Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:25 PM ET, December 4, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
CNN:
FBI agent dismissed from Mueller probe changed Comey's description of Clinton to ‘extremely careless’  —  Washington (CNN)A former top counterintelligence expert at the FBI, now at the center of a political uproar for exchanging private messages that appeared to mock President Donald Trump …
RELATED:
Kara Scannell / CNN:
WH lawyer told Trump that Flynn misled FBI and Pence  —  Trump's lawyer says he wrote Flynn tweet  —  Washington (CNN)The White House's chief lawyer told President Donald Trump in January he believed then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the FBI and lied to Vice President Mike Pence …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer claims the “President cannot obstruct justice”  —  John Dowd, President Trump's outside lawyer, outlined to me a new and highly controversial defense/theory in the Russia probe: A president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice.  —  The “President cannot obstruct justice …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sessions argued in Clinton impeachment that presidents can obstruct justice  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer argued Monday that, as the nominal head of federal law enforcement, the president is legally unable to obstruct justice.  But the exact opposite view was once argued by another senior Trump lawyer …
Associated Press:
Trump's tweet raises obstruction specter, worries allies  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The shifting explanations for why President Donald Trump fired national security adviser Michael Flynn have revived questions about whether the president may have obstructed an ongoing investigation of potential contacts between his campaign and Russia.
New York Times:
McFarland Contradicted Herself on Russia Contacts, Congressional Testimony Shows  —  WASHINGTON — An email sent during the transition by President Trump's former deputy national security adviser, K.T. McFarland, appears to contradict testimony she gave to Congress over the summer …
RELATED:
Dave Lawler / Axios:
McFarland testified she wasn't aware of Flynn contacts she emailed about
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17  —  Delray Beach, Fla. — Debbie Wesson Gibson was in her attic hauling out boxes of Christmas decorations last week when she noticed a storage bin she said she had forgotten about.  Inside was a scrapbook from her senior year …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort worked on op-ed with Russian while out on bail, prosecutors say  —  Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was ghostwriting an op-ed while out on bail last month with a Russian who has ties to the Russian intelligence service, Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Muller's team said Monday.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Prosecutors say longtime Manafort colleague has ‘ties’ to Russian intelligence
Discussion: New York Times
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Mueller: Paul Manafort Wrote Op-Ed With Russian Operative Last Week
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico and ABC News
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Manafort tried to pen positive op-ed on Ukraine work: special counsel
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and IJR
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — RNC Jumps Back into Alabama Race Behind Judge Roy Moore  —  MOBILE, Alabama — The Republican National Committee (RNC) is now again backing Judge Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Alabama.  The RNC's decision to now publicly support Moore again comes in the wake …
RELATED:
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
'We've already lost' — GOP takes stock of the nightmare unfolding in Alabama
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Roy Moore: ‘Immorality has sunken to a new low’
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC to Cut Ties With Sam Seder After Roman Polanski Rape Joke (Exclusive)  —  “Internally there was disgust over the tweet,” an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap  —  MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban while legal challenges continue  —  The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Trump's request that his revised travel ban be enforced fully while legal challenges to it proceed in lower courts.  —  The justices approved a request …
RELATED:
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly Is Sued by Woman Who Settled Over Harassment Accusations  —  A woman who reached a settlement with Bill O'Reilly over harassment allegations sued Mr. O'Reilly and Fox News on Monday for defamation and breach of contract, saying that public statements he and the network made violated …
RELATED:
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Tucker Carlson explains why he has avoided covering sexual-harassment stories about Fox News
Discussion: Mediaite
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Republicans Sought to Undercut an Unfavorable Analysis of the Tax Plan  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican requirement that Congress consider the full cost of major legislation threatened to derail the party's $1.5 trillion tax rewrite last week.  So lawmakers went on the offensive to discredit the agency performing the analysis.
RELATED:
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
Is the GOP tax plan an unprecedented windfall for the wealthy?  We look at 50 years of data to find out.
Discussion: RedState
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Senate GOP Accidentally Killed Some of Its Donors' Favorite Tax Breaks  —  On Friday, Senate Republicans rewrote the American tax code over lunch — and passed their (partially handwritten) legislation around 2 a.m. the following morning. … Mitch McConnell never subjected his blueprint …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Director Defends F.B.I. After Trump Says Bureau Is in ‘Tatters’  —  WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, defended his work force in an email on Monday after President Trump said on Twitter that the agency's standing was the “worst in History” and its reputation was in “Tatters.”
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
President Trump Expected to Shrink Bears Ears by as Much as 90 Percent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — President Trump is expected to announce a historic reduction to Bears Ears National Monument on Monday, a sprawling region of red rock canyons in Utah that has been at the center of a national fight …
RELATED:
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Feds issue 4,000 orders to seize guns from people who failed background checks  —  A USA TODAY review finds thousands of guns were sold to people who should have failed their background checks.  Now, federal agents have the dangerous jobs of trying to get those guns back.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: RedState, IJR and Axios
Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
‘Kiss of death’ to two-state solution if Jerusalem declared Israel capital: PLO envoy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A formal U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would be the “kiss of death” to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Palestine Liberation …
RELATED:
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Palestinian envoy: US recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli capital would be ‘kiss of death’ to peace process
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rick Spruill / KAJA-TV:
Farenthold: “I didn't do anything wrong.”  —  CORPUS CHRISTI -  —  U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold says he's going to pay back the money taxpayers spent settling a lawsuit filed against his office by a former employee.  —  The four-term Congressmen tells 6 Investigates he was not given a choice …
CNN:
Trump pick for top UN position praised Milo Yiannopoulos, shared inflammatory memes on Facebook  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for a top post at the United Nations repeatedly praised far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and shared disparaging memes …
Sarah Nassauer / Dow Jones Newswires:
While other retailers focus on cities, the thriving discount chain is building thousands of stores aimed at lower-income shoppers in small towns  —  EVENSVILLE, Tenn.—The local Dollar General store, built on a rural highway and surrounded by farmland, sells no fresh meat, greens or fruit.
Discussion: Vox
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:25 PM ET, December 4, 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: 
Associated Press:
The Latest: Hard-right caucus nearly scuttles tax work
Discussion: Politico
Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
Georgia's Biggest Democratic Bastion May Hand Democratic Candidate for Mayor a Big Defeat
NBC News:
Microwave weapon could fry North Korean missile controls, say experts
Discussion: Axios
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
New York City Ballet Investigates Sexual Harassment Claim Against Peter Martins
Discussion: CBS New York
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Is Banning Women for Calling Men ‘Scum’
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Snapshot: Trump Approval Ties Weekly Low, at 35%
Adam Clymer / New York Times:
John Anderson, Who Ran Against Reagan and Carter in 1980, Is Dead at 95
Discussion: New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
PBS announces ‘Amanpour’ as interim replacement for Charlie Rose
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California Assemblyman accused of forcing lobbyist into bathroom and masturbating
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Trump may face a reckoning in case brought by female accuser
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Despite pledge, Trump company works with a foreign entity. Again.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
 

 
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

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

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

 
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