Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:40 PM ET, May 12, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
David Wright / CNN:
Trump: Muslim ban ‘just a suggestion’  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump, who issued a December press release “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” said Wednesday such a ban “hasn't been called for yet” and it was “only a suggestion.”
RELATED:
Jonathan Updated / Glenn Beck:
Glenn Makes Wild Prediction About Trump  —  Donald Trump has faced consistent pressure and scrutiny from Glenn, so his prediction Wednesday on The Glenn Beck Program came as a surprise.  —  “I'm going to make a prediction about Donald Trump,” Glenn said.  “I could say he's going to be the nominee of the Republican Party.
Bloomberg:
Trump Heads Into Ryan Meeting With Little Reason to Compromise  —  House speaker has withheld endorsement of presumptive nominee  —  Both sides seem to have widely varying aims ahead of meeting  —  Donald Trump is coming to his meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday to deliver …
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Is Considering Newt Gingrich for Vice Presidential Role
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama: Republicans likely to correct course after 2016
Discussion: National Review
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Dan Quayle on Donald Trump: 'I'm Going to Support the Nominee'
Discussion: Politico
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I Saw Trump's Tax Returns.  You Should, Too.  —  In January, Donald Trump had this to say when he was asked about whether he would release his tax returns: “I have very big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we'll be working that over in the next period of time.”
RELATED:
Mitt Romney / Facebook:
It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse …
Valerie Boey / WOFL:
George Zimmerman's gun up for auction  —  LAKE MARY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who was acquitted in the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2013, is selling his gun.  —  The 9mm pistol that Zimmerman said was used to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin on February 26 …
RELATED:
New York Daily News:
George Zimmerman puts gun that killed Trayvon Martin up for auction  —  SALE: One .9-mm pistol — and whatever's left of George Zimmerman's bankrupt soul.  —  The Florida neighborhood watchman who fatally shot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in 2012 is putting the killer handgun up for auction — and hoping to fetch at least $5,000.
Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:
George Zimmerman AUCTIONS OFF the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin: Acquitted killer describes pistol …
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS Miami
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
The FBI Is Keeping 80,000 Secret Files on the Saudis and 9/11  —  The secret ‘28 pages’ are just the start.  The FBI has another 80,000 classified documents, many of which deal with Saudi connections to the 9/11 terror plot.  What's the Bureau got?  —  The Obama administration …
RELATED:
Philip Shenon / Guardian:
Saudi officials were ‘supporting’ 9/11 hijackers, commission member says
Discussion: Boing Boing and Common Dreams
Bob Graham / Washington Post:
Former senator: Release the uncensored truth about 9/11
Discussion: Hit & Run
Adam Housley / Fox News:
‘We could have been there’: Squadron member speaks out on stalled Benghazi response  —  His squadron got the alert: a “real world mission was going down.”  —  The team - at Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy - raced to the field and was briefed, as planes were armed and prepared to launch.
RELATED:
Daily Mail:
‘Screw the next generation’: Anonymous congressman writes tell-all and slams ‘nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep’ as he admits he never reads bills he votes on  — ‘My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected.  It takes precedence over everything,’ an anonymous member of Congress writes in a new book
Discussion: The Week
Annie Karni / Politico:
Biden wanted Warren as his VP  —  Joe Biden took months to decide he wouldn't run for president — but he was sold on Elizabeth Warren as his running mate from the start, people familiar with the situation told POLITICO.  —  And he still thinks the Massachusetts firebrand …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Party Surrenders  —  With Marco Rubio's grudging, painful statement this week that he intends to support “the nominee” (for many Republicans, He Who Must Not Be Named), and with Paul Ryan possibly contemplating assimilation, it's a good time to take one last look back at what I got wrong …
Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Caitlyn Jenner Experienced ‘Sex Change Regret,’ Might De-Transition, Biographer Says  —  “It hasn't been easy for Caitlyn, it's been very hard,” Ian Halperin recalls one source telling him  —  Caitlyn Jenner, who announced her transition from man to woman last year, has considered de-transitioning …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The raging controversy over a profile of Ben Rhodes, explained  —  About a week ago, David Samuels published a profile in the New York Times magazine of Ben Rhodes, a second-tier but highly influential member of President Obama's national security team, that's set Washington ablaze.
Joshua J. McElwee / ncronline.org:
Francis to create commission to study female deacons in Catholic church  —  Pope Francis has announced he will create a commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic church, signaling an historic openness to the possibility of ending the global institution's practice of an all-male clergy.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump, Ryan signal unity  —  touted that they are “totally committed to working together” in a joint statement after their high-profile Thursday morning meeting, calling for “shared principles” and a “conservative agenda.”  —  The meeting between the two GOP heavy hitters …
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Bill & Hillary $100 Million  —  A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary's claim …
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Artist organizing mass photo shoot of 100 nude women during Cleveland Republican National Convention  —  Volunteers—2754 people—pose nude on the E. 9th St. pier on Saturday, June 26, 2004 as part of a photo shoot organized by New York art photographer Spencer Tunick.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
There are now more homeless kids and parents in D.C. than homeless single adults  —  The number of homeless families in the District has soared by more than 30 percent compared with a year ago, according to a federal estimate released Wednesday.  —  For the first time since the annual census began in 2001 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Wade / Politico:
Bernie Sanders, the Zombie Candidate  —  When he first decided to run for president, Bernie Sanders had a goal in mind: to start a political revolution by getting big money out of politics.  —  If he wants to do it—if Sanders wants to build a lasting movement to fight money's outsize influence …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mike Lee on Donald Trump: ‘He scares me to death’  —  Sen. Mike Lee said Wednesday that Donald Trump “scares me to death” and that he still has concerns about the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and isn't ready to endorse him.  —  The Utah Republican, who previously backed Texas …
Zach St. George / The Week:
How scientists are harnessing the ice-making powers of bacteria  —  The first major debate over genetically modified organisms, in the late 1980s, was not over tomatoes, salmon, or corn, but instead a type of bacteria that can raise the freezing point of water.
David McCabe / The Hill:
Dem rips daily fantasy sports operators during hearing  —  Lawmakers at a House hearing on Wednesday said they saw no difference between daily fantasy sports and gambling.  —  Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee …
Discussion: Washington Post
Charlotte Today / WCNC-TV:
Barber arrested for pulling gun on customer, says he 'doesn't cut black hair'  —  A Rock Hill barber is accused of telling a man he wouldn't cut his hair because he is black and then pulling out a gun during the incident. … ROCK HILL, S.C. — Denied service because of his race …
Discussion: Raw Story and WCMH-TV
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Reps: Our GOP Colleagues Carry Guns In Oklahoma Capitol Despite Ban  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's become a common scene at the Oklahoma Capitol: While construction workers, employees and visiting schoolchildren wait patiently to walk through the metal detectors guarding the entrances …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:40 PM ET, May 12, 2016.

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: 
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. special forces wage secretive ‘small wars’ against terrorists
Adam Withnall / USA Today:
Could Osama bin Laden's son be the future leader of al-Qaeda?
Marshall Zelinger / TheDenverChannel.com:
Multiple voters confirm for Denver7 their signatures were forged on Keyser petitions for U.S. Senate
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Alan Grayson Blows Up at Harry Reid in Meeting: ‘Say My Name’
Jeff Grabmeier / news.osu.edu:
When you take acetaminophen, you don't feel others' pain as much
Discussion: WSPA-TV and WOOD-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Will Miami's Republican mayor vote for Trump? ‘Of course not’
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Italy Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Trump: Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’
Atrios / Eschaton:
Think Pieces About MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE And How I Could Possibly Be Wrong
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Woody Allen Slapped With Rape Joke at Cannes Opening Night Ceremony
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
In a viral YouTube video, MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension doesn't show users the best coupons and deals, and steals creators' affiliate revenue
 
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