Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:55 PM ET, July 12, 2026

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Quintessential Politician of This Era  —  The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.  —  In his way, the late Lindsey Graham, who unexpectedly died Saturday evening, was the consummate politician of our time.  The Republican senator from South Carolina …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump Recalls Last Conversation With Lindsey Graham Before His Death  —  In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death.  Mr. Graham sounded “perfect,” he said.  —  President Trump praised Senator Lindsey Graham as a …
NBC News:
Republicans scramble to find a replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham ahead of the midterm elections  —  President Donald Trump told NBC News that he has someone in mind that he'd like to see replace the late South Carolina senator but declined to name them.
Olivia Diaz / New York Times:
What We Know About Lindsey Graham's Final Days  —  Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.  —  Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, likely died on Saturday from a tear in his aorta …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Preliminary findings reveal Graham died of “aortic dissection”: Medical examiner  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died on Saturday of an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the office of the D.C. Chief Medical Examiner said Sunday.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Graham's Death Highlights Congress's Age Issue  —  By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old.  —  For more than a month since Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, entered the hospital …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Ron Johnson ‘prepared’ to take over Senate Budget Committee after Graham's death  —  Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is poised to take over the Budget Committee in the wake of Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death late Saturday.  —  The third-term Republican is effectively next in line to wield the committee gavel.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham died of aortic dissection, preliminary medical report says
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
Lindsey Graham's Career of Contradictions
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Nancy Mace considering running for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
Ryan King / New York Post:
Lindsey Graham's sudden death could hamstring Trump's Senate agenda — after rogues and Mitch McConnell cut margin
CNBC:
Who will replace Lindsey Graham in the Senate?
Associated Press:
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican's health.
RELATED:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell:
Statement From Senator Mitch McConnell  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following note to constituents regarding his hospitalization and recovery:  —  “To my fellow Kentuckians -  —  “When you elected me to a seventh term and made me our Commonwealth's …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
McConnell says he 'won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet'
Discussion: CBS News
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:   Sen. Mitch McConnell says he was hospitalized due to a fall last month
New York Times:
How Trump Failed to Secure the Strait of Hormuz in His Iran Deal  —  President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies.  Now, Iran's military is violently asserting authority.  —  For two months, under a quiet arrangement with the U.S. Navy …
RELATED:
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Aspiring to Regional Domination, Iran Is Ready to Escalate Over Hormuz
New York Times:
States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount's Merger With Warner Bros.  —  State attorneys general are said to be getting ready to file a lawsuit as soon as this week to halt the $111 billion deal, a potential major obstacle.  —  A group of states are preparing to file a lawsuit …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump.  A new poll shows they're furious at his deportations.  —  Benny Melendez voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.  But since Trump returned to the White House, it has been increasingly difficult for Melendez to run his small construction company in south Texas.
Discussion: MS NOW
New York Times:
Michael Cohen Helped Convict Trump.  Now, He's Making Nice Again.  —  A previously unreported encounter last summer set the stage for a rapprochement between the president and his former fixer, who has so far avoided the diatribes and prosecutions that President Trump has directed at other critics.
Discussion: TMZ.com
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:55 PM ET, July 12, 2026.

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: 
CNN:
It was supposed to be Trump's big legislative achievement. It could be a weapon for Democrats to win in the midterms
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
One Weird Trick for Torpedoing Todd Blanche's Hearing
New Yorker:
The Human Cost of DOGE's War on U.S.A.I.D.
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
US congressman says ‘IDF is lying’ about his detention by settlers and soldiers
New York Times:
How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Blanche Stares Down Confirmation Hurdle: Lingering G.O.P. Doubts
Discussion: Raw Story
Addy Bink / The Hill:
You got the ‘explosive’ diarrhea parasite. Now what?
Discussion: NPR and One America News Network
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: FBI Admits it has Epstein Files Training Videos
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller is outraged over birthright citizenship. His arguments are nonsense
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jon Finer / New York Times:
The World Is Cutting Ties With America. It's Already Costing Us.
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR:
An artist brought ‘I.C.E. pops’ to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with veteran media reporter Peter Kafka on the unbundling of Comcast and NBCUniversal, Versant's future, YouTube, net neutrality, Hollywood's fate, and more

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Letterboxd's owners have held early talks with potential buyers, including Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and PE giant TPG
 
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