Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:50 PM ET, August 12, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Proposed Consulting Agreement and Companion Agreement that Omarosa Manigault Newman said the Trump campaign offered - and she declined - after she was fired from her White House position  —  The companion agreement includes no-disclosure and no-disparagement provisions.
RELATED:
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Omarosa claims she heard Trump N-word tape after book's publication  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Newman says the tape confirmed her worst fears about Trump.  —  Full Omarosa: ‘I had a blind spot where it came to Donald Trump’  —  WASHINGTON — Former White House …
Axios:
What they're saying: The legal debate over Omarosa's secret tape  —  Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman's alleged taping of John Kelly firing her in the Situation Room has prompted questions over the legality of the act, given the supposed location in which it took place.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Why Omarosa's attack on Kelly could backfire  —  Recording a conversation in the Situation Room was a potential security breach in a room that's meant to be one of the most locked-down in Washington.  —  Apprentice star-turned-spurned White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman opened a new front …
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Omarosa Manigault Newman releases recording purportedly made in White House Situation Room  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman, the fired White House aide seeking publicity for her new memoir about her time in the Trump administration, said in an interview Sunday that the way Chief …
Discussion: Axios, HuffPost and Power Line
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Conway: Trump White House requires nondisclosure agreements
Discussion: Washington Post
Daily Mail:
Omarosa secretly recorded John Kelly firing her in the SITUATION ROOM and claims she heard …
Austin Aslim Monahan:
Please read, if you care about my mother please share.  —  I love you momma, you wont have to stand alone  —  #ibelieveher  —  #wearemanenough  —  #timesup  —  Keith Ellison Keith Ellison for Attorney General Jason Sole Shvonne L Johnson Will Moore @Shiranthi Goonathilaka Stephen Davis …
RELATED:
Briana Bierschbach / mprnews.org:
Abuse allegation made against Keith Ellison, who denies it  —  Keith Ellison, one of the leading candidates to be Minnesota's next attorney general, confronted allegations Sunday of domestic abuse of a former girlfriend that surfaced days before the election that will decide the party's nominee.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Star Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison denies domestic violence allegation
Discussion: Power Line
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
WHOA if true: MN Dem.  Debra Hilstrom tweets SHOCKING Facebook post accusing Keith Ellison of domestic violence
Discussion: Power Line
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Anti-racist protesters and activists march through the streets of Charlottesville  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — Confusion over an extraordinary police presence on the anniversary of a violent and deadly white nationalist rally turned into anger Saturday night as hundreds of black-clad protesters marched through …
Discussion: twitchy.com and RedState
RELATED:
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
NBC Ignores Own Reporter and Crew Assaulted By Antifa in Charlottesville  —  On the one-year anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville protests, white supremacists and radical leftists known as Antifa descended on the Virginia town once more to commit more violence.
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Police, counter-protesters outnumber white supremacists as rally kicks off in Washington
Discussion: Daily Wire
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
‘Beautiful’ and ‘Lovely’: Trump Tweets Reflect Fixation on Women's Appearances  —  When President Trump took to Twitter to complain about two women with connections to the Russia investigation, he affixed special descriptions to both.  —  “Beautiful,” he said of Nellie Ohr …
Megan Keller / The Hill:
Giuliani: It would take extreme action for Trump to obstruct justice  —  's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that it would take some sort of extreme action for the president to obstruct justice.  —  “There are people who argue that he could never obstruct justice.
Discussion: The Week
RELATED:
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Dinesh D'Souza and the Decline of Conservatism  —  Few have enjoyed quite so spectacular a comeback under President Trump as the conservative polemicist and filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza.  In 2012, D'Souza resigned as president of a Christian college amid charges of adultery and deception.
Sandy Hingston / Pushback:
How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise  —  The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs.  And that's a shame.  —  I write this in the dead of summer, always a bittersweet season — why is it we got summers off from school for all those years …
Streiff / RedState:
Sea-Tac Airplane Hijacking Shows We Have Security Theater Not Security  —  This undated image posted to Richard Russell's YouTube channel shows Russell, an airline ground agent.  Investigators are piecing together how Russell stole an empty commercial airplane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport …
Discussion: The Seattle Times
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:   Horizon Air Plane Theft, Crash Exposes Cracks in Airport Security
Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's latest whataboutism  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP tweets it repeatedly: Yes, there was collusion with Russia — except the real colluders were Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.  The president was back at it again Thursday, quoting a conservative cable host's assertion that …
Margaret Coker / New York Times:
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS  —  BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling with open-air markets.  —  With every jolt and turn, his pulse quickened.  Hidden in the truck's chassis …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Under Trump, the rare act of denaturalizing U.S. citizens on the rise  —  Working a Saturday shift in the stuffy Immigration and Naturalization Service office in downtown Los Angeles in the 1970s, Carl Shusterman came across a rap sheet.  —  A man recently sworn in as a United States citizen …
Sue-Ann Levy / Toronto Sun:
Masked anti-hate demonstrators show no love at Toronto rally  —  They claimed to be protesting at Nathan Phillips Square on a sizzling Saturday afternoon to “stop the hate” of anti-Islamic groups.  —  But as it became clear to the unruly, ill-mannered protesters that the target of their anger …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Kansas City Star:
County officials wield the power as Colyer vs. Kobach race remains undecided  —  Local officials spread across Kansas' 105 counties will exercise an incredible amount of power this week when they determine whether thousands of ballots should count in the closest primary race for governor in Kansas history.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:50 PM ET, August 12, 2018.

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: 
Wall Street Journal:
Tensions Flare as Hackers Root Out Flaws in Voting Machines
Washington Post:
White House counts on Kavanaugh in battle against ‘administrative state’
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Chile vs. Venezuela
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Vote Like The Affordable Care Act Depends On It (It Does)
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Fight for Purity in Michigan and the Democratic Party
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
For Voters Sick of Money in Politics, a New Pitch: No PAC Money Accepted
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Andrew Kugle / Washington Free Beacon:
Pelosi: One of NBC's Priorities Is to ‘Undermine My Prospects as Speaker’
Discussion: twitchy.com
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Poll: One year after Charlottesville, majority of Americans see racial tensions on the rise
Discussion: The Guardian
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Against All Odds: Democrats Pour Money Into Longshot Races
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's economic mirage; Sanders on Medicare
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Scott Stedman:
Energy investment group claims $350M capital commitment from Carter Page after 2016 election
Will Parsons / ABC News:
President Trump's words against racism ‘ring hollow’: Rep. Elijah Cummings
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kevin Cramer breaks with Trump on legal immigration but treads carefully on trade
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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