Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:15 PM ET, December 6, 2019

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Phone logs in impeachment report renew concern about security of Trump communications  —  President Trump has routinely communicated with his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russian and other foreign intelligence services …
RELATED:
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“I Do Hate What He Is Doing”: Adam Schiff on Trump, Impeachment, and What's Next  —  The chair of the House Intelligence Committee reflects on his still-open investigation of the President.  —  Just after 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, Nancy Pelosi made it official: the House of Representatives will vote to impeach President Trump.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Giuliani just confessed to the crime.  He also revealed something bigger.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani just confessed to the crime in broad daylight — or, more precisely, in broad cyber-daylight.  Yet he did so defiantly, with a middle finger unfurled in our faces, without the slightest concern …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
More than 500 law professors say Trump committed ‘impeachable conduct’  —  More than 500 legal scholars have signed on to an open letter asserting that President Trump committed “impeachable conduct” and that lawmakers would be acting well within their rights if they ultimately voted to remove him from office.
Politico:
Senate Republicans puncture House GOP dreams for impeachment trial
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Phil Mattingly / CNN:   The next 24 to 48 hours are crucial to avoid a potential government shutdown
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Problematic Pete Wars  —  Last week a problematic photo of Pete Buttigieg “surfaced” on Twitter dot com.  —  Problematic photos and videos about Mayor Pete seem to be “surfacing” to political reporters all the time these days, framed as if they were Milkshake Cicadas randomly emerging …
Discussion: VICE
RELATED:
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
How progressives are plotting to stop Pete Buttigieg's rise in the 2020 race  —  Progressive activists around the country are mobilizing to halt the momentum of Pete Buttigieg, who they increasingly view as a formidable threat to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Bloomberg Says 2020 Rivals Criticizing His Fortune Could Have Made Their Own  —  In his first TV interview since he entered the presidential race, Mr. Bloomberg said other Democrats “had a chance to go out and make a lot of money” themselves, and then use it to fund their campaigns.
Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Post and The Wrap
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
2020 Democrats Face Their Stress Test
Discussion: Althouse
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobs growth soars in November as payrolls surge by 266,000  —  By Jeff Cox@JEFF.COX.7528@JEFFCOXCNBCCOM  — Nonfarm payrolls surged by 266,000 in November, better than the 187,000 expected by economists polled by Dow Jones.  — The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% from 3.6% …
RELATED:
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:   Cramer: Like or hate Trump, ‘these are the best numbers of our lives’ on jobs
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
U.S. Jobs Trounce Forecasts With 266,000 Gain; Wages Heat Up
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Accused of Killing a Gambino Mob Boss, He's Presenting a Novel Defense  —  Anthony Comello is obsessed with conspiracy theories.  His paranoia is being a litigated in a Staten Island court.  —  Four days after pulling off the most high-profile mob killing in decades, Anthony Comello sat …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Ukrainian Fugitive Who Claimed to Have Dirt on Biden Firm Is Arrested  —  Oleksandr Onyshchenko publicly claimed to have inside information about Hunter Biden just as the impeachment proceedings got underway.  —  A former Ukrainian member of parliament who has claimed to have dirt …
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Mike Bloomberg says he's “not trying to take” Joe Biden's job in 2020 race  —  Mike Bloomberg says he's not just another billionaire running for president.  In an exclusive interview with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King, Bloomberg spoke about President Trump, the other Democratic …
RELATED:
CBS News:
Mike Bloomberg denies “buying” the 2020 Democratic presidential primary
Discussion: Bloomberg, IJR and The Hill
Legal Scholars on Impeachment:
Letter to Congress from Legal Scholars  —  We, the undersigned legal scholars, have concluded that President Trump engaged in impeachable conduct.  —  We do not reach this conclusion lightly.  The Founders did not make impeachment available for disagreements over policy, even profound ones …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Law & Crime
Charles T. Clark / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Issa says Trump clemency for Hunter could save imprisonment costs  —  DeMaio, another candidate for the congressman's seat, calls a pardon ‘the wrong message to the American people’  —  On the day Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to misuse of campaign funds in federal court …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rudy Not Even Waiting for Impeachment to End to Resume Ukraine Shakedown  —  The official House Republican impeachment report is dedicated to nitpicking the vast evidence of misconduct against President Trump, and wedging a handful of available facts into an alternative frame.
Wall Street Journal:
Doubts Surface Over Giuliani-White House Budget Office Calls  —  Number associated with OMB is also linked to several other offices in the White House  —  WASHINGTON—House Democrats earlier this week released records asserting that Rudy Giuliani was in contact with a phone number associated …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump Officials Dispute Some Giuliani Call Logs in Bid to Weaken Democrats' Case
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
British GQ Quietly Scrubbed China's President And Thailand's King From Its “Worst Dressed” List  —  The magazine's parent company confirmed to BuzzFeed News they'd been removed over concerns of causing “unintended offence”.  —  When British GQ published its prestigious annual list of best-dressed men …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump administration Weighs Putting Amazon Foreign Sites on ‘Notorious Markets’ List  —  Some administration officials are advocating Amazon's inclusion on the list but no decision has been made, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is considering adding …
Bisma Parvez / Detroit Free Press:
Uranium-contaminated site collapses into Detroit River  —  A Detroit property contaminated with uranium and other dangerous chemicals partially collapsed into the Detroit River on Nov. 26, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has confirmed.
Discussion: Detroit Metro Times
CREW:
100+ Members of Congress Visited Trump Properties, 50 During Impeachment  —  More than 100 members of Congress have now visited at least one of the properties that President Trump owns and profits from while in office, according to tracking by CREW.  While Congress is charged …
Axios:
Biden: Media, rivals wrong that AOC represents direction of party  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden told “Axios on HBO” in Iowa that he has shaped the 2020 race, faulting the media and his rivals for thinking Democratic voters are more liberal than the reality.
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
(and That's a Very Good Thing)  —  As House Democrats invited Ivy League shrews to publicly grind their Trump-hating axe during Wednesday's disastrous impeachment charade, President Trump returned home after confronting our allies again about their lagging financial support of NATO.
Discussion: Quillette
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
House Votes to Restore the Voting Rights Act  —  The House of Representatives voted Friday to restore key protections for voters across the country after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013.  —  In the Shelby County v. Holder decision, five conservative justices ruled …
David Brooks / New York Times:
I Was Once a Socialist.  Then I Saw How It Worked.  —  Two cheers for capitalism, now and forever.  —  I was a socialist in college.  I read magazines like The Nation and old issues of The New Masses.  I dreamed of being the next Clifford Odets, a lefty playwright who was always trying to raise proletarian class consciousness.
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs More-Muscular Venezuela Moves on Doubts Over Guaido  — President's top aides consider more aggressive strategies  — White House officials have discussed working with Russia  —  Donald Trump is losing confidence that the Venezuelan opposition leader his administration backed …
Discussion: Breitbart
Joe Murphy / London Evening Standard:
John Major breaks Tory ranks as he urges young voters to stop Boris Johnson's Brexit plan  —  ES News email  —  The latest headlines in your inbox Enter your email address Continue  —  Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid You already have an account.
Fareed Zakaria / Foreign Affairs:
The New China Scare  —  Why America Shouldn't Panic About Its Latest Challenger  —  In February 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman huddled with his most senior foreign policy advisers, George Marshall and Dean Acheson, and a handful of congressional leaders.
Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Southaven Republican challenges 14-vote loss to Democrat, asks House to overturn election  —  State Rep. Ashley Henley, a Southaven Republican, is asking the GOP-led Mississippi House to overturn the results of the election she narrowly lost to Democrat Hester Jackson-McCray.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Harwood / CNBC:
Joe Biden says Trump is ‘ripping the soul out of this country’ and 'we're likely to inherit a recession'  — Joe Biden sat down with CNBC's John Harwood on Thursday to discuss a range of topics, including trade, health care, taxes and President Trump's standing among world leaders.
Discussion: Axios, Washington Post and The Hill
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Top Atlantic Democrat urges Van Drew to vote for Trump impeachment or face loss of party support  —  Suleiman cautions freshman congressman that a majority of county county committee were angered by inquiry vote … The Atlantic County Democratic Chairman has told Rep. Jeff Van Drew …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 1:15 PM ET, December 6, 2019.

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: 
Ryan Prior / CNN:
A 5-year-old boy's entire kindergarten class showed up for his adoption hearing
Discussion: TheBlaze
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Jay Kriegel, a ‘New York City Patriot,’ Is Dead at 79
Issues & Insights:
The U.N. Is Holding Its 25th Climate Conference — Please Don't Let There Be A 26th
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Obstructing Justice. And It's Working.
The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke repeats he's not running for Senate despite continued speculation
Discussion: Politico, Redstate and The Daily Wire
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Trump has turned Republicans into Soviet central planners
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Eyeing populist challenge from the left, Trump seeks plan to tackle student debt
Discussion: IJR
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
The Supreme Court Case That Made Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Possible — And Doomed Kamala Harris
Discussion: Dame Magazine and HuffPost
Joe Walsh / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Suppress Their Own Voters
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa
Bryan Anderson / Sacramento Bee:
Another California GOP lawmaker is leaving the Republican Party. Here's why
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story