Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:35 AM ET, September 23, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record number of voters oppose Kavanaugh nomination  —  Voter support for Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court is down in the wake of Christine Ford's assault allegations, as more believe her than him.  —  Currently, 40 percent of voters would confirm Kavanaugh …
RELATED:
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: Democrats hold the advantage in November's elections  —  But the same poll shows that Republican enthusiasm about the upcoming election has increased, drawing nearly even with Democrats.  —  Poll: Democrats open largest margin-ever over GOP in Congressional preference
Discussion: Political Wire
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Senate Judiciary Committee contacts Ford's friend about party  —  Kavanaugh accuser accepts request to testify  —  Washington (CNN)As the Senate Judiciary Committee staff negotiates with attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Health care boosts Democrats in upcoming midterm elections  —  There is a deluge of bad news for Republicans in the latest Fox News poll.  —  Most voters are unhappy with the direction the country is taking.  Majorities disagree with President Trump on the border wall, and extra tax-cut cash is nowhere to be seen.
Discussion: CBS News
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sick to Your Stomach?  #MeToo  —  WASHINGTON — The Capitol is covered in mud.  —  Again.  —  Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind, I can recall a time when the sight of that white dome thrilled me.  As a teenager, working for a New York congressman, I felt privileged to walk …
Discussion: Althouse, Politico and Mother Jones
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Was Supposed to Be a Midterm Boon for G.O.P. Not Anymore.  —  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — No Republican Senate candidate has been as aggressive in using the Supreme Court nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh as a political weapon as Josh Hawley, the Missouri attorney general who is in an intensely tight race …
Discussion: Raw Story, Taylor Marsh and Breitbart
Washington Post:
‘Incredibly frustrated’: Inside the GOP effort to save Kavanaugh amid assault allegation  —  Just as he did several weeks ago to prepare for his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, Brett M. Kavanaugh was back inside a room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building …
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Graham: Ford's testimony won't change my vote  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh's accuser won't change his mind, no matter what she says.  —  “You can't bring it in a criminal court, you would never sue civilly, you couldn't even get a warrant,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace.
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
More Voters Want Democrats to Control Congress, New Poll Shows  —  Support grows among women, suburbanites for change in direction from Trump ahead of midterm election  —  The Democratic Party's political advantage has grown in the home stretch of the midterm campaign …
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Feinstein is conspiring to destroy Kavanaugh  —  Democrat leaders and their liberal aides, along with professional agitators, are all intermingled and conspiring together to achieve the same objective — in this case, to spike the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Blasey Ford's Female Classmate, Her Last Named Witness, Doesn't Recall Ever Attending Party With Kavanaugh  —  Christine Blasey Ford has claimed that four other people attended a small gathering at which she was allegedly assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh.  Three of those people, PJ Smyth …
CNN:
Kavanaugh's accuser accepts request to speak to Judiciary Committee next week, lawyers say
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP's gender problem
CNN:
McConnell called Trump to say Kavanaugh tweets weren't helpful
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Third Named Witness Rejects Kavanaugh's Accuser's Allegations
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
BREAKING: Christine Blasey Ford's Female Witness Doesn't Remember Anything
Discussion: The Resurgent, Townhall and twitchy.com
New York Times:
Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford say she has accepted Senate Judiciary Committee's request to testify against Kavanaugh
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The ‘deep state’ leaves Trump with no good options  —  President Trump is not generally given to understatement, but he soft-pedaled problems at the Department of Justice.  There is, he said Friday, a “lingering stench” there.  —  A “stench” doesn't describe the situation.  A snake pit is more like it.
Discussion: Politico
RELATED:
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
The New York Times Stands By Its Rod Rosenstein Scoop
Mark Penn / The Hill:   Donald Trump's Rosenstein dilemma
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump holds his fire as advisers urge him not to dismiss Rosenstein
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
For Nikki Haley, a lower profile as Trump heads back to the U.N.  —  U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley quickly became one of the administration's most visible faces and the leading advocate of a worldview in which President Trump's “America First” slogan did not mean “America alone.”
RELATED:
Reuters:
Trump lawyer Giuliani says Iran's government will be overthrown
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP heading for midterm wipeout as ‘blue wave’ scenario gives Democrats a 12-point generic ballot lead: NBC-WSJ poll  — The new NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey, taken six weeks before Americans head to the polls, shows Democrats leading Republicans by 52 percent to 40 percent for control of Congress.
Grant Woods / Arizona Republic:
Why John McCain's death may convince me to run for Senate (just not as a Republican)  —  Opinion: Is a U.S. Senate run the best way to honor John McCain's legacy?  Grant Woods explains why his answer isn't as easy as you'd think.  —  CONNECT  —  It was only three weeks ago that we walked behind …
RELATED:
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump administration seeks to limit access to U.S. for immigrants who use or are likely to use public assistance
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:   Trump admin rule would deny visas, green cards to immigrants who took public benefits
James Randerson / Politico:
Jeremy Corbyn: I will listen to members on second Brexit vote  —  U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledged to back a second Brexit referendum if members vote for one at his party conference which begins Sunday — although he said his preferred option is still to hold a general election.
J. Patrick Coolican Star / Star Tribune:
Tough news for GOP in Minnesota Poll  —  Because politics has become so nationalized, an unpopular president portends bad things for his party.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  After the Star Tribune's first round of election-year polls in January, we used this space for some key takeaways.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:35 AM ET, September 23, 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: 
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Why women's rage is healthy, rational and necessary for America
SWI swissinfo.ch:
Voters approve ‘burka ban’ in St Gallen
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson Sees a Lot to Like in Trump's Washington
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
America's Jews are watching Israel in horror
Paul A. Eisenstein / NBC News:
Tariffs could mean a 2M drop in car sales and cost 715,000 jobs, warns auto industry group
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Just Don't Call It Privacy  —  Amazon, Google and Twitter executives …
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Republicans boot their headaches until after midterms
David Boddiger / Splinter:
Beto O'Rourke May Become the 1st U.S. Senator to Reference The Clash in a Debate
Discussion: The Federalist and Raw Story
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Democrat Fred Hubbell narrowly leads Republican Kim Reynolds in governor's race
Hot Air:
New Cruz Ad: Can You Believe O'Rourke Is Siding With The Guy Who Got Shot By A Cop In His Own Home For No Reason?
 

 
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

Jackie Snow / Quartz:
How newsrooms like Semafor and Skift are using generative AI for internal editing, story summaries, paywalled chatbots trained on their archives, and more

 
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