Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:50 PM ET, July 15, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
News Leaks Drive Confusion on Trump VP Decision  —  Donald Trump planned to announce his selection of a vice presidential running mate just before noon Friday, but a deadly terror attack in France - coupled with statements from the candidate himself that appeared to conflict with leaked reports …
RELATED:
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump delays V.P. announcement, even as Pence emerges as probable choice  —  CLEVELAND — In a stunning move late Thursday, Donald Trump said he was scrapping his plans to announce a running mate because of the terrorist attack in southern France, following a day of strong signals that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was the likely choice.
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
For Social Conservatives and Fans of Religious Liberty, Pence Pick Will Sting  —  Last year's RFRA battle was not a good look for the Hoosier governor.  —  Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call  —  Donald Trump has reportedly picked Indiana governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate (though it's not quite official yet).
New York Times:
Donald Trump Selects Mike Pence, Indiana Governor, as Running Mate  —  Donald J. Trump has chosen Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana as his running mate, turning to a well-established conservative who brings government experience to the Republican presidential ticket, Mr. Trump said in a Twitter post at 10:50 a.m. Friday.
New York Times:
Mike Pence: A Conservative Proudly Out of Sync With His Times  —  Long after government regulators had confirmed the lethal consequences of cigarette smoking, Mike Pence mocked their warnings as “hysteria” in 1998.  —  “Time for a quick reality check,” he wrote.  “Smoking doesn't kill.”
Discussion: CNBC
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
How Pence gained — and then tested — the trust of many conservative activists
Discussion: Politico and www.wnyc.org
New York Times:
How Mike Pence and Donald Trump Compare on the Issues
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Attack in Nice, France  —  On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the families …
RELATED:
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Who is the Nice terror attack suspect?  Everything we know so far about Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel  —  Moment police fire at Nice terror attacker  —  Play!  —  Who is Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel?  —  Lahouaiej Bouhlel was a 31-year-old French-Tunisian delivery driver known to police …
New York Times:
Terrorist Attack in Nice, France, Leaves 84 Dead and 202 Injured  —  NICE, France — The toll of a terrorist attack on a Bastille Day fireworks celebration in the southern French city of Nice rose on Friday to 84 dead and 202 injured, as the government identified the attacker as a 31-year-old native …
Danny Boyle / Telegraph:
Horrifying moment truck ploughs into crowd in Nice
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Week and CNN
Guardian:
Nice attack: truck driver named as France mourns 84 killed in Bastille Day atrocity - live
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Head to Head: Here's Who's Winning Battleground States  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in four of the most diverse presidential battleground states, according to brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.  —  Clinton is ahead of Trump by eight points among registered voters in Colorado …
RELATED:
NBC News:
First Read: Terror Shellshock  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Terror shellshock  —  Again?  That was our initial reaction to last night's tragic terrorist attack in Nice, France.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Tim Tebow Says He Won't Speak at the Republican Convention  —  CLEVELAND — Tim Tebow, the Heisman Trophy winner, reality television star and former N.F.L. player who was supposed to be one of the biggest names to appear at the Republican National Convention, said Thursday that he would not speak after all.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Forbes
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Polls Find Clinton Leading in 4 Key Swing States
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
Mike Lee predicts backlash after RNC smothers delegate rebellion  —  CLEVELAND — Mike Lee climbed out on a limb here Thursday evening, publicly aligning himself with an effort to potentially deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination at the party's national convention next week.
RELATED:
Bloomberg:
Republican Convention Panel Crushes a Bid to Block Trump
Discussion: ABC News and Outside the Beltway
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Why Justice Ginsburg's Trump Derangement Syndrome is a bad sign  —  Now that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has taken herself to the woodshed, it's worth asking what her brief bout of Trump Derangement Syndrome says about our system's ability to withstand four years of a Trump presidency.
RELATED:
New York Post:   Ruth Bader Ginsburg's ‘regrets’ don't cut it
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Ryan Says He Believes Trump Is ‘Going To Endeavor To Try’ To Change
Discussion: Shakesville and Mediaite
Austin American-Statesman:
Family: Lakeway father, son die in Nice, France attack  —  An Austin area father and son were two of at least 84 people who were killed Thursday when a truck drove through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, according to friends and relatives.  —  Sean Copeland, 51 …
USA Today:
Refugees in Europe say they fear terrorists are among them … BERLIN — Saif Ali grew nervous when he met his six Syrian bunkmates in a Munich refugee camp after finally making it to Germany late last year.  —  “They were strong supporters of the Nusra Front,” said the Iraqi refugee …
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
RELATED:
Nick Gass / Politico:
Former top-ranking CIA officer: Obama has failed to defend U.S.
Discussion: The Week
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
GOP Cleveland organizers beg Adelson for $6 million  —  CLEVELAND — Millions of dollars short and running out of time, organizers of the Republican National Convention have written an urgent request for $6 million to Las Vegas billionaire couple Sheldon and Miriam Adelson to cover the bills for next week's festivities.
RELATED:
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Sharia Does Not Mean What Newt Gingrich Thinks It Means  —  In response to the latest terrorist atrocity, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, and quite possibly the next secretary of state, suggested that the U.S. should investigate American Muslims to ascertain their level of commitment to sharia, or Islamic law.
Discussion: Slate, Techdirt and Raw Story
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
ESPN: the worldwide leader in bulls**t  —  Each year, ESPN holds something called the ESPYs.  Apparently, the event is a sort Academy Awards for sports.  The idea seems ridiculous.  Part of what makes sports wonderful is that it's not show business.  —  According to Larry O'Connor at HotAir …
Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Wire
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:50 PM ET, July 15, 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: 
Vienna Catalani / KOMO:
Sheriff: Deputies asked not to eat at Skagit Co. restaurant; owner claims misunderstanding
Discussion: Raw Story and LawNewz
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads in Missouri; Senate Race Gives Dems Opportunity
Discussion: Political Wire
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump-Pence logo mocked on social media for being ‘suggestive’
Discussion: Hot Air and Allen B. West
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Georgia Cops Tase the Wrong Man
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Morning Call:
State police pay $195K to man jailed over soap
 Earlier Items: 
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Clinton Has a Team of Silicon Valley Stars. Trump Has Twitter
Stacey Patton / Washington Post:
We don't need Lincoln-inspired racial ‘unity.’ We need whites to stop being racist.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Allen West / Allen B. West:
I had the sick feeling this would happen; here's how we MUST respond...
Annie Karni / Politico:
Has Hillary finally found her voice?
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats ‘freaked out’ about polls in meeting with Clinton
 

 
From Techmeme:

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View
 
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