memeorandum: Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers (Carole Cadwalladr/The Guardian)

9:20 PM ET, November 24, 2018

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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:

Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers — Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs' questions.

Discussion: Global Investigative …, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Kara Swisher / New York Times:

Lean Out — Perhaps it's only fair that, as women like Sheryl Sandberg rise to power, they pay the price for failure. But why is everyone so ready to forgive the man who really runs Facebook? — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. — Suddenly, everyone wants Sheryl Sandberg to lean out.

Discussion: WTOP, Boing Boing and The Week, more at Techmeme »

Jennifer Senior / New York Times: Sheryl Sandberg Can't Have It All — The burdens and perils of the pedestal.

CNN:

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pushed resolution praising Confederate soldier's effort to ‘defend his homeland’ — Photo surfaces of Senator with Confederate artifacts — (CNN)Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith once promoted a measure that praised a Confederate soldier's effort to …

Discussion: Sludge and Washington Post

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Across South, Democrats Risk Speaking Boldly and Alienating Rural White Voters — JACKSON, Miss. — When Mike Espy, the Democrat challenging Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, faced his opponent at a debate ahead of this Tuesday's runoff election, he had to make a choice …

Ashton Pittman / Jackson Free Press:

Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration … JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.

Discussion: TheBlaze, Raw Story, Mother Jones, HuffPost, Splinter, Washington Press, Law & Crime, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo

Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mississippi newspaper: Hyde-Smith attended segregation academy

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Washington Post:

Deal with Mexico paves way for asylum overhaul at U.S. border — MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts …

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, Vox, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, fox8.com, Townhall, Breitbart, The Resurgent, Splinter, CNN, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian, WGN-TV, KTLA, The Daily Caller, KRON, Axios, Mother Jones and Mediaite

Amy Guthrie / Associated Press:
Incoming Mexico gov't: No deal to host US asylum-seekers

Discussion: Mediaite

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has ‘embedded enemies’ — Two of the president's longest-serving advisers allege in a new book that scores of officials inside the White House, Congress, the Justice Department and intelligence agencies are “embedded enemies of President Trump” …

Discussion: Raw Story

Katie Paul / Reuters:

Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion — ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month …

Discussion: AOL

Aya Batrawy / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Saudi royal says crown prince is here to stay

Discussion: Daily Kos

Daily Mail:

Parents were ‘dismissed as racist’ by school officials when they complained about 6ft 1ins Iranian migrant posing as a 15-year-old who appeared in their children's classroom — A couple of weeks after the start of this term, pupils at Stoke High School in Ipswich were told that a new boy was joining their GCSE class.

Discussion: Daily Wire

Christina Caron / New York Times:

Students Who Made Apparent Nazi Salute in Photo Won't Be Punished — The Wisconsin students who appeared to make a Nazi salute in a widely criticized photo will not be punished, the school's superintendent said this week in a letter to parents. — The superintendent, Lori Mueller …

Discussion: Washington Press, Daily Kos and TheBlaze

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Free-speech protects those in viral prom photo appearing to show Nazi salute, Baraboo district says

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Want Congress to look more like the people it serves? Provide member housing, pay staff more — Sometimes a tumultuous election creates the elements in which both sides can come together to make some common-sense decisions that might seem unpopular. — Two of those possibilities …

Discussion: Politico

Heather Caygle / Politico: It's not just Ocasio-Cortez: Here are 7 freshman Democrats to watch

Rob Merrick / The Independent:

Brexit: High Court to rule if referendum vote ‘void’ as early as Christmas after Arron Banks investigation — Exclusive: Judges poised to fast-track explosive legal challenge after Theresa May's ‘failure to act’ on growing evidence of illegality — {{#singleComment}}{{total}} comment{ …

Michael Stratford / Politico:

House Democrats pile on to scrutinize DeVos — For two years, Democrats watched with fury as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sought to dismantle nearly every significant Obama administration education policy. — Now, they're gearing up to fight back. Lots of them.

Discussion: Raw Story

Fortune:

Nancy Pelosi Urges Democrats to Unite Ahead of First Leadership Vote — Nancy Pelosi, who's facing challenges to her possible return as U.S. House Speaker, urged her Democratic colleagues to unite and support her candidacy to be leader of the party in the new Congress.

Discussion: Townhall, TheBlaze and USA Today

New York Times:

The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die — BUDAPEST — Hungary's leading news website, Origo, had a juicy scoop: A top aide to the far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, had used state money to pay for sizable but unexplained expenses during secret foreign trips.

Discussion: 444, more at Mediagazer »

Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:

Texas Democrats won 47% of votes in congressional races. Should they have more than 13 of 36 seats? — Updated Saturday at 4:20 p.m. with more examples of lopsided congressional delegations in other states. — WASHINGTON — Texas Republicans collected half of the votes statewide in congressional races this month.

Morgan Evans / Fox News:

Monica Lewinsky reveals Bill Clinton urged her to lie under oath: ‘I did feel uncomfortable about it’ — Monica Lewinsky has opened up for the first time about how Bill Clinton convinced her “to break the law” and lie under oath. — In the final part of the A&E docuseries “The Clinton Affair …

Discussion: Townhall, Conservative News Today and IJR

Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:

Trump Claims He Already Shut Down The Border In Puzzling Exchange With Reporters — “Actually two days ago we closed the border. We said nobody's coming in because it was out of control,” president insisted. — President Donald Trump insisted — twice — in an odd exchange with reporters Thursday …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

J. David Goodman / New York Times:

New York State's Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation Can Proceed, Judge Rules — A state judge ruled on Friday that a lawsuit by the New York State attorney general could proceed against President Trump and the Trump Foundation over allegations of misused charitable assets …