Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:55 AM ET, August 29, 2013

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
PBS NewsHour / Online NewsHour:
President Obama: ‘I Have Not Made a Decision’ on Syria  —  President Barack Obama said he had not yet made his decision regarding a U.S. strike on Syria during an interview with Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
RELATED:
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Rumsfeld says administration hasn't justified Syria attack  —  Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who ushered the U.S. into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and 2003, said the Obama administration has not clearly justified an attack on Syria.  —  “One thing that is very interesting …
Speaker.gov:
Boehner Seeks Answers from President Obama on Syria  —  WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today sent the following letter to President Obama requesting that he clearly articulate to the American people and Congress his objectives, policy, and strategy for any potential intervention in Syria.
Robin Wright / Los Angeles Times:
The risk of taking on Syria  —  Quick strikes rarely achieve enduring political goals — and often produce more costs or unintended consequences than benefits.  —  So the U.S. launches a military strike.  Then what?  —  As the Obama administration and the U.S. military plot military action against Syria …
Discussion: Slate and csis.org
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Putin's Silence on Syria Signals Resignation on Attack
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Reports of Syria Chemical Attack Spur Question: Why?
Emma Dumain / Goppers:
Boehner, Cantor Turned Down Chance to Speak at March Anniversary (Updated)  —  Updated 5:23 p.m. |  Speaker John A. Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the House's two most senior Republicans, were invited to speak at the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington — but declined.
RELATED:
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Republicans absent from March on Washington  —  Not a single Republican elected official stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday with activists, actors, lawmakers and former presidents invited to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington — a notable absence …
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Bushes unable to attend March on Washington ceremony
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Clara Ritger / mobile.nationaljournal.com:
Obama's Affordable Care Act Looking a Bit Unaffordable  —  Republicans have long blamed President Obama's signature health care initiative for increasing insurance costs, dubbing it the “Unaffordable Care Act.”  —  Turns out, they might be right.  —  For the vast majority of Americans …
Discussion: Power Line
RELATED:
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
States find new ways to resist health law  —  Several Republican-led states at the forefront of the campaign to undermine President Obama's health-care law have come up with new ways to try to thwart it, refusing to enforce consumer protections, for example, and restricting federally funded workers hired …
BREITBART.COM:
20,000 CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 100,000 WERE EXPECTED  —  While over 100,000 people were expected to show up at today's ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, late estimates put the crowd numbers at 20,000.
RELATED:
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
‘The Most Dangerous Negro’  —  The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s …
Francesca Chambers / Red Alert Politics:
Nation's only black Senator not invited to speak at March on Washington  —  About Francesca Chambers  —  Francesca is the Editor of Red Alert Politics - an online publication written by and for young conservatives.  Red Alert Politics is a product of Clarity Media Group …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
HASAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORT HOOD SHOOTING  —  (AP) Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting  —  A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the ultimate punishment after a trial …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
RELATED:
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Death Penalty for Rampage at Fort Hood
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Bill Mears / CNN:
Fort Hood shooting jury recommends death penalty for Nidal Hasan
Discussion: The Week
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama is talking America into a war  —  Barack Obama's foreign policy dream — cordial relations with a Middle East tranquilized by “smart diplomacy” — is in a death grapple with reality.  His rhetorical writhings illustrate the perils of loquacity.  He has a glutton's, rather than a gourmet's …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Antiwar Left Stays Quiet On Syria  —  With less money and fewer members, antiwar groups struggle to effectively protest the imminent war in Syria.  —  Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans at an Iraq War veterans march in 2008 in Denver.  —  Michael Francis McElroy/Zuma Press / MCT
Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare for Everything  —  First health, then finance and now higher ed gets a federal fix.  —  Thousands of American higher-education administrators will spend part of Labor Day weekend trying to plumb the meaning of the ideas President Obama dropped on them last week to “reform” the American college and university system.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Verizon and Vodafone Rekindle Talks on $100 Billion-Plus Deal  —  With Rising Interest Rates and New Competition, the Companies Move Beyond Stalemate  —  Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC have rekindled talks about a buyout of the U.K. company's stake in their U.S. wireless joint venture …
Jessica Parks / Philly.com:
State: Montco same-sex marriage licenses meaningless  —  The Corbett administration said its lawsuit seeking to halt same-sex marriage licenses in Montgomery County “would have no direct effect” on the couples who have already received them.  —  In a brief Wednesday, state attorneys …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Hate-crime hoaxes and “counter-Trayvonism.”  —  Four “hateful text messages” appeared on the phone of a 16-year-old black student who was running for Student Council president at St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City, N.J. “We have NEVER and will NEVER have an (n-word) to lead our school …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:55 AM ET, August 29, 2013.

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: 
Justin Sink / The Hill:
In interview, Obama says race not a factor in congressional gridlock
Discussion: Politico
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Left Needs Racism—III
Laurel Conrad / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
15 liberals who can't handle the truth about the Oberlin racism hoax
Discussion: The Other McCain
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
PROGRESSIVE BLOGGER'S SEXUALLY GRAPHIC AND DESPICABLE ATTACK ON DANA LOESCH
Steven Thrasher:
Bayard Rustin: The Man Homophobia Almost Erased From History
Discussion: Wonkblog and Towleroad News #gay
 Earlier Items: 
Yahoo! News:
Key lawmakers to get Syria chemical weapons briefing Thursday
Discussion: The Hill
Rush Limbaugh:
EIB Interview: Senator Ted Cruz
Washington Post:
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Obama's speech on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Embracing misinformation on Obama
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Pryor won't attend Clinton's ObamaCare speech in Arkansas
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Reaction
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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