Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:50 PM ET, October 6, 2018

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
D.C. Circuit sent complaints about Kavanaugh's testimony to Chief Justice Roberts  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has received more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh in recent weeks but has chosen for the time being not to refer them to a judicial panel for investigation.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Among the Thousands of FBI Tips, a Statement From an Aggrieved Truck Owner  —  As senators were mulling their position on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, many headed to the Senate basement to view the FBI reports on the roughly 10 interviews they conducted in regard …
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh  —  President Trump predicted Saturday that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) “will never recover” politically for her vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh as he celebrated his nominee's ascension following …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell calls opposition to Kavanaugh a ‘great political gift’ to Republicans  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he never considered urging the White House to withdraw Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court and called opposition to the judge a “great political gift” …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Is Sworn In After Close Confirmation Vote in Senate  —  WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday by one of the slimmest margins in American history, locking in a solid conservative majority on the court and capping a rancorous battle …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans don't care what you think  —  Republicans lost the argument, but they ultimately had the votes.  —  Forty-nine Senate Republicans and one Democrat just confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the United State Supreme Court.  No allegations, no protesters, no public opinion poll showing Brett Kavanaugh …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Democrats say Avenatti undercut their case against Kavanaugh  —  (CNN)Senate Democrats believed they had Brett Kavanaugh on the ropes.  —  Christine Blasey Ford had just revealed her identity and was prepared to testify in public, detailing her allegations that Kavanaugh had tried to sexual assault her more than three decades ago.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Merrick Garland Has Recused Himself From The Ethics Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh  —  Chief Judge Merrick Garland disqualified himself from handling ethics complaints against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit announced Saturday morning.
New York Times:
Show How You Feel, Kavanaugh Was Told, and a Nomination Was Saved  —  WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sat in the anteroom of Room 216 in the Hart Senate Office Building, a sterile living-room-like space with a couch and a couple of arm chairs and a large television on the wall.
Tom Dunlavey / ABC News:
Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as Supreme Court justice amid protests  —  The Senate officially confirmed Brett Kavanaugh Saturday as the next Supreme Court justice — but the vote, like the controversial confirmation process, was anything but smooth.  —  Protesters in the public viewing gallery …
Summer Programs / gprep.org:
THE HONORABLE BRETT KAVANAUGH '83 CONFIRMED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Kagan warns that Supreme Court may not have a swing vote anymore
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Trump ‘100 percent’ certain Kavanaugh accuser named wrong person
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Mediaite
Laura Hollis / Boston Herald:
Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Press Herald:
Our View: With a ‘yes’ vote, Sen. Collins ties her legacy to that of Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: Kennebec Journal …
Associated Press:
Kavanaugh confirmed: Senate OKs Supreme Court nominee
Discussion: JustOneMinute
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Where Do We Go From Here?  —  Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed …
Discussion: Vox and Washington Post
New York Sun:
Susan Collins' Game Changer
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   “None of This Was Fair”: the Kavanaugh Nomination Marks the Triumph of Trumpism on Capitol Hill
Washington Post:   McConnell says he never considered urging Trump to withdraw Kavanaugh nomination, calls opposition …
Bloomberg:   McConnell Says Anti-Kavanaugh ‘Mob’ Boosts GOP Election Hopes
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say  —  ISTANBUL — Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder …
RELATED:
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate: sources  —  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish sources said on Saturday.
Washington Post:   Turkey concludes that prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Saudi consulate …
Middle East Eye:   Turkish police suspect Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed at consulate: Reports
RELATED:
Amy Lieu / Fox News:
NBC station fires reporter for wearing MAGA hat while covering Trump rally
Discussion: Chicks On The Right
Aaron Gordon / HuffPost:
Here's How Much It Cost For The Vice President Not To Watch An NFL Game  —  Mike Pence took pains to execute last year's anthem stunt at a Colts game, newly released docs show.  —  On Oct. 8, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence stood, held his right hand to his heart and stared into the middle distance as …
CNN:
How the Democrats got outplayed on Kavanaugh  —  Julian Zelizer is a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University, editor of “The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment” and co-host of the “Politics & Polls” podcast.  Follow him on Twitter: @julianzelizer.
Discussion: Breitbart
RELATED:
Stephen Collinson / CNN:   President Donald Trump's winning streak
LoveBreedsAccountability:
After Kavanaugh Win, A Look Back At Jonah Goldberg & Others Who Mocked Trump Supporters For Saying ‘He Fights!’  —  As Mollie Hemingway might say, “I'm old enough to remember when Jonah Goldberg and the other NeverTrump all stars mocked Trump supporters for saying ‘He fights!’  I'm 2 years old.”
Tanya Selvaratnam / New York Times:
A Public Official, My Private Trauma  —  Deciding to speak out against a powerful man is difficult.  The aftermath is even worse.  —  Ms. Selvaratnam is an artist, writer and producer.  —  Early in our relationship, he told me that he could tap my phone and have me followed.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:50 PM ET, October 6, 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: 
Jacob Weisberg / The New York Review of Books:
The Autocracy App  —  Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
LInda Stasi / New York Daily News:
Decency dies with Collins' and Manchin's vile votes
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Roy Orbison hologram concert in L.A. invites awe and debate
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Kavanaugh defender admits on CNN he would question his own daughter's sexual assault claim …
 Earlier Items: 
Kelly Cohen / Washington Examiner:
Staffer who ‘doxed’ GOP senators faces nearly 50 years in federal prison
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“Cocaine Mitch” wins over deplorables
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show
 

 
From Techmeme:

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Nvidia completes its $700M acquisition of Israel-based Run:ai, which helps orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and plans to open source Run:ai's software

Mark Johnson / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers say they trained robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even correcting mistakes

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price

 
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