Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:35 PM ET, July 20, 2015

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race  —  Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks …
RELATED:
Des Moines Register:
Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show  —  It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States.  —  People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gains Yet Shows Vulnerability in a Crowded, Contentious GOP Race (POLL)  —  Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts  —  Ten days ago, we raised an important point.  People referring to Donald Trump as the Republican front-runner ignored that his leads, where they existed, were within the margin of error.  Meaning that he was among the leaders, but he wasn't the clear leader.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nope.  Trump's Latest Outrage Will Not Sink Him One Bit  —  Has Donald Trump finally done it?  Finally gone too far?  —  Coming from Trump, the comments seem more ridiculous than outrageous.  And let's not forget that only a decade ago Republicans ran an entire presidential campaign around …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes  —  Trump insults McCain, draws scrutiny 02:35  —  Washington (CNN)Asked about the dispute between Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona — the candidate at the top of the ticket when she was 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a ‘jackass’
Discussion: Guardian, The Week and Mediaite
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
Allison Samuels / Vanity Fair:
Rachel Dolezal's True Lies  —  For a time this summer, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president whose parents had “outed” her as white.  The tornado of public attention has since moved on, but Rachel Dolezal still has to live with her choices—and still refuses to back down.
RELATED:
Dara Lind / Vox:   All lives matter, but not all lives are equally under threat
Aaron David Miller / The Daily Beast:
Iran's Win-Win...Win Win Win Nuke Deal  —  Why would the mullahs cheat on a deal as good for them as this one?  —  The Obama Administration sent the Iran Nuclear Deal to Congress on Sunday, and on Monday the 60-day clock starts ticking for a largely hostile Capitol Hill to review all the elements, unclassified and classified.
RELATED:
Avi Lewis / The Times of Israel:
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker  —  Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company.  In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership's vote …
RELATED:
Ryan Holiday / The New York Observer:
Is Gawker Destroying Itself From The Inside? Let's Hope So.
TMZ.com:
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert — Divorcing  —  BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT  —  DIVORCING  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting divorced ... TMZ has learned.  —  The couple filed divorce docs a while ago, and a judge is expected to officially end their 4 year marriage today.
RELATED:
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Discussion: Liberaland and Mock Paper Scissors
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scott Walker: We might have to take military action on Day One  —  A dispute has erupted between Scott Walker and Jeb Bush over how to handle the task of undoing Obama's Iran deal as president, with Bush hinting that Walker is approaching the issue with a lack of maturity …
RELATED:
Smithsonian Institution / Kickstarter:
Reboot the Suit: Bring Back Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit  —  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content.  —  Play  —  Unmute  —  Play with  —  sound  —  A chance for citizens of Earth to conserve, digitize, and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit for explorers everywhere.
RELATED:
Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Hillary's hosting her first Facebook Q&A of the campaign this afternoon.  She'll be chatting live about her vision for a better economy—add your question below, and the post will be updated when she's ready to chat!
Associated Press:
Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted  —  1 photo  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online.
RELATED:
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked
Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk  —  Last week many of us were disgusted to learn Planned Parenthood is harvesting and selling body parts from aborted children.  As the largest provider of abortion in America, Planned Parenthood is part of the problem, on the “supply” side.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:35 PM ET, July 20, 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: 
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
A nuclear Iran is now guaranteed
Discussion: CNN and National Review
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
In Texas, Sanders' Tough Talk Fires Up Thousands
Discussion: Daily Kos, Common Dreams and TIME
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Tells Recruiting Centers to Step Up Security
Discussion: Washington Post
Mark Hertsgaard / The Daily Beast:
Climate Seer James Hansen Issues His Direst Forecast Yet
Discussion: Slate and RTCC
Nick Ballon / Wired:
Inside the Secret World of Russia's Cold War Mapmakers
Jeb Hensarling / Wall Street Journal:
After Five Years, Dodd-Frank Is a Failure
 Earlier Items: 
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Industry rails against Obama's dishwasher rules
Discussion: Fox News
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Impossible Dream
Discussion: Slantpoint
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Gen. Wesley Clark: Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps
Discussion: The Intercept and Mediaite
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US should hang Edward Snowden, says former spy panel senator
Discussion: Liberaland, Salon, BuzzFeed and The Week
 

 
From Techmeme:

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3

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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

 
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