memeorandum: Republican Field, Mellow Edition (Wall Street Journal)

7:55 AM ET, May 13, 2015

Top Items:

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Senate deals stinging defeat to Obama trade agenda — Senate Democrats on Tuesday delivered a stinging blow to President Obama's trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from picking up fast-track legislation. — A motion to cut off a filibuster and proceed to the trade bill fell short of a 60-vote hurdle, 52-45.

Discussion: Senator Sanders's Feed, Common Dreams, Portside, Wall Street Journal, United Steelworkers, The PJ Tatler, Yahoo Politics, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Politico and Reuters

Seung Min Kim / Politico:

Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the top Democratic opponents of President Barack Obama's trade agenda, criticized Obama on Tuesday for what the senator saw as “disrespectful” comments toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren and indicated that Warren's gender may have played a role.

Discussion: Betsy's Page, The Hill, The Huffington Post, Reuters, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, Bloomberg View, American Spectator and Bloomberg Business

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

NOW president: Obama's Warren critique sexist — National Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O'Neill on Wednesday called President Obama's critique of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sexist. — O'Neill told The Hill she took issue with Obama calling Warren by her first name during …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and Eyes on Trade

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Foil Obama on Asia Trade Deal

Discussion: Hot Air, Philly.com, Moe Lane, National Journal and The PJ Tatler

Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
Here's The Senator Who United Democrats To Block Obama's Trade Agenda

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and The Atlantic

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Feud with Warren breaks open amid ‘fast track’ vote

Discussion: Political Wire, Salon, NPR, Seeing the Forest and The Hill

Brent Budowsky / The New York Observer:
Obama Hurls Insults at Liberals on Trade

Discussion: Viking Pundit, Fox News and CNN

Politico:
Reid offers plan to break trade impasse

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Videos, The Federalist, American Spectator, BuzzFeed, The Hill, Bloomberg Business, DownWithTyranny!, Common Dreams and Wall Street Journal

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem Senator Accuses Obama of Sexism Toward Elizabeth Warren

Discussion: American Spectator

Facebook Media:

Introducing Instant Articles — As more people get their news on mobile devices, we want to make the experience faster and richer on Facebook. People share a lot of articles on Facebook, particularly on our mobile app. To date, however, these stories take an average of eight seconds to load …

Discussion: Politico, TechCrunch, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Engadget, The Verge, The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

The New York Times-Facebook Deal Is Here — It could represent a seismic change for both the publishing industry and for the media company itself. — 1.9k — Shares — 1k — Tomorrow morning, in what marks a tectonic shift in the publishing industry, the New York Times is expected …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Poynter., more at Mediagazer »

Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:

Fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia comes on eve of budget-cutting markup — Senator Tom Carper had been on the train until shortly before the fatal collision. — An Amtrak train from D.C. to New York City derailed Tuesday night in Philadelphia, killing at least five people and injuring dozens …

Discussion: NPR and The PJ Tatler

Paul Nussbaum / Philly.com:
Nutter: At least 5 dead as Amtrak train derails in Port Richmond

Discussion: NPR

Wall Street Journal:

Republican Field, Mellow Edition — I find myself feeling mellow on the subject of 2016. I have nonspecific affection and sympathy for everyone. Actually when I think of the Republican field the picture that comes to mind is of Cloris Leachman in the movie “Spanglish.” Merrily: “I love you.

Roger Simon / Politico:
Was Jeb dropped on head as a child?

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Fox News, The Huffington Post, The Week, Mediaite, American Bridge PAC and Talking Points Memo

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

There Is No ‘Blue Wall’ — If you were browsing campaign coverage at this point in advance of the 1992 election, you'd be reading a lot about the Republicans' impregnable “red wall.” OK — it wouldn't have been called the “red wall” (the association of Republicans with red states and Democrats …

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Hot Air, Politico and Bloomberg Business

Meghan Keneally / ABC News:

Madison Police Officer Who Shot Tony Robinson Will Not Face Charges … The Madison, Wisconsin, police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old will not be criminally charged for the shooting since the district attorney announced today that it was a “lawful use of deadly police force.”

Discussion: FOX6Now.com, Scared Monkeys and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jethro Mullen / CNN:
Will police officer face charges over killing of Tony Robinson in Wisconsin?

Discussion: JSOnline, Gawker, The Huffington Post and Mediaite

WXIA-TV:

Man saves dog, but gets arrested anyway — A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it. The move landed Michael Hammons behind bars. WXIA — CONNECT — ATHENS, GA (WXIA) - A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it.

Discussion: Addicting Info and fox4kc.com

Dan Messineo / Local News:

Right-to-work bill passes through Missouri Senate — Democrats attempt to filibuster right-to-work bill — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - — A right-to-work bill passed through the Missouri Senate Tuesday evening after a more than 8 hour filibuster by democrats.

Discussion: TPNN, The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Meghann Myers / USA Today:

Navy to double maternity leave, make fitness changes — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is set to unveil a host of far-reaching initiatives and policy changes aimed at improving quality of life and careers for sailors and Marines, a senior Navy official confirmed to Navy Times.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Week

Paul Lewis / Guardian:

Revealed: FBI violated its own rules while spying on Keystone XL opponents — The FBI breached its own internal rules when it spied on campaigners against the Keystone XL pipeline, failing to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened files on individuals protesting …

Discussion: New York Times, Mashable and Common Dreams

T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:

U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story — This image is included in a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone. U-Va. associate dean Nicole Eramo argues that an image from the Cavalier Daily student newspaper (left) was turned into an illustration …

Discussion: The Other McCain, Poynter., Ed Driscoll, Moe Lane, The Week and The PJ Tatler, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
Eramo vs. Rolling Stone complaint

Discussion: Althouse, Hit & Run, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Politico and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

David K. Shipler / New Yorker:

Pamela Geller and the Anti-Islam Movement — The winning cartoon in the contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad, early this month in Garland, Texas, which two gunmen attacked, depicts a fierce Prophet waving a scimitar and saying, “You can't draw me!” The artist, whose hand and pencil are visible …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Center-Right Moment — The most surprising event of this political era is what hasn't happened. The world has not turned left. Given the financial crisis, widening inequality, the unpopularity of the right's stances on social issues and immigration, you would have thought …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Democratic Strategist

The White House:

Remarks by the President in Conversation on Poverty at Georgetown University — Washington, D.C. — MR. DIONNE: It's a real honor to be here today with my two Presidents — President Obama and President DeGioia. (Laughter.) And my friend, David Brooks, hurled the most vicious insult …

Discussion: American Spectator and The Daily Caller

Tom Baldwin / Guardian:

The BBC was not in the pocket of Labour this election. Quite the opposite — For all its faults, the BBC is an organisation that is invested in fairness. But it has been too easily swayed by pressure from Tory-supporting newspapers — If history is written by the winners …

Discussion: Business Insider and Spectator

Charlie Cook / National Journal:

Handicapping a Democratic Takeover — The 2016 Senate cycle is shaping up to be the opposite of 2014, with the map heavily stacked against the GOP. — The battle for control of the Senate is finally underway and if early indications are correct, Republicans can be no more confident …

Discussion: Hot Air