Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:30 AM ET, March 11, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday moved to sweep away the remaining vestiges of Obama administration prosecutors at the Justice Department, ordering 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations immediately …
RELATED:
CNN:
Anger mounts over handling of US attorney firings  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked for the resignations of 46 US attorneys, igniting anger from officials who say they were given no warning about their dismissals.  —  The Justice Department announced the firings Friday afternoon …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during prior presidential administrations, the Justice Department said Friday.
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Sessions asks 46 Obama-era US attorneys to resign  —  has asked dozens of U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Barack Obama  —  to submit their resignations, the Department of Justice announced Friday.  —  U.S. attorneys are normally replaced at the beginning of new administrations.
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:   Jeff Sessions Asks All Remaining Obama-Appointed U.S. Attorneys To Resign
Reuters:
Sessions asks 46 Obama-era U.S. attorneys to resign
Discussion: IJR
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What's a legitimate news outlet?  A new face in the White House press pool raises questions.  —  In an age of partisan media, the lines between “partisan” and “media” can sometimes blur.  —  Case in point: The pool reporter covering Vice President Pence on Thursday — that is …
RELATED:
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News Radio correspondent confronts Gateway Pundit reporter in White House briefing room  —  A Fox News Radio correspondent confronted in the White House briefing room the White House reporter for a website that traffics in conspiracy theories, witnesses said on Friday.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Gateway Pundit Reporter ACCOSTED, HARASSED — Screamed At in White House Press Room: “Nazi... White Supremacist!”
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Revised Trump travel ban suffers first legal blow  —  President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order suffered its first legal setback Friday as a federal judge blocked the directive's potential impact on the family of a Syrian refugee living in Wisconsin.
RELATED:
Steve Gorman / Reuters:
Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback  —  A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dino Grandoni / BuzzFeed:
Trump Appointee Who Tweeted About “Some Muslim Piece Of S**t” Is Out From Energy Department  —  A Trump campaign worker appointed to the Energy Department is a former massage therapist with a history of tweeting anti-Muslim remarks.  —  A massage therapist and former Trump campaign operative …
Discussion: Raw Story, Greentech Media and Axios
RELATED:
Darius Dixon / Politico:   Energy Department parts company with Trump appointee who called Muslims ‘maggots’
The Daily Caller:
Flynn Paid Ex-FBI Agents, Behavior Analysts In Lobbying Work For Turkish Government  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lobbying work for the Turkish government involved payments to several former FBI officials and a retired admiral who served in a top intelligence role for the joint chiefs of staff.
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Trump transition knew Flynn might register as foreign agent
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago is heaven — for spies  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump relishes the comforts of his Mar-a-Lago estate for repeated weekends away from Washington, but former Secret Service and intelligence officials say the resort is a security nightmare vulnerable to both casual and professional spies.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump adviser admits to contact with DNC hacker  —  Roger Stone, President Trump's former campaign advisor, on Friday admitted to having private conversations with a hacker who helped leak information from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during last year's campaign.
Discussion: RedState
RELATED:
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Sean Spicer's Quick Twitter Reaction to Jobs Report May Break a Rule  —  The enthusiastic reaction of Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was understandable on Friday when the Labor Department reported a gain of 235,000 jobs.  “Great news for American workers,” he proclaimed, “in first report for @POTUS Trump.”
RELATED:
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Spicer broke a federal rule when he hailed jobs report too soon after its release
Discussion: The Nation and Mashable
TMZ.com:
Ciara — Car Accident in L.A.  —  1:44 PM PT — Russell Wilson just let everyone know Ciara is ok, tweeting, “Momma Wilson & Baby Wilson are feeling great!  God is good!”  Ciara — who's pregnant and in her 3rd trimester — was involved in a car crash in L.A. moments ago ... TMZ has learned.
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Liberal Democracy Is Suffering From a Concussion  —  Here's the latest in the assault on liberal democracy.  It happened more than a week ago, but I cannot get it out of my consciousness.  A group of conservative students at Middlebury College in Vermont invited the highly controversial author Charles Murray …
Discussion: National Review and Hot Air
Robert Jervis / Foreign Policy:
Rex Tillerson Might Be the Weakest Secretary of State Ever  —  There are five avenues to power at Foggy Bottom, and they're all blocked to the current man in charge.  —  While much of America's political class is transfixed by the debate about connections between Russia and the White House …
Simon Ostrovsky / CNN:
Ukraine lawyer seeks probe of alleged hacked texts of Manafort's daughter  —  Manafort pressed on ties to Kremlin (2016)  —  Kiev, Ukraine (CNN)A Ukrainian human rights attorney representing the victims of mass police shootings in Kiev in 2014 has asked prosecutors to investigate …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Amash cries after missing first vote in Congress  —  Rep. Justin Amash has long boasted about not missing a single vote since he arrived in Congress in 2011 — 4,289 in a row, give or take a vote, if you're counting.  —  But on Friday, as he was railing against the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill off …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Top Republicans can't agree on basic facts about their health plan  —  Will people lose coverage under AHCA?  Depends which Republican you ask.  —  The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release estimates next week for how many people the new GOP health plan will cover — and top Republicans are divided over what to expect.
RELATED:
Ricochet:
Samantha Bee Called Young Man a Nazi.  Then Apologized.  Kinda.  —  Samantha Bee is not funny.  She hosts a nightly TBS show named “Full Frontal,” which mimics the hard-left fake-news template of “The Daily Show.”  The latter show still exists, hosted by the not-funny Trevor Noah …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:30 AM ET, March 11, 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: 
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Roman Polanski Says He'll Return To LA If No More Jail Time For 1977 Rape
Discussion: twitchy.com
Logan Churchwell / Breitbart:
Ohio Anti-fracking Organizer Gets Jail for Voter Registration Fraud
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Dems' Irrational Obamacare Exuberance
Discussion: Instapundit
The Local:
Priest who dressed up as Hugh Hefner and simulated sex with male playboy bunnies seeks forgiveness
Discussion: PinkNews
Associated Press:
IMMIGRATION AGENT CONVICTED OF ACCEPTING CASH BRIBES, SEX
Discussion: Daily Wire
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump taps private security director for White House job
Discussion: Washington Post and ThinkProgress
 Earlier Items: 
Financial Times:
White House civil war breaks out over trade
Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
7 Reasons Why Obamacare 2.0 Is All But Guaranteed to Impose Crushing Costs on Voters …
Patrick Maguire / New Statesman:
Is Northern Ireland heading for a second election? James Brokenshire seems to think so
Discussion: RedState, The Federalist and Mashable
CNN:
The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation
Discussion: The Week
 

 
From Mediagazer:

College Media Association:
A coalition of collegiate and professional press freedom groups urges campus administrators to respect the rights of student journalists covering protests

Matt Pearce:
A California state senator unveils a bill to impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech companies to fund $500M a year in local journalism jobs through tax credits

Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal Music Group and TikTok agree a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections
 
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