memeorandum http://www.memeorandum.com/ Political Web, page A1 en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:50:29 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:50:29 -0400 Right rips Rubio as Republican immigration votes slip away (Alexander Bolton/The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p106#a130619p106 Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Right rips Rubio as Republican immigration votes slip away  —  Republican colleagues who were previously viewed as possible “yes” votes are keeping their distance from the 1,075-page measure.  —  On Wednesday, conservative activists ripped Rubio and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:50:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p106#a130619p106 Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p105#a130619p105

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage  —  As the Supreme Court considers overturning California's ban on same-sex marriage, gay people await a ruling that could change their lives.  But the case has already transformed one gay man: Ken Mehlman …

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:15:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p105#a130619p105 Anti-Immigration Reform Crusader Steve King Feels The Tea Party Love (Kate Nocera/BuzzFeed) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p104#a130619p104

Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Immigration Reform Crusader Steve King Feels The Tea Party Love  —  The Iowa Republican and immigration hardliner holds a six hour “press conference” to protest the Senate's immigration bill.  “I didn't know when we started out this morning if I might be standing here alone till five o'clock tonight,” he said.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:10:27 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p104#a130619p104 Senate on Verge of Border-Security Deal (Yahoo! News) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p103#a130619p103 Yahoo! News:
Senate on Verge of Border-Security Deal  —  Senate negotiators are on the verge of a breakthrough on border security that is designed to bring a handful of Republicans on board for final passage of a sweeping immigration bill, lawmakers involved in the talks said Wednesday.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p103#a130619p103 Embarrassing Photo Compares Obama's Berlin Crowds (John Nolte/BREITBART.COM) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p102#a130619p102

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Embarrassing Photo Compares Obama's Berlin Crowds  —  Courtesy of Fox News, here is a photo comparing the crowd size at Obama's 2008 speech in Berlin, and the crowd size at his speech today.  —  In 2008, then-Senator Obama had no record and our corrupt media had no interest in vetting him.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p102#a130619p102 Irish parliamentarians spar over 'war criminal' Obama's summit visit (Julian Pecquet/The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p101#a130619p101 Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Irish parliamentarians spar over ‘war criminal’ Obama's summit visit  —  President Obama's visit to the Group of Eight summit has created a political row in Ireland after an outspoken liberal lawmaker on Wednesday denounced the U.S. president as a “war criminal” for his drone use and his decision to arm the Syrian rebels.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:55:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p101#a130619p101 James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; a Complex Mob Boss in 'Sopranos' (Dave Itzkoff/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p100#a130619p100

Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; a Complex Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’  —  James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama “The Sopranos” as Tony Soprano, a tough-talking, hard-living crime boss with a stolid exterior but a rich interior life, died on Wednesday.  He was 51.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:40:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p100#a130619p100 James Gandolfini dead at 51: 'Sopranos' star suffers massive heart attack in Italy (NY Daily News) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p99#a130619p99

NY Daily News:
James Gandolfini dead at 51: ‘Sopranos’ star suffers massive heart attack in Italy  —  ‘Everyone is in tears,’ a source close to the Emmy Award-winning actor tells the Daily News.  —  Actor James Gandolfini is dead at 51.  A source tells the Daily News he suffered a massive heart attack in Italy.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:30:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p99#a130619p99 Rockefeller to become 52nd ENDA sponsor (Chris Johnson/Washington Blade) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p98#a130619p98

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Rockefeller to become 52nd ENDA sponsor  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  Sen. Jay Rockfeller is the latest U.S. senator to co-sponsor ENDA (Photos public domain)

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:50:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p98#a130619p98 R.I.P. James Gandolfini (Deadline.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p97#a130619p97

Deadline.com:
R.I.P. James Gandolfini  —  BREAKING... Refresh for latest: Actor James Gandolfini died suddenly after a suspected heart attack while on holiday in Rome to attend the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.  He was 51.  Gandolfini will be forever known for his portrayal of mob boss Tony Soprano …

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:45:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p97#a130619p97 James Gandolfini Dead at 51 (Pat Saperstein/Variety) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p96#a130619p96

Pat Saperstein / Variety:
James Gandolfini Dead at 51  —  VIEW GALLERY  —  James Gandolfini, who won three Emmys for his portrayal of flawed antihero and conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos,” died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack.  HBO reps confirmed his death on Wednesday.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:30:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p96#a130619p96 The Conservative Petri Dish (Ed Kilgore/Washington Monthly) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p95#a130619p95 Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Conservative Petri Dish  —  If, as I have often suggested, Kansas and North Carolina are currently operating as sort of right-wing policy “laboratories” thanks to the highly-focused ideological nature of their Republican state legislative majorities, then my own home state of Georgia might …

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p95#a130619p95 Microsoft Explored Deal for Nokia (Wall Street Journal) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p94#a130619p94

Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Explored Deal for Nokia  —  Microsoft Corp. recently held advanced talks with Nokia Corp. about buying its handset business, people familiar with the matter said, as laggards in the fast-moving mobile market struggle to gain ground.  —  The discussions faltered over price and worries …

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:10:06 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p94#a130619p94 I Am Sorry - Three years ago, Leslie and I began ... (Alan Chambers/Exodus International) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p93#a130619p93 Alan Chambers / Exodus International:
I Am Sorry  —  Three years ago, Leslie and I began a very public conversation with Our America's Lisa Ling, from the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) regarding some of our deeply held beliefs about Christianity and the LGBT community.  Today, we have decided to carry this public conversation even further.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:05:18 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p93#a130619p93 Illinois GOP official pens allegedly racist attack on black GOP candidate (Lee Enterprises/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) http://www.memeorandum.com/130619/p92#a130619p92

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Illinois GOP official pens allegedly racist attack on black GOP candidate  —  • By Kevin McDermott kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8268  —  A county Republican Party chairman in central Illinois called a black female congressional candidate the “love child” of the Democratic party …

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