Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:05 PM ET, January 6, 2020

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
John Bolton PAC:
STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON  —  During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor.  My colleague, Dr. Charles Kupperman, faced with a House committee subpoena on the one hand, and a Presidential directive …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Bolton Says He Is Willing to Testify in Impeachment Trial  —  The former national security adviser, who has complied with a White House directive not to cooperate in the inquiry, said he was willing to testify in the Senate trial if subpoenaed.  —  WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton …
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Bolton willing to testify in Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed  —  “I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Bolton writes in a statement posted Monday.  —  WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: MSNBC and POLITICUSUSA
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Bolton says he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed  —  Former national security adviser John Bolton, a witness sought by Democrats, said Monday that he is prepared to testify in a Senate impeachment trial if a subpoena is issued.
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Balloon Juice
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: John Bolton throws an impeachment curveball
Discussion: Associated Press and Bloomberg
Axios:
Bolton says he will testify in impeachment trial if Senate issues subpoena
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Bolton ‘prepared to testify’ if subpoenaed in Senate trial
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
ABC News:   Bolton prepared to testify in Trump impeachment trial if subpoenaed
CNN:   John Bolton says he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed
John Bellinger / Lawfare:
Attacking Iran's Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention  —  On Sunday, President Trump — as he is wont to do when criticized — doubled down on his threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran attacks the United States in response to the killing of Qassim Suleimani.
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran mess is getting worse.  Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it.  —  The deliberations that went into President Trump's decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani are looking more slapdash and reckless by the hour.  What we're now seeing will require House Democrats …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump's order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
One Year in Washington Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party's agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders's campaign, and hardly has a friend in town.  —  The corridors of Capitol Hill are a marbled monotony, with Oxford heels clacking around corners indistinguishable from one another …
Lorraine Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes.  Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't notice  —  Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood.  Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.
RELATED:
South China Morning Post:
Indonesian man, Britain's worst rapist, jailed for life for raping 48 men  —  Reynhard Sinaga, 36, targeted drunk men in bars and offered them a place to stay at his flat, where he filmed many of the forced sexual encounters Authorities said evidence against Sinaga indicated he had a lot more victims …
RELATED:
New York Times:   Harvey Weinstein Said to Be Indicted in Los Angeles on Sex Crimes Charges
USA Today:   Harvey Weinstein, using a walker, arrives as sex crimes trial opens; jury selection to begin
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague on Introduction of War Powers  —  Last week, the Trump Administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate military airstrike targeting high-level Iranian military officials.  This action endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran.
RELATED:
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pelosi announces war powers resolution as tensions with Iran escalate
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Pelosi: House to vote on resolution limiting Trump's actions against Iran
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth Warren  —  The move came soon after Mr. Castro ended his own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and gives a lift to Ms. Warren's campaign as it tries to reignite excitement.  —  Julián Castro, the former housing secretary whose …
RELATED:
Joe Ferullo / The Hill:
Judge Judy rules in favor of Mike Bloomberg, will join him on campaign trail
Discussion: The Federalist
The Guardian:
Sleepwalking into 2020: are the media who missed Trump's 2016 rise ready now?  —  Key figures from major US newspapers, news sites and TV describe their fears about covering this year's election - and ideas on how to get it right  —  In the weeks after the election of Donald Trump in 2016 …
RELATED:
Columbia Journalism Review:
Sleepwalking into 2020  —  This series was reported in partnership with Guardian US.  Sign up to be a Guardian Member, or follow Guardian US on Facebook or Twitter.  —  In the weeks after the election of Donald Trump in 2016, the American press realized it had failed.
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Photos Aired on ‘60 Minutes’ Raises Questions About His Death, Former NYC Medical Examiner Says  —  A former New York City medical examiner has claimed photos of Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy raise questions about the disgraced financier's death—and indicate murder rather than suicide.
RELATED:
Brit McCandless Farmer / CBS News:   Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy: A closer look
David Siders / Politico:
The very real scenario of a protracted, ‘bizarro world’ Democratic primary  —  Democrats are now beginning to confront a very real scenario where the nomination — and the winnowing — will not be decided in states where campaigns have been plowing ground for more than a year …
Discussion: NBC News
Politico:
Defense secretary's chief of staff to step down  —  Eric Chewning, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is stepping down at the end of the month, the latest in a series of high-profile civilians to leave the Pentagon.  —  He'll be replaced by Jen Stewart, the top Republican staffer …
Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:
Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's properties in chilling hint of an attack on his real estate empire - after Iran put an $80million bounty on his head  —  An adviser to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last night dropped a chilling hint …
New York Times:
How Democrats Can Win Back Obama-Trump Defectors  —  They don't have to lose their souls to do it.  Just the opposite.  —  The authors are political data experts.  —  In the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, analysts fiercely debated the role of the approximately six million voters …
Washington Post:
Prospect of gun control in Virginia draws threats, promise of armed protest  —  RICHMOND — Gun rights advocates and militia members from around the country are urging thousands of armed protesters to descend on Virginia's capital later this month to stop newly empowered Democrats from passing gun-control bills.
Paul Joseph Watson / Summit News:
Nearly 200 People Arrested Across Australia For Deliberately Starting Bushfires  —  Authorities in Australia have arrested close to 200 people for deliberately starting the bushfires that have devastated the country, yet the media and celebrities continue to blame “climate change” for the disaster.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Aya Batrawy / Associated Press:
An emotional Khamenei shows Iran general's death is personal  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a rare display of emotion from the typically reserved and measured supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cried openly Monday at the funeral of slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:05 PM ET, January 6, 2020.

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: 
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Is Experience or Ideology More Important to Voters?
Agnès Pedrero / Agence France-Presse:
Most legal and criminal justice experts in Switzerland believe that the right to die extends to convicts.
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
The ‘Right to Choose’ What, Michelle Williams?
Axios:
Saudi envoy arrives in Washington amid fear of U.S.-Iran war
John Bowden / The Hill:
France warns US against digital tax retaliation
James McGinnis / Bucks County Courier Times:
Former Bucks Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick dead at 56
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
1776 Honors America's Diversity in a Way 1619 Does Not
Christopher Ingraham / Greenwich Time:
People who second-guess themselves make worse decisions, study finds
 Earlier Items: 
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Who Does Maryland's Governor Really Work For?
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Future of America's Contest with China
Discussion: National Review
Andrea Bernstein / New Yorker:
Who Is Jared Kushner?  —  The Kushner family history …
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him
Discussion: The Nation, Townhall and The Guardian
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Chafee files to run for president again
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Typical Trump Vacation, With a Momentous Result
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Democrat Who Can Beat Trump