Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:30 AM ET, July 20, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
In Interview, Trump Expresses Anger at Sessions and Comey, and Warns Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Excerpts From The Times's Interview With Trump  —  President Trump spoke on Wednesday with three New York Times reporters — Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman — in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office.  Also in attendance was Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman.
Fox News:
Fox News Exclusive: Rosenstein says internal memos should stay ‘confidential,’ after Comey leak
Discussion: Business Insider
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump turns against his attorney general over Russia
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $473 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 32 million in 2026 relative to current law.
RELATED:
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus to try to force vote on Obamacare repeal  —  House conservatives are launching a late effort to force their colleagues to vote on an outright repeal of Obamacare.  —  Leaders of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday evening will jump-start a process intended to force the measure …
CNBC:
CBO: Obamacare repeal bill would raise number of uninsured by 27 million by 2020
Discussion: NPR and Joe.My.God.
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney:   32 million more people would be uninsured under new Senate Obamacare repeal bill
Washington Post:
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow  —  President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.
Axios:
GOP health care holdouts to meet tonight to work it out  —  All of the Republican senators who oppose the Senate health care bill are meeting tonight to work out their differences — after being told by President Trump this afternoon that they need to work late into the night to get a deal.
RELATED:
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate Republicans still at impasse after late-night health care meeting  —  A key group of Senate Republicans met late into the night Wednesday to try to salvage their health care bill, but emerged without any breakthroughs and still appeared far from finding the votes to repeal Obamacare.
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 74 percent want GOP to reach out to Democrats on health care
Discussion: Politicus USA and Political Wire
CNN:   White House dispatches former campaign aides to help revive health care push
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Senate Is About To Confirm A Federal Judge Who Compared Abortion To Slavery
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny  —  During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pointed to his relationship with Deutsche Bank to counter reports that big banks were skeptical of doing business with him.  —  After a string of bankruptcies in his casino …
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Susan Scutti / CNN:
Sen. John McCain has brain cancer, aggressive tumor surgically removed  — Lab results from a surgery on Friday confirmed the presence of glioblastoma associated with the blood clot  —  (CNN)Sen. John McCain, 80, has been diagnosed with a primary glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor …
RELATED:
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show  —  Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt …
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Trump to nominate Raytheon lobbyist for Army secretary  —  President Trump will nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper as secretary of the Army, according to multiple reports and a source in contact with the administration.  —  Esper would be the third person nominated to be the Army's top civilian leader …
RELATED:
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Trump to nominate Mark Esper as Army secretary
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump to nominate Raytheon VP, Gulf War vet as next Army secretary
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joel Clement / Washington Post:
I'm a scientist.  I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration.  —  Joel Clement was director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Interior Department until last week.  He is now a senior adviser at the department's Office of Natural Resources Revenue.  —  I am not a member of the deep state.
Discussion: NPR and Shadowproof
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
A reporter broke White House rules by streaming live audio of an off-camera briefing  —  It was only a matter of time.  —  At every White House news briefing since June 29 — and many before, too — President Trump's spokesmen have ordered a room full of smartphone-toting journalists …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Trump declines invitation to speak at NAACP convention
Discussion: Politico
John Santucci / ABC News:
Jared Kushner to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee Monday  —  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian election meddling on Monday, July 24, ABC News has learned.
Discussion: Politico, Axios, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
RELATED:
Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel  —  The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west.  In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
TRUMPCARE IS DEAD.  “SINGLE PAYER IS THE ONLY REAL ANSWER,” SAYS MEDICARE ARCHITECT.  —  Thanks to a pair of defections from more GOP senators late yesterday, the Republican plan to repeal and replace or simply repeal the Affordable Care Act is dead — for now.
New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates.  Just ask Kim Guadagno.  —  Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
Indianapolis Star:
Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency  —  President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another.  So which is it?  Nate Chute/IndyStar  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Shareblue, RedState and The Week
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much'  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil  —  Jude Sparks was only 9 years old when he made a remarkable paleontological discovery.  —  While out for a walk with his family in Las Cruces, N.M., in November, Jude had been running to hide from his younger brothers when he tripped and fell.
Discussion: Fox News
Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene  —  The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week.  The case has been dropped.  —  Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
Discussion: WBFF-TV, Fusion, theGrio and Vox
RELATED:
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions's Justice Department turns a $65 million asset forfeiture spigot back on  —  The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that it will be restarting a federal asset forfeiture program that had been shut down by the previous administration.  —  Known as “adoptive forfeiture …
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:30 AM ET, July 20, 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: 
Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
With Speeches And Bright Dresses, Quinceañeras Protest Texas Sanctuary City Ban
Discussion: Fusion and Refinery29
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump just nominated a climate skeptic to USDA's top science post
Discussion: Fusion
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Killer cop says he shot Justine Damond because he was ‘startled’ …
Discussion: Power Line and Geller Report
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
UC Berkeley BLOCKS Shapiro Event At University On September 14. Shapiro Vows To Fight Back.
Discussion: Mediaite and Campus Reform
Ben Bradley / WGN-TV:
WGN obtains booking photo of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Kelly Swanson / Vox:
A new poll finds even Trump supporters are wavering on his scandals
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
It Has Only Been Six Months Since Trump Became President. Feels Like an Eternity.
The Guardian:
Poland may be stripped of EU voting rights over judicial independence
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Dirtbag Left and the Problem of Dominance Politics
Discussion: New York Magazine