Judgment Day Over Old Deportation Orders
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump Tours Holocaust Museum as Father Considers Visit
Daily Mail:
Revealed: Tony Blair's secret White House summit as he launches astonishing bid to work for Donald …
Discussion: The Guardian
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
FAKE NEWS: Sweden's Integration Minister Admits Lying to BBC About Rape Stats