Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:10 PM ET, October 31, 2017

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Alvin Chang / Vox:
A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller's credibility  —  The data shows how this storyline developed.  —  Conservative media's attack on special counsel Robert Mueller was in the works far before Mueller brought indictments against high-level Trump campaign officials.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? His attorney just made some very important comments about it.
Discussion: IJR
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘An embarrassment’: Disgruntled Fox News employees lash out at network's ‘absurd’ Trump-Russia coverage
Discussion: IJR, Deadline and CNNMoney
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Watch a Trump crony spin the indictments so badly he gets called out by Fox News
Discussion: IJR and The Guardian
John Yoo / New York Times:
Trump Can Pardon Manafort. He Shouldn't.
Discussion: NBC News, The Week and The Guardian
NBC News:
Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury  —  WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …
RELATED:
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe
Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America  —  On Monday morning, after America learned …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks  —  The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip.  —  President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
RELATED:
The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller … Steve Bannon spoke on the phone with his old boss, Donald Trump, on Monday and offered a message: get yourself some new lawyers.  —  The former White House chief strategist has grown increasingly concerned …
BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort  —  Violations of the federal law that requires US citizens that represent foreign governments to register have long gone unprosecuted.  Is that about to change?  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
New York Times:
At Least 8 Killed as Truck Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan  —  Eight people were killed when a man drove 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon before he crashed his pickup truck, jumped out with fake guns and was shot by police officer, the authorities said.
RELATED:
CNN:
Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say
Gromer Jeffers Jr. / Dallas Morning News:
Republican Jeb Hensarling won't run for re-election  —  U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas, won't run for re-election next year.  —  “Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the US Congress in 2018.  Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life …
RELATED:
The Hill:
GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling to retire after end of current term
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Historians respond to John F. Kelly's Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’  —  White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham's new show on Fox News Monday night.  During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War …
RELATED:
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House defends Kelly's Civil War comments, calls criticism ‘disgraceful’
Discussion: The Hill
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
John Kelly: It's ‘distracting’ for Trump to be investigated
Discussion: IJR
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘House Of Cards’: Production On Netflix Series Suspended Indefinitely Following Kevin Spacey Allegations  —  EXCLUSIVE: Filming on the upcoming sixth and final season of Netflix's Washington D.C.-set drama House Of Cards has been suspended indefinitely.  Cast and crew of the MRC-produced series were told of the decision this morning.
RELATED:
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors  —  Republican leaders in blue states continue to shine  —  Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration  —  The latest installment of Morning Consult's Governor Approval Rankings — a survey of more than 255,000 registered voters nationwide conducted online …
RELATED:
Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
GOP scrambling to finalize tax bill hours before rollout  —  Some sources worry the unveiling may have to be postponed.  —  House Republicans are racing to finalize their tax reform proposal before its much-anticipated rollout Wednesday morning.  But so many key details have yet to be finalized …
RELATED:
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain
Jeffrey Sachs / CNN:   The ominous absurdity of Trump's tax cuts
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Mike Cernovich Stole My Photo, Lied About It On Twitter, And Sold Trump Jr. On Yet Another Fake Conspiracy  —  A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed from a student-led college protest to the immediate family of the president of the United States.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR's top editor accused of sexual harassment by two women  —  NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them while he was employed by another news organization nearly two decades ago.
Margaret Fosmoe South Bend / South Bend Tribune:
Notre Dame to end no-cost contraceptive coverage for employees  —  SOUTH BEND — University of Notre Dame employees will no longer be eligible for no-cost contraceptive coverage through a third party starting Jan. 1, 2018.  —  The change also applies to students covered under the university's health care plan.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Splinter
RELATED:
Anna North / Vox:   Notre Dame will drop birth control coverage for students, faculty, and staff
Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Andy Dick Fired From Movie Over Sexual Harassment Claims  —  Though the 51-year-old actor denies he groped anyone, he does admit to other inappropriate behavior: “I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them.  That's my thing.”
Discussion: Althouse, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and IJR
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Thousands attended protest organized by Russians on Facebook  —  Thousands of Americans attended a march last November organized by a Russian group that used social media to interfere in the 2016 election.  —  The demonstration in New York City, which took place a few days after the election …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:10 PM ET, October 31, 2017.

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: 
Associated Press:
Bribery definition in play as Bob Menendez closings approach
Discussion: Politico
Vox:
The real cost of the Republican tax cuts
Press Gazette Media:
Suspect in downtown Green Bay shooting incident charged with hate crime
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Sarah Gantz / Baltimore Sun:
Racially charged photos of Baltimore private school students in Halloween costumes create stir online
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and AOL
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
200 feared dead after tunnel collapses at North Korean nuclear test site, Japanese TV claims
Discussion: RedState, Faithwire, CBS Baltimore and IJR
Paul Wood / USA Today:
Manafort earned $600,000 a month from pro-Russia party: Ukrainian report
Sheila Marikar / New York Times:
Expectant Fathers Go Mildly Wild During Their ‘Daddymoons’
 Earlier Items: 
Aaron Smith / CNNMoney:
California to tax pot as much as 45%
Discussion: IJR
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
DNC Email: Straight White Men Need Not Apply
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Dartmouth College Professors Investigated for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
Discussion: RedState, NBC News and The Daily Caller
Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
Virginia Governor's Race Turns Ugly With Ad Depicting Republicans As Racist Predators
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
White House releases Trump, Pence official portraits
Public Policy Polling:
Support For Impeachment At Record High
Discussion: Hit & Run, Politicus USA and IJR
Alice Paul Tapper / New York Times:
I'm 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands.
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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