Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:40 PM ET, May 16, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter strikes NSA deal  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and conservative members of his panel have reached agreement on legislation that may determine the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program, GOP sources say.
RELATED ITEMS:
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
GOP Senators block judicial review of NSA program  —  A front-page article in this morning's The Hill reports that Sen. Specter has finally made enough concessions to secure the support of the more right-wing members of the Judiciary Committee for his legislation that (along with a bill from Sen. DeWine) …
judicialwatch.org:
Judicial Watch to Obtain September 11 Pentagon Video at 1 p.m. Today  —  Department of Defense Responds to Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act Request and Related Lawsuit  —  (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption …
RELATED ITEMS:
judeoscope.ca:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Press Statement on Resignation from Parliament  —  I came to Holland in the summer of 1992 because I wanted to be able to determine my own future.  I didn't want to be forced into a destiny that other people had chosen for me, so I opted for the protection of the rule of law.
Discussion: Booker Rising, Hot Air and Jihad Watch
RELATED ITEMS:
CNN:
Conservatives appear unmoved on immigration  —  Poll suggests Bush address swayed viewers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's plan to toughen border security may not be enough to overcome opposition within his own party to his "earned-citizenship" proposal, which critics decry as "amnesty," House conservatives said Tuesday.
RELATED ITEMS:
Zogby:
Bush Immigration Speech: Half Disappointed, Half impressed Nation also split whether Bush plan will solve immigration problem; Bush approval - 32%  —  President Bush's speech to the nation on immigration reform Monday night drew mixed reviews, but left a plurality of likely voters across …
Lorie Byrd / Lorie Byrd.com:
Goodbye Poli  —  I just posted the following at Polpundit:  —  It is 1 a.m. and I still have a ton of things to do before I can go to bed and a child up with a fever for the second night in a row, but if I don't post this now, it might not get posted.  Forgive me if this is a bit rambling or unclear.
RELATED ITEMS:
PoliPundit.com:
An Editorial Change  —  Let me quote from Lorie's post below: … Lorie was well aware that we were having a private discussion.  Yet she saw fit to quote from my e-mails in public, without adequate context.  She has forced me to temporarily revoke everyone's posting privileges …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Decision '08
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Karl Rove, Bullish on the Budget and the Border  —  It's a heck of a curse.  —  Presidential adviser Karl Rove had almost finished his appearance yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute when it happened.  Discussing the Bush administration's record on illegal immigration, he blurted out, "We're doing a heck of a job."
RELATED ITEMS:
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
President's speech mauled by his base  —  (updated below)  —  So, President Bush gave his big speech last night designed to mollify his rage-fueled base and to stem the tide of his rapidly collapsing presidency.  The speech is done and the reviews are in.  How did he do?
RELATED ITEMS:
Judith Miller / Opinion Journal:
How Gadhafi Lost His Groove  —  The complex surrender of Libya's WMD.  —  As the Bush administration struggles to stop Iran and North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons, it might recall how Libya was persuaded to renounce terrorism and its own weapons of mass destruction programs …
The Anchoress:
The immigration speech - UPDATED  —  I'm still not writing about politics, but just skimming some righty and lefty blogs, I cannot help but notice that a number of conservative bloggers - some of whom I have long-respected - have already decided that President Bush's speech tonight …
Associated Press:
Venezuela Weighs Selling U.S. Jets to Iran  —  Venezuela is considering selling its fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to another country, perhaps Iran, in response to a U.S. ban on arms sales to President Hugo Chavez's government, a military official said Tuesday.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Behind Bush's Address Lies a Deep History  —  Photographers gathered around President Bush in the Oval Office Monday after his televised speech.  "America needs to conduct this debate on immigration in a reasoned and respectful tone," Mr. Bush said.  —  WASHINGTON, May 15 …
Anne Marie Squeo / Wall Street Journal:
Rove's Camp Takes Center of Web Storm  —  Bloggers Underscore How Net's Reporting  —  Dynamics Provide Grist for the Rumor Mill  —  On Saturday night, attorney Robert Luskin was trying to barbecue at his Washington home when the phone started ringing nonstop.
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP hopes 'Speaker Pelosi' will scare voters this fall  —  Congressional Republicans have begun a media campaign to scare voters about the prospect that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) likely would become Speaker if Democrats retake the House in November.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:40 PM ET, May 16, 2006.

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: 
TCS Daily:
The Family vs. the State
Bobby L. Warren / Progressive Texan:
Liveblogging Houston Mayor's Conference Call on Citywide WiFi
Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
It is Either Guest Worker or Deportation
New York Times:
House Resists Call for Papers in Bribery Case
Jonathan David Farley / New York Times:
The N.S.A.'s Math Problem
Times of London:
Tough curbs on water use as drought hits Britain
BBC:
BBC News 'wrong Guy' is revealed
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Battle Fatigue  —  Insty links, in characteristically laconic style, to this comment:
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Allen / The Hill:
'Nuke' could backfire, say some on right
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Rising Diabetes Threat Meets a Falling Budget
Ryan Sager / Real Clear Politics:
Hot-Tub Libertarians  —  As the Republican Party abandons …
Joel Brinkley / New York Times:
U.S. Will Restore Diplomatic Links With the Libyans
Alan Schwarz / New York Times:
Baseball Is a Game of Numbers, but Whose Numbers Are They?
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Bill permits 193 million more aliens by 2026
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Blue Nation  —  Ever since 2000, American progressives …
 

 
From Techmeme:

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple adds an Apple News Live Activity widget to track the 2024 US election results in real time on iPhone and iPad lock screens and the Apple Watch widget view

 
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