Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:55 PM ET, September 3, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans  —  The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it.  A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off.  —  It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.
Joe Conason / National Memo:
How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified?  Actually, Zero  —  Nearly every day fresh revelations emerge in the federal investigation of the national security and presidential records that Donald Trump purloined from the White House.  So far, his alibis have been exposed one after another as empty …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
RELATED:
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Hats off to Hillary: Prosecuting Trump in the shadow of Clinton's emails  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Hillary Clinton recently hawked a line of hats with a mocking logo — “But her emails.”
CNBC:
Sen. Lindsey Graham says he was stating the obvious with Trump riots claim  — U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Saturday defended saying there would be “riots in the streets” if former President Donald Trump was prosecuted for mishandling classified information.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
CNN:
Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lengthy jail sentences for those who he claimed mishandled classified information  —  Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials.
New York Times:
What the F.B.I. Seized From Mar-a-Lago, Illustrated  —  A court filing unsealed on Friday included a detailed inventory of the material that the F.B.I. removed in its Aug. 8 search of former President Donald J. Trump's office and storage area at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private club in Florida.
RELATED:
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘Is there a purge?’:  John Harwood's CNN exit viewed as strategy shift  —  The veteran White House correspondent's parting words were a defense of an outspoken kind of journalism that CNN insiders think has fallen out of favor under a new boss.  —  CNN parted ways with veteran White House …
RELATED:
Ronny Reyes / Daily Mail:
CNN staffers are ‘terrified’ that new boss Chris Licht is launching a purge of the woke after Brian Stelter and John Harwood were unceremoniously fired - as network tries to win back ‘most trusted name in news’ title  — CNN staffers are afraid of a purge of woke talent following the firings …
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Biden speech denouncing Trump, ‘MAGA ideology’ sparks threats, calls for violence  —  President of the United States since 2021  —  President Biden's fiery speech in Philadelphia denouncing former President Donald Trump and what he described as “extreme MAGA ideology” has sparked online calls for violence …
Discussion: BizPac Review, PoliticusUSA and GOP.com
RELATED:
New York Times:
Democrats and Republicans Agree That Democracy Is in Danger
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has history of employing convicts  —  Powerful Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has welcomed at least three hard-core criminals on to his campaign and office staffs in recent years, shelling out over $100,000 in compensation to them, courtesy of taxpayers and campaign donors, records show.
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Support for Legalized Abortion Grows Since Dobbs Ruling, WSJ Poll Shows  —  More than half of voters said the issue made them more likely to cast ballots in the midterm elections; majorities oppose 6-week and 15-week abortion bans  —  WASHINGTON—Voters have grown more supportive …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Biden Brings the War on Terror Home  —  President Biden in his primetime speech Thursday sure sounded like a man preparing to criminalize Trumpism.  Is the White House expanding the great policy error of our time?  —  He looked shaky as he hobbled onstage Thursday night …
Washington Post:
Trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in GOP as double-edged sword  —  Republican campaigns hope rallies, robo-calls and virtual appearances by the former president can boost excitement in the party base without turning off moderates and independents  —  Donald Trump's political advisers …
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
How Trump's promised perks for Jan. 6 rioters could help form the next mob  —  Former President Donald Trump is all but certain to run for president again.  And he's sending increasingly clear signals that he'd like to form another Jan. 6-style mob to help him secure the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
emptywheel:
THE FBI SEIZED NO BOXES WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS THAT POSTDATE NOVEMBER 2020 THE FBI SEIZED NO BOXES WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS THAT POSTDATE NOVEMBER 2020  —  As I noted in this post, the government wrote their May 11 subpoena to cover all government records in Trump's possession …
Hillel Aron / Courthouse News Service:
Lawsuit accuses Black Lives Matter head of syphoning more than $10 million from donors  —  The lawsuit accuses Shalomyah Bowers, the board secretary of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, of using the organization as his “personal piggy bank.”  —  (CN) — The head of the Black …
Discussion: Just The News and HotAir
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:55 PM ET, September 3, 2022.

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: 
N.S. Lyons / The Upheaval:
Why is China so Obsessed With Food Security?
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Biden has tamped down talk of a primary challenge, for now
McKenna Oxenden / New York Times:
More Than 14,000 Strollers Recalled After Child's Fingertip Is Amputated
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and CBS News
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
VA plans to offer abortions for veterans regardless of state laws
Kansas City Star:
‘Literally kidnapping’: Teens taken against their will to boarding schools across US
Discussion: Washington Post
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
A Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is up for auction. So far, no one has bid on it.
Yolande Knell / BBC:
Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dear Insurrectionists and Fascists: I'm sorry I offended you