Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:40 PM ET, August 23, 2020

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump to announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as covid-19 treatment  —  The FDA action will be highlighted at a news conference later Sunday afternoon.  —  On the eve of the Republican National Convention where President Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes …
RELATED:
Politico:
FDA to authorize plasma treatment over scientists' objections  —  The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment, the agency and President Donald Trump announced Sunday — one day Trump attacked the drug regulator for moving too slowly to back the treatment.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek  —  Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly look ahead from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus our best scoops.  —  Today's newsletter is 1,845 words, a 7-minute read.  —  1 big thing: GOP convention is a Trumpian production  —  This week's Republican National Convention …
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
FDA, under pressure from Trump, authorizes blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment
Discussion: Mother Jones, Daily Kos and The Verge
CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll  —  It was mostly Democrats who watched last week's convention, and they liked what they saw.  Now, as the Republicans begin theirs, we find a Republican Party whose voters not only hold …
RELATED:
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:   GOP Voters Say Economy, Covid-19 Response Good in CBS Poll
Tyler Clifford / CNBC:   ‘This will be the year of the Biden Republican,’ Rahm Emanuel says
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL
Discussion: The Hill
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Hoax’ book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox  —  FILE - This combination of photo shows, from left, Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Laura Ingraham, host of “The Ingraham Angle,” and Sean Hannity, host of “Hannity” on Fox News.  Brian Stelter, who wrote “Hoax …
RELATED:
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken  —  If anyone was born to write a juicy book about the democracy-threatening relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump, it had to be Brian Stelter.  —  After all, at not quite 35 …
David Enrich / New York Times:
The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News  —  Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth  —  Just about everyone understands that Fox News is the cheerleader in chief for a TV-obsessed president.  We know the channel traffics in misinformation.
Financial Times:
Trump considers fast-tracking UK Covid-19 vaccine before US election  —  FDA could use emergency authorisation rules despite fears over high-profile resignations due to safety concerns  —  The Trump administration is considering bypassing normal US regulatory standards to fast-track …
Discussion: Bloomberg
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump obliterates lines between governing and campaigning in service of his reelection  —  Trailing in the polls and struggling to find a message, President Trump is leveraging one of the most powerful assets he has left — his White House office — in service of his reelection bid …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Trump's family members, conservative allies dominate GOP convention lineup
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The first job of a Biden administration: Getting to, and telling, the truth
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping)  —  The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.  Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
RELATED:
ABC News:
Police arrest 5 during RNC protests in Charlotte
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Donald Trump is to speak on all 4 nights of the RNC, and his family will take up half of the keynote speaker spots
Discussion: Forbes
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Biden's Center Hold?  —  After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change.  The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided party and a beleaguered country.  —  “Welcome to my mom's house,” …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Acting Homeland Security chief says department does not have authority to send agents to polling locations  —  Acting DHS secretary on Trump's claim: That's not what we do  —  Washington (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security's acting secretary on Sunday cast doubt on the department's authority …
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story and Mediaite
RELATED:
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden's campaign to run ad seizing on Trump's Goodyear comments  —  President Trump urges boycott of tires he uses  —  (CNN)Joe Biden's presidential campaign is launching an ad Monday seizing on President Donald Trump's comments calling for a boycott of Goodyear tires that will play …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules  —  Twitter flagged a tweet by President Trump on Sunday that claimed, without evidence, that mail drop boxes are a “voter security disaster” and are “not Covid sanitized.”  —  Driving the news: “We placed …
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Doctors Enter College Football's Politics, but Maybe Just for Show  —  Universities have had mixed messages, competing agendas and a lack of transparency as they consider whether to hold college football in the fall, with billions of dollars at stake.  —  As Justin Fields …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated.  Will His Experience Change Anything?  —  Vague allegations against the Massachusetts congressional candidate offer a case study in how progressives navigate issues of sex and power in politics when judgment is often swift and unforgiving.
NBC News:
Full Mark Warner: Intelligence community should ‘lay out more of the facts’ on election interference  —  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) talks to Chuck Todd about the Senate Intelligence Committee's final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
New York Times:
Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case  —  The territory's attorney general wants to know more about Leon Black's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, who died while facing sex-trafficking charges.  —  Officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands want the billionaire investor Leon Black …
Discussion: Forbes
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge  —  (CNN)When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, “What are these things on your faces?”
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:40 PM ET, August 23, 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: 
Joseph Walker / Wall Street Journal:
Antibody Drugs Advancing to Fill Covid-19 Treatment Gap
detroitnews:
Canvassers demand answers after 72% of Detroit's absentee ballot counts were off
Discussion: Breitbart
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump v American democracy: the real battle on the ballot this November
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Could Kamala Harris transform law enforcement as the vice president?
Jacob W. Faber / SAGE Journals:
We Built This: Consequences of New Deal Era Intervention in America's Racial Geography
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
LA jails refuse to turn 25,000 criminal illegal immigrants over to ICE
CNN:
Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Dry Thunderstorms Could Accelerate the California Wildfires
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC's response to possible violations
David Shaywitz / The Bulwark:
Trump's Self-Defeating Attacks on the FDA
Discussion: Fox News
Rob Wolfe / Press Herald:
Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception
Discussion: Daily Kos
NBC News:
Postal Service delays of prescription drugs put thousands of American lives at risk
Discussion: Vox and NBC New York
New York Times:
Threatened by Facebook Disinformation, a Monk Flees Cambodia
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and CNN
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback

Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers, TikTok staff, and others detail how TikTok lost the war in Washington, including due to CEO Shou Zi Chew's failure to build support on Capitol Hill

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending

 
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