Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:50 AM ET, July 26, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Politico:
Full text: Bernie Sanders' DNC speech  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery:  —  Good evening.  —  How great it is to be with you tonight.  —  Let me begin by thanking the hundreds of thousands of Americans who actively participated in our campaign as volunteers.
RELATED:
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
All Hell Breaks Loose at the Democratic Convention  — Hillary Clinton, her advisers, and their allies at the Democratic National Committee watched Donald Trump's nominating convention in Cleveland with smug satisfaction.  — Team Trump had insulted Ohio's governor …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It looks like a mess, but the Democratic Party is more unified than it seems  —  PHILADELPHIA — After a long day of tensions and booing, Democrats finally found some semblance of party unity.  —  The 2016 Democratic National Convention opened in chaos, as Democratic National Committee Chair …
DennisMichaelLynch.com:
DNC BREAKS FEDERAL LAW AT CONVENTION: VIOLATION OF SECTION 8 U.S. Code  § 1324  —  The DNC aided and abetted two illegal aliens on Monday night during the nationally televised DNC Convention 2016 in Philadelphia.  Thus, according to the law, the DNC twice violated Section 8 U.S. Code 1324.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democratic National Convention: Supporters hope to reintroduce Clinton to skeptical voters  —  PHILADELPHIA — Democrats hope to shift on Tuesday to the task of defeating Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by reintroducing Hillary Clinton to a country that is still deeply skeptical of her own candidacy.
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Booker responds to Trump: ‘I love you’
Dan Spinelli / Politico:
Sarah Silverman heckles Sanders supporters: 'You're being ridiculous'
Dana Houle / New Republic:
No, the DNC Didn't Rig the Primary in Favor of Hillary
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sanders struggles to hand his ‘revolution’ to Clinton
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Rewire
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cory Booker Gives Rousing DNC Speech: ‘We Will Rise’
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Clinton's Image at Lowest Point in Two Decades
BBC:
France church attack: Priest killed in hostage-taking near Rouen  —  A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France.  —  The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage.
RELATED:
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Live Normandy siege: knifemen 'shouted Daesh and slit 86-year-old priest's throat' after taking …
Discussion: Walid Shoebat and Jihad Watch
Tom Batchelor / Daily Express:   Normandy church terror: ISIS knifemen slit throat of priest, 84, and take nuns hostage
Chine Labbe / Reuters:
Two attackers ‘neutralized’, one hostage killed in France church attack
Discussion: The Local and Vox Popoli
Associated Press:
AP EXPLAINS: Is Trump's Convention Polling Bump for Real?  —  Donald Trump is talking about polls again.  —  The Republican presidential nominee had recently avoided the subject, given that many preference polls showed him in a close race with Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
RELATED:
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Michelle Obama's Speech for the Ages
Discussion: ABC News
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Democratic Machine Chose Clinton Long Ago.  But Why?  —  “If Trump wins (or comes close),” writes my friend Tim Lee, “liberals are going to need a better answer than writing half the electorate off as racist.”  —  As the Democratic National Convention lurches off to a chaotic start …
Discussion: Power Line, Salon and FiveThirtyEight
Bernie Sanders / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Republican National Committee - RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night  —  RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night  —  Night one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia had barely ended …
RELATED:
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
'Hillary's America' documentary cracks top 10 at box office
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Despite what you've heard, Democrats aren't in disarray.  Their party is under attack from the outside.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Utah Pol Bolts GOP After RNC: Party's Direction ‘Makes Me Want To Cry’  —  A Utah state senator announced that he was leaving the GOP in despair after attending the Republican National Committee last week.  —  Sen. Mark Madsen (R-UT) said Monday that his experience as a Utah delegate confirmed …
RELATED:
The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah state senator bolts Republican Party for Libertarian camp
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
FBI Suspects Russia Hacked DNC; U.S. Officials Say It Was to Elect Donald Trump  —  Did the Russian government hack the DNC to bring down Hillary Clinton?  That's the view that's quickly emerging inside American intelligence and law enforcement agencies.  —  The FBI suspects …
RELATED:
Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Why Putin hates Hillary
Discussion: Politicus USA
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
Media too burned out on Nazi salutes to notice Elizabeth Warren's at DNC  —  Radio host and cable news commentator Laura Ingraham spoke at the Republican National Convention, but no one's sure what she said, since most people were too busy forwarding a still frame in which she appeared to be giving a Nazi salute.
NBC News:
Poll: No Post-Convention Bounce for Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump received no significant bounce following the Republican National Convention, according to the latest NBC News|  SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.  Hillary Clinton still leads Trump by a single point: 46 percent to 45 percent.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem Senate nominee calls Toomey an ‘a—hole’  —  Democratic Senate nominee Katie McGinty got into some hot water Monday when she called her rival, Sen. Pat Toomey, an “a**hole.”  —  It was a shocking comment given the decorous attitude Senate candidates usually try to adopt.
Discussion: Philly.com and alan.com
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Sarah Silverman Brings Down The House!  ' You're Being Ridiculous'  —  So far the star of the first night of the 2016 DNC Convention in Philly is comedian Sarah Silverman.  —  As a Bernie supporter, Sarah Silverman said she “felt the Bern” and had a powerful message about the inspiration Sanders brought …
Discussion: alan.com
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Grayson's ex-wife claimed domestic abuse over two decades  —  Rep. Alan Grayson's ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to POLITICO, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters …
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Daily Caller is at the Democratic National Convention and it doesn't look like there are any American flags.  —  The stage is bland and grey, with no red, white or blue present.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:50 AM ET, July 26, 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: 
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Inside today's POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP: A rainy, hot, rambunctious DAY ONE in the books …
William Berkson / Washington Monthly:
Government Investment and “Opportunity for All”
New York Post:
Donald Trump Jr. won't rule out running for mayor of NYC
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Politico reporter sent story to Dem committee for pre-publication review
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Politico and CNBC
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Franken roasts Trump at DNC
Discussion: ABC News
Brandon Finnigan / National Review:
Why Trump Can Win Pennsylvania
Discussion: The Resurgent
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

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

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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