Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:30 PM ET, June 1, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, weakening global efforts to combat climate change and siding with conservatives who argued …
RELATED:
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump announces U.S. will exit Paris climate deal  —  President Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he is withdrawing the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, a move that honors a campaign promise but risks rupturing global alliances and disappointing both environmentalists and corporate titans.
CNN:
Trump on Paris accord: 'We're getting out'  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord Thursday, a major step that fulfills a campaign promise while seriously dampening global efforts to curb global warming.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Everything Conservatives Said About the Paris Climate Agreement Is Already Wrong  —  The Trump administration's reportedly forthcoming decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement will not end the global effort to limit the effects of climate change.  In the immediate time frame …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
How Bannon and Pruitt boxed in Trump on climate pact
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ex-DNC aide hits back hard at Clinton, says her campaign ignored data on Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin  —  Hillary Clinton has found plenty of non-Hillary Clinton things to blame for her 2016 loss, including Russia, James B. Comey, debate moderators and misogyny.
Discussion: Epolitics.com and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:   Has the Democratic Party Gotten Too Rich for Its Own Good?
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Clinton's misplaced criticism of the DNC as a cause of her defeat
CBS News:   Commentary: The left is winning
The Guardian:
Nigel Farage is ‘person of interest’ in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia  —  Exclusive: FBI interested in former Ukip leader's ties with people connected to US president and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange … Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the US counter-intelligence investigation …
Holly Yan / CNN:
Resorts World Manila: Explosions, gunfire reported in Philippines  —  (CNN)The popular Filipino tourist site Resorts World Manila is on lockdown after reports of gunfire and explosions.  —  A masked gunman was on the second floor of one hotel, firing at guests, hotel employees fleeing the scene told CNN Philippines.
RELATED:
Maryse Godden / The Sun:
HOTEL UNDER ATTACK Manila hotel shooting sees ‘ISIS’ gunmen storm Resorts World hotel and shoot terrified guests as explosions heard inside  —  Islamic State was quick to claim responsibility for the attack at Resorts World Manila  —  AT least 25 people have been injured …
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Putin Hints at U.S. Election Meddling by ‘Patriotically Minded’ Russians  —  MOSCOW — Shifting from his previous blanket denials, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Thursday that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers could have been involved in cyberattacks last year …
CNN:
First on CNN: Senators asked Comey to investigate AG Jeff Sessions for possible perjury  — CNN previously reported congressional investigators are seeking information on whether there were any encounters between now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russia's ambassador at a Trump campaign event
RELATED:
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Did Trump, Kushner, Sessions Have An Undisclosed Meeting With Russian?  —  The FBI and Congress are examining a campaign event last spring during which Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner were in a small gathering with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and other diplomats …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Dems: Sessions' testimony could be ‘construed as perjury’
Discussion: ABC News
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Exempts Entire Senior Staff From White House Ethics Rules … President Donald Trump has exempted his entire senior staff from provisions of his own ethics rules to allow them to work with political and advocacy groups that support the administration.  —  Staffers given a pass …
RELATED:
Hadas Gold / Politico:
White House eyes Bannon ally for top broadcasting post
more at Mediagazer »
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
White House grants ethics waivers to 17 appointees, including four former lobbyists
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
White House Sources: Reince Priebus's Departure is Imminent  —  I think many conservatives have failed to appreciate having a committed Christian in the White House Chief of Staff's Office.  Reince Priebus was unappreciated as Chairman of the RNC by many on the right and often blamed for things not in his control.
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Russia escalates spy games after years of U.S. neglect  —  In the throes of the 2016 campaign, the FBI found itself with an escalating problem: Russian diplomats, whose travel was supposed to be tracked by the State Department, were going missing.  —  The diplomats, widely assumed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
RELATED:
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York
Doyle Rice / USA Today:
Massive crack in Antarctica ice shelf grows 11 miles in only 6 days  —  A massive crack in an Antarctic ice shelf grew by 11 miles in the past six days as one of the world's biggest icebergs ever is poised to break off.  —  Only eight miles remain until the crack in the Larsen C ice shelf cuts …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Gizmodo and Washington Post
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
After Putin Visit, Tillerson Snubbed Top EU Official  —  Another day, another diplomatic blunder as U.S.-EU relations take a turn for the worse under Trump.  —  Trans-Atlantic relations hit new lows after President Donald Trump's gaffe-filled visit to Europe last week.
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Top Dem: Nunes violating Russia recusal with subpoenas  —  Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is violating his recusal from the House Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation by issuing subpoenas related to the matter, the panel's top Democrat says.  —  “The Committee rules provide that the chair …
Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Little-Known Law Is Key to Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort Probes  —  Federal investigations into two former associates of President Donald Trump center on a little-known statute that requires people to disclose when they are acting in the U.S. on behalf of a foreign power.  Critics say enforcement of the law has been ineffectual.
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
A Pro-Trump Writer Just Sued A Fusion Reporter For Accusing Her Of Making A “White Supremacist” Gesture  —  The lawsuit pits the new, far-right activist press against the mainstream media.  —  A pro-Trump journalist and political activist sued a Fusion reporter in federal court in Washington …
more at Mediagazer »
Amber Grigley / WBMA-TV:
Business license required for teens to cut grass  —  Teenagers have been threatened by officials and other lawn services to show their city issued license before cutting a persons lawn for extra summer cash.  —  AA  —  Teens in Gardendale are in for a rude awakening this summer when it comes to cutting grass.
Discussion: TheBlaze, IJR and The American Mirror
Selim Algar / New York Post:
School to student: Enough with the gender flip-flopping … Administrators at a Long Island high school forced a student to sign a contract barring her from changing her gender identity because she had switched it twice already, sources told The Post.  —  Born a girl, the current Valley …
Wall Street Journal:
Samantha Power Unmasked  —  Why would a diplomat need to know the names of Trump officials?
Discussion: White House Dossier
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
Bleecker Street's Swerve From Luxe Shops to Vacant Stores  —  Someday urban planners and retail executives may want to debrief Robert Sietsema.  As someone who has lived at the corner of Bleecker and Perry Streets for 27 years, he has witnessed the rise and fall of a luxury shopping district …
Fred Lucas / The Daily Signal:
This Farmer Won't Host Same-Sex Weddings at His Orchard.  Now a City Has Banned Him From Its Farmers Market.  —  A farmers market and Facebook posts have opened a new front in courtroom battles over religious freedom.  —  It started when Steve Tennes, who owns a 120-acre farm in Charlotte …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
‘We were used, abused and exploited’  —  As he built support for his signature political issue, Donald Trump formed a powerful partnership with a nonprofit group dedicated to families of those killed by undocumented immigrants, but now some of those families are alleging they were exploited …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:30 PM ET, June 1, 2017.

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: 
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Business sags at Trump's New York golf course as players stay away
Discussion: A Walk in the Park and Daily Kos
Harvard Law Today:
John Manning to lead Harvard Law School
Sean Illing / Vox:
The problem with democracy: it relies on voters
Discussion: Washington Post
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
Discussion: The Verge and Mashable
Todd Lighty / Chicago Tribune:
J.B. Pritzker sought political office from Blagojevich, 2008 FBI wiretaps show
Madeline Runkles / Washington Post:
I got pregnant. I chose to keep my baby. And my Christian school humiliated me.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Friendly Atheist
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Comey will testify before Senate committee next Thursday
 Earlier Items: 
Eliza Newlin Carney / American Prospect:
The Maps That Kill Competition
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Conservatism is soiled by scowling primitives
 

 
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

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content
 
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