Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:35 PM ET, August 30, 2020

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus  —  In a Twitter barrage, the president advanced conspiracy theories claiming that protests are an organized coup and that the virus death toll is inflated.  He also reposted a call to imprison New York's governor.
Discussion: Political Wire
RELATED:
Mike Baker / New York Times:
One Person Dead in Portland After Clashes Between Trump Supporters and Protesters  —  One person was shot and killed late Saturday.  A caravan of supporters of President Trump had driven into downtown Portland.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was shot and killed Saturday as a large group …
Joe Biden for President:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Deadly Violence in Portland  —  The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable.  Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable.  I condemn this violence unequivocally.  I condemn violence of every kind by any one, whether on the left or the right.
RELATED:
Politico:
Biden to speak in Pennsylvania on Monday  —  Joe Biden will travel to western Pennsylvania on Monday to give remarks focused on how President Donald Trump has made America less safe, forgoing the chance to deliver that message in Wisconsin, where the president is planning a Tuesday visit.
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Mark Meadows: “Most of Donald Trump's America is peaceful”
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Biden accuses Trump of ‘recklessly encouraging violence’ in response to Portland shooting
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, ABC News and IJR
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's time to challenge the cockeyed reaction to violence  —  Donald Trump has incited racist fears since he came down the gold escalator in 2015 to announce his presidential campaign.  He had peaceful protesters gassed and deployed camouflaged troops to Portland, Ore., to grab protesters off the street without probable cause.
Discussion: Mediaite
RELATED:
David Edwards / Raw Story:   DHS chief refuses to condemn violent Trump supporters under grilling by CBS host: ‘So you endorse this?’
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:   Wolf says he did not know naturalization ceremony would be shown at RNC
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Trump's favorability and perceptions of COVID-19 response stagnate post-convention: POLL  —  Trump's favorability didn't improve, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.  —  President Donald Trump's efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican National Convention …
RELATED:
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's still in trouble in first post-convention polling  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump wanted a large bounce coming out of the Republican National Convention, and early evidence is that he did not receive one.  Trump may have gotten a small bump out of his convention, but he still clearly trails former Vice President Joe Biden.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Leaked McGahn memo reveals alarms about Kushner's top-secret security clearance  —  Trump ultimately intervened to ensure Kushner got his top-secret security clearance.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Inside Trump's pressure campaign on federal scientists over a covid-19 treatment  —  President Trump's accusatory tweet barreled in at 7:49 a.m. a week ago Saturday: The “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration was trying to sandbag his election prospects by slowing progress …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
RELATED:
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
FDA head says he is willing to fast-track Covid-19 vaccine  —  Stephen Hahn insists he will not rush process to help Donald Trump's election chances  —  The head of the US Food and Drug Administration has said he is willing to bypass the normal approval process to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine …
Discussion: UPI, The Hill and Political Wire
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Breonna Taylor's Life Was Changing.  Then the Police Came to Her Door.  —  An ex-boyfriend's run-ins with the law entangled her even as she tried to move on.  Interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings help explain how she landed in the middle of a deadly drug raid.
Discussion: Fox News
Kenosha News:
WATCH NOW: Kenosha speaker strays from message at rally  —  KENOSHA - A peaceful march and rally took place in Kenosha on Saturday asking for justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot on Sunday.  —  Most of the speakers talked about justice peacefully.  But near the end of the rally …
Discussion: jsonline, The Guardian and Breitbart
RELATED:
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly, asked for loyalty  —  The day after President Trump fired FBI boss James Comey, the president phoned John Kelly, who was then secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and offered him Comey's job, the New York Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Called Kimberly Guilfoyle After Her Roaring RNC Speech, Compared Her to Eva Perón  —  After Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC speech became a target of memes and talk-show mockery, sources confirm President Trump called her and said, “That was fantastic...so amazing.”
Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Louisiana Sen. Kennedy on destruction from Hurricane Laura: It will ‘take your breath away’  —  The people of Louisiana have been ‘chewed up, spit out and stepped on and I wanted the president to see it,’ Kennedy says  —  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: The Hill
RELATED:
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Kennedy scrambles to close gap in Massachusetts
Discussion: courthousenews.com and Raw Story
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Ratcliffe defends end of election security briefings, accuses lawmakers of leaks  —  Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Sunday defended his announcement that in-person election security briefings to Congress will end, saying the move was necessary to prevent leaks.
Discussion: Reuters
RELATED:
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:35 PM ET, August 30, 2020.

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: 
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
Kanye Expands Legal Battle for the Ballot
Discussion: Just The News
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
How Angela Merkel's great migrant gamble paid off
Melissa Weiss / Jewish Insider:
Auchincloss and Mermell are neck and neck in new Massachusetts 4th poll
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Executive Supported India's Modi, Disparaged Opposition in Internal Messages
more at Techmeme »
Larry D. Croom / Ocala-News.com:
Florida shows 947.9% increase in COVID-19 cases since governor reopened state
New York Times:
‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats
Susannah George / Washington Post:
3 Afghans accused of links to insider attacks that killed U.S. troops are among Taliban prisoners to be released
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
For Trump, reality is just a prop he doesn't care to use
Discussion: Politico
Will Oremus / OneZero:
How “Breaking Up” Apple and Amazon Might Actually Work
Tianna Spears / Politico:
I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.
New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Tried to Save the Economy. Not Even His Family Is Happy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots
 

 
From Techmeme:

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and “imposing unfair trading conditions” on other online classified ads service providers

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
 
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