Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:30 AM ET, September 11, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Is Hillary Clinton Right About Trump Supporters?  This Is What The Polling Data Says  —  She has an opinion.  These are the facts.  —  Speaking at a fundraiser in New York on Friday night, Hillary Clinton described half of opponent Donald Trump's supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” …
RELATED:
Andrew Harnik / Talking Points Memo:
This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down  —  Let me take a moment to address this “basket of deplorables” comment because I think it's critically important to get this right.  Hillary Clinton has simply said what is the premise of most election coverage of the 2016 campaign: a big chunk of Trump supporters are haters.
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Clinton Was Wrong to Generalize About Trump's Supporters  —  After getting it horribly wrong, Hillary Clinton got it right.  —  First, what went wrong: The political world lost its collective mind when the Democratic presidential nominee said this at a fund-raiser last night:
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Clinton holds lead over Trump in new poll, but warning signs emerge  —  Hillary Clinton maintains a lead over Donald Trump, but lagging interest among some of her supporters poses a potential turnout challenge for Democrats with less than nine weeks before Election Day, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Why Clinton isn't sweating ‘deplorables’  —  “Words have consequences,” Hillary Clinton likes to caution while campaigning against the loose-lipped, insult-hurling Donald Trump.  “Words can be misinterpreted.”  —  But it was the Democratic nominee, generally so careful with her language …
Discussion: ABC News
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Alt-Right Leaders: We Aren't Racist, We Just Hate Jews  —  Bad news, Jews: You don't get to be part of Richard Spencer's white ethno-state.  —  In a windowless room in a swanky hotel half a block from the White House on Friday afternoon, three of the most visible leaders of the Alt-Right movement held …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in ‘basket of deplorables’  —  New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into “the basket of deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.
Alastair Jamieson / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton: Half of Trump Supporters Belong in ‘Basket of Deplorables’
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Clinton's ‘Deplorables’ Comment Show Disdain for Working People, Trump Camp Says
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Clinton could shoot somebody and not be arrested
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people's money  —  Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler.  It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of their cause.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
95 Year-Old Black Trump Supporter Walks Several Blocks in Hopes of Seeing Donald Trump in St. Louis (VIDEO)  —  95 year-old Mort Moreland waited outside the St. Louis Basilica to see Donald Trump on Saturday.  —  Mort knew Donald Trump when he was working in New York City.
RELATED:
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kaine: Clinton's ‘deplorables’ characterization doesn't merit an apology  —  RICHMOND — Hillary Clinton's assertion that half of Donald Trump's supporters fit into a “basket of deplorables” is not something for which she needs to apologize, her Democratic running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, said in an interview on Saturday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The Truth About ‘False Balance’  —  TO anyone who has avoided the debate over “false balance,” apologies for disturbing your bliss.  But it's necessary, because those who haven't heard this phrase are missing out on one of the more consequential debates to engage the media in years.
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
British stag party who took selfies with a SEX DOLL at Ground Zero on the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11 ‘all work on Wall Street’  — Were you on the stag party or do you know any of the men involved?  E-mail abe.hawken@mailonline.co.uk  — The group of men - from London …
USA Today:
9/11 Commission chairmen: Terror threat worse now than in 2001  —  Winning the battle of ideas is the only hope of quelling the terrorist threat.  —  Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the battle against terrorism is far from over.  The threat we face today is arguably worse than the one we confronted in 2001.
Discussion: Pamela Geller and AOL
RELATED:
Harper Neidig / The Hill:   Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 investigation
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Senator and the Mogul: A 9/11 Diary  —  Hours after terrorists piloted hijacked jets into the World Trade Center's twin towers, Donald Trump agreed to do a live phone interview on local television in New York.  Alan Marcus, who was working that day for WWOR as an on-air analyst …
Discussion: U.S. Uncut, Mother Jones and AOL
RELATED:
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Mike Pence Walks Back Calling Putin a ‘Stronger Leader’ Than Obama  —  Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence on Saturday walked back saying that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “stronger leader” than President Obama.  —  “When Donald Trump and I said that the small …
Discussion: Associated Press
Rachel Olding / Sydney Morning Herald:
Man charged with committing terrorist act in Sydney and attempted murder  —  A 59-year-old man walking his dog in Sydney's west on Saturday afternoon was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a man inspired by Islamic State.  —  Police charged the 22-year-old assailant with committing …
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:30 AM ET, September 11, 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: 
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump's claim he got $150G in post-9/11 state funds for small businesses …
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
The Time U.S. Spies Thought Al Qaeda Was Ready to Nuke D.C.
Erik Lacitis / The Seattle Times:
DuPont mayor cancels Seahawks rally over possible player demonstration at CenturyLink
Discussion: ThinkProgress and USA Today
Long Beach Press-Telegram:
First Hanjin ships set to unload this weekend in Long Beach
Discussion: 6
 Earlier Items: 
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Watch: KISS Stops Concert to Give Thousands to Vets, Take Shots at Kaepernick, and Say Pledge of Allegiance
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition
more at Mediagazer »
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Trump Slogs Through Another Pitch To The Religious Right
Discussion: RedState
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
The Curious Case of Susan Estrich
Discussion: The Talking Dog and Althouse
 

 
From Techmeme:

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

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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