Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:55 PM ET, February 27, 2009

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False  —  Looks like the game is up.  —  Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night — about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling government red tape to try to rescue stranded victims?
RELATED:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Jindal aides clarify Katrina story  —  A spokeswoman for Bobby Jindal says the Louisiana governor didn't imply that an anecdote about battling bureaucrats during Katrina directly involved the governor or took place during the heat of a fight to release rescue boats.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
KEY METRIC: THE F/R RATIO  —  As a rule, I try to avoid link war nonsense and getting into spats with other sites.  But I'll make a small exception because it illustrates a point.  Yesterday, we published a post by Zack Roth noting a number of reasons to question whether the main anecdote …
Discussion: RedState
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The obligatory “nutroots tries to smear Jindal over Katrina” post
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Scenes from the New American Tea Party  —  Some photos from the just-completed anti-stimulus New American Tea Party, outside of the White House (after the jump):  —  The best sign I saw.  —  Right before the march from one point of Lafayette Park to another.  —  She voted for Sen. John McCain, too, but is less proud of that.
Discussion: Wonkette
RELATED:
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
IT'S COLD AND RAINY, but the Tea Party pictures are coming in via cellphone already.  Here are a couple.  —  From Atlanta, where a reported 300-400 showed up, a flag with protest babes:  —  From Chicago:  —  More Chicago pictures here.  Plus this summary: “The Chicago Tea Party was an unqualified success.
Michelle Malkin:
Tea Party photo album: Fiscal responsibility is the new counterculture  —  Scroll down for more updates...  I've got tons of photos and e-mails pouring in from Tea Party people across the country.  I joked to a Christian Science Monitor reporter covering the events that fiscal responsibility is the new counterculture.
Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Budget debate launches new tea party
Discussion: Instapundit and Michelle Malkin
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Plans to End Combat Mission in Iraq by August 2010  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama heads to one of the nation's most storied military bases Friday morning to unveil plans to pull most troops out of Iraq by August 2010 and he has support from an unlikely quarter — Senator John McCain …
RELATED:
Tom Donnelly / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Speech
Ewen Callaway / New Scientist:
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers  —  Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.  —  A new nationwide study (pdf) …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Approval Rating Increases to 67%  —  Had dropped to 59% prior to his Tuesday congressional address  — USA - Government and Politics - Presidential Job Approval - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In the days immediately after Barack Obama's …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
U.S. pulling out of racism conference  —  White House aides told Jewish leaders on a conference call today that the United States will boycott the United Nations' World Conference on Racism over hostility to Israel in draft documents prepared for the April conference.
RELATED:
Ron Kampeas / JTA:
U.S. pulling out of ‘Durban II’ conference
Discussion: JTA and Atlas Shrugs
CNN:
GOP has 2012 gender gap, new poll says  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the the first unofficial ballots are cast in the next race for the White House, a new national survey of Republicans indicates that the GOP doesn't have a clear presidential frontrunner — but does have a clear gender gap.
Eric Gorski / Associated Press:
Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family  —  DENVER (AP) — Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago.
RELATED:
Eric Gorski / Associated Press:
James Dobson resigns as Focus on the Family chair
Courier-Journal:
Some say Bunning, in frustration, hinted he may quit GOP seat  —  WASHINGTON — Already in conflict with his party's leaders, Sen. Jim Bunning has reportedly said privately that if he is hindered in raising money for his re-election campaign he is ready with a response that would be politically devastating …
RELATED:
The Politico:   Bunning denies resignation scheme
Meg Marco / Consumerist:
The “Worst Food Product Ever” May Have Been Found  —  Pork Brains In Milk Gravy.  Could it be the worst food product ever?  It does have 1170% of your daily cholesterol per serving.  Mmmm.  —  [This Is Why You're Fat via BuzzFeed]
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Secret Coleman-Lawyer E-Mails Reveal Intentional Hiding Of Witness — Franken Camp Wants Double-Count Claim Thrown Out Completely  —  All hell just broke loose in the Minnesota courtroom, with Al Franken's lawyers catching Team Coleman in the act of yet more concealing of evidence …
Washington Post:
White House Plan Would End Subsidies to Student Lenders  —  The Obama administration has proposed a sweeping change in the $85 billion-a-year student loan industry, one that could fundamentally alter the business of lenders such as Sallie Mae.  —  The proposal, included in yesterday's budget outline …
RELATED:
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Newt calls out Holder on race  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called out Attorney General Eric Holder Friday over his comment that the United States is a “nation of cowards” on issues of race.  —  “I'm welcome to have a dialogue with you about cowardice, anywhere, any time,” …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
PRESS BRIEFING BRIEFING.  —  I may try to do this semi-regularly, may not.  But there were some interesting nuggets buried in yesterday's press briefing.  As you might expect, the basic frame of the questions was something like “OH NOES!  TAXES!”  One particularly odd exchange centered around …
Discussion: TalkLeft
David Stout / New York Times:
Obama Set to Undo ‘Conscience’ Rule for Health Workers  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved on Friday to undo a last-minute Bush administration rule granting broad protections to health workers who refuse to take part in abortions or provide other health care that goes against their consciences.
Discussion: Megan McArdle
RELATED:
Noam N. Levey / Chicago Tribune:
Obama administration may rescind ‘conscience rule’
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Jobless Angry at Possibility of No Benefits  —  As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insurance, there is growing anger among the ranks of the jobless in those states that they could be left out of a significant government benefit.
Tom Donnelly / Weekly Standard:
They're Warriors, Not Victims  —  Here's the last part of today's speech by Obama: … This is a very subtle form of the soldier-as-victim trope that is fast becoming an Iraq legacy.  For soldiers throughout history—those who have endured physical and emotional sufferings of an essential similar quality …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and Commentary
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Senator calls Obama 'world's best salesman of socialism'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Another prominent Republican told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the president's spending plans are pushing the country to the brink of socialism.  —  Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina …
Discussion: Think Progress and Salon
Mark McKinnon / Blogs and Stories:
Twitter Jumped the Shark This Week  —  The Dirty Secret of College Admissions: Money Really Matters by Kathleen Kingsbury  —  Blogs and Stories  —  It's not a business—and now that Rep. Joe Barton is doing it, it's not even hip anymore.  —  It's time to Twitter the f%$k up.  —  It's just madness.
Discussion: Wilshire & Washington
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
Scenes from CPAC  —  Going into CPAC this year I was afraid it might be a little dead this year.  After all, with such excitement last year over the presidential election, I was worried there might not be as much energy on behalf of the activists.  —  Boy, was I ever wrong.
Discussion: Political Machine
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Two Cheers for Regressive Taxes  —  David Leonhardt had an excellent article the other day on the long-run need for more tax revenue than can be generated merely be allowing for the expiration of the Bush tax cuts.  He makes mention of something called Wagner's Law, which is related …
Discussion: Will Wilkinson
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:55 PM ET, February 27, 2009.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Yes, Ron Paul is a Bircher
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Charity tax limits upset many
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Marc Lifsher / Los Angeles Times:
California unemployment rate reaches 10.1%
Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Gregg had stake in, won aid for base
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Words for a Shaken People
Discussion: The New Republic
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Happy Meal Conservatism”, Ctd.
Discussion: Eunomia
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Why Banks Are Screwed—An Illustration
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Obamaist Manifesto  —  Not a great speech, but extremely consequential.
Discussion: Commentary
 Earlier Items: 
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
RE: Fred Hiatt
Discussion: Firedoglake and Think Progress
Patterico's Pontifications:
CPAC: Is This the Image Republicans Want to Project?
Discussion: Riehl World View
Mike Levine / Fox News:
Chicago Man Arrested for Allegedly Targeting Obama With HIV-Infected Blood
Discussion: Jihad Watch and JammieWearingFool
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Un-Rove  —  I've learned for two years now not to under-estimate Obama.
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Climate of Change
 

 
From Techmeme:

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China-linked hacking campaign dubbed Salt Typhoon breached networks of a wide swath of US broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts

Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021

 
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