Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:15 PM ET, June 22, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Barack Obama:
Our politics are divided.  They have been for a long time.  And while I know that division makes it difficult to listen to Americans with whom we disagree, that's what we need to do today.  —  I recognize that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has become a core tenet of the Republican Party.
RELATED:
Rand Paul / U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky:
Sens. Paul, Cruz, Johnson, and Lee Issue Joint Statement on Senate Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON - Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Thursday responding to the release of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017:
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ Poll: Public Overwhelmingly Disapproves of House Health Care Bill  —  Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  This new poll comes as Senate Republicans unveil their own health care legislation on Thursday.
Discussion: Mother Jones, NBC News and Daily Kos
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell's Calculation May Be That He Still Wins by Losing  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to managing Republicans' best interests, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, rarely loses.  So it is possible that Mr. McConnell views the potential failure of a hastily written health care bill as an eventual boon.
Discussion: Axios
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
A Message to Trump Voters on the Occasion of This Healthcare Bill  —  You pulled the lever.  This is what you were voting for.  —  Hello, suckers.  —  Yeah, you.  All of you.  All of you people who've been buying what the radicalized Republican party has been selling you since Reagan rode out of Trickledown Gulch back in 1980.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here comes the Senate GOP's health bill.  It's a cruel and cynical shell game.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  President Trump has privately described the GOP repeal-and-replace bill that recently passed the House as “mean,” and he said he hopes the Senate version has more “heart.”
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The conservative health care problem  —  Even before the Senate health care bill is released, conservatives already want to amend it.  Sen. Ted Cruz may try to amend the bill to let insurers sell health plans that don't comply with Affordable Care Act rules — but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
What's in the Senate healthcare bill
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Signal
Audi McCullough / Washington Post:   For me and my son, Medicaid cuts don't mean hard choices. They mean life or death.
CNN:
Senate finally unveils secret health care bill
New York Times:
Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026
Discussion: MattBruenig
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
GOP repeal bill reveals catastrophic attack on Planned Parenthood and 2.4 million patients
Discussion: IJR
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Not Have Recordings of Conversations With Comey  —  President Donald Trump doesn't have recordings of his conversations with then-FBI Director James Comey, according to a person familiar with the matter, capping weeks of speculation about whether such tapes exist.
RELATED:
Robert Fife / Globe and Mail:
Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq  —  OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF — The Globe and Mail (includes correction)  —  A sniper with Canada's elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Republican Coal King Sues HBO Over John Oliver's Show … A Republican coal baron is suing John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner, and the writers for Oliver's show over the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight.  —  The suit, filed on June 21 in the circuit court of Marshall County, West Virginia …
Scott Cohn / CNBC:
Trump's Carrier jobs deal is just not living up to the hype  — Carrier, a division of UTC, will employ about 1,069 people for 10 years in exchange for $7 million in incentives.  But there are crucial details in the fine print.  — State and local governments spend at least $70 billion …
RELATED:
Alayna Treene / Axios:   Carrier moving Trump jobs to Mexico
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Pelosi Strikes Back: 'I Think I'm Worth the Trouble'  —  WASHINGTON — Pushing back on criticism from fellow party members after the Democratic loss in a Georgia special election this week, Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she's “worth the trouble” as Democrats' leader in the House.
RELATED:
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi's Democratic critics plot to replace her
Discussion: MSNBC and Axios
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's ‘poor’ choice of words raises eyebrows
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
BBC:
Exploding cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger  —  A well-known lifestyle blogger in France has been killed by an exploding whipped cream dispenser.  —  Rebecca Burger's death was announced on Facebook in what her family called a “domestic accident”.
CNN:
Intel chiefs tell investigators Trump suggested they refute collusion with Russians  — Coats and Rogers said interactions with Trump about the Russia investigation were odd, uncomfortable  —  (CNN)Two of the nation's top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team …
Pew Research Center:
America's Complex Relationship With Guns  —  An in-depth look at the attitudes and experiences of U.S. adults  —  As a nation, the U.S. has a deep and enduring connection to guns.  Integrated into the fabric of American society since the country's earliest days, guns remain a point of pride for many Americans.
RELATED:
Travis Mitchell / Pew Research Center:   2. Guns and daily life: Identity, experiences, activities and involvement
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Was Silenced.  Then She Silenced Us.  —  Last week, Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, made headlines when Republican senators interrupted her at a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee while she interrogated Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
2 Cosby holdouts prevented guilty verdict, juror says  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a juror in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case said that after dozens of hours of grueling deliberations in a tiny room, 10 of the 12 jurors agreed he was guilty on two counts.
RELATED:
Aarati Soman / Facebook:
Giving People More Control Over Their Facebook Profile Picture  —  Part of our goal in building global community is understanding the needs of people who use Facebook in specific countries and how we can better serve them.  In India, we've heard that people want more control over their profile pictures …
RELATED:
Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg explains why he just changed Facebook's mission
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Former CIA officer accused of selling top secret information to China  —  A former CIA officer sold top secret and other classified documents to Chinese intelligence officials, according to charges filed Thursday in Alexandria federal court.  —  Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, of Leesburg, Va. …
Discussion: Axios
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Elizabeth Warren on McConnell Bill: ‘These Cuts Are Blood Money... People Will Die’  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused Senate Republicans of using “blood money” to give wealthy Americans tax cuts after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the draft of the Senate's healthcare bill on Thursday.
David Wren / Post and Courier:
Layoffs announced for first time at Boeing's 787 Dreamliner campus, other North Charleston operations … Boeing Co. on Thursday announced layoffs affecting fewer than 200 workers at its 787 Dreamliner campus and other operations in North Charleston, the first involuntary separations …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tae Kim / CNBC:
McDonald's hits all-time high as Wall Street cheers replacement of cashiers with kiosks  — Cowen says McDonald's will upgrade 2,500 restaurants to its “Experience of the Future” technology by year-end, which includes digital ordering kiosks.  — The firm raises its rating on McDonald's …
Discussion: Breitbart
John Harwood / CNBC:
Half of Americans want Democrats to control Congress as Trump struggles, poll shows  — Americans now say by 50 percent to 42 percent they want Democrats to control Congress after the 2018 elections, according to a new NBC/WSJ poll.  —  As President Donald Trump continues to struggle …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:15 PM ET, June 22, 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: 
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
North Korea conducts another rocket engine test for ICBM, US officials say
Discussion: RT and Infowars
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
‘Pizzagate’ gunman sentenced to four years in prison, as prosecutors urged judge to deter vigilante justice
Angela Levin / Newsweek:
EXCLUSIVE: PRINCE HARRY ON CHAOS AFTER DIANA'S DEATH AND WHY THE WORLD NEEDS ‘THE MAGIC’ OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
Discussion: New York Times, Mashable, AOL and NBC News
CBS News:
Girl alleges bullying, some racist, posts video, which goes viral
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
New York Times:
95-Degree Days: How Extreme Heat Could Spread Across the World
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
Genital mutilation scandal widens to include mothers
Charlotte Mendelson / New Yorker:
Let's Ban Roses
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Election hackers altered voter rolls: report
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
A Cyberattack 'the World Isn't Ready For'
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
WATCH: Morning Joe panel slams ‘dear leader’ Trump with horrifying 2-minute mashup of his Iowa lies
Discussion: Washington Times
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: What to do with a broken Illinois: Dissolve the Land of Lincoln
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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

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