Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:30 AM ET, January 13, 2015

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Alex Moe / NBC News:
Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.
RELATED:
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
I Refuse to Believe Romney '16 Is Real  —  Join the Romney Campaign Truthers.  —  Shares  —  When the Washington Post reported last Friday that Mitt Romney had assembled donors and told them he wants to be president, I refused to believe it.  Then the Post reported last night that Romney has said he …
Washington Post:
Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid  —  Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, calling former aides, donors and other supporters over the weekend and on Monday in a concerted push to signal his seriousness about possibly launching a 2016 presidential campaign.
Politico:
The selling of Mitt 3.0  —  Romney is promising he'll be ‘different’ this time.  —  Getty  —  Shortly after Election Day in 2012, a Mitt Romney supporter moaned to POLITICO about the failed GOP nominee's performance: “We had no message, and we gave it to the worst communicator in the world.”
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Ted Cruz on Mitt Romney: No need for ‘mushy middle’
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: 'It's fair to say' we were wrong on Paris unity rally  —  The White House said Monday that it made a mistake in not sending President Obama or a top administration official to the weekend unity march in Paris, a rare concession that it had botched the optics of an important international event.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and ABC News
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Lafayette, We Are Not Here  —  It was not a missed public relations opportunity.  PR is the showbiz of life, and that is not what this is.  —  Here are the reasons the president of the United States, or at very least the vice president, should have gone yesterday to the Paris march …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to business: Share data for cyber-protection  —  President Obama will propose new legislation Tuesday that encourages companies to share sensitive data with the government in a bid to ward off cyber attacks — and protects them from potential lawsuits if they opt to do so.
Discussion: Politico and National Journal
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Atty. Gen. Harris to announce U.S. Senate bid on Tuesday  —  California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will announce Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, according to a Harris advisor.  —  “She's not testing the waters.  She's charting the course.
RELATED:
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gavin Newsom's California power play
Bill / The Hill:   Bill Press: New Gold Rush
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Dems' next big issue  —  Democrats are seizing on the fight for mandatory paid leave in the United States as their next big pocketbook issue.  —  The Obama administration has for months called upon Congress to require employers to offer paid leave, with Labor Secretary Tom Perez relentlessly pressing …
RELATED:
Bill Clark / Roll Call:
Can Democrats Win the House in 2016?  —  Democrats have a better chance of winning control of the House next year than they did at any time in 2014.  That's true even though they now need to gain 30 seats, almost twice what they needed last year.  —  No, I'm not suggesting Democrats will win the House in 2016.
Associated Press:
White House to meet with college athletics officials
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The time Obama walked in on a staffer who had a friend in bed  —  Reggie Love knows how to put the body in “bodyman.”  —  In a memoir due out in early February, Love recounts his years working for Barack Obama - in the Senate, on the 2008 campaign and in the White House.
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo's New Issue Has Muhammad on the Cover  —  PARIS — At about 9:10 on Monday evening, laughter and a round of applause broke out among the surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo, followed shortly by cries — joyous if ironic — of “Allahu akbar!”
RELATED:
Ben White / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination  —  Antonio Weiss pulls out of Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor.  —  NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' inconsistent attacks on Obama's Paris response  —  There is a certain je ne sais quoi in conservatives' criticism of the Obama administration over last week's terrorist attack in France.  —  A decade ago, Republicans in Congress were renaming French fries “freedom fries” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Columbus Dispatch:
Tear gas disperses revelers around campus after Ohio State win  —  Authorities used tear gas early today to disperse thousands of Buckeye fans on N. High Street along campus celebrating Ohio State's win over Oregon.  —  Three canisters were used in front of the Ohio Union around 1:15 …
Discussion: Reuters, NBC News, Raw Story and Shakesville
Mark Scott / New York Times:
British Prime Minister Suggests Banning Some Online Messaging Apps  —  LONDON — Popular messaging services like Snapchat and WhatsApp are in the cross hairs in Britain.  —  That was the message delivered on Monday by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said he would pursue banning encrypted messaging services …
RELATED:
Richard D. Kahlenberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Genius of Obama's Two-Year College Proposal  —  On Friday, President Obama traveled to Tennessee to propose that community college be free for all Americans willing to work hard—just as elementary and secondary schooling has long been universally free to students.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Texas Rep. Randy Weber compares Obama to Hitler  —  Texas Rep. Randy Weber, an outspoken conservative hardliner, compared President Barack Obama unfavorably to German dictator Adolf Hitler in a tweet posted Monday night.  —  Weber bashed Obama for failing to travel to Paris on Sunday …
ABC News:
France Finds Potential Terror Accomplice in Handcuffs in Bulgaria  —  A French national arrested in Bulgaria while trying to slip into Turkey is linked to the massacre of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, and is expected to be extradited back to France, according to a local prosecutor.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC  —  Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC.  He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa.  From time to time …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:30 AM ET, January 13, 2015.

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: 
Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Christie Lands a Key Texas Bundler for Prez Run
Tanya Basu / The Atlantic Online:
Who Owns Yoga?  —  Nailing a headstand in yoga class …
Discussion: NOLA River and Althouse
Mark Walker / Associated Press:
Judge rules S.D. same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
Discussion: Political Wire
Ian Black / Guardian:
Global outrage at Saudi Arabia as jailed blogger receives public flogging
CNN:
CNN Signs UAV Research Agreement With The FAA
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
FBI investigating Central Command Twitter hack
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and US News
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Muslim Leaders to Hold ‘Stand with the Prophet’ Rally in Texas
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
James Risen, New York Times Reporter, Will Not Be Called to Testify in Leak Case
Coralie Febvre / Agence France-Presse:
25,000 attend German anti-Islam march, but counter-protests bigger
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Radley Balko / Washington Post:
What Dallas's historically low murder rate can teach us about policing
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
House Budget Chair Signals Big Social Security Reforms A-Coming
 

 
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