Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:20 AM ET, October 5, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Brett M. Kavanaugh / Wall Street Journal:
I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge  —  Yes, I was emotional last Thursday.  I hope everyone can understand I was there as a son, husband and dad.  —  I was deeply honored to stand at the White House July 9 with my wife, Ashley, and my daughters, Margaret and Liza, to accept President Trump's nomination …
RELATED:
Charles Ludington / Washington Post:
We were Brett Kavanaugh's drinking buddies.  We don't think he should be confirmed.  —  Charles Ludington, Lynne Brookes and Elizabeth Swisher attended Yale University from 1983 to 1987 with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.  —  We were college classmates and drinking buddies with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Anna Staver / Denver Post:
Colorado's Cory Gardner reviewing FBI report on Kavanaugh after listening to sexual assault survivors  —  The senator wants to finish reading the FBI report before making a decision, spokesman Casey Contres said. … Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, hasn't decided how he'll vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh  —  AS SENATORS prepare to vote this week on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, they, and the rest of the country, must wonder: Which Brett M. Kavanaugh are they evaluating?  Is it the steady, conservative jurist he was reputed to be before his confirmation saga?
Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News  —  FARGO — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will vote NO on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination.  —  Heitkamp sat down exclusively with WDAY News to share what she will do when the U.S. Senate votes …
Lulu Ramadan / mypalmbeachpost:
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court  —  Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court.
Ruth Graham / Slate:
The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up ... to Vote Republican  —  The accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are widely perceived to be a boon to Democrats heading into the midterm elections in November.  “The women of this country identify with Dr. Ford …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
GOP senator may miss Kavanaugh vote for daughter's wedding  —  A GOP senator may miss a Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this weekend because his daughter is getting married on Saturday.  —  Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) will walk his daughter down the aisle …
Wall Street Journal:
Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement  —  At issue is statement to committee that she knew nothing about alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh.  —  A friend of Christine Blasey Ford told FBI investigators that she felt pressured by Dr. Ford's allies to revisit …
New York Times:
How Brett Kavanaugh Failed  —  And why the Senate should vote to keep him off the Supreme Court.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and Splinter
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump supporter arrested for threatening to slaughter senators and their families for not supporting Brett Kavanaugh  —  Last week, James Patrick posted a credible threat on Facebook, saying he planned to shoot members of Congress depending on the outcome of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Salt Lake Tribune:   Tribune editorial: Hatch attack on alleged witness is despicable
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
No matter what happens, Kavanaugh is being punished
Discussion: Law & Liberty
CNN:
Cory Booker says report had “hints of misconduct”
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Doug Jones says female staffers have been threatened by Brett Kavanaugh supporters
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Law & Crime
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Flake: No corroboration for Ford's claims in FBI report
Megan Doyle / Press Herald:   Maine women, including sexual assault survivors, converge on Capitol to sway Collins
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing  —  SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.  “I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one — internally and externally.”  —  The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy.
RELATED:
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Former ACLU leaders blast ‘appalling’ anti-Brett Kavanaugh ad campaign
Discussion: RT
BBC:
Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden  —  An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer.  —  Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.
RELATED:
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump mocks Al Franken over resignation: He folded ‘like a wet rag’  —  President Trump mocked former Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) at a campaign rally in Minnesota Thursday for resigning following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.  —  “That guy was wacky.  Boy did he fold up like a wet rag, huh?”
Discussion: Breitbart and TheBlaze
RELATED:
Washington Post:   Trump mocks Al Franken for resigning quickly amid sexual misconduct allegations
Fox News:
Accused doxxer of GOP senators allegedly threatened to publish their children's health information  —  A Democratic congressional intern accused of publishing the private information of at least three Republican lawmakers allegedly threatened to leak senators' children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.
RELATED:
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
This should be a column by Jamal Khashoggi  —  Editor's note: Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi journalist and author, and a columnist for Washington Post Global Opinions.  Khashoggi's words should appear in the space above, but he has not been heard from since he entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Where is Jamal Khashoggi?  —  JAMAL KHASHOGGI, a journalist …
Discussion: NPR, BBC and New York Times
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Trump Considers Ousting Air Force Head Over Space Force Pushback  —  The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is peeved with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson over her handling of his directive to stand up a separate Space Force …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Task & Purpose
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear the Party's Kavanaugh Obsession Could Backfire  —  Sensing a bump for Republicans, some strategists want to pivot if he's confirmed.  Problem is the base may not be so ready to let it go.  —  With Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court looking more likely …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Alex Trebek apologizes for his performance as moderator of Pa. Gov. debate  —  Alex Trebek, the Jeopardy! host roundly criticized for his Monday night performance as moderator of the lone Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate this fall, apologized Wednesday, saying he had “failed to recognize the seriousness of the event for the voters.”
Discussion: HuffPost
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:20 AM ET, October 5, 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: 
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts three Senate races toward Republicans
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Welcomed Trump's China Tariffs, Then Helped Companies Avoid Them
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Celebrating kegs and insulting girls: Inside Mark Judge's 1980s Georgetown Prep underground paper
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Top FBI Official Met With DNC Lawyer On Russia Prior To 2016 Election
Judith Ingram / FEC.gov:
FEC provides guidance following U.S. District Court decision in CREW v. FEC, 316 F. Supp. 3d 349 (D.D.C. 2018)
Discussion: Washington Post
Saphora Smith / NBC News:
Iceland's answer to gender equality: Compensate for differences between boys, girls
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service:
Pastor and activist William J. Barber II wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
As Afghanistan Frays, Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Everywhere
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Georgetown Prep Alumni Clarify Meaning of 'Devil's Triangle' in Letter to Judiciary Committee
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke on possible endorsement from Obama: “I don't think we're interested.”
Discussion: Daily Wire
 

 
From Techmeme:

Gleb Bryanski / Reuters:
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions

Bloomberg:
Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+

Qwen:
Alibaba's Qwen unveils QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on “enhancing visual reasoning capabilities”, built upon Qwen2-VL-72B
 
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