Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:10 PM ET, July 31, 2019

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA  —  Jeffrey E. Epstein, the wealthy financier and accused sex trafficker, had an unusual dream: He hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his vast New Mexico ranch.  —  Mr. Epstein over the years confided …
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Axelrod: “Large Numbers Of People” Oppose Medicare For All, Healthcare For Illegals, Decriminalizing Border  —  Former chief strategist for former President Obama's presidential campaign and advisor to the president David Axelrod said the agenda presented by Democratic presidential candidates …
RELATED:
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Here's Who Won (and Lost) the Second Democratic Debate, Night One  —  Days after a heavily armed sociopath unleashed hell on yet another American community — and the president directed yet another racist tantrum at his nonwhite constituents — ten of the Democratic Party's top 2020 hopefuls gathered …
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
CNN Was Ill-Equipped for This  —  “Tonight: a fight for the heart of the party.
Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart and Splinter
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Tim Ryan, Who Believes Medicare for All Will Ruin the Democrats, is Co-Sponsoring a Medicare for All Bill
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The realists attacked the revolutionaries, and the revolutionaries won, in the Democratic debate
Discussion: Fox News, National Review and Mediaite
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. has intel that Osama bin Laden's son and heir Hamza is dead, say officials  —  The officials would not provide details of how Hamza bin Laden died, or if the U.S. played a role.  It is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed his death.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. has obtained intelligence …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Hamza bin Laden, Son and Heir to Qaeda Founder, Is Dead  —  The United States had a role in the operation that killed the younger Mr. bin Laden, officials said.  But other details, including where he died, remained unknown.  —  WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden …
Discussion: The Week
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
'You're gonna kill me!':  Dallas police body cam footage reveals the final minutes of Tony Timpa's life  —  Tony Timpa wailed and pleaded for help more than 30 times as Dallas police officers pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground.  —  “You're gonna kill me!  You're gonna kill me!
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Why People Like Marianne Williamson  —  On some level, we all seem to know that Marianne Williamson shouldn't exactly be on the debate stage.  Even she seems to know it, because she operates like she's performing a commentary on the rest of the stage, speaking from a different stage about the debate taking place.
Discussion: Spectator USA and Reason
RELATED:
Jonathan Merritt / Washington Post:
I've worked for Marianne Williamson. She is no kook.
Discussion: Mediaite and Quartz
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
New Age Marianne Williamson is breakout winner of Democratic debate
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2008 Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, an effort to guard the record-long economic expansion against mounting global risks.  —  The widely expected quarter-point move …
Discussion: Vox, Board of Governors …, Quartz and NPR
RELATED:
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
FED CUTS RATE BY A QUARTER POINT, CITES ‘GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS,’ ‘MUTED INFLATION’
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Ex-McConnell staffers lobbied on Russian-backed Kentucky project  —  Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure.
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
NeverTrumpers skewer ‘Moscow Mitch’
Washington Post:
U.S. sanctions Iran's foreign minister amid escalating tensions  —  The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday in a dramatic step bound to further escalate tensions with Tehran.  —  The move to punish Iran's top diplomat …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
RELATED:
Associated Press:
US imposes financial sanctions on Iran's foreign minister
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
How Long Can Real Conservatives Make Excuses for Trump?  —  Republicans who made the so-called transactional case for Trump didn't anticipate the full cost.  —  During each week of the Donald Trump presidency, but especially the last few, liberals and conservatives have been splitting further apart on race.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump's pick for managing federal lands doesn't believe the government should have any  —  President Trump's pick for managing federal lands doesn't think the federal government should have any.  —  This week, Trump's Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed an order making …
Discussion: Common Dreams and VICE
RELATED:
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Top Dem Puts Hold On Trump Interior Nominee, Requests DOJ Perjury Probe
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Roll Call
Yahoo:
Mario Lopez: It's ‘dangerous’ for parents to support transgender kids  —  Mario Lopez claims that parents who allow their children to live according to their  —  self-identified genders are setting a “dangerous” example.  —  Lopez, a father of three, shared his opinions during a June interview …
RELATED:
Baltimore Sun:
HUD Sec. Ben Carson decries Baltimore ‘animosity’ after church boots news conference from property  —  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson came to Baltimore Wednesday to tout the Trump administration's efforts to improve urban areas.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
RELATED:
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez says marginalized communities ‘have no choice but to riot’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said this week during an appearance on Ebro in the Morning that marginalized communities have “no choice but to riot.”  —  “Once you have a group that is marginalized. …
Discussion: The Stream and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
AOC says Palestinians ‘have no choice but to riot’ against Israel
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
John Archibald / al.com:
George Wallace's daughter: 'I've never seen anything like it'  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Peggy Wallace Kennedy went to political rallies with her dad - George Wallace - as he ran for president in the '60s and '70s.  —  She saw hate and anger that a child should not have to see.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together.  Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.  —  For the better part of two decades starting in the late 1980s, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump swam in the same social pool.  They were neighbors in Florida.
Discussion: Vox and The Week
Deena Prichep / Washington Post:
Even one of Trump's favorite foods has a hidden Russia connection  —  It's high summer — hamburger season.  The char, the fat, the squishy perfection of processed bread sopping up the overflowing juices — doesn't it somehow seem like Americans' birthright?
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Ratcliffe questioned intelligence community's role in Russia investigation  —  CNN security analyst sounds the alarm on Trump's pick 03:47  —  (CNN) — President Donald Trump's pick to be the next director of national intelligence, which has oversight over the CIA, has pushed …
Associated Press:
Trump ‘rodent’ tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump's tweets that Baltimore is a “rat and rodent infested mess.”  His apartment owned by the president's son-in-law has been invaded by mice since he moved in a year ago.
Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
Trump attacks CNN's Don Lemon over debate question  —  President Trump took aim at Don Lemon Wednesday, calling him “the dumbest man on television” over a question the CNN host asked during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate.  —  “CNN's Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television …
Glenn C. Loury / New York Times:
Why Are Democrats Defending Al Sharpton?  —  They've handed Trump an easy win and yoked themselves to a genuine bigot.  —  Mr. Loury is a professor of economics at Brown University.  —  When I first heard that President Trump had gone after the Rev. Al Sharpton — and that Mr. Sharpton …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:10 PM ET, July 31, 2019.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Joe Biden is ready to throw down at tonight's debate
Discussion: In These Times, USA Today and Politico
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The debate format is an embarrassment. Here's how to make it better.
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Much-Heralded Terrorism Conviction From 2006 is Overturned
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Judiciary and DOJ agree to timeline for Mueller grand jury petition
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Winners and Losers of the Democratic Debate
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Slate and Vox
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Heartland Is Moving in Different Directions
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
More than 900 children separated from families at U.S.-Mexico border despite judge's order …
Washington Examiner:
Democrats just purged white party staffers, and it's a bigger deal than anyone wants to admit
Discussion: Instapundit
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump administration may end protected status for Syrians, leaving many fearing ‘a death sentence’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
White House races to come up with health-care wins for Trump's campaign
San Francisco Chronicle:
Search of Gilroy gunman's home finds items suggesting massive attack, white supremacy materials
Discussion: American Greatness and UPI
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Nunes Ally Kash Patel Who Fought Russia Probe Gets Senior White House National Security Job
Discussion: Politico
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Says Senate Run Is ‘Off the Table.’ His Actions Are Suggesting Otherwise
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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