Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:30 AM ET, June 6, 2011

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Weinergate Bombshell: New Woman Comes Forward Claiming Cache of Intimate Photos and Online Communications with Beleaguered Congressman  —  A new woman has come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY).  These appear to undermine severely …
RELATED:
Patterico's Pontifications:
More Weiner Messages to Young Girls?  Evidence the Media Was Duped into Dropping the Investigation  —  [UPDATE 6-6-11 6:27 a.m.: As originally hinted at the end of this post, there is game-changing information out today — in the form of a new woman and new photos in the Weiner scandal.
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
New #Weinergate info revealed: Porn star Miss Ginger Lee appears to have gotten more than one private message from Weiner  —  Newly uncovered information in the ongoing #Weinergate scandal raises more questions as to just how much private communication New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner …
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
'It's Me': Rep. Weiner Sends Playful Photo to New Friend  —  Earlier today, BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com revealed that a woman had come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails she exchanged with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY).  —  The following photograph …
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive - Rick Santorum Will Run for President: 'We're In It to Win'  —  And with that another Republican challenger jumped into the 2012 race this morning on “GMA.”  —  “We are ready to announce that we are going to be in this race and we're in it to win,” Rick Santorum told me.
RELATED:
The Note:
Candidates Fighting For The Conservative Heart And Soul In 2012 (The Note)
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Santorum makes presidential run official
Wall Street Journal:
Questions Linger on Getting Debt Deal
The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum 2012 Campaign For President Launches
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Peter A. Diamond / New York Times:
When a Nobel Prize Isn't Enough  —  LAST October, I won the Nobel Prize in economics for my work on unemployment and the labor market.  But I am unqualified to serve on the board of the Federal Reserve — at least according to the Republican senators who have blocked my nomination.  How can this be?
RELATED:
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Letting a Diamond slip away  —  Last year, the Senate Banking Committee twice approved Peter Diamond's nomination to the Federal Reserve.  And twice, the Senate wasn't allowed to vote on Diamond because Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and a handful of his far-right colleagues threw tantrums for unknown reasons.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Sydney Morning Herald:
The dangers of bone-headed beliefs  —  Surely it's time for climate-change deniers to have their opinions forcibly tattooed on their bodies.  —  Not necessarily on the forehead; I'm a reasonable man.  Just something along their arm or across their chest so their grandchildren could say, “Really?
Ben Tracy / CBS News:
Chronic unemployment worse than Great Depression  —  The unemployed have, on average, remained unemployed longer than in the 1930s; Employers wary of job gaps in resumes  —  There is an unfortunate adage for the unemployed: The longer folks are out of a job, the longer it takes them to find a new one.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British?  Well, he did.  Now, who looks stupid?  —  You may have heard recently something about that Sarah Palin telling a reporter that Paul Revere warned the British on his famous rousing revolutionary ride.
Discussion: Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin
RELATED:
James Slack / Daily Mail:
40 UK universities are now breeding grounds for terror as hardline groups peddle hate on campus  —  England's universities have become a breeding ground for extremism and terrorist recruitment, according to a disturbing government report.  —  Officials have identified 40 English universities …
RELATED:
Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Universities ‘complacent’ over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warns
Discussion: Guardian and Jihad Watch
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Vouchercare Is Not Medicare  —  What's in a name?  A lot, the National Republican Congressional Committee obviously believes.  Last week, the committee sent a letter demanding that a TV station stop running an ad declaring that the House Republican budget plan would “end Medicare.”
Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Court's dynamic NY duo  —  They're in a New York state of mind.  —  The newest members of the nation's highest court — local Obama appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — have agreed with each other in all 23 cases they've voted on, which is a supreme rarity, observers said.
Discussion: City Room and americanthinker.com
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing that such a change is justified …
RELATED:
Mike Allen / The Politico:   Filed from Kabul: Gates tells troops they'll be in his thoughts and prayers for rest of his life …
NY Daily News:
Eat up!  Brooklyn sausage joint Der Kommissar serves Anthony's Weiners, skewers Rep. with special  —  Anthony's weiner never tasted so good.  —  A Brooklyn sausage joint is serving up a special entree skewering scandal-scarred Rep. Anthony Weiner.  —  Dubbed Anthony's Weiners …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Gothamist
RELATED:
Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Rep. Anthony Weiner's car is registered in New York but way out of date
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:30 AM ET, June 6, 2011.

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: 
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Right aims to pin pump pain on W.H.
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: Many voters expect to become poorer
Discussion: The Foundry
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
THE WARREN COURT  —  Elizabeth Warren may well be the most popular person in Washington.
Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Alabama pushes health reforms
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Among GOP, anti-tax orthodoxy runs deep
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
A Force Behind Lady Gaga Inc.
 Earlier Items: 
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Stupid art is objectively pro-Nazi
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Bookworm Room
Chuck Liddy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Prison sentence doomed Edwards plea deal
Discussion: The Politico and TalkLeft
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Conn. Senate votes for pot decriminalization bill
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Boehner Spokesman: Auto Industry Revival Is ‘Nothing To Celebrate’
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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