Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:35 PM ET, October 17, 2014

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Obama will name Ron Klain as Ebola Czar  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his “Ebola czar,” knowledgeable sources tell CNN.  —  The president on Thursday signaled his openness to the idea to have one individual coordinating the entire federal response …
RELATED:
David McCabe / The Hill:
GOP blasts Obama Ebola czar pick  —  No sooner had the White House announced that it had selected Ron Klain to coordinate the administration's response to concerns about the Ebola virus than several congressional Republicans were expressing anger about the pick.  —  Most highlighted Klain's past as a political operative.
Belizean:
Belize Confirms Patient With Ebola Symptoms On Cruise Ship Off Its Coast  —  Reports tonight are that two individuals possibly infected with the Ebola virus are in Belizean waters.  Local TV station Channel 7 monitored in the capital City Of Belmopan tonight, reported having credible reports …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
RELATED:
Steve Mason / ABC News:
Hospital Worker Who Handled Ebola Samples Is on Cruise Ship  —  A Dallas health care worker who handled clinical specimens from an Ebola-infected patient is on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, with the worker self-quarantined and being monitored for signs of infection, the State Department said in a statement.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Charles Krauthammer: Ebola vs. civil liberties
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Michelle Nunn supports Ebola travel ban, reaffirms support for Obama  —  MACON, Ga. — Add Michelle Nunn to the growing list of Democrats who support a temporary travel ban from West Africa to the United States in order to control the spread of Ebola.  —  “I support a temporary travel ban …
RELATED:
Luke Brinker / Salon:
This may be the worst race-baiting campaign ad since Willie Horton  —  Fighting to save an embattled congressman, GOP tries to spook voters with menacing images of a black convict  —  The National Republican Campaign Committee unveiled a race-baiting ad Friday linking the Democratic candidate …
RELATED:
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Return of the “Different Kind of Republican”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
New GOP ad tries to tie Brad Ashford to felon who went on Omaha killing spree
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Allen / Politico:
Paul: African-American leaders may not yet embrace GOP
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
President Obama's credit card got rejected last month.  Here's what happened next.  —  Presidents, they're just like us — their credit cards get declined.  —  President Obama's credit card was rejected last month at a restaurant in New York.  —  “I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was …
Discussion: New York Magazine
RELATED:
Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
Obama: ‘My Credit Card Was Rejected’  —  In what must have been an awkward moment for everyone involved, President Barack Obama said his credit card was declined at a New York City restaurant last month.  —  “My credit card was rejected.  It turned out I guess I don't use it enough,” …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Midterm Calculus: Not Following the Midterms?  You're Missing All the Fun  —  Not Following the Midterms?  You're Missing All the Fun  —  I have a confession: I think this is a great election.  It's way better than 2012.  All around, it might be the best general election in a decade.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Koch Group Sends Fake Voter Information To Discourage Illinois Voters  —  They're not satisfied to be breaking the law in North Carolina.  Now they're aiming at Illinois.  —  First it was North Carolina, now it's Illinois.  Same pattern of voter suppression by fraudulent mailing, too.
RELATED:
Joan McCarterFollow / Daily Kos:
Kochs now harassing voters in Illinois with registration mailers
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Kentuckians Now More Likely to Align With GOP  —  Democratic presence, Obama approval at six-year lows in Kentucky  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A series of disheartening figures could make Democratic Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' attempt to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell all the more difficult.
Discussion: Washington Post and Firedoglake
RELATED:
Rasmussen Reports:
Kentucky Senate: McConnell (R) 52%, Grimes (D) 44%
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties  —  In August, Tom Steyer and seven campaign advisers sat in a small conference room in Coral Gables, Fla., trying to figure out how to save the world.  Steyer, who is 57, has a fortune of roughly $1.5 billion …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Political Polarization in Action: Insights into the 2014 Election from the American Trends Panel  —  The Pew Research Center has developed a new tool for looking at the 2014 elections - a panel survey that enables us to check in with the same representative group of Americans several times during the course of the campaign.
Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Rev. Billy Graham: ‘America is Just as Wicked as Sodom and Gomorrah Ever Were’  —  Reverend Billy Graham, arguably the most well-known and respected evangelical preacher of the last 50 years, said in a recently published commentary that America was “founded by men who believed in prayer” …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Vox Popoli
Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:
This conservative cause is the GOP's worst nightmare  —  DENVER - There is one word that has defined the Colorado Senate race and it's a word that Republican Rep. Cory Gardner and other GOP candidates across the country are tired of hearing.  The word is Personhood.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Scott Brown: “We Would Not Be Worrying About Ebola Right Now” If Romney Won  —  The New Hampshire Republican talked with Brian Kilmeade Friday morning about Ebola and the 2012 Republican nominee for president.  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Brown told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Friday that Ebola …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Joni Ernst Admits Why Republicans Really Hate Obamacare  —  Another secret recording.  —  Shares  —  Conservatives have made a series of specific predictions about the effects of Obamacare — overall costs would rise, insurers would flee the exchanges, premiums would go up, the ranks of the uninsured would not even fall.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:35 PM ET, October 17, 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: 
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton: It's Complicated
Discussion: Politico
Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
The Second Obamacare Election
Matt Higgins / CBS Tampa:
Satanic Group Wants To Put Display In Capitol Rotunda Showing Devil Descending Into Hell
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
In a Louisiana Race for Congress, Edwin Edwards Can't Wait
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman: Hamas Could Infect Themselves With Ebola And Come To America
Steven Beutler / The New Republic:
An infectious-disease specialist says the time for half-measures is over
Discussion: The Dish
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Six Reasons to Panic
Discussion: American Prospect
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Arizona Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional, Marriages To Begin “Immediately”
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
What Markets Will  —  In the Middle Ages, the call for a crusade …
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

The Information:
Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others

 
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