Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:20 AM ET, August 30, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights … As rescuers continued their exhausting and heartbreaking work in southeastern Texas on Tuesday afternoon, as the rain continued to fall …
RELATED:
Annie Karni / Politico:
Melania's stiletto sideshow  —  As the first lady departed to see storm fallout in Texas, Twitter erupted with critiques of her shoe choice.  —  Melania Trump, the former model and reluctant first lady, often lets her fashion choices do the talking for her.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response  —  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It was a presidential trip to a deluged state where the president didn't meet a single storm victim, see an inch of rain or get near a flooded street.  —  But the daylong visit, during …
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
There was no pretense about Melania Trump's heels. But sometimes, a little pretense helps.
Discussion: Infowars and twitchy.com
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Presidential Pardons Might Not End Russia Prosecutions  —  President Donald Trump's unusual pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, issued before his federal case was even finished, has sparked a debate over whether the president could end Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with a spate of pre-emptive pardons.
RELATED:
Arizona Republic:
Judge won't vacate former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's contempt conviction without oral arguments … U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton canceled former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's upcoming sentencing hearing for his criminal contempt-of-court conviction, telling attorneys not to file replies to motions …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
RELATED:
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed:
Joel Osteen's Megachurch Says It Didn't Open Its Doors To Houston Evacuees Because The City Didn't Ask It To  —  Hundreds of evacuees and volunteers filled Lakewood Church within hours of its doors opening for relief efforts, leaving many still wondering what took so long in the first place.
RELATED:
USA Today:
‘GET OUT NOW’: Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath
Discussion: Splinter, IJR, The Daily Caller and Politico
U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) / NWS:
Preliminary data from at least one Texas rain gauge appears …
Discussion: The Verge and Splinter
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant  —  WASHINGTON — In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Mattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending study  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.
RELATED:
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple Plans to Change the Way You Use the Next iPhone  —  Premium device is said to come with new gesture controls to replace home button, taller screen with rounded corners.  —  Apple Inc. plans to transform the way people use its next high-end iPhone by eliminating the concept …
CNNMoney:
Nation's largest oil refinery forced to shut down as Harvey floods Port Arthur  —  See dramatic rescues as Harvey flooding spreads  —  The largest oil refinery in the country is shutting down as Hurricane Harvey causes more catastrophic flooding.  —  Early Wednesday, Motiva said it started closing …
RELATED:
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Yes, antifa is the moral equivalent of neo-Nazis  —  “Anti-fascist” members gather Sunday in Berkeley, Calif. (Amy Osborne/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)  —  Last weekend in Berkeley, Calif., a group of neo-communist antifa — “anti-fascist” — thugs attacked peaceful protesters at a …
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Vox
RELATED:
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks' Assange on DNC hack  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Monday that a “rendezvous” is being set up between him and President Donald Trump to relay information he received …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How to Get Rich in Trump's Washington  —  His presidency has changed the rules of influence in the nation's capital — and spawned a new breed of lobbyist on K Street.  —  As for so many other people, election night did not pan out quite the way Robert Stryk expected.
CNN:
When a furniture showroom becomes a storm shelter  —  Richmond, Texas (CNN)David and Maria Parks sit for hours on a sofa, intently watching news footage of flooding in Houston.  This couch is the only place they have left to go for now.  —  The Parks and about 300 other evacuees are taking refuge …
Discussion: Faithwire, WLS-AM 890 and Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
The incredible shrinking president  —  As President Trump formally launches his tax-reform drive this afternoon with a no-details, “vision-casting” speech in Springfield, Missouri, the self-inflicted wounds of the past 222 days are adding up.  (Speech preview here, off embargo at 6 a.m.)
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Georgia lawmaker: Talk of ditching Confederate statues could cause Democrat to ‘go missing’  —  A Georgia Republican lawmaker warned a Democratic former colleague who criticized his support for Civil War monuments on Facebook that she won't be “met with torches but something a lot more definitive” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Splinter and Raw Story
Fox News:
FBI shuts down request for files on Hillary Clinton by citing lack of public interest  —  The FBI is declining to turn over files related to its investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails by arguing a lack of public interest in the matter.
RELATED:
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
FBI says lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Pittsburgh focus group tanks Trump  —  “Outrageous,” “disastrous,” “abject disappointment,” “unique,” “off the scale,” “contemptible,” “crazy”: Donald Trump seems to have lost Pittsburgh, at least based on a focus group, sponsored by Emory University, held in the city Tuesday night.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Poll: Majority opposes government shutdown for border wall  —  A majority of voters opposes shutting down the government over funds for President Trump's border wall, according to a new survey.  —  A Politico/Morning Consult poll finds 61 percent of voters surveyed are against shutting …
Discussion: RedState, Politico and TheBlaze
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's shrinking West Wing  —  When President Donald Trump asked Hope Hicks to step into the role of communications director, his longtime aide hesitated before taking on a management position overseeing more than 40 staffers who work in White House media relations.
CNN:
Next target Guam, North Korea says  —  (CNN)North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan was a prelude to more military operations directed at the American territory of Guam, North Korean state media warned Wednesday.  —  The country's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported leader Kim Jong Un presided …
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
White House Won't Require Firms to Report Pay by Gender, Race  —  Obama-era proposal was aimed to address pay disparities  —  The White House on Tuesday said it will halt a planned Obama-era rule that would have required businesses to begin collecting data about how much they pay workers …
Discussion: The Hill, Mashable and Raw Story
Sarah Anderson / New York Times:
It's a Myth That Corporate Tax Cuts Mean More Jobs  —  “The arithmetic for us is simple,” AT&T's chief executive, Randall Stephenson, said on CNBC in May.  If Congress were to cut the 35 percent tax on corporate profits to 20 percent, he declared, “I know exactly what AT&T would do — we'd invest more” in the United States.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:20 AM ET, August 30, 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: 
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
On Roads Turned Waterways, Volunteers Improvise to Save the Trapped and Desperate
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Trump kicks off tax reform pitch
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Virginia received DHS warning before Charlottesville rally
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter
Erik Prince / New York Times:
Contractors, Not Troops, Will Save Afghanistan
 Earlier Items: 
Ken Masugi / American Greatness:
Trump's Coming Victory over Identity Politics
Frank Somerville / San Francisco Chronicle:
KTVU anchor: ‘I experienced hate firsthand’ at Berkeley rally
Discussion: Instapundit
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Best Buy says viral photo of $40 packs of water in Houston was ‘a big mistake’
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Root
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Wasserman Schultz IT Staffer Banned From House Network Months Ago Still Has Active Account
Discussion: Instapundit
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
In the Trenches of Trump's Leak War
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Tillerson moves to close State cyber office
Discussion: CANNONFIRE