Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:20 PM ET, April 30, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
NBC News:
Kelly thinks he's saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers  —  WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House correspondents think about changing dinner for Trump era  —  WHCA president discusses her ‘regret’ about dinner  —  The White House Correspondents Association is belatedly accepting the fact that its annual dinner changes dramatically when the president isn't there.
RELATED:
NPR:
Excerpts: ‘Fresh Air’ Interview with Michelle Wolf  —  Monday, April 30; NPR's Terry Gross spoke with comedian Michelle Wolf about her performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner this weekend in an interview that will air Tuesday, May 1 on WHYY's Fresh Air.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
In Trump era, the death of the White House press conference  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential news conference, a time-honored tradition going back generations, appears to be no longer.  —  More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo news conference …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The president is seeking to destroy journalism.  Now let's debate dinner entertainment! … On Dec. 12, 2017, CNN's Jim Acosta appeared on-air to detail another disturbing episode in the media's struggles with the Trump White House.  At issue was a “pool spray” — essentially an opportunity …
Deadspin:
You Can't Bully These Motherfuckers  —  When I write that CNN politics writer Chris Cillizza is the rankest assbrain in the Western Hemisphere, I am not being nice to him.  When I write that God clowned Chris Cillizza before he was born by making him Chris Cillizza instead of a shit-eating maggot, I am being unkind.
Discussion: CNN, The Stream, The Root and Althouse
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
I Watched How Sarah Sanders Privately Reacted After Being Attacked - This Is Her Real Character  —  I was in the room Saturday night when comedian Michelle Wolf began attacking White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.  —  Sanders was sitting just feet away from Wolf as she began to hurl insults and bully her.
Stella Morabito / The Federalist:   Michelle Wolf's Performance Provokes Exactly The Kind Of America She Hates
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Was Comedian Michelle Wolf Once Arrested for Bestiality?
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources  —  The Trump campaign has spent nearly $228,000 to cover some of the legal expenses for President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, sources familiar with the payments tell ABC News, raising questions …
RELATED:
NBC News:
Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamation over ‘con job’ tweet  —  She says she was harmed by a Trump tweet that accused her of ‘a con job’  —  Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Donald Trump for a tweet that said a forensic sketch of a man …
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies - Here's the Proof  —  ‘Iran did not come clean on its nuclear program,’ Netanyahu says, saying more than 100,000 Iranian documents Israel obtained prove nuclear ‘deal is based on lies’ Speech comes on heels of strike against two bases in Syria and ahead of Trump's decision on nuclear deal
RELATED:
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Israel Exposes Iran's Nuclear Lies, and the Limits of U.S. Intelligence
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Bibi's Iran Speech Was a Bust
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Insane Israeli operation smuggled 110,000 secret nuclear files out of Iran
Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: Pence's doctor alerted WH aides about Ronny Jackson concerns last fall  —  Ronny Jackson is no longer Trump's doctor  —  Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence's physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump's doctor …
Discussion: KTLA and NewsBusters
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters - so-called millennials - as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll.
Wall Street Journal:
Acting Director of ICE Plans to Retire From Agency  —  Under Thomas Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests rose  —  WASHINGTON— Thomas Homan, the controversial acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, plans to retire and leave his post, three people familiar with his plans said.
RELATED:
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's pick to lead ICE, who touted surge in immigration arrests, steps down
Discussion: Daily Kos
McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Acting ICE Director departs amid frustrations over immigration deal
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Documents show ties between university, conservative donors  —  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Newly released documents show Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's Moon  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday.
RELATED:
Jason Barker / New York Times:
Happy Birthday, Karl Marx.  You Were Right!  —  SEOUL, South Korea — On May 5, 1818, in the southern German town of Trier, in the picturesque wine-growing region of the Moselle Valley, Karl Marx was born.  At the time Trier was one-tenth the size it is today, with a population of around 12,000.
RELATED:
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Handed the Agenda to Conservatives and They Blew It
Discussion: Axios
Rosie.com:
ME AND JOY REID  —  I WAS HONORED -  —  SO OFTEN IT WAS TAXING  —  I HAD PARKER  —  MORE BABIES WERE ON THE WAY  —  I LONGED TO BE HOME  —  AND SHUT OUT THE MAKE UP  —  THE SPOTLIGHT  —  THE NOISE  —  THIS WAS A WOMENS EVENT  —  NORA WAS THERE -  —  I CAUGHT HER EYE
Discussion: Contemptor
RELATED:
ClickHole:
Resistance Setback: Robert Mueller Has Abandoned The Russia Investigation After Determining That The Real Crime Is How Low The Prices Are On Kinja Deals  —  Members of the resistance, our best shot at impeaching Donald Trump pretty much died on the table today: Special counsel Robert Mueller …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The billionaire chief executive of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, is planning to leave the company after clashing with its parent, Facebook, over the popular messaging service's strategy and Facebook's attempts …
David A. Lieb / Columbia Daily Tribune:
Report: Woman says Greitens ‘coaxed’ her as ‘wounded animal’  —  JEFFERSON CITY — A woman with whom Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens acknowledged having a consensual affair told prosecutors that Greitens coaxed her into unwanted sexual activity as she was crying “like a wounded little animal on the ground …
Associated Press:
Trump to attend the NRA convention in Dallas  —  President Donald Trump will be at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday.  —  A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend the group's annual meeting.  Trump has been a strong supporter of the NRA and enjoyed their backing in his 2016 campaign.
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
Jill Stein Has Turned Over Hundreds Of Documents To Congress As Part Of The Russia Probe  —  Stein says the many of the documents her campaign turned over were communications with RT, a media outlet that US authorities have dubbed a Russian propaganda network.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Discussion: CNN and Law & Crime
Kyra Phillips / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: EPA whistleblower says Pruitt ‘bald faced lied’ to Congress  —  A whistleblower from the Environmental Protection Agency says that Administrator Scott Pruitt was “bald-faced lying” when he told members of Congress that no EPA employees were retaliated against for raising concerns about his spending decisions.
Ben Taub / New Yorker:
The Spy Who Came Home  —  Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.  —  Shortly after an evening nap, Patrick Skinner drove to the police station in the Third Precinct in Savannah, Georgia, wearing ill-fitting body armor.  It was late December, and bitterly cold …
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil refinery - sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to President Donald Trump …
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Trump went to Michigan and didn't talk about Flint … On the 2016 presidential campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump campaigned for black votes in Dimondale, Mich., a predominantly white town, by asking black voters, “What the hell do you have to lose?'”
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Detroit Was Crumbling.  Here's How It's Reviving.  —  Last week, we visited the city to find further signs of recovery as Detroit moves out from under budgetary oversight.  —  For a while, Detroit was known for vacant, crumbling homes and rock-bottom house prices.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Blankenship slams ‘Cocaine Mitch’ in anti-McConnell ad  —  West Virginia Senate hopeful Don Blankenship is intensifying his offensive against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him “Cocaine Mitch” in a new TV ad released just over a week until the Republican primary.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:20 PM ET, April 30, 2018.

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: 
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore files complaints claiming ‘political conspiracy’ targeted his Senate run
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jordan Yadoo / Bloomberg:
Trump's Approval Rating Rises to 42%, Highest Gallup Reading in 11 Months
Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Fake Green Party Candidate Exposed as Having Ties to Republican Congressman
Tim Kaine / Washington Post:
Congress must take away Trump's unlimited authority to wage war
Michael Simkovic / Brian Leiter's Law School Reports:
A well-organized campaign to bait, discredit, and take over universities is exploiting students …
Discussion: Instapundit and Reason
Steve Usdin / Tablet Magazine:
Franklin Roosevelt's ‘M Project,’ America's Answer to the ‘Jewish Question’
Discussion: Instapundit
Bob Bryan / Business Insider:
MARCO RUBIO: There's ‘no evidence whatsoever’ that Trump's tax bill has helped American workers
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Weiner / Laredo Morning News:
Man who tried to drown himself in pool is suing the people who pulled him out
Discussion: Breitbart and NBC4 Washington
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Bank of Internet, Which Had Been Under Federal Investigation, Appears In Multiple Kushner Deals
Carey Gillam / The Guardian:
Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
GorsuchStyle Garners a Gusher of Groans. But Is His Writing Really That Bad?
Discussion: How Appealing
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Josh Hawley is trying to reassure Republicans he can still beat Claire McCaskill
Arthur Allen / Politico:
‘Who the hell is this person?’ Trump's Mar-a-Lago pal stymies VA project
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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