Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:50 PM ET, April 26, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:   Bill Cosby Is Found Guilty in Second Trial for Sexual Assault
CNN:
Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts in indecent assault trial, jury decides
Discussion: The Week, WGN-TV, RedState and Mashable
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate panel advances bill to protect Mueller from firing — but it's unlikely to become a law  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation Thursday that would protect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III from being fired by President Trump after the panel's Republican chairman backed off changes …
Discussion: National Review and MSNBC
RELATED:
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
In Warning to Trump, Senators Advance Bill to Protect Mueller
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
U.S. Attorney General Sessions says Mueller probe has taken on ‘life of its own’
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump says he may change his mind on not getting involved in DoJ's Russia probe
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Leadership Pressuring Progressive to Leave Race  —  Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives, has for years been a prolific campaigner on behalf of current and potential members of Congress.  It was no surprise, then …
New York Times:
Senate Confirms C.I.A. Chief Mike Pompeo to Be Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday easily confirmed Mike Pompeo as the nation's 70th secretary of state, elevating the current C.I.A. director and an outspoken foreign policy hawk to be the nation's top diplomat.
RELATED:
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state
Discussion: ABC News, RedState and Breitbart
HuffPost:
New Documents Show Pompeo Failed To Disclose Additional Business Ties To China
Discussion: The Week
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In Bonkers Interview, Trump Threatens to Seize Control of Justice Department  —  While many reporters have described President Trump's aggrieved psychology, his phone call this morning on Fox & Friends gave outsiders unfiltered access to the sorts of rants he routinely imposes upon his staff.
Discussion: Common Dreams, HuffPost and MSNBC
RELATED:
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says Cohen ‘represented me’ in Stormy Daniels scandal  —  Donald Trump said Thursday that attorney Michael Cohen “represented me” by cutting a deal with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, after the president previously said he didn't know about the “hush money” payment.
RELATED:
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Fox, Friends and Trolls: New anti-Pruitt ad to run on Trump's favorite channel
Discussion: CNN and fox13now.com
CNN:
Pruitt fears White House undermining him ahead of hearings
Discussion: HuffPost, IJR and Salon
Wall Street Journal:
‘Boss, I Miss You So Much’: The Awkward Exile of Michael Cohen  —  Donald Trump's self-described ‘fixer’ brooded about failing to get a White House post; now under criminal investigation, he has the president's attention  —  In the 15 months since Donald Trump shut him out of a White House job …
Discussion: Political Wire
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Diamond and Silk say under oath they weren't paid by Trump campaign; FEC filings say otherwise  —  The conservative social media personalities known as Diamond and Silk claimed under oath at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday that they were never paid for their consulting work by President Trump
Discussion: RedState
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Federal judge appoints special master to review material seized from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen  —  NEW YORK — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a special master to review material seized from the office and residences of President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen …
RELATED:
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says for first time that Cohen represented him in Stormy Daniels case
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Attorney Michael Avenatti hints $1.6 million abortion payout was for Trump — not GOP donor
Discussion: The Root
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Tester has a ‘big price to pay’ over VA nominee's withdrawal  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday that Sen. Jon Tester should “have a big price to pay” with voters this November for his role in the controversy surrounding Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, who earlier in the day withdrew …
RELATED:
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Amid Trump's diplomatic thaw, Otto Warmbier's parents sue North Korea for having ‘brutally tortured and murdered’ their son  —  The family of Otto Warmbier filed an extraordinary lawsuit against North Korea in federal court Thursday alleging that the 22-year-old college student was …
Discussion: Axios
Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
BREAKING: Alfie Evans' father calls on 'Alfie's Army to ‘stand down’ and praises Alder Hey staff for ‘dignity and professionalism’  —  Tom Evans' statement outside the hospital this evening is a dramatic turn around from an interview earlier today  —  Alfie Evans' father has called …
RELATED:
BBC:
Alfie Evans: Parents and doctors to discuss sending toddler home
Discussion: The Guardian and IJR
NBC News:
Trump's biggest problem might be the competency question  —  First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter  —  WASHINGTON — This morning, President Trump's pick to head the Department …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and IJR
The Hill:
House chaplain forced out by Ryan  —  House Chaplain Patrick Conroy's sudden resignation has sparked a furor on Capitol Hill, with sources in both parties saying he was pushed out by Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.).  —  Conroy's own resignation announcement stated that it was done at Ryan's request.
Lawrence Ferber / New York Post:
New Yorkers are flocking to this Midwest sanctuary  —  The year was 2012.  A native of Columbus, Ohio's Worthington suburb, Bryan Williamson had studied interior design and learned furniture-making in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, while his NJ-born wife, Catherine, miserably slaved away at a public accounting firm.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Bush 41, Trump, and American Decline  —  George H.W. Bush once vomited on the prime minister of Japan.  It was a mortifying but innocent incident, the result of a nasty stomach bug.  Donald Trump has spent the last couple of days effectively doing likewise on France's Emmanuel Macron.
Discussion: Instapundit
RealClearInvestigations:
Unpacking the Other Clinton-Linked Russia Dossier  —  A copy of the little-publicized second dossier in the Trump-Russia affair, acquired by RealClearInvestigations, raises new questions about the origins of the Trump investigation, particularly about the role of Clinton partisans and the extent …
The Montgomery Advertiser:
Our shame: The sins of our past laid bare for all to see  —  We were wrong.  —  On the day when people from across the globe come to our capital city to consider the sordid history of slavery and lynching and try to reconcile the horrors of our past, the Montgomery Advertiser recognizes …
Discussion: The Root
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
A farewell to free journalism  —  Bloomberg, my former employer, is reportedly moving to a paywall.  If that turns out to be true, I can't say I'll be surprised.  —  When I announced that I was leaving Bloomberg View for the Post Opinion section in February, many longtime readers gently reproached …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Raising the Ceiling, but Not the Floor, on Potential Democratic House Gains  —  Playing field widens even as odds of turnover don't change  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The number of potentially vulnerable Republican seats is growing, and we're adding an extra 10 GOP-held seats to the Likely Republican column this week.
Discussion: New York Times
Kevin D. Williamson / Washington Post:
Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion  —  Kevin D. Williamson is a Texas-based writer.  —  As a libertarian, I fully accept the motto that what a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business.  As someone who can count, I believe that abortion involves two bodies.
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Here's The White House Questionnaire For GOP Candidates Who Want Trump's Backing  —  It asks about immigration, Pakistan and trade.  —  The White House has a few questions for candidates in Republican primaries hoping for President Donald Trump's endorsement.  —  Do you support ending foreign aid to Pakistan?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Damon Young / The Root:
Kanye West Doesn't Care About Black People  —  Last year Panama Jackson, a man who, in the 14 years that we've known each other, has become one of my best friends, published a piece about his mother's support of Donald Trump, and revealed how that ruined his relationship with her.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's unwieldy ‘Fox and Friends’ interview, annotated … President Trump gave his first interview in months Thursday morning on “Fox and Friends,” weighing in on topics from Ronny Jackson to Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels to James Comey to Kanye West.  Trump was often factually inaccurate …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:50 PM ET, April 26, 2018.

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: 
Pew Research Center:
The Public, the Political System and American Democracy
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Loose Ends (36)  —  Another travel day for me today and tomorrow …
Discussion: Grist
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Natalie Portman and the Crisis of Liberal Zionism
Discussion: Haaretz
Meghann Myers / Army Times:
A soldier just got authorization to wear a beard because of his Norse pagan faith
Discussion: Task & Purpose
WDIO-TV:
At Least 5 Injuries in Superior Explosion
 Earlier Items: 
Sydney Beveridge / HuffPost:
I Am Woman, Hear Me Apologize: My Quest To Stop Saying 'I'm Sorry' All The Damn Time
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Arizona's only black legislators chastised after race talk
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Meet the New Boss. Actually Quite Different From the Old Boss.
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous …
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Tina Brown wants no part of Charlie Rose's #MeToo redemption series