Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:00 PM ET, August 2, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
The Verge:
A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge  —  Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment  —  Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.
RELATED:
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Times Can Hire and Fire Whomever It Likes  —  For some mysterious reason, my name keeps coming up in connection with that of Sarah Jeong, a writer recently hired by the New York Times editorial board.  I am not familiar with her work, but there is a social-media campaign currently under way …
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Latest New York Times Hire Also Had Relationship With White Nationalist Hacker
Discussion: The Federalist
David French / National Review:
Yes, Anti-White Racism Exists
Discussion: twitchy.com and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Top Trump Donor Agreed to Pay Michael Cohen $10 Million for Nuclear Project Push  —  Consulting deal with Franklin L. Haney could have been among the most lucrative struck by president's then-personal attorney  —  A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president's …
Discussion: Mother Jones and New Republic
Nick Hopkins / The Guardian:
Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow  —  Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy  —  US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …
Discussion: Political Wire and KTLA
RELATED:
Elise Labott / CNN:
Suspected Russian spy caught working inside US embassy in Moscow  —  Washington (CNN)A suspected Russian spy was employed for more than a decade at the US Embassy in Moscow before being fired last year, a senior administration official tells CNN.  —  The woman, a Russian national …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October  —  The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …
RELATED:
Politico:
GOP plans to blow past new Kavanaugh confirmation obstacle
Hazel Jones / Daily Mail:
'Many didn't notice it as keenly as I did because I knew him way back when.  They thought Trump was being Trump, off the cuff,' Omarosa writes.  'But I knew something wasn't right'  —  Omarosa was beside herself when the president contradicted the White House party line that FBI head James Comey …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Manafort's bookkeeper testifies against him, alleging efforts to inflate income  —  Paul Manafort's longtime bookkeeper testified against him Thursday, telling a Virginia jury that his seven-figure lifestyle lasted until about 2015 when the cash ran out, the bills piled up …
RELATED:
CNN:
Bookkeeper says Manafort was broke in 2016 and lied to banks
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Jezebel and RedState
Sarah Polus / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere  —  The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business.  There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple.
WBRZ:
New York man accused of threatening La. congressman in voicemail  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. - Authorities have arrested a man for allegedly threatening two U.S. Congressmen over voicemail.  —  Carlos Bayon, 63, was arrested and charged with interstate communication of a threat, according to WKBW.
Discussion: National Review
RELATED:
Drew Broach / New Orleans Times-Picayune:   Voicemail threatening Steve Scalise leads to arrest
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs  —  The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network.  —  The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network …
Washington Post:
Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury  —  A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday.  —  The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
RELATED:
Axios:
Ivanka says family separation was White House “low point”  —  Ivanka Trump said during an Axios interview on Thursday that she agrees with White House colleagues who describe family separation as “a low point in the White House”:  —  “That was a low point for me as well.
RELATED:
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
New Age author Marianne Williamson ‘looking into’ 2020 presidential run  —  A presidential bid by the author would mark the first celebrity campaign for the White House against Donald Trump  —  New Age author Marianne Williamson was in Iowa earlier this week meeting with Democratic activists …
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Williams / BostonGlobe.com:
A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police  —  The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon.  —  A college employee had called police to report someone who …
Owen Daugherty / The Columbus Dispatch:
Trump mistakes Stivers for Balderson ahead of 12th district visit  —  President Donald Trump fired up his Twitter account on Thursday afternoon to call on Ohioans to re-elect U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington, in the special U.S. House election next Tuesday.  —  Trump was mistaken.
RELATED:
Politico:
Trump tweets support for congressman not on the ballot
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Splinter
Sara Murray / CNN:
Alleged Russian agent's infiltration of GOP circles anything but subtle  —  Alleged spy met with US officials in 2015  —  Washington (CNN)As far as spy craft goes, Maria Butina's skills didn't seem particularly impressive.  —  The alleged covert Russian agent liked to communicate via Twitter messages and WhatsApp.
Discussion: Raw Story
VICE:
What Goes on Outside Trump Rallies Is an American Nightmare  —  The real action at these events happens away from the stage, where protesters decry Trump and his supporters heap abuse on them.  —  The coral of Tampa's Florida State Fairgrounds entrance arcs against an ominously graying Tuesday evening sky.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.
Essex Porter / KIRO:
PSE sends racial slur to black woman  —  SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account.  —  Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.
NBC News:
Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says  —  The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …
Robert Harding / Citizen:
Poll: Balter holds 4-point lead over Katko in House race  —  A poll released in the 24th Congressional District general election race shows Democratic challenger Dana Balter with a narrow lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko.  —  A survey of 785 voters conducted by Public Policy Polling …
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Political Wire and Vox
RELATED:
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a Texas businessman.
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fired-up liberals raise $1 billion on website for candidates, causes ahead of midterms  —  WASHINGTON - The online fundraising platform ActBlue this week surged past the $1 billion mark in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes in this election cycle.
Discussion: Axios
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted.  Ben Affleck is attached to direct …
Discussion: Eater and The Week
Committee on the Judiciary:
NADLER & LOFGREN DEMAND ANSWERS AFTER DOJ ANNOUNCEMENT REVEALS TRUMP APPEARS TO HAVE LIED BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ABOUT IMMIGRATION CLAIMS BEHIND FIRST MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) …
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaints Against 10 Trump Administration Officials  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington— In the months since President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for re-election, ten White House officials appear to have violated the Hatch Act by using …
Daily Mail:
Wright was driving in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on June 30 when she saw this silver Jeep in front of her sporting a ‘Make America Great Again’ decal  —  The incident took place on June 30, but Wright was only taken into custody a month later after being pulled over during a traffic stop.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:00 PM ET, August 2, 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: 
Peter Suderman / New York Times:
How Republican Hypocrisy Lifts Social Democrats
Mariah Haas / Fox News:
Tim Allen's ‘Last Man Standing’ return will include character's conservative views, exec says
Discussion: Washington Times
Elizabeth Crisp / www.theadvocate.com:
AG Jeff Landry: GOP hitting ‘critical decision-making time’ in effort to unseat Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed News:
Remember Trump's Tweet Saying He Was Pulling Out Of The G7 Summit Agreement?  No One Ever Did Anything About It.
Alex Yablon / The Trace:
In Court Papers, NRA Stresses Financial Pressures and Says It May Have to Shut Down NRATV
OHCHR:
Trump attacks on media violate basic norms of press freedom, human rights experts say
Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
4 dentists accused of raping woman at Las Vegas Strip hotel
Discussion: Breitbart
Rasmussen Reports:
in Current Events  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential …
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
How Republicans trick Facebook and Twitter with claims of bias
Discussion: Axios
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores
Discussion: CBS Boston
New York Times:
‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Leather Addict Buzz Bissinger Calls Out Manafort's ‘Ridiculous’ Ostrich Jacket
Discussion: Washington Post
Sky News:
Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Facebook Is The World's Biggest Right-Wing Media Company
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration Unveils Its Plan to Relax Car Pollution Rules
 

 
From Techmeme:

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol and 19 countries make 37 arrests and disrupt phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost in a year-long operation with help from Microsoft, Intel, and others
 
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