Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:20 AM ET, June 15, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say  —  The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination …
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
Even Trump's Aides Blame Him for Obstruction Probe: ‘President Did This to Himself’ … It's exactly the circumstance Donald Trump tried to avoid.  But Trump's own actions have made an FBI investigation into the president himself a reality.  —  Firing James Comey, the FBI director, was …
New York Times:
Mueller Seeks to Talk to Intelligence Officials, Hinting at Inquiry of Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel examining Russia's meddling in the 2016 election has requested interviews with three high-ranking current and former intelligence officials in the latest indication …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Mueller's revenge: “Can't fire him now”  —  Most White House officials feared Robert Mueller would go after President Trump for obstruction of justice.  —  The signs were everywhere: James Comey's testimony that Trump urged him to drop the FBI probe of Michael Flynn; Trump's forceful denial …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller, Salon and Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Examining Whether Donald Trump Obstructed Justice  —  President Donald Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey is now a subject of the federal probe being headed by special counsel Robert Mueller, which has expanded to include whether the president obstructed justice.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Hush of tragedy  —  WHAT TO KNOW TODAY  — Rep. Steve Scalise is in critical condition and will undergo more surgery, according to hospital authorities, after he and a lobbyist, a congressional staffer and a Capitol Police officer were struck in a shootout Wednesday morning …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The WaPo Obstruction Blockbuster and the World of Hurt To Come  —  After marveling at the lede of this new Washington Post bombshell - Mueller investigating Trump for obstruction of justice - I went back and read the whole piece again.  You would think that news would be enough for a single piece.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump decries obstruction probe tied to ‘phony’ Russia collusion story
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump huddled with donors on day of Comey testimony
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
New York Times:
America's Lethal Politics  —  America's elected representatives enjoying America's pastime on a ball field just across the Potomac from the Capitol: A particularly American form of terror changed that idyll early Wednesday morning into what Senator Rand Paul, who was there, called “basically a killing field.”
RELATED:
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Attack Tests Movement Sanders Founded
Discussion: IJR, Shadowproof and Althouse
9news.com.au:
Leaked audio reveals Malcolm Turnbull roasting Donald Trump over ‘fake polls’ and Russia  —  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't known for being a comedian but he tried some daring Donald Trump material on a room full of journalists in Canberra last night.
RELATED:
Rob Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
Australian Leader Mocks Donald Trump: ‘We Are Winning So Much’
Discussion: Politico
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Seventeen-Point Drop in US Satisfaction Among Republicans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. took a hit since last month.  Forty-one percent of Republicans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., down 17 percentage points since May.
Discussion: Political Wire
RELATED:
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:   The GOP's Risky Calculation for 2018
Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
Dennis Rodman gifts Trump's ‘Art of the Deal’ to North Korean minister  —  CNN on the ground: Waiting for Dennis Rodman  —  (CNN)Dennis Rodman may not have been sent to North Korea by US President Donald Trump, but that's not stopping the former basketball star from promoting his former reality TV co-star.
RELATED:
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Dennis Rodman just gave Kim Jong Un ‘The Art of the Deal.’ And it may be a genius move.  —  TOKYO — If Donald Trump was hoping to use the negotiating skills honed during decades in business to strike a bargain with Kim Jong Un, he'd better think again.  —  Dennis Rodman, the former basketball …
Alex Acquisto / Bangor Daily News:
Maine woman attacked by raccoon drowns rabid animal in puddle  —  HOPE, Maine — While jogging on a familiar, overgrown, wooded trail near her home on a recent warm afternoon, Rachel Borch thought to herself.  “What a beautiful day.”  —  Little did she know she was about to be attacked …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans are about to make Medicare-for-all much more likely  —  If Republicans strike down Obamacare, the “Medicare for all” movement will become more powerful than they can imagine.  —  The details of the Senate GOP's Obamacare replacement plan remain a mystery.
RELATED:
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP's fantastically anti-democratic quest to kill health care in the dark
Andy Slavitt / USA Today:   The GOP health bill will hurt Americans. Bad backroom deals won't cure that.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘They tried to make money off it’: Colorado GOP leader busted for fundraising off of baseball shooting  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican Colorado House Minority Leader Patrick Neville on Wednesday defended using the shooting of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) to raise funds.
Discussion: KUSA-TV
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad  —  WASHINGTON — The Energy Department is closing an office that works with other countries to develop clean energy technology, another sign of the Trump administration's retreat on climate-related activities after its withdrawal from the Paris agreement this month.
Bloomberg:
Message Startup Slack Said to Draw Interest From Amazon.com  —  Chatroom company's value said to be at least $9 billion  —  Microsoft boosted competition with Teams chat platform  —  Corporate chatroom startup Slack Technologies Inc. has received recent inquiries about a potential takeover …
RELATED:
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Congress dealt a huge blow to Trump's Russia plans, and the White House is already ‘pushing back’
Discussion: Raw Story
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
The Emerging Senate Repeal Bill Eviscerates Protections for Millions in Employer Plans Nationwide  —  This week Axios reported that the emerging Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will allow states to waive coverage of essential health benefits for small employer and individually purchased plans.
Discussion: Axios and Politicus USA
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Why Should We Trust Mueller?  —  What really stinks is that Robert Mueller may very well be as squared away as people say he is, and it doesn't matter.  The guy is a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Marine, and not a soldier-trashing fraud like John Kerry either.  He's served his country …
Discussion: Instapundit
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Manafort still doing international work  —  Paul Manafort is at the center of an FBI investigation into ties between President Donald Trump's team and the Russians, but that hasn't stopped him from doing business with international figures and companies, partly by claiming continued access to Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story, Financial Times and The Week
The Washington Times http / Washington Times:
A shooting war on Republicans  —  Trump Derangement Syndrome leads to an attempted assassination  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The only person responsible for shooting up a congressional baseball practice Wednesday in Alexandria, wounding a Republican congressman and several aides …
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
CNN files lawsuit seeking Comey's Trump memos  —  Washington (CNN)In federal court Thursday, CNN filed a lawsuit seeking to force the FBI to turn over former director James Comey's memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump.  —  Comey described the meetings and his note-taking …
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin jokingly offers Comey asylum during annual phone-in session  —  Russian president's yearly question-and-answer event included comments on the former FBI director and a phone call from Arizona about ‘Russophobia’ … Vladimir Putin made a sarcastic offer of asylum to former FBI director James Comey …
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, Transgenderism, and Islamist Terror  —  In a wide-ranging interview Paglia talks about Donald Trump's successes, how Chuck Schumer emboldened the “resistance,” why the left can't condemn Islamist terrorism, and “the cold biological truth that sex changes are impossible.”
Discussion: Althouse
Chuck Grassley:
Grassley Agrees with Feinstein on Need to Examine Justice Dept., FBI Decisions in Politically Charged Investigations & Comey's Removal  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that the committee will pursue investigations into any efforts to influence FBI investigations.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:20 AM ET, June 15, 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: 
Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
McAuliffe: ‘We Lose 93 Million Americans a Day to Gun Violence’
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Left Embraces Political Violence
Seth Barron / City Journal:
Incitement to Violence  —  The Left has raised America's …
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt used two government email addresses in his last job. He told Congress he used one.
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
Rachel Maddow: The Rolling Stone Interview
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Larry White / Alt-M:
Experts and the Gold Standard
Discussion: EconLog
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Is Accused of Making Improper Changes to Mortgages
The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
Muslim is stranded in Kenya on his way back to Utah
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Jack Ma's Libertarian Talk Approaches Red Line
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Robert Mueller Chooses His Investigatory Dream Team
Discussion: Vox, Above the Law and The Atlantic
Bill Spencer / Click2Houston.com:
Video shows Houston passenger pushed by United employee
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox News Is Dropping Its ‘Fair & Balanced’ Slogan