Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:55 AM ET, June 11, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …
RELATED:
Tonda MacCharles / Toronto Star:
What led to Trump's outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7  —  QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly Friday morning as he arrived at the G7.  —  Although he'd tweeted grumpily the night before that Trudeau was “so indignant” …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NPR
Selena Ross / Washington Post:
Trudeau takes his turn as Trump's principal antagonist, and Canadians rally around him  —  MONTREAL — Before he was elected Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau faced a consistent type of criticism from his opponents: he was too young and too eager to please, conservatives said.
New York Times:
Trump's ‘Bully’ Attack on Trudeau Outrages Canadians  —  MONTREAL — Canadians have had enough.  —  It takes a lot to rile people in this decidedly courteous nation.  But after President Trump's parting shots against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the day he left the Group of 7 summit meeting in Quebec …
Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Maïa de La Baume / Politico:
France blasts ‘incoherent’ Trump after G7 fiasco
Washington Post:
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being ‘dishonest’ and ‘weak’
Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Chancellor Angela Merkel: Trump's rejection of G7 communique ‘sobering’ and ‘depressing’
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:   White House takes up fight against ‘back-stabbing’ Trudeau
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit  —  WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family.  His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.
RELATED:
Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's flight to Singapore was a tightly planned maneuver using a decoy to throw attackers off the scent.  Three planes took off in North Korea at about an hour's interval on Sunday — an IL-76 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
With smiles and a handshake, Trump and Kim could mask gulf on nuclear arms  —  SINGAPORE — When President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands for the first time and sit down one-on-one here Tuesday, the bonhomie they plan to project will mask the huge gulf between …
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit  —  SINGAPORE — Facing a high-stakes challenge to get North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, President Trump plans to speak alone with Kim Jong Un during their historic summit meeting, officials said Monday.
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
The Nine Steps Required to Really Disarm North Korea  —  The vast scope of North Korea's atomic program means ending it would be the most challenging case of nuclear disarmament in history.  Here's what has to be done to achieve — and verify — the removal of the nuclear arms …
Discussion: Power Line
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:   Trump Could Transform the U.S.-North Korea Relationship
Annie Karni / Politico:
Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together  —  The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved.  —  Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Inside Obama's secret meetings with 2020 contenders  —  Still the reluctant leader of the Democratic Party, Obama has been providing counsel to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other presidential hopefuls.  —  Barack Obama has in recent months met with at least nine prospective 2020 …
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's New World Order  —  How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind.  —  On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party.
CNN:
629 migrants stranded after Italy's populists refuse to let rescue ship dock  —  (CNN)A ship carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women, remained stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after Italy's new populist government refused permission …
RELATED:
Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
British campaigners file US lawsuit against firms controlled by Arron Banks  —  A British public interest group has filed a lawsuit in a Mississippi court against two companies controlled by Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit donor, following allegations that the firms may have violated UK data protection rules …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary  —  A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress.  —  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Facebook “embeds,” Russia and the Trump campaign's secret weapon  —  Brad Parscale, digital director for Trump's campaign, was a critical factor in the president's election.  Now questions surround how he did it  —  Tonight you will hear from the man President Donald Trump appointed as his 2020 re-election campaign manager.
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Robert De Niro Says ‘F— Trump’ at Tony Awards, Gets Standing Ovation  —  Robert De Niro had a few choice words for President Donald Trump while the legendary actor was on stage at Sunday's Tony Awards to introduce Bruce Springsteen's musical performance.  —  “I'm going to say one thing …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott surges past Nelson with older Florida voters  —  Gov. Rick Scott is virtually tied with Sen. Bill Nelson among Florida voters, but the Republican is dominating the Democrat by 9 points among those nearing or at retirement age — a group that casts the majority of Florida's votes.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C. … A Russian government adviser who aims to wage “information war” in the U.S. and Europe is running a new media venture blocks from the White House that cybersecurity experts say has ties to the country's infamous disinformation apparatus.
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Ex-NFL player was house hunting when neighbor called police, rep says  —  An ex-NFL player was house hunting for his mother-in-law in southern California when he was arrested on suspicion of burglary after a neighbor called police, authorities and the former tight end's representative said.
Discussion: The Root and ProFootballTalk
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump tells Macron the EU is “worse” than China  —  When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington, he and President Trump had a tough conversation about trade that foreshadowed the breakdown of transatlantic relations at the G7 summit.  —  What happened: In their bilateral meeting …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA and BBC
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Top Senate Democratic super PAC to make $80 million fall TV investment in nine battleground states  —  The top Senate Democratic super PAC plans to spend about $80 million to reserve fall airtime for television commercials in nine battleground states, a sizable early investment in pursuit of winning control of the Senate.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:55 AM ET, June 11, 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: 
Susan Shelley / Daily News:
Is President Trump looking to win over African American voters?
Discussion: Instapundit
Dartmouth News:
Main menu  —  Search form  —  The actor and author delivered …
Discussion: Mashable and CBS 4
Simon Kennedy / Bloomberg:
Brace for the World Economy's Most Important Week of the Year
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Linda Massarella / New York Post:
Cynthia Nixon skips Puerto Rican Day Parade
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Should Democrats find a Trump of their own?  Political outsiders find little room in 2020 presidential field.
Timothy Meads / Townhall:
Good Grief: TSA Searches 96-Year-Old Wheelchair Bound Woman, Sparks Debate
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘Mothers could not stop crying’: Lawmaker blasts Trump policy after visiting detained immigrants
 Earlier Items: 
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
BuzzFeed editor: DOJ wants focus on reporter's ‘personal life’ in leak case, rather than seizing records
Drew Costley / San Francisco Chronicle:
Jogger dismantles Lake Merritt homeless man's encampment, throws some of it into lake
Discussion: Raw Story and Splinter
Steve LeVine / Axios:
Why Xi and Putin think “the West is in free fall”
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
How a Journalist Kept Russia's Secret Links to Brexit Under Wraps
Erick Trickey / Washington Post:
When Hitler met Hoover: 9 photos of dictators scoring presidential face time
Discussion: Politico
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Mitt Romney Wants In Again. There Is One Catch.
Discussion: Instapundit, Axios, twitchy.com and Politico
Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:
Down on the border, a new trail of tears