Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:50 AM ET, November 5, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
National Enquirer Shielded Donald Trump From Playboy Model's Affair Allegation  —  Tabloid owner American Media agreed to pay $150,000 for story from 1998 Playmate of the Year, but hasn't published her account  —  The company that owns the National Enquirer, a backer of Donald Trump …
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Clinton's charity confirms Qatar's $1 million gift while she was at State Dept  —  The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised …
RELATED:
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Deleted Email Showing She Forwarded Classified Information To Her Daughter  —  Hillary Clinton deleted a 2009 email in which she forwarded classified information to her daughter, Chelsea.  —  The email was released on Friday by the State Department.
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Podesta: Calling Chelsea ‘Not Smart’ Is An ‘Understatement’
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Hillary sent classified information to Chelsea
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place.  Authorities Say That's Fine.  —  The incident happened in the wealthiest county in America.  —  Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON A man wearing a Donald Trump shirt and carrying …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Washington state elector says he won't vote for Clinton  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic elector in Washington state said Friday he won't vote for Hillary Clinton even if she wins the popular vote in his state on Election Day, adding a degree of suspense when the Electoral College affirms the election results next month.
RELATED:
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Katy Perry's ‘Roar’ used in new Clinton ad for battleground states  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is debuting a new television ad Saturday set to the music of Katy Perry's hit “Roar,” the latest contribution to her campaign by a pop star.
RELATED:
Jezebel:
The Woman Who Accused Trump of Raping Her at 13 Just Dropped Her Lawsuit  —  A woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her at a party when she was just 13 years old has voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit, according to court records.  The woman, who has gone by the pseudonyms Jane Doe and Katie Johnson …
NBC News:
U.S. Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election  —  Exclusive: US Military Hackers Ready if Russia Disrupts US Election 2:25  —  U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump is a threat to the West as we know it, even if he loses  —  They share ideas and ideology, friends and funders.  They cross borders to appear at one another's rallies.  They have deep contacts in Russia — they often use Russian disinformation — as well as friends in other authoritarian states.
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Jay Z repeatedly drops n-word, f-bomb during concert for Hillary Clinton  —  Jay Z was entirely uncensored Friday night at a concert for Hillary Clinton.  —  The rapper repeatedly used the n-word and dropped the f-bomb as he performed “F—WithMeYouKnowIGotIt” and his hit “Dirt off Your Shoulder” song at a Cleveland rally.
Cass R Sunstein / Bloomberg:
Job Interviews Are Useless  —  Employers, like most people, tend to trust their intuitions.  But when employers decide whom to hire, they trust those intuitions far more than they should.  —  Suppose that you are considering two candidates for a job in sales, Candidate A and Candidate B, and have interviewed both.
Discussion: Althouse and New York Magazine
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Wolf Blitzer catches Giuliani telling whoppers on FBI connection: 'Aren't they feeding you secret information?'  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Wolf Blitzer just grilled Rudy Giuliani for the most uncomfortable 10 minutes of television.  While Giuliani swore that he was giving …
Associated Press:
Melania Trump modeled in U.S. prior to getting work visa  —  WASHINGTON — Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that occurred in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, according to detailed accounting ledgers …
Mother Jones:
Exclusive: The Democratic National Committee Has Told the FBI It Found Evidence Its HQ Was Bugged  —  In an episode reminiscent of Watergate, the Democratic Party recently informed the FBI that it had collected evidence suggesting its Washington headquarters had been bugged …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Majority of voters think Clinton acted illegally, new poll finds  —  WASHINGTON  —  A majority of voters believe Hillary Clinton has done something illegal, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll days before the presidential election.  —  A total of 83 percent of likely voters believe …
Greenville News:
Next Slide  —  Kohlhepp was taken into custody on the Wofford Road property Thursday while investigators were executing a search warrant as part of a joint missing-persons investigation with Anderson police related to the case.  —  Spartanburg investigators were on the property Thursday …
Cassandra Fairbanks / We Are Change:
Spirit Cooking: The Most Disturbing Podesta Email Yet?  (Warning: Graphic Content)  —  In perhaps the most disturbing Wikileaks release to date, Tony Podesta (John Podesta's brother) is invited to a “Spirit Cooking” dinner with performance artist Marina Abramovic.
RELATED:
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment  —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized Friday for reporting that federal investigators had determined that Hillary Clinton's private email server had been hacked and that an investigation would lead to an indictment of Clinton after the election.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Schools That Work  —  BOSTON — Alanna Clark still remembers the stress of third-grade reading time.  When her class read books together aloud, Alanna would often become confused.  She didn't understand how her classmates could answer the teacher's questions about the book so quickly.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs and Education Next
CBS New York:
NYPD Sergeant Shot Dead, Another Wounded In The Bronx After Responding To Home Invasion  —  NEW YORK - One NYPD sergeant has died, and another is in serious condition, after they were shot in the Bronx Friday afternoon.  —  Killed in the shooting was NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:50 AM ET, November 5, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
Jeff Reinitz / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
Cedar Falls stabbing suspect was stopped by citizen with gun permit
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Donald Trump and the Death of American Exceptionalism
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Don Kates, the father of the modern Second Amendment revival, has died
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Democracy's Majesty and 2016's Indignity
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ohio order blocks activities from both campaigns
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Clinton Rebounds on Enthusiasm; Trump Slips in a Still-Tight Race (POLL)
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Latino Early Vote Surges From Florida to Nevada
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
Masoud Kazemzadeh / The Hill:
Why is the Ayatollah praising Donald Trump?
Discussion: alan.com
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama commutes sentences for 72 inmates
Discussion: Politico
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Warns of ‘Constitutional Crisis’ if Hillary Clinton Wins
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Times
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump has huge ad buy - 2 minutes long
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Samsung Recalls Top-Load Washing Machines Due to Risk of Impact Injuries
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
A UK CMA report finds that Apple's policies hold back innovation in mobile browsers and recommends investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Threads is testing AI-generated summaries of what users are discussing, in the app's Trending Now section in the US, and Search and Trending Now improvements

 
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