Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:40 AM ET, December 11, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
After Ayers Turns Down Chief of Staff Job, Trump Is Left Without a Plan B  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has often bragged about having his pick of only the best people to serve in his administration.  —  Being publicly rejected by his first choice for chief of staff …
RELATED:
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Smart Republicans are already abandoning Trump. But they're still culpable.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Washington Post:
‘There was no Plan B’: Trump scrambles to find chief of staff after top candidate turns him down
The Hill:
Meadows looks to make his move
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Daily Wire
Wall Street Journal:   Thank You, John Kelly
CNN:
CNN Poll: Approval ratings for Trump, Mueller fall  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)As Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election inches closer to the President, approval of Donald Trump's handling of the investigation has fallen, matching its all-time low in CNN polling.
Discussion: Feeds
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans.  Despite his brash stance, they believe the turmoil has left him increasingly vulnerable as he gears up for what is sure to be a nasty fight for re-election.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's “reality tremor” as Mueller fallout piles up  —  Last week's stunning court filings detonated what one official calls a “reality tremor” that has White House officials and key allies increasingly aware of President Trump's rising legal and political vulnerability.
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump concerned about being impeached, sees it as a ‘real possibility,’ source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has expressed concern that he could be impeached when Democrats take over the House, a source close to the President told CNN Monday.  The source said Trump sees impeachment as a “real possibility.”
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Vox
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   ‘The bottom is going to fall out’: White House reporter says Republicans are privately discussing abandoning Trump
Washington Post:
We are former senators.  The Senate has long stood in defense of democracy — and must again.  —  By 44 Former U.S. Senators  —  As former members of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans, it is our shared view that we are entering a dangerous period, and we feel an obligation to speak …
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Time's 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ is killed and imprisoned journalists  —  Time magazine is spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They were targeted for their work.  —  “The Guardians.”  —  That's what Time magazine is calling the journalists behind 2018's …
RELATED:
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
TIME's 2018 Person of the Year: ‘The Guardians and the War on Truth’  —  Four journalists and one newspaper “are representative of a broader fight by countless others around the world.”  —  A group of journalists whose work has landed them in jail — or cost them their lives — have been named TIME's Person of the Year for 2018.
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Maria Butina, accused Russian agent, reaches plea deal with prosecutors that includes cooperation  —  Maria Butina, a 30-year-old Russian gun rights activist who stands accused developing a covert influence operation in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and cooperate with federal …
RELATED:
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Dan Bongino Out at NRATV
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Maria Butina, Accused Of Being Russian Agent, Reaches Plea Deal With Feds
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Dan Bongino Out at NRATV
Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Constitution rules out a sitting president's immunity from criminal prosecution  —  Only President Trump seems not to have noticed — or at least refuses to acknowledge — that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in his Dec. 7 memo regarding Michael Cohen's sentencing …
Discussion: Raw Story
RELATED:
Erica Orden / CNN:
How Michael Cohen could help the feds get the Trump Organization  —  Feds: Cohen broke the law at Trump's direction  —  New York (CNN)In most respects, Michael Cohen was a frustrating witness for New York investigators.  —  He toyed with, but wouldn't commit to, “full cooperation” with prosecutors, according to court filings.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Sudden shift in get-Trump talk; now it's campaign finance, not Russia
David Badash / Alternet:
Harvard law professor issues scathing takedown of DOJ policy that bars prosecutors from indicting a sitting president
Discussion: Raw Story
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Unveil a Vast Reworking of Clean Water Protections  —  The proposed new rule would chip away at wetlands safeguards put in place during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.  —  TRUMP ADMINISTRATION  —  As Trump Turns to Sanctions, One Group Earns Big Paydays: Lobbyists
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Axios
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
You don't bring a novice to a knife fight.  That's why Democrats need Nancy Pelosi.  —  Everything that happens next year in the House amounts to a Democratic audition — and platform — for the 2020 presidential, Senate and House elections.  —  CONNECT  —  Nancy Pelosi is running …
RELATED:
Politico:
Pelosi, rebels discuss limiting her time as speaker to 4 years
ProPublica:
How the IRS Was Gutted  —  An eight-year campaign to slash the agency's budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment.  The result: billions less to fund the government.  That's good news for corporations and the wealthy.  —  In the summer of 2008 …
Tablet Magazine:
In an email to Tablet the Women's March wrote: … But whatever concerns were popping up were ultimately no match for the steamroller of the event's progress.  And when the day came, the reality far exceeded expectations.  Estimates for the March on Washington range between half a million …
Washington Post:
Accused of rape, former Baylor fraternity president gets no jail time after plea deal  —  A former Baylor University fraternity president who was accused of rape will not serve any jail time or be forced to register as a sex offender after a judge accepted a plea deal he had been offered by Texas prosecutors, according to news reports.
RELATED:
Jason Silverstein / CBS News:   Former Baylor frat president indicted for sexual assault will serve no jail time
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
How Theresa May blew Brexit  —  Shakespeare famously wrote of the “sceptered isle” of Britain acting as a moat “against the envy of less happier lands.”  Lately, the less happier lands are winning in a rout.  —  Britain is suffering a political meltdown as it struggles to make good on a historic vote …
RELATED:
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Jean-Claude Juncker: EU won't renegotiate Brexit deal
Gary Fineout / Associated Press:
Thousands of mailed ballots in Florida were not counted  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials say thousands of mailed ballots were not counted because they were delivered too late to state election offices.  —  The Department of State late last week informed a federal judge …
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
9-year-old kills self after racist taunts from class: family … A black 9-year-old girl in Alabama allegedly took her own life after facing relentless bullying and racism in class, according to reports.  —  McKenzie Adams' relatives said she hanged herself Dec. 3 in her home in Linden …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor  —  Evelyn Berezin, a computer pioneer who emancipated many a frazzled secretary from the shackles of the typewriter nearly a half-century ago by building and marketing the first computerized word processor, died on Saturday in Manhattan.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Academy Looks Warily at Oscar Host Options As Board Meeting Looms  —  Kevin Hart's abrupt departure as Oscars host has left the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences scrambling to find someone to take the gig.  As of now, the situation remains fluid as the group's leadership explores options …
Wall Street Journal:
New York Touted Real Estate, Eminent Domain in Bid for Amazon  —  World Trade Center, Midtown among areas also pitched before Long Island City was picked  —  In their bid for Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters, New York City and state officials dangled prime real estate at the tech giant …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:40 AM ET, December 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: 
Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli / Politico:
How Macron gave Italian populists a boost
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
‘Supergirl’ now has a transgender character just to be ‘woke’
Washington Post:
That was awkward — at world's biggest climate conference, U.S. promotes fossil fuels
Discussion: Associated Press
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Mayor Garcetti's speech at USC shut down by protesters
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Administration Undermines Obamacare
Washington Post:
Climate change was behind 15 weather disasters in 2017
Discussion: Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Hateful conspiracies thrive on YouTube, despite pledge to clean up ‘problematic’ videos
 Earlier Items: 
Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
MP causes uproar in parliament by grabbing mace in Brexit protest
Discussion: New York Times and PinkNews
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cornyn under fire from GOP as criminal justice reform falters
Discussion: Washington Post
miamiherald:
Epstein sex abuse victims press judge for decision on tossing his lenient plea deal
David French / National Review:
Republicans Must Reject ‘Russia Hoax’ Conspiracies and Examine the Evidence
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Trump Campaign Staffer Was Ordered To Pay $25,000 For Violating Her Nondisclosure Agreement
Discussion: Raw Story