Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:40 PM ET, September 24, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New Yorker:
Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh's College Years  —  As Senate Republicans press for a swift vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats are investigating a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.
Discussion: ABC News, PoliticalCharge, Townhall, CNN, Vox, JustOneMinute, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, USA Today, Washington Post, NBC News, New York Times, Mother Jones, Public Pool, Mediaite, CBS News, The Dworkin Report, Politico, National Review, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed News, New York Post, FiveThirtyEight, The Nation, Hot Air, Raw Story, McSweeney's, Washington Monthly, IJR, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, Liberty Unyielding, Full Feed, Washington Free Beacon, Operation Rescue, Gothamist, NPR, The Root, Above the Law, KTVQ-TV, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative News Today, Spectator USA, VICE News, New Republic, Media Matters for America, The Daily Beast, emptywheel, United States Senator …, Jezebel, Power Line, theGrio, CBS New York, Washington Times, Associated Press, The Guardian, Fox News Insider, twitchy.com, HuffPost, CNNMoney, NewsMax.com, CNBC, TVNewser, Fox News, Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Althouse, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo, Common Dreams, Refinery29, LifeZette, AOL, Weekly Standard, United States Senate Committee …, Daily Wire, Roll Call, The New Neo, Louder With Crowder, Axios, Informed Comment, Grabien News, Hit & Run, The Moderate Voice, The American Conservative, RedState, Political Wire, The Resurgent, Splinter, The Colorado Sun, FOX 61, abc13.com, Chicago Sun-Times, TMZ.com, CBS San Francisco, Deadline, Lawyers, Guns & Money, thenewcivilrightsmovement.com, Taylor Marsh, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mashable, WPIX 11 New York, The American Spectator, Boing Boing, Front Page Magazine, France 24 and NWLC
RELATED:
Brian Karem / The Montgomery County Sentinel:
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh faces more allegations  —  Montgomery County investigators confirmed Monday they're aware of a potential second sexual assault complaint in the county against former Georgetown Prep student and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Maryland police aren't reviewing second Brett Kavanaugh high school allegation, chief says  —  The chief of police in Montgomery County, Md., says his officers are not looking into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, appearing to contradict a local news report that …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyers Demand Mueller Probe ‘Time Out’ if Rosenstein is Ousted  —  Graham and other Republicans who sit on the judiciary committee have said Ford should be respected and heard, but they have publicly pushed back on her decades-old allegations, pointing to alleged witnesses …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Montgomery County, MD Police:
Statement from the Montgomery County Police Department Regarding Victim Accusations of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh  —  Statement from the Montgomery County Police Department Regarding Victim Accusations of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh:  —  At this time, the Montgomery …
Discussion: twitchy.com and VICE News
Andrew Cohen / New Republic:
Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Disqualified Himself  —  Since the sexual assault allegations against him were made public earlier this month, can you think of a single thing Brett Kavanaugh has done or said that makes you more confident that he'll be a judge of high integrity on the Supreme Court?
Discussion: The Federalist, Vox, National Review and CNN
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On The New Yorker's Grossly Irresponsible Story  —  Judge Kavanaugh labels The New Yorker's report a “smear, plain and simple.”  He should be applauded for his restraint.  I am struggling to remember reading a less responsible piece of “journalism” in a major outlet.
Discussion: Townhall, Politico, Vox and USA Today
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Ronan Farrow: New Kavanaugh Accuser Came Forward Because Democrats ‘Came Looking’
Discussion: Daily Wire and New York Times
TODAY.com:
Why Kavanaugh's 2nd accuser decided to come forward
TMZ.com:
Judge Judy Says Don't Prejudge Sexual Assault Accusations Against Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: The Daily Caller
National Review:
Fight for Kavanaugh  —  The cynics — or, perhaps more precisely …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Totally political’: Trump, Republicans rally to save Kavanaugh
Discussion: ABC News and twitchy.com
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Rod Rosenstein offered to resign  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally “offered to resign” in discussions with White House Chief of Staff Kelly, according to a source close to Rosenstein, but as of now, it's unclear whether his resignation has been accepted.
RELATED:
New York Times:
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Is Expected to Leave Job  —  WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, was expected on Monday to leave his job at the Justice Department, days after private discussions were revealed in which he talked about invoking the 25th Amendment …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Rod Rosenstein, who has been overseeing Russia probe, has offered to resign  —  Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein has told White House officials he is willing to resign in the wake of revelations he once suggested secretly recording the president, but it's unclear if the resignation has been accepted …
Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Resigns After Reports He Considered Taping Trump, Source Says  — A replacement could fire or rein in Special Counsel Mueller  — Move followed reports Rosenstein discussed 25th Amendment  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official in charge …
CNBC:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is reportedly on the way out  — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is resigning, according to Axios, which cited a source familiar with the matter.  — “He's expecting to be fired,” a source close to Rosenstein told Axios, the website reported Monday.
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Rosenstein Still Deputy Attorney General, For Now
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Resigns as Deputy Attorney General, Source Says
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Wall Street Journal:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Expects to Be Fired, Clouding Mueller Investigation
Discussion: ThinkProgress
NBC News:   Rosenstein decision postponed for now as he and Trump set Thursday meeting
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:   Rosenstein has not resigned, still U.S. deputy attorney general: source
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Deputy AG Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller probe, to meet with Trump on Thursday
Discussion: Politico
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
What Rosenstein's Exit Would Mean for Mueller's Russia Investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Shareblue Media
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump  —  A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.  —  Donald Trump has adopted many contradictory positions since taking office …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Rob Goldstone wishes he'd never set up that Trump Tower meeting with the Russians  —  Goldstone, who arranged the Trump Tower meeting at the request of a pop star, says Mueller's team wanted to know about links between Trump and Russia.  —  The British-born music publicist who helped arrange …
Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler knows more than she tells, but she tells a lot  —  Photo: Marcy Wheeler, author and editor of national security blog Emptywheel, courtesy of Wheeler.  —  In the sometimes murky world of national security reporters, few people are wrong less often than Marcy Wheeler.
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Poll: Andrew Gillum leads DeSantis by 4, Rick Scott and Bill Nelson tied  —  The UNF poll finds more than seven in 10 likely voters support restoration of voting rights for many ex-felons  —  20 poll by the University of Florida shows Florida being Florida, with neck and neck races for governor and U.S. Senate.
Discussion: Florida Politics and POLITICUSUSA
The Onion:
BREAKING: Wait—Sorry, False Alarm  —  WASHINGTON—In a shocking development revealed just moments ago, sources confirmed that—oh, wait, sorry, false alarm.  Multiple reports confirmed that, despite late-breaking suggestions to the contrary, you can actually forget about this news item …
WNYC News:
NY Pension Chief Cashes in on Natural Gas  —  This story was produced in partnership with Capital & Main, a non-profit news outlet based in Los Angeles, and Sludge, which covers money in politics.  —  By David Sirota and Jay Cassano  —  New York State's former top pension investment officer …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 1:40 PM ET, September 24, 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: 
Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Why Is the NYT Suddenly Opposed to Declassifying the FISA Docs?
Associated Press:
AP investigation: Drug prices going up despite Trump promise
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The rise of YouTube's reactionary right
Discussion: Mother Jones
Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions stops by the tailgate
Kate Lamb / The Guardian:
Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in fishing hut
Yahoo:
Florence: Evacuations continue as North Carolina rivers rise
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben White / Politico:
Trump's trade wars start biting GOP ahead of midterms
Discussion: Hit & Run
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Kagan / New York Times:
‘America First’ Has Won  —  The three pillars of the ideology …
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Inside Barstool Sports' Culture of Online Hate: ‘They Treat Sexual Harassment and Cyberbullying as a Game’
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The male cultural elite is staggeringly blind to #MeToo. Now it's paying for it
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Roger Stone sought contact with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, email suggests
Matthew Pritchard / Politico:
Will Democrats Regret Weaponizing the Judiciary?
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Putin's war is transforming Ukraine
Amie Ferris-Rotman / Washington Post:
Why Russia is wooing South Africa's white farmers
Discussion: Althouse