Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:30 PM ET, October 15, 2014

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Dianna Hunt / Dallas Morning News:
Presbyterian workers wore no hazmat suits for two days while treating Ebola patient  —  Health care workers treating Thomas Eric Duncan in a hospital isolation unit didn't wear protective hazardous-material suits for two days until tests confirmed the Liberian man had Ebola …
RELATED:
Holly Yan / CNN:
2nd health care worker tests positive for Ebola at Dallas hospital  —  (CNN) — A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, health officials said Wednesday — casting further doubt on the hospital's ability to handle Ebola and protect employees.
Ascrouch / CBS Dallas:
CDC: Ebola Patient Traveled By Air With “Low-Grade” Fever  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The CDC has announced that the second healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola — now identified as Amber Joy Vinson of Dallas — traveled by air Oct. 13, with a low-grade fever, a day before she showed up at the hospital reporting symptoms.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Dallas hospital learned its Ebola protocols while struggling to save mortally ill patient
Texas Department of State Health Services Mobile:
Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
Guy Norris / Aviation Week:
Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details  —  Lockheed Martin aims to develop compact reactor prototype in five years, production unit in 10  —  Hidden away in the secret depths of the Skunk Works, a Lockheed Martin research team has been working quietly on a nuclear energy concept …
RELATED:
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Might Be Skewed Against Democrats — Or Republicans  —  This year's Senate election is close.  Republicans have the clearer path to a majority, but it's a treacherous one.  Republicans are favored in Iowa and Colorado, for example, but not by much.
RELATED:
WXIA-TV:
Exclusive Poll: Nunn leads Senate race by 3%  —  ATLANTA — For the first time, Michelle Nunn leads the race for Georgia's Senate seat.  In an exclusive 11Alive poll conducted by Survey USA, Democrat Michelle Nunn leads likely voters 48% to Republican David Perdue's 45%.
Susan Davis / USA Today:
Ernst holding lead over Braley in Iowa Senate race
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
My Conspiracy Theories Are Being Suppressed!  —  Reacting to his corporate colleague Phil Mattingly's Wow! profile of Dr. Ben Carson, Bloomberg View's Francis Wilkinson is decidedly less jazzed by this year's right-wing “outsider.”  Indeed, he thinks the guy is performing a very familiar role or roles:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
RELATED:
Laura Segall / Bloomberg:
Ben Carson's Longshot Presidential Bid Suddenly Looks a Lot More Realistic  —  Rand Paul?  Ted Cruz?  Jeb Bush?  Chris Christie?  More Iowa Republicans are backing Ben Carson than all of them.  —  “I tend to be an honest and frank and open person,” says Ben Carson, his voice not much more than a whisper.
Washington Post:
Poll shows Obama approval low, GOP enthusiasm higher than Democrats'  —  Americans look to November and beyond with dissatisfaction about the state of the country and the political leadership in Washington.  Two in three say the country is seriously off-track, and more than 6 in 10 …
RELATED:
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Democratic Party just hit a 30-year low
The Boston Globe:
Rethink Harvard's sexual harassment policy  —  In July, Harvard University announced a new university-wide policy aimed at preventing sexual harassment and sexual violence based on gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.  —  The new policy, which applies to all schools within …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Where did it go wrong for Obama?  —  Fewer than two years ago, President Obama was elected handily to his second term, becoming the first Democrat since FDR to twice win an outright majority of the popular vote.  —  Now, Democrats in competitive Senate races hope he stays as far away as possible …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Rush Limbaugh
C.J. Chivers / New York Times:
The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq's Abandoned Chemical Weapons  —  A controlled detonation of recovered mustard shells near Taji, Iraq, on Aug. 17, 2008.  —  The soldiers at the blast crater sensed something was wrong.  —  It was August 2008 near Taji, Iraq.
RELATED:
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Now ISIS Has Chemical Weapons?
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Houston Mayor Says City's Sermon Subpoenas Came as a Surprise  —  An unusual First Amendment fight has erupted in Houston where lawyers for the city have raised alarm bells among conservative religious leaders after subpoenaing sermons delivered by several local pastors.
RELATED:
Abby Haglage / The Daily Beast:
Ebola Racism Reaches a New Low in Texas  —  A community college rejects students from countries with ‘confirmed Ebola cases,’ even if that means cutting students with little to no risk of contracting the disease.  —  “Navarro College is not accepting international students from countries with confirmed Ebola cases.”
RELATED:
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Senate Candidate Claims People With Pre-Existing Conditions Were Better Off Before Obamacare  —  Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) thanks the moderators after one of two debates in the tight Arkansas Senate race.  —  CREDIT: Alice Ollstein  —  FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS—Tom Cotton …
Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:
It Is a Beauty Contest  —  Having dismissed Chris Christie's presidential ambitions because of his girth, the author must now apologize.  But while the New Jersey governor's dramatic recent weight loss—as much as 100 pounds—is admirable, in a physical matchup with other 2016 hopefuls he'll need to avoid losing much more.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Beheaded American Journalist Featured Heavily In Series Of Political Ads Targeting Democrats  —  The group running the ads, Secure America Now, is a conservative national security nonprofit.  —  James Foley, the American journalist murdered by ISIS militants, makes a cameo in a series …
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:30 PM ET, October 15, 2014.

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: 
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Religion News Service:
Exclusive: Mark Driscoll's resignation letter to Mars Hill Church
Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Excoriates Media for Ebola Coverage: ‘Not Worth the Ratings’
Discussion: The Daily Banter and Mashable
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The absurd claim that only Republicans are to blame for cuts to Ebola research
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Bachmann: ‘No plan to run for president’
Discussion: CNN
Lanhee Chen / Bloomberg View:
Obamacare Is a Job-Slashing, Deficit-Deepening Disaster
Discussion: RT and Daily Signal
Jessica Goldstein / ThinkProgress:
Today In Dubious Trend Stories: Ebola Halloween Costumes
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Nikki Haley Defends Confederate Flag: CEOs Haven't Complained (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Obama to Convene Emergency Ebola Meeting at the White House
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels
Discussion: The Intercept, RT, Firedoglake and Gawker
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Scarier Than Ebola
Discussion: Washington Post
Todd Erzen / USA Today:
Senate candidate dies in Iowa plane crash, hospital says
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Pump War?
Discussion: JustOneMinute
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Harkin Steak Fry Tab for Jet-Setting Clintons: $50,000
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Santorum Gearing Up “as If I'm Running” in 2016