Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:25 AM ET, September 19, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Ford wants FBI investigation before testifying  —  (CNN)The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations.  —  In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa …
RELATED:
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Cut Bait”: As the Kavanaugh Nightmare Escalates, Trump Is Gripped with Uncertainty as Ivanka Suggests Cutting the Judge Loose  —  The threat of losing the House and Senate has stopped Trump from going scorched-earth on Christine Blasey Ford.  If Trump antagonizes women voters …
New York Times:
Christine Blasey Ford Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Kavanaugh Before She Testifies  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused President Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault threw into doubt plans for an extraordinary Senate hearing to air her accusations, charging on Tuesday …
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Republicans Consider Using Female Staffers To Question Christine Blasey Ford  —  Every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is male.  They normally would be the ones to face Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP pushing Kavanaugh nom back on track
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Times
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Grassley: No reason to delay Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: HuffPost, Bustle and National Review
Grabien News:
Hillary: Kavanaugh's Accuser Deserves ‘the Benefit of the Doubt’
Discussion: Daily Wire and Althouse
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   Sen. Hirono: Men Need To “Shut Up,” Kavanaugh Accuser Needs To Be Believed And I Believe Her
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   WATCH: Katy Tur dismantles Orrin Hatch with epic mashup of his comments smearing female victims
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Christine Ford Wants FBI Investigation Before She Testifies
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Roll Call
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
A Hill to Die on  —  Justice both delayed and denied.
Lamar White, Jr / The Bayou Brief:
Adrian Perkins Claims Senate Judiciary Committee Relied on Fraudulent Letter Supporting Kavanaugh
Discussion: HuffPost
RELATED:
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order  — The agencies can't offer a timeline to finish their review  — Holding back information could spark confrontation with Trump  —  President Donald Trump has demanded the “immediate declassification” of sensitive materials …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Times
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Trump ‘dossier’ stuck in New York, didn't trigger Russia investigation, sources say  —  President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that what he calls the “fake dirty dossier” was wholly “responsible for starting the totally and discredited witch hunt” by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Washington Post:   ‘I should have fired him before I got here’: Trump says he regrets not firing Comey sooner
The Hill:
Hill.TV INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: Trump eviscerates Sessions: 'I don't have an Attorney General'  —  in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions  —  , suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues,
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats fear Shalala campaign is in ‘sleep mode’ while challenger surges  —  The congressional seat was supposed to be the easiest of Democratic pickups.  Hillary Clinton carried the Miami-based 27th District by nearly 20 percentage points just two years ago.
Discussion: Naked Politics
RELATED:
Chris Kahn / Reuters:   Tightening Texas race boosts Democrats' hopes of taking Senate: Reuters poll
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters …
Discussion: Splinter
RELATED:
Washington Post:
The Trump administration gives the world one more reason to lose faith in America
Discussion: Defense One and The Daily Caller
Dylan McGuinness / MySanAntonio.com:
Flores defeats Gallego in Senate District 19  —  Voters elected political newcomer Pete Flores to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic district red for the first time in 139 years and further bolstering Republicans' supermajority in the chamber ahead of the November elections.
Washington Post:
Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene  —  Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to influence this fall's midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week …
RELATED:
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
SCOTUS Denies Stay, New Disclosure Ruling Goes Into Effect
New York Times:
The Five Battlefields for Control of the House  —  The sizzling-hot day in the Santa Clarita Valley seemed far away inside the air-conditioned food court where Victoria Rust, 57, waited for a cheese pizza.  Seeking refuge from the scorching heat is a familiar exercise for voters …
Discussion: Political Wire, CNBC and Axios
Zoe Forsey / Mirror.co.uk:
Woman's perfect Tinder date with ‘The One’ shattered by five simple words  —  They had been messaging for a while and she thought she knew him pretty well - but she was very, very wrong  —  Tinder can be a tricky game, so when one woman went on the perfect date she thought that was it.
Jonathan Van Meter / New York Magazine:
Can I Get a Hug?  Cory Booker's got a lot of love to give, and he's betting that's what it will take to win in 2020.  —  Anyone who thinks it's nothing but teeth-grinding paranoia and rank misery in Washington these days hasn't been to the office of New Jersey senator Cory Booker.  These people are happy.
Politico:
Trump rails on top Florida ally over Hurricane Maria flap  —  Republican Ron DeSantis accused of disloyalty for bucking the president.  —  President Donald Trump is privately lashing out at one of his top allies, Ron DeSantis, angrily accusing the Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee of publicly betraying him.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:25 AM ET, September 19, 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: 
Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
CNN's Jake Tapper Dedicates Segment to Trump's Penis
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As Trump touts steel's resurgence, steelworkers move closer to a strike
Discussion: Axios and HuffPost
Denise Clifton / Mother Jones:
Trump's Lies Have Grown Far More Frequent—and More Dangerous
Discussion: Raw Story
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Google Vows to Fight U.S. Air Pollution While Censoring Data on Chinese Smog
New York Post:
Cuomo's top aides knew about Nixon mailer
 Earlier Items: 
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Records: Chao government flights cost $94K
Discussion: Political Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Former Fusion GPS Employee Shreds Firm's Work On Paul Manafort
New York Magazine:
New York Magazine to Launch Expanded Intelligencer Site
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
FEMA official suspended in connection with IG probe
 

 
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

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
One year after Sam Altman was dramatically ousted and reinstated, OpenAI remains dominant as it continues to push ahead on impressive new products

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+

 
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