Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:10 AM ET, September 4, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats regain clear advantage in midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump  —  Two months ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold a clear advantage over Republicans in congressional vote support, with antipathy toward President Trump fueling Democratic enthusiasm …
RELATED:
USA Today:
Trouble for Trump?  Poll shows midterm election edge for Democrats and female candidates  —  WASHINGTON - The political landscape for the midterm elections favors Democrats in general and women candidates in particular, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, raising the prospect …
Discussion: Political Wire
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Democrats open up biggest lead in midterms since 2006  —  With their supporters energized in opposition to Donald Trump, Democrats hold their widest advantage in midterm election vote preferences since 2006, when they seized control of both houses of Congress.
Discussion: Washington Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:   Poll: High-profile Missouri Senate race locked in a dead heat
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public split on Kavanaugh, views on abortion access shift
Washington Post:
Hours before Kavanaugh nomination hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of documents to Judiciary Committee  —  Hours before the start of hearings on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, the lawyer for former president George W. Bush turned over 42,000 pages of documents …
RELATED:
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Democrats vow ‘sparks will fly’ over Trump's Supreme Court pick
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Who Is Brett Kavanaugh?  —  Contrary to what supporters say, he's no originalist.
Discussion: Townhall and LifeZette
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
‘Sparks will fly’ at Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Trish Turner / ABC News:
Stakes are high for Kavanaugh, Supreme Court, as confirmation hearings begin
Chuck Todd / The Atlantic:
It's Time for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back  —  I've devoted much of my professional life to the study of political campaigns, not as a historian or an academic but as a reporter and an analyst.  I thought I'd seen it all, from the bizarre upset that handed …
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
New Yorker Festival Pulls Steve Bannon as Headliner Following High-Profile Dropouts  —  Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, will no longer appear as a headliner at this year's New Yorker Festival, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced in an email to the magazine's staff on Monday evening.
RELATED:
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
New Yorker Cuts Steve Bannon From Festival Program After Outcry
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Top TV Advisers Keep Telling Him: Fire the ‘Shill’ Jeff Sessions Now  —  The drumbeat has become deafening and, unfortunately for the beleaguered attorney general, it's Trump's favorite pundits making all the noise.  —  President Donald Trump has a proven track record …
Discussion: ABC News, HuffPost and CNBC
RELATED:
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Two easy wins now in doubt’: Trump renews attack on Sessions
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Franklin's family says eulogy was offensive  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The late Aretha Franklin's family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor's eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul's funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful.  —  The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Every ad makes me like Beto more’: Ted Cruz's latest attack on Beto O'Rourke for swearing massively backfires  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put out a new ad attacking Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke on Monday — and he was quickly buried in mockery.  —  A new video ad posted …
Discussion: HuffPost and The Week
RELATED:
Andy McDonald / HuffPost:
They Found Beto O'Rourke's First Album, And It's ... Actually Pretty Good
Discussion: Mediaite
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Mueller's Office Will Grill Him About Roger Stone.  He Will Respond With Comedy.  —  Randy Credico, a comedian and left-wing political activist, has an appointment on Sept. 7.  With Robert S. Mueller III.  Before a grand jury.  Under oath.  —  And he is planning to do impressions, because that's what he does.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump irritated he wasn't interviewed by Woodward for upcoming book  —  Woodward to release Trump book before midterms  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has become increasingly exasperated in recent weeks that he wasn't interviewed by Bob Woodward ahead of the publication of his upcoming book …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Why Trump is so frantic right now  —  President Trump's incoherence grows to keep pace with his desperation.  These days, he makes less sense than ever — a sign that this malignant presidency has entered a new, more dangerous phase.  —  I can't be the only one who thinks he sounds less …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
‘I begged him not to’: He loved the CIA.  And that's what led to his death.  —  They came from all corners of his life.  His New England boarding school.  His small liberal arts college.  The Marines.  And the CIA.  —  Family, friends and colleagues gathered on a summer Monday to pay tribute to George …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made 4,713 false or misleading claims in 592 days  —  In the 592 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 4,713 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker's database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:
Airstrikes hit last bastion of Syrian rebels as final showdown looms  —  BEIRUT — Russian warplanes in Syria bombed the country's final rebel stronghold Tuesday, a monitoring group said, ending a weeks-long period of uneasy calm there and raising fears that an all-out offensive would follow.
Discussion: Reuters and Just Security
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Democrats, Eyeing a Majority, Prepare an Investigative Onslaught  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats, increasingly optimistic they will win back control in November, are mining a mountain of stymied oversight requests in preparation for an onslaught of hearings, subpoenas and investigations …
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
McCain's Friends and Family Did Him No Honor  —  De mortuis nil nisi bonum.  No one could fail to be moved by the sight at his funeral Saturday of Senator McCain's centenarian mother and his loyal wife accompanied by his sons in uniform and other family members.
Isaac Stone Fish / New Republic:
The Other Political Correctness  —  There is an epidemic of self-censorship at U.S. universities on the subject of China, one that limits debate and funnels students and academics away from topics likely to offend the Chinese Communist Party.  This epidemic stems less from the hundreds …
Politico:
Gillum raises profile — and cash — in Florida as DeSantis gets quiet  —  Andrew Gillum fell into money.  Ron DeSantis fell off the radar.  —  In the wake of the racially charged atmosphere that kicked off the general election campaign for Florida governor, the two contenders headed in starkly different directions.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:10 AM ET, September 4, 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: 
Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News:
How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Monica Lewinsky walks off stage in Israel when asked about Bill Clinton
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Mourning McCain, and America
Discussion: Asia Times, RedState and Breitbart
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Ivanka emerges as Trump's jobs czar, focus on ‘forgotten men and women’
Tom Fish / Dailystar.co.uk:
‘Like a Roman ORGY’ Italy's first sex doll brothel to ‘offer silicon GROUP SEX’
 Earlier Items: 
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Massachusetts primary clash tests Capuano
Discussion: ABC News
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
San Francisco, rich and poor, turns to simple street solutions that underscore the city's complexities
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Commission slammed over Selmayr promotion
The Weather Channel:
Tropical Storm Gordon Moving Into Gulf of Mexico as it Soaks South Florida; Hurricane Watch …
Discussion: USA Today and The Week
Larry O'Connor / Washington Times:
Networks crop Farrakhan from Clinton/Jackson/Sharpton image at Aretha's funeral
Discussion: Geller Report
Crisis Group:
Saving Idlib from Destruction
Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Colin Kaepernick part of Nike's 30th anniversary of ‘Just Do It’ campaign
 

 
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:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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