Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:40 AM ET, August 8, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Bloomberg:
Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo  —  Engineer wrote memo blasting “politically correct monoculture”  —  CEO Pichai said Google employee violated Code of Conduct  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting …
RELATED:
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Google has fired the employee who penned a controversial memo on women and tech  —  The author wrote, among other things, that females suffered from more “neuroticism”  —  In a memo to employees, CEO Sundar Pichai said the employee who penned a controversial memo that claimed that women …
Louise Matsakis / Motherboard:
Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval …
RELATED:
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
US federal department is censoring use of term ‘climate change’, emails reveal
CNN:
Trump at 200 days: Declining approval amid widespread mistrust  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Six months into his presidency, Donald Trump's overall approval rating stands at its lowest point in CNN polling, while three-quarters of Americans say they can't trust most of what they hear from the White House.
RELATED:
CBS News:
Trump's approval rating remains low, but views on economy rise  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating is unchanged from June and remains at 36 percent, while favorable views of the U.S. economy continue to soar to heights not seen in more than fifteen years.
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:   Poll: Trump support eroding with his base
Noa Yadidi / CNN:
Trump, Blumenthal exchange jabs on Twitter  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal called President Donald Trump out on Twitter for “bullying” after a Twitter attack from the President accused the senator of lying and being a “phony Vietnam con artist.”
RELATED:
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Chicken hawk piece of trash’: Vets unload on Trump for attacking Dem senator's military record  —  President Donald Trump on Monday once again attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) for misrepresenting his military record.  —  “Never in U.S. history has anyone lied or defrauded voters …
Discussion: Mediaite
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Blumenthal claps back at Trump
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
The Man Who Wrote Those Password Rules Has a New Tip: N3v$r M1^d!  —  Bill Burr's 2003 report recommended using numbers, obscure characters and capital letters and updating regularly—he regrets the error  —  The man who wrote the book on password management has a confession to make: He blew it.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Week and The Verge
Elana Schor / Politico:
Trump White House quietly courts Democrats for tax overhaul  —  A few dozen centrist House Democrats have been receptive to the pitch, even as GOP Hill leaders pursue a partisan path.  —  The Trump White House is quietly courting a few dozen House Democrats on tax reform …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
RELATED:
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
US spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to patrol boat  —  Despite the United States' insistence that North Korea halt its missile tests, U.S. spy agencies detected the rogue communist regime loading two anti-ship cruise missiles on a patrol boat on the country's east coast just days ago.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Says It Would Use Nukes Only Against U.S.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
The curious case of Nicole Mincey, the Trump fan who may actually be a Russian bot  —  President Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington at the start of a 17-day vacation in Bedminster, N.J. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
RELATED:
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Twitter suspends army of fake accounts after Trump thanks propaganda ‘bot’ for supporting him
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Chris Crowley / grubstreet:
Trump Made Up His Story About the 21 Club Renovation, Former Owner and CEO Say  —  Last week, it was reported that President Donald Trump compared an Afghanistan policy review to the renovation of upper-crust restaurant the 21 Club.  In typical Trumpian fashion, it turns out that the morality tale …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo.  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller famously used the adjective “cosmopolitan” to insult CNN's Jim Acosta during an exchange in the White House briefing room last week …
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
‘May you die in pain’: Northern California GOP congressman gets an earful at town hall  —  “May you die in pain.”  —  That was the nastiest moment of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa's early morning town hall in Chico on Monday.  —  The wish was uttered by an older man who criticized LaMalfa …
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. May Begin Airstrikes Against ISIS in Philippines  —  The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials told NBC News.  —  The authority to strike ISIS targets as part of collective self-defense …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump bashes the media but still loves good press  —  The White House pays a staffer $89,000 a year to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media.  —  Media bashing has become one of the organizing principles of Donald Trump's presidency.
Washington Times:
Bakers refused to make pro-Trump birthday cake for 9-year-old boy: Report  —  A boy whose letter to President Trump made national headlines last month reportedly wanted a pro-Trump cake for his birthday party, but his mother was unable to find a baker willing to fulfill the order.
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Mastering the Art of Home Restoration: A Julia Child Sequel  —  WASHINGTON — The house on Olive Street here was Julia Child's “little jewel,” the first home she owned, the space where she filled the pages of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”  To enter, visitors swing a mold-covered door knocker …
Fox News:
Ethics Hipsters are the new Puritans  — An Austin Texas psyche rock band, Dream Machine, is deported from its label because its lead singer, a refugee from Bosnia, makes supportive remarks about legal immigration.  (Here is a link to an interview I did with the band: https://vimeo.com/225709341)
Jerusalem Post:
NETANYAHU: I WON'T BE TOPPLED, I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects charges against him, slams the press and accuses Israel Katz of undermining leadership.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected criminal suspicions leveled against him in recent days …
Poppy Harlow / CNN:
Here, heroin spares no one, not even the sheriff's wife  —  Video by Jeff Simon, Haley Draznin and Zach Wasser, CNN  —  (CNN)Robert Leahy was sitting on his couch, watching TV, when his wife, Gretchen, walked through the front door.  —  It was about 10 p.m. She'd left for the grocery store hours earlier.
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
De Blasio naps on his office couch after workouts: sources  —  Between workouts and naps, it's a wonder he has any time to try and raise taxes. … Mayor de Blasio's daily exercise routine at a Brooklyn gym often leaves him too tuckered out to stay awake at City Hall, where he catches …
Katrina Manson / Financial Times:
Erik Prince offers private military force in Afghanistan  —  Read next … Erik Prince, the world's most infamous military contractor, wants his private military forces to give Afghanistan the same treatment he gave Iraq.  —  In a document dated August 2017, parts of which have been seen …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Warren Blocks Trump's Pick for Antitrust Chief  —  Makan Delrahim excluded from group of Senate confirmations  —  AT&T-Time Warner early talks said to advance without Delrahim  —  Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren put a “hold” on the confirmation of Makan Delrahim …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:40 AM ET, August 8, 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: 
Sinead Carew / Reuters:
Wall Street ends higher as Dow edges to latest record
Discussion: The Week and Infowars
Associated Press:
Trump appeals to loyalists as support slips, agenda stalls
New York Times:
Secrecy and Suspicion Surround Trump's Deregulation Teams
Ted Goodman / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Poll Shows Nevada's Dean Heller Vulnerable In GOP Primary
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders ‘litmus test’ alarms Democrats
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. Is Sending More Marines to Afghanistan
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Intercept:
THESE ARE THE TECHNOLOGY FIRMS LINING UP TO BUILD TRUMP'S “EXTREME VETTING” PROGRAM
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We analyzed 17 months of Fox & Friends transcripts. It's far weirder than state-run media.
Discussion: Raw Story and Shareblue
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump voters' patience wears thin in Arizona
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Source: Trump Is Upset With New Book About Bannon's Role On Campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
Kat Rosenfield / Vulture:
The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump