memeorandum: Why Aren't Americans Getting Raises? Blame the Monopsony (Wall Street Journal)

2:45 PM ET, November 5, 2016

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Townhall.com, Power Line, New York Magazine, Hot Air, RedState, The Week, BizPac Review and twitchy.com

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Deleted Email Showing She Forwarded Classified Information To Her Daughter

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, NO QUARTER USA NET, CANNONFIRE, Independent Journal Review, Patterico's Pontifications and AOL

Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Clinton Sent Classified Document to Daughter That State Department Has Identified as …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Podesta: Calling Chelsea ‘Not Smart’ Is An ‘Understatement’

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.

Discussion: BizPac Review, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The New Civil Rights Movement, Althouse, TheBlaze and Washington Post

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Trump has a problem with Jay-Z's language — TAMPA, Florida — Donald Trump wasted little time attacking Hillary Clinton on Saturday, boasting to a packed room of supporters here that he doesn't need rapper Jay-Z's star power to attract a large audience. — “You people were here from like 2 in the morning, they tell me,” Trump said.

Discussion: Washington Post

Dan Merica / CNN:
Jay Z, Beyonce headline concert for Clinton

Discussion: New York Times, Gothamist, Politico, The New Civil Rights Movement, ABC News, The Week, Hullabaloo, Business Insider, Mashable, Washington Free Beacon and CBS News

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again — A woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her two decades ago when she was a 13-year-old aspiring teen model has again dropped a federal lawsuit over the alleged assaults. — The accuser, identified in the lawsuit by the pseudonym …

Discussion: RedState, Independent Journal Review, Fox News Insider, TheBlaze, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Guardian and twitchy.com

Jezebel:
The Woman Who Accused Trump of Raping Her at 13 Just Dropped Her Lawsuit

Discussion: Gothamist, Law News, Raw Story and New York Magazine

Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's 13-year-old ‘rape victim’ …

Discussion: RedState

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.

Discussion: RedState, BuzzFeed, Liberal Values, New York Magazine, alan.com and Mediaite

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.

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: alicublog, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:

Donald Trump Approaches The Finish Line As Unhinged As Ever — Donald Trump is coming down the final stretch with just a few final conspiracies about Hillary Clinton he hopes will push him over the edge. — With three days to go, at a rally in Tampa Saturday morning …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE

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.

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

Scott Adams' Blog:

Scott Adams' Blog — I had been wondering if Trump was planning some sort of special closing argument. He did not disappoint. In my opinion, his final ad is the political ad of the year, if not the best ever. Watch it here first and I'll include my thoughts below. — http://www.youtube.com/...

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 …

Discussion: Townhall.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and RedState

Talking Points Memo:

Melania Trump Modeled in US Illegally Without Work Visa — WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 …

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 …

Discussion: CNBC, The Verge, Infowars, Marginal REVOLUTION, Spocko's Brain, Business Insider, RT, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, Mashable and True Pundit

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 …

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement

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

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

An early sign Trump is being out-organized: A big Democratic advantage in Nevada voting — This is the scene that Hillary Clinton's campaign wanted to see. … Tim Hogan, who tweeted that picture, works for the Clinton campaign. The picture shows people lined up outside a grocery store at 8:15 last night, Nevada time.